While GCAC’s workshops are designed with graduate students in mind, all members of the University of Toronto community are welcome to attend as many workshops as they wish. We offer two types of workshops: live online (synchronous) workshops and pre-recorded, on-demand (asynchronous) workshops. Registration for both types of workshops is required.

Please click the title of each workshop to read the workshop description and registration details. Once you register, you will receive details on how to join each synchronous or asynchronous workshop you have chosen. If you are are not able to register online, please contact sgs.gcac@utoronto.ca to be registered manually.

GCAC’s weekly listserv messages provide an easy way to keep track of what upcoming synchronous workshops we are offering each week.

Summer 2023 Synchronous Workshops

SYNCHRONOUS ONLINE WORKSHOPS (Live Online)

ACADEMIC WRITING AND SPEAKING IN ENGLISH
Mondays, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET
June 12: Punctuation in Academic Writing: Improving Sense and Style by Jordana Lobo-Pires
June 19: Using Parallelism to Improve Your Writing by Rana Haidar

ONLINE TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC WRITING (for graduate students in all divisions)
Tuesdays, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET
June 13: Using Online Language Tools for Academic Writing by Elena Danilina
June 20: Using ChatGPT for Academic Writing by Elena Danilina

NEW WORKSHOP!
Thursday, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET
June 15: Making an Academic Podcast as a Graduate Student by Pranjal Tiwari

Summer 2023 Asynchronous Workshops

WORKSHOPS ON DEMAND (Pre-Recorded Videos)

Please note, some workshops are relevant to more than one category and are therefore listed more than once

NEWLY ADDED ASYNCHRONOUS WORKSHOPS
Improving Your Graduate-Level Reading Skills by Dr. Katherine Fry
Community Engagement: How to Effectively Communicate Research to the Public by Dr. Giulia Rossi
Writing a Personal Statement for PhD Applications by Stephanie Redekop
Giving Feedback on Student Writing (for TAs) by Stephanie Redekop

CULTIVATING GRADUATE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Preparing to Write a Grant Proposal by Dr. Jane Freeman
Writing Effective Literature Reviews by Dr. Jane Freeman
Developing Effective Note-Taking Strategies by Dr. Jane Freeman and Jeff Newman
Quoting and Paraphrasing: Working with Sources in the Social Sciences and Humanities by Dr. Peter Grav
Designing Graphics for Publication by Dr. Vaughn Mangal

IMPROVING YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS
Organizing Your Presentation by by Dr. Cristina D’Amico
Connecting with your Audience Online by by Dr. Cristina D’Amico
Focus and Listening in Online Meetings by Dr. Matt Jones
Four PowerPoint Techniques for Academic Presentations by Dr. Matt Jones
Designing Graphics for Publication by Dr. Vaughn Mangal

IMPROVING ACADEMIC WRITING AND SPEAKING IN ENGLISH
Making Requests Appropriately by Clare Nippard
Disagreeing Respectfully by Clare Nippard
Writing Emails with Your Audience in Mind by Clare Nippard
Building Your Academic Vocabulary by Lina Balsamo
Academic Idioms Part 1 by Lina Balsamo
Academic Idioms Part 2 by Lina Balsamo

IMPROVING ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING IN THE SCIENCES
Creating and Designing Poster Presentations for Scientific Conferences by Dr. Vaughn Mangal
Designing Graphics for Publication by Dr. Vaughn Mangal
Creating Effective Figures by Dr. Peter Sabatini
Writing CIHR Proposals by Dr. Peter Sabatini
Citation and Working with Sources in the Physical and Life Sciences by Dr. Peter Grav

WRITING IMRD (INTRODUCTION – METHODS – RESULTS -DISCUSSION) RESEARCH ARTICLES (for students in Divisions 2, 3 and 4)
Writing Titles and Abstracts by Dr. Peter Grav
The “I” in IMRD: Writing Effective Research Article Introductions by Dr. Peter Grav
The “M” in IMRD: Crafting Your Methods Section by Dr. Peter Grav
The “RD” in IMRD: Strategies for Successful Results and Discussion Sections by Dr. Peter Grav