Register for free academic speaking and grant-writing courses in August

The Graduate Centre for Academic Communication (GCAC) offers advanced training in academic writing and speaking through free, non-credit graduate Courses, Workshops, Writing Centre consultations, and Boot Camps.This August, GCAC is offering intensive 3-5 day versions of our Grant-Writing and Academic Conversation Skills courses.

Many graduate students first register for a GCAC course in August before their first term in order to benefit from one of our courses designed to help incoming graduate students with the communication tasks they will encounter on arrival.

The Academic Conversation Skills Intensive is for new U of T students who speak English as an additional language and who want to build more confidence in listening and speaking (plus have the chance to meet other incoming graduate students from around the world!)

August 11-15, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Read the full description and register.

Our grant-writing courses provide expert guidance to students who will be applying for funding from one of the federal agencies – SSHRC, CIHR, or NSERC – in the Fall of 2025. Click links below for full descriptions and to register:

Writing CIHR Proposals Intensive: August 5-8, 2-3:30 p.m.
Writing NSERC Proposals Intensive: August 12-14, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Writing SSHRC Proposals Intensive: August 12-14, 2-4 p.m.

The GCAC’s full Fall 2025 program of academic writing, oral communication, and research writing courses, as well as live workshops, will open for registration at 10 a.m. on August 19.

Forty-minute Writing Centre consultations are available every week.