I conduct hands-on, beginner-friendly workshops to equip students, professionals, and lifelong learners with practical digital skills for the modern academic and professional landscape. Sessions cover a range of topics: creating documents and résumés with Overleaf, automating everyday tasks with Python, building a personal website on GitHub, database management using SQL and MySQL, and developing critical thinking about the safe and responsible use of AI tools. These workshops are designed for complete beginners—no prior technical experience is needed. Most of these workshops were initially developed for the University of Toronto's iSkills workshop series and for the residents at UofT's University Family Housing. All materials are freely available for anyone to use.
Ever wished you could stop doing the same tedious tasks over and over? In this 90-minute hands-on session, you will learn just enough Python to automate several day-to-day tasks such as copying data, renaming files, merging documents, and more.
These sessions introduce Overleaf, an online collaborative LaTeX editor, as a powerful tool for writing professional documents, theses, reports, resumes, and papers—without the frustration of using standard word processors.
Want a free website to showcase your work? In this session, you will learn how to build and host a live personal website on GitHub.
This series of workshop will introduce the basics of SQL and MySQL to complete beginners, and equip them to quickly understand advanced concepts in database management.
Most people use ChatGPT but fewer understand how it actually works or where it falls short. This session offers a beginner-friendly overview of what ChatGPT is and isn't, how it works, and when to use it wisely. Participants will explore key risks like hallucinations, plagiarism, and privacy, and leave with practical guidelines for responsible use in academic and professional settings.