GCAC courses and fall workshop registration

September 2024 course registration now open

The GCAC is offering free, non-credit academic writing, oral communication, grant-writing and research writing courses.

View the Fall 2024 course schedule or download the Fall 2024 schedule (PDF).

To learn more about what each course offers, click any title below:

Academic Conversation Skills
Oral Presentation Skills
Graduate Writing 1: Establishing Your Foundation
Graduate Writing 2: Deepening Your Expertise
Navigating the Publishing Process
Prewriting Strategies for Developing and Organizing Your Ideas (All Divisions)
Writing Master’s SSHRC Proposals (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Fall 2024 workshops

The GCAC is offering free 90-minute live workshops on topics such as using AI, improving your research, grant/literature review/thesis writing, oral presentation skills, and much more. Visit the chronological workshop calendar.

Writing Centre consultations

Writing Centre appointments are available for graduate students who seek individualized guidance on their writing. In these 40-minute sessions, trained instructors work with you to improve your capacity to plan, write, and revise your academic assignments.

During synchronous online appointments, you will meet with the writing consultant online at the booked time. The consultant will work with you using audio/video, chat and a document-sharing whiteboard area. For in-person appointments, please visit our Writing Centre (Room MR108, 1st Floor, McMurrich Building, 12 Queen’s Park Crescent West) on the scheduled appointment date and time.

Please note, instructors do not edit for you; they teach you to revise and edit your own work. Please review full instructions on booking and participating in appointments.