Data Literacy

Knowledge translation is essential for creating a long term impact on the capacity of people working in the agriculture and food sector to participate in the data-driven economy. 

 Fundamentals of Farm Data Literacy Program

The Fundamentals of Farm Data is a data literacy training program designed to equip farmers with foundational knowledge and data governance skills related to agriculture data.

This program touches on important topics including the sources of farm data, data quality, privacy, cybersecurity, and many others.  It also contains a number of activities and worksheets that help to make the content more practical and useful.

Ultimately the program aims to put growers in positions to ask the right questions as they make investments in digital agriculture technology on their farm. 

There are currently four modules available:

  • 🧑‍💻️ Module 1: Data 101

  • 🚜 Module 2: Data in Agriculture

  • 💻 Module 3: Working with Your Data

  • 🔐 Module 6: Cybersecurity

Accessing the program does not require sign-up and is free of cost.

We would like to bring this program to you!

Live delivery of training - both in-person and via webinar - is incredibly valuable. Not only does it allow for customized content, it also allows participants to ask real-time questions and engage with their peers. 

Whether you’re an agriculture association, post-secondary institution, or another organization working in the agriculture sector, please reach out to data-literacy@emilicanada.com if you are interested in bringing this content to your organization. We are interested in working with you to develop an in-person event or online webinar. 

Project Partners

EMILI worked closely with key partners from post-secondary institutions and the non-profit sector to develop this data literacy program. 

Project partners involved in the development of the Fundamentals of Farm Data program include Assiniboine Community College, Lakeland College, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, and the Community Safety Knowledge Alliance (CSKA).

Current Work

Other training modules will be developed throughout 2024. For more information on what we’re working on, check out our status updates below.

🡢 April 2024: Panel presentation on agtech contracts at University of Calgary Simpson Centre workshop on agriculture data. https://bit.ly/49mUuhx

🡢 February 2024: Data literacy workshop for Manitoba Tech Week.

🡢 February 2024: Coverage of the Fundamentals of Farm Data in the Manitoba Cooperator. https://bit.ly/3VLxVAa

🡢 December 2023: Official release of the Fundamentals of Farm Data Program.

🡢 November 2023: Modules tested in the online learning platform.

🡢 July 2023: Final editing of drafted modules.

🡢 January 2023: Started development of cybersecurity module.

🡢 October 2022: Starting the development of module content

🡢 August 2022: Initial meeting of the project working group. Started development of program learning outcomes.

Questions?

📧 Email us at data-literacy@emilicanada.com to connect with our data literacy team.