The Graduate Centre for Academic Communication (GCAC) offers a wide range of non-credit courses to support students at every stage of their graduate degrees.
Does your department require you to submit a grant proposal?
The Graduate Centre for Academic Communication (GCAC) offers free, intensive 6-hour courses for all graduate students on writing CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC proposals in mid-August. Click the relevant grant to register:
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Writing CIHR Proposals (August 4 to 6)
- Writing NSERC Proposals (August 18 to 20)
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Writing SSHRC Proposals (August 11 to 13)
New to attending graduate school in an English language environment?
GCAC offers a free, intensive 15-hour course on Academic Conversation Skills from August 10 – 14 inclusive for incoming graduate students who speak English as an additional language. Register for Academic Conversation Skills.
Upcoming Live Online Workshops (click title for details and to register)
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June 4: Puppeteer or Puppet: Using Generative AI or Being Used by It (4–5:30 p.m.)
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June 9: Presenting Effectively to Non-Academic Audiences (6:30–8 p.m.)
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June 10: Writing Concisely (4–5:30 p.m.)
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June 11: Strategies for Clarifying Your Thinking Before You Write (4–5:30 p.m.)
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June 17: Writing Field Notes for Qualitative Research (4–5:30 p.m.)
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June 24: Conducting Interviews in Social Science Research (4–5:30 p.m.)
On-demand workshops are always available.
Writing Centre consultations are available. In these 40-minute sessions, trained instructors work with graduate students at any stage of the writing process (outlining, drafting, revising, etc.)
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