Software, services, and other resources offered through UBC, WestGrid and Compute Canada.
- Compute Canada Software
- UBC Abacus Dataverse - research data repository of the BC Research Libraries' Data Services
- Research Data Management at UBC Library
- CFI Research Facilities Navigator - a directory of research labs and facilities across Canada that are open to working with business
- UBC IT - licensing for various software through UBC IT
- Data/GIS Lab at Koerner Library
- UBC Checklist for Data Privacy and Information Security - Researcher's Checklist
- Microsoft OneDrive and Teams for Research
- Portage Network DMP Assistant
- Globus File Transfer (WestGrid)
Life Sciences
Software and Resources
- The Canadian Bioinformatics Helpdesk - Access free solutions and support for a wide range of bioinformatics challenges.
- LSI Omics & Phenotyping Portal - a curated directory of services and resources for Omics, Phenotyping, and other Core technologies
- Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops - offering short courses in bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics
- MSL Centre for High-Thoughput Biology - Software and databases developed in the Pavlidis lab for integrated genotype and phenotype data
- Hallam Lab Software and Resources
- VanBUG - Vancouver Bioinformatics Users Group
- Applied Statistics and Data Science Group (ASDa) - services cover the spectrum of statistical design and analysis
- Open Science Framework - an open source software project that facilitates open collaboration in science research
Sequencing and related services
- UBC Sequencing and Bioinformatics Consortium (SBC) - at Pharmaceutical Sciences is an end-to-end genetic analysis pipeline designed to enable a broad range of research
- Genome Sciences Centre - the largest capacity genomics centre of its type in Canada
- The UBC – DMCBH Next Generation Sequencing Centre - state of the art genomic sequencing and analysis for the academic community, health care providers, and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry
- CMMT DNA Sequencing Core Facility - DNA sequencing services to investigators at CMMT and CFRI, as well as off-site researchers
- Laboratory for Advanced Genome Analysis - Vancouver Prostate Centre genomics core facility
Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
Below you will find information on a number of topics relating to getting a Digital Humanities project up and running, what’s available on the UBC campus, and a host of online tools and resources for Digital Humanities and Social Science scholars.
Digital Humanities Resources at UBC
- Pixelating – Thursdays, 12-2PM, Koerner Library Rm. 153 – A weekly meeting for DH scholars to meet colleagues, talk tools, brainstorm ideas and network with others who use digital tools to explore and visualize their research
- Training and Events at the UBC Library - The UBC Library runs a number of workshops, events, and training sessions that are applicable to scholars working in the Digital Humanities and Social Sciences.
- GIS Tools and Resources at the UBC Library
- cIRcle - UBC open access digital data repository
- Abacus Dataverse - digital research data repository
Guides to Starting out in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
Tools for Digital Humanities and Social Science
- TAPoR (Text Analysis Porta for Research) - An online resource for Text Analysis tools that can be used for free by any researchers. Includes instructions, text cases, and reviews of tools.
- DiRT Directory - Registry of digital research tools for scholarly use
- DHCommons - Space for collaboration and exploration in the Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities Meetings Organisations, Societies, and Discussion Groups
- Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations
- centreNet
- HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory)
- The Canadian Society of Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numérique
- Canadian Institute for Research Computing in the Arts
- Compute Canada resources for Digital Humanities
- Association for Computers in the Humanities
- An aggregated news feed of information regarding DH funding, training, conferences, and other resources
- Development for the Digital Humanities
- The Humanist Discussion Group
- The Computational Social Science Society of the Americas
- Stanford University Centre for Computational Social Science
- International Conference for Computational Social Science
- Human Computer Interaction Bibliography