Upcoming

• Graduate Research Highlights (March 11, 1-2 PM, in person)
  An in-person presentation of ongoing graduate student research, with refreshments.
• University of Toronto 3-Minute Thesis Finals 2026 (March 25, 6-8 PM, in person)
  An in-person event featuring the twelve finalists presenting their graduate research in three minutes or less to a cross-disciplinary panel of judges.
• Graduate Research Highlights (April 14, 1-2 PM, in person)
  An in-person presentation of ongoing graduate student research, with refreshments.
• Understanding intellectual property and commercialization (April 15, 12-1:30 PM, online)
  A session on intellectual property, inventorship, and commercializing research as a graduate student.
• Understanding IP and commercialization as a graduate supervisor (April 17, 12-1 PM, online)
  A session on intellectual property, inventorship, and commercializing research as a graduate supervisor.
• Connaught PhDs for Public Impact 2026 Showcase (June 3, 1-3 PM, in person)
  Fellows’ Showcase, highlighting the public scholarship projects created by the 2025-2026 cohort of Fellows.

Recurring

The list includes additional workshops and events that we run at least once every year. If you see something you are interested in attending, you can check back on this page to see when it is next scheduled, or email us at cgpd@utoronto.ca for more information.

• Doctoral Completion Cohort 
  An informal, online, cross-disciplinary cohort program for doctoral students intending to submit their thesis within the next year.
• Welcome to candidacy
  A workshop for recently qualified doctoral candidates, covering how to navigate the increasing independence and new challenges associated with the candidacy period. 
• Getting the most out of your individual development plan
  A workshop for graduate students and postdocs on creating and maintaining an IDP, and how an IDP can help you succeed in your research and professional development. 
• Understanding intellectual property and commercialization
  A session on intellectual property, inventorship, and commercializing research as a graduate student. 
• Getting started as a graduate researcher 
  A workshop for incoming students in research-stream master’s or doctoral programs, covering key content on transitioning to graduate school and setting yourself up for success in carrying out your graduate research. 
• Using IDP as a supervision tool 
  A workshop for faculty covering what an individual development plan is and how to use IDP to support your graduate students’ and postdocs’ research productivity, goal setting, and career planning. 
• Giving more effective writing feedback to graduate students 
  A workshop for faculty supervisors covering how to build strong writing feedback processes. 
• SGS Tea & Conversations 
  An informal space for graduate students to talk about career paths. 
• Healthy Research Teams & Labs Symposium  
  An annual event as part of the Healthy Research Teams & Labs initiative, highlighting good practices in running a healthy research team at U of T. 
• Copyright and open access for graduate students 
  Facilitated by librarians from the Copyright & Scholarly Publishing Office, this workshop covers key content on copyright and publishing for graduate students, including information about copyright and publishing your thesis. 
• Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship information session 
  An annual information and Q&A session about the fellowship. 
• Three Minute Thesis information session 
  An annual information and Q&A session about the U of T 3MT program.  
• How (and how not) to visualize your data
  A session to review the foundational concepts in information visualization and offer participants practical lessons in “how-to” and “how-not-to” create effective graphics with data.

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