Toronto Metropolitan University
Centre for Digital Humanities
January 2026
- CDH events are open to the TMU community and beyond.
- Also, check out the workshops hosted by the Collaboratory!
The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) is temporarily located on the 4th floor of the Podium (POD) building (where the School of Law is currently situated) and is planning to have a permanent home in the Library building (LIB) in the future. CDH events are held virtually (on Zoom) and in-person in the TMU Libraries’ Collaboratory.
Join us! If you have an idea for a CDH-hosted event or a question, please contact CDH Director Jason Boyd (jason.boyd@torontomu.ca) or CDH Manager Reg Beatty (rbeatty@torontomu.ca).
DH@TMU
on Zoom
Tuesday January 20
noon-1:00pm EST
Writing Branching Essays with Twine
Presented by Richard Kevis
Join Literatures of Modernity MA student Richard Kevis for a walkthrough presentation of his essay exploring Choose Your Own Adventures (CYOAs) and the pedagogical potential of branching essays in K–12 and higher education–written as a branching essay using Twine (twinery.org).
CDH Virtual
Drop-Ins
Each month, weekly drop-ins will be dedicated to a specific theme. Tiny Tools Tour, Web Walks, and DH Workbench are explorations of a digital resource or tool for research, creativity, and/or teaching. Stories in Play features discussion of entries in the Playable Stories Archive and episodes of the Playable Stories: Unarchived podcast, both of which are focused on storytelling in games. Reading Bytes is a reading group for discussion of published digital humanities scholarship. DH@TMU Talks feature CDH members presenting their research.
PROCEDURAL WRITING
Tuesday January 27
noon-1:00pm EST on Zoom
GitHub for Word Geeks Intro
Reg Beatty and Alex Pospisil
GitHub is a platform designed to help software developers manage large collaborative projects. Essentially, it is a repository for different files, but it has a unique way of documenting the history of a project including any commentary, debate, and edits to those files. It also features the ability to create ‘branches’ where experiments and alternate paths can be explored. But despite its rather technical origins it can easily be appropriated for a variety of projects.
Join Reg and Alex as they explain GitHub’s whys and wherefores and how they are using it to work on collaborative and creative writing.
There will also be a 2-hour Hybrid Workshop on Friday January 30 (see the next listing) for those who would like a hands-on experience.
PROCEDURAL WRITING WORKSHOP
Hybrid Event: Zoom and In-Person at the Collaboratory
Friday January 30
10:00am-noon EST
GitHub for Word Geeks Hands-on Workshop
Reg Beatty and Alex Pospisil
This workshop will get you up and running on GitHub — creating a repository, adding and editing files, and learning how to understand and use some of its core tools. Reg and Alex will also introduce how they are utilizing GitHub for their own creative writing explorations.
Finding The TMU Library Collaboratory:
The main entrance to the Library Collaboratory is via the SLC Building.
Elevator: Take the elevator (opposite the main entrance) up to the 3rd floor of the SLC Building. Exit and turn left: the Library Collaboratory is at the end of the hall, marked with large yellow doors.
Stairs: Take the main stairs (on the right of the entrance) up to the second floor. Keep to the right and follow the stairs up to the third floor. Walk past the DMZ and the DME to the end of the hall. The Library Collaboratory is at the end of the hall, marked with large yellow doors.
This course can be counted towards the Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities/humanités numériques. More information at: https://ccdhhn.ca/.