Upcoming

• Doctoral Completion Cohort, September 14–December 14, 10–10:30 AM (virtual)
  An informal, online, cross-disciplinary cohort program for doctoral students intending to submit their thesis within the next year. Read more about the Doctoral Completion Cohort.
  
• Getting Started as a Graduate Researcher, September 17, 12–1 PM (virtual)
  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. 
  
• Getting the Most Out of Your Individual Development Plan, September 24, 12–1 PM (virtual)
  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. 
  
• Welcome to Candidacy, October 1, 12–1 PM (virtual)
  A workshop for recently qualified doctoral candidates, covering how to navigate the increasing independence and new challenges associated with the candidacy period. 

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.

• Understanding Intellectual Property and Commercialization
  A session on intellectual property, inventorship, and commercializing research as a graduate student. 
• Understanding IP and Commercialization as a Graduate Supervisor
  A session on intellectual property, inventorship, and commercializing research as a graduate supervisor.
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Annual Showcase
  Fellows’ Showcase, highlighting the public scholarship projects created by the cohort of Fellows.
• Three Minute Thesis Information Session 
  An annual information and Q&A session about the U of T 3MT program.  
• University of Toronto 3-Minute Thesis Finals
  An in-person event featuring the twelve finalists presenting their graduate research in three minutes or less to a cross-disciplinary panel of judges.
• 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.
• Graduate Research Highlights
  In-person presentations of ongoing graduate student research.
• SGS Tea & Conversations 
  An informal space for graduate students to talk about career paths. 

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