National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Collage Conversations – Discussing Research Through Art

GB202 35 St George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Want to create duck sculptures using nothing but pipe cleaners, ensuring structural integrity, balance and design optimization? Or create artistic collages to showcase your research? Curious about the research and projects your fellow postdoc peers are working on? Celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Office of the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies invites U of T Engineering postdocs for an afternoon of pizza, conversation, and collage-making to ‘design your research.’ No […]

Writing-Process Strategies Workshop 1: Pre-writing (in person)

This workshop series is premised on a simple idea: many writing challenges at the graduate level are the result of underdeveloped writing-process skills. To address this competency gap, each workshop in this series will focus on one distinct stage of the writing process—pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing—and share strategies you can use to build knowledge […]

Recurring

Mondays We Write! Guided Writing Group

Zoom (Register to receive meeting link)

Start your week on an excellent note by sitting down and writing in the (virtual) company of your peers. Mondays We Write! is a guided writing group that combines structured writing time with discussions of technical writing tips, strategies for overcoming writing challenges, and questions that might emerge about your writing experience. Discover the benefits […]

Writing-Process Strategies Workshop 2: Drafting (virtual)

This workshop series is premised on a simple idea: many writing challenges at the graduate level are the result of underdeveloped writing-process skills. To address this competency gap, each workshop in this series will focus on one distinct stage of the writing process—pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing—and share strategies you can use to build knowledge […]

Graduate Writing Group (Wednesdays in person): Application Due

The Graduate Writing Feedback Group is a unique opportunity for students to learn effective writing strategies while also making progress on a conference paper, literature review, thesis proposal, or other major piece of writing. This group will meet once every two weeks from September through November to share structured commentary on draft writing, discuss technical […]

Writing-Process Strategies Workshop 2: Drafting (in person)

This workshop series is premised on a simple idea: many writing challenges at the graduate level are the result of underdeveloped writing-process skills. To address this competency gap, each workshop in this series will focus on one distinct stage of the writing process—pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing—and share strategies you can use to build knowledge […]

Recurring

Mondays We Write! Guided Writing Group

Zoom (Register to receive meeting link)

Start your week on an excellent note by sitting down and writing in the (virtual) company of your peers. Mondays We Write! is a guided writing group that combines structured writing time with discussions of technical writing tips, strategies for overcoming writing challenges, and questions that might emerge about your writing experience. Discover the benefits […]

Writing-Process Strategies Workshop 3: Revising (virtual)

Zoom (Register to receive meeting link)

This workshop series is premised on a simple idea: many writing challenges at the graduate level are the result of underdeveloped writing-process skills. To address this competency gap, each workshop in this series will focus on one distinct stage of the writing process—pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing—and share strategies you can use to build knowledge […]

Resume and Cover Letter for Industry

GB202 35 St George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Looking to tune up your résumé and cover letter for industry roles? Join us for a session with Career Exploration & Education to learn strategies and tips to build and refresh your industry job application material.   We will discuss:  Creating application materials targeted to industry roles  How to analyze industry job descriptions so you can […]