Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops

These workshops are organized by the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW) series. ITCBT shares these events as resources for our community but is not directly responsible for their content or organization.

Upcoming CBW Workshops (2025)

Introduction to R: Montréal, QC

Oct 01, 2025 - Oct 02, 2025

R is one of the most important scripting languages for both experimental and computational biologists. It is well-designed, efficient, widely adopted and has a very large base of contributors who a...

  • Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
  • Format: Virtual
  • Topics: Module 1: Foundations of R and RStudioPractical 1:Introduction to Base R & RStudio
  • Prerequisites: You will require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.
  • Status: Application Open
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Introduction to R: Online

Oct 01, 2025 - Oct 02, 2025

R is one of the most important scripting languages for both experimental and computational biologists. It is well-designed, efficient, widely adopted and has a very large base of contributors who a...

  • Location: Virtual
  • Format: Virtual
  • Topics: Module 1: Foundations of R and RStudioPractical 1:Introduction to Base R & RStudio
  • Prerequisites: You will require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.
  • Status: Application Open
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Introduction to R: Saskatoon, SK

Oct 06, 2025 - Oct 07, 2025

R is one of the most important scripting languages for both experimental and computational biologists. It is well-designed, efficient, widely adopted and has a very large base of contributors who a...

  • Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
  • Format: Virtual
  • Topics: Module 1: Getting to Know RThe environment and the user interfaceHow to get help and where to find informationSyntax and language principlesData types: numbers, time and factors, strings and textData classes: vectors, matrices, lists, dataframes and hashesReading data into the R environmentAccessing your data once it’s in RManipulating data in RSubsetting (slicing, filtering and reshaping)Accessing packages
  • Prerequisites: You will require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.
  • Status: Application Open
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Introduction to R: Edmonton, AB

Oct 23, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025

R is one of the most important scripting languages for both experimental and computational biologists. It is well-designed, efficient, widely adopted, and has a very large base of contributors who ...

  • Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada
  • Format: Virtual
  • Topics: Module 1: Getting to Know RThe environment and the user interfaceHow to get help and where to find informationSyntax and language principlesData types: numbers, time and factors, strings and textData classes: vectors, matrices, lists, dataframes and hashesReading data into the R environmentAccessing your data once it’s in RManipulating data in RSubsetting (slicing, filtering and reshaping)Accessing packages
  • Prerequisites: You will require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.
  • Status: Application Open
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Introduction to Python: Toronto, ON

Nov 03, 2025 - Nov 04, 2025

This workshop introduces the essential ideas and tools of Python, covering basic Python programming concepts and syntax. Participants will apply these skills to bioinformatics data through hands-on...

  • Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
  • Format: Virtual
  • Topics: Module 1: Programming fundamentals Part 1Values and data types (int, float, str, bool)Variables and dynamically typed languagesArithmetic, string and Boolean operatorsData type conversionLab Practical
  • Prerequisites: You will also require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.
  • Status: Application Open
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Introduction to R: Vancouver, BC

Nov 06, 2025 - Nov 07, 2025

R is one of the most important scripting languages for both experimental and computational biologists. It is well-designed, efficient, widely adopted and has a very large base of contributors who a...

  • Location: Vancouver, Ontario Canada
  • Format: Virtual
  • Topics: Module 1: Getting to Know RThe environment and the user interfaceHow to get help and where to find informationSyntax and language principlesData types: numbers, time and factors, strings and text, boolean?Data classes: vectors, matrices, lists, dataframes and hashesReading data into the R environmentAccessing your data once it’s in RManipulating data in RSubsetting (slicing, filtering and reshaping)Accessing packagesExporting your data from R
  • Prerequisites: You will require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.
  • Status: Application Open
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Introduction to R: Halifax, NS

Nov 13, 2025 - Nov 14, 2025

R is one of the most important scripting languages for both experimental and computational biologists. It is well-designed, efficient, widely adopted and has a very large base of contributors who a...

  • Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
  • Format: Virtual
  • Topics: Module 1: R essentials and core data handlingIntroduction to R and RStudioBasic syntaxR packagesManipulating data in R
  • Prerequisites: You will require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.
  • Status: Application Open
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