Graduate Centre for Academic Communication
Welcome to the Graduate Centre for Academic Communication (GCAC). GCAC provides graduate students with advanced training in academic writing and speaking.
Graduate students need to be able to communicate sophisticated information to sophisticated audiences. As you prepare to attend your first conference, to write your first proposal, or to publish your first paper, you will need stronger communication skills than those needed in undergraduate work. By emphasizing professional development rather than remediation, GCAC can help you cultivate the ability to diagnose and address the weaknesses in your oral and written work.
GCAC offers five types of support designed to target the needs of both native and non-native speakers of English: non-credit courses, single-session workshops, individual writing consultations, writing intensives, and a list of additional resources for academic writing and speaking.
All of our programs are free. Courses, workshops and writing intensives require registration.
Writing Centre consultations require an appointment.
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Announcements
GCAC Courses
January 2024 course registration will open later in December on our Current Term’s Courses page.
Returning graduates can read about the changes in Academic Writing courses.
GCAC Workshops
January 2024 workshop registration will open later on our Workshops page.
We offer prerecorded workshops available on demand all year.
Past Fall 2023 Course and Workshop Schedule (PDF)
GCAC Writing Centre
We are offering mainly synchronous online appointments with a limited number of in-person appointments.
Please visit our Writing Centre page for details on policies and how to book an appointment.
Join our Listserv to receive weekly updates on upcoming workshops and course registration.
Please Note
International Visiting Graduate Students (IVGS) and Postdoctoral Fellows are welcome to attend GCAC workshops; however, they are ineligible for GCAC courses and Writing Centre appointments.
If you need to know the location of a course in which you are registered, please check your registration confirmation email. That email is sent to the address that is listed in your official U of T profile.
Contact
Location: 1st Floor, McMurrich Building (12 Queen’s Park Crescent West)
General Inquiries: sgs.gcac@utoronto.ca