About us
About us
We are a local chapter of R-Ladies, a global non-profit organization encouraging, inspiring and empowering women and non-binary people to become contributors and leaders in the R programming community ([https://rladies.org/).](https://rladies.org/).)
Our mission is to create a friendly, inclusive and diverse community for people who code or would like to learn how to code in R in the Vancouver area. As a community, we focus on giving opportunities, mentorship and voice to women and non-binary people who remain an underrepresented group in the programming realm.
Videos of your past events can be found here https://m.youtube.com/@r-ladiesvancouver2962
Questions and Answers:
What is R and who is R for?
R is one of the top programming languages for processing, analyzing and visualizing data. Anyone who works with data, which in this day and age is almost most of us, can benefit from basic knowledge of R and find its data science tools useful. R is open-source, free and is supported by a welcoming, generous and fun community of developers.
What events are run or planned to be run by R-Ladies Vancouver?
Workshops, talks, spotlight on research utilizing R, hackathons and coding cafe evenings. Monthly, free of charge.
Who can join the R-Ladies Vancouver community & events
Everyone. You can be a part of building diverse and inclusive communities. Join us in our mission towards an increased presence of women and non-binary people as programmers and leaders. How can we attain this? By focusing our support and resources on this group during meetups, allowing their voices to be heard and when space is limited considering donating a spot to women/non-binary members. Also, all levels of R welcome. We do require our members to follow the R-Ladies Global Code of Conduct
How can I contribute?
Share your knowledge and coding skills by facilitating a workshop, give a talk, suggest a talk/workshop, suggest a speaker, mentor, help us find a sponsor to host our free of charge monthly events
Who organizers & contributes to R-Ladies Vancouver events?
Anything events: Yuka Takemon, @YukaTakemon | Jasmine Lai, @jmultiflorum | Cici Li|
Connect!
Email: vancouver@rladies.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLadiesVan
Upcoming events
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PyLadies × R-Ladies Vancouver Lightning Talks
See Luma page, 11111, Vancouver, BC, CAPyLadies Vancouver and R-Ladies Vancouver are teaming up for a night of lightning talks: short talks from speakers in both communities. Come for a fast, friendly mix of Python and R, ideas, tools, and stories, all in bite-sized form.
Please sign up on Luma so we know to expect you: https://luma.com/3gsm7kqq
## 📢 We're looking for speakers!
We're looking for short presentations, 5 to 15 minutes long, from speakers in either community, PyLadies or R-Ladies.
• Beginners especially encouraged. A lightning talk is a great first talk, and great practice before a conference.
• Never done public speaking? We'd love to debut you and help launch your speaking journey.
• Yes, you can reuse a talk you've given elsewhere. New members may not have heard it.
• Python or R, plus adjacent technology topics. When we polled our last meetup, people asked for: AI/ML and LLMs, web development, data science,Python internals, testing and tooling, and live coding.
• Not sure your topic is interesting enough? Let us be the judge, sign up with your idea.
New to the format? Our lightning guide covers what a lightning talk is, how to prepare, topic ideas, example talks to watch, and common questions.
Sign up to give a lightning talk.Free to attend. We're run entirely by volunteers, so donations are always appreciated and help keep our meetups free and welcoming: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=60
Everyone is welcome. This is a joint event with R-Ladies Vancouver.
PyLadies events follow the PyLadies Code of Conduct.
If it's your first R-Ladies event, please review the R-Ladies Global Code of Conduct.
Both communities share a focus on supporting women and gender-diverse people in ourfield.3 attendees
Past events
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