1. Used a portable electric heater to try to heat up the canopy, with limited success. I ended up just turning up the heat in the hangar, which will take at least 12 hours to take effect. I'm shooting for 75 degrees in there.
2. Trimmed the edge of the protective plastic on the canopy and inspected the canopy for condition.
3. Placed the windscreen on the fuselage, to start getting an idea of how much will have to be trimmed for a good fit, and also just to see how it looks. (For anyone wondering how it's possible that I have the windscreen separated already when I'm just getting started on the canopy, it's because I purchased a separate, thicker windscreen that will hopefully give me slightly better bird-strike protection.)
4. Did lots of studying and reading on the canopy process.