Upcoming

• Doctoral Completion Cohort, September 14–December 14, 10–10:30 a.m. (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.
  
• Welcome to Candidacy, October 1, 12–1 p.m. (virtual)
  A workshop for recently qualified doctoral candidates, covering how to navigate the increasing independence and new challenges associated with the candidacy period. 
  
• Using IDP as a Supervision Tool, October 15, 12–1 p.m. (virtual)
  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. 
  
• Preparing for a Teaching-Focused Career series – Workshop: Building Your Teaching Pathway, October 19, 3–5 p.m. (in-person)
  Teaching professionals and PhD students will advise attendees on best practices for writing teaching-focused CVs, applying for TA and instructor positions, and find lecturing opportunities. Attendees will learn more about the many pathways that can build to teaching-focused careers. Learn more about the Preparing for a Teaching-Focused Career series. 
  
• Giving More Effective Writing Feedback to Graduate Students, November 12, 12–1:30 p.m. (virtual)
  A workshop for faculty supervisors covering how to build strong writing feedback processes. 
  
• Preparing for a Teaching-Focused Career series – Workshop: Resources and Opportunities for Teaching Preparation, November 23, 3–5 p.m. (in-person)
  PhD students with teaching experience will lead attendees through joint brainstorming and sharing sessions to learn about resources and opportunities available at U of T to advance teaching skills. Attendees will collaborate to brainstorm and share interdisciplinary courses, teaching opportunities, and open resources at U of T. Learn more about the Preparing for a Teaching-Focused Career series.

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.
• 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 Final
  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.
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Brief Accessible Research Talks: Explaining Your Research to a Non-Specialist Audience
  A workshop for postdocs focused on strategies for explaining ideas in accessible terms for audiences beyond academia.
• Graduate Research Highlights
  In-person presentations of ongoing graduate student research.
• Preparing for a Teaching-Focused Career
  In-person workshop series for students interested in a teaching-focused career in higher education.
• SGS Tea & Conversations 
  An informal space for graduate students to talk about career paths. 

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