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.
February courses include the Prewriting – Writing – Revising sequence for graduate writers and Oral Presentation Skills for native and non-native speakers of English.
Click here to access the February 2026 Course Selection Form and register for up to two courses!
Download the full Winter 2026 schedule here.
Hybrid Dissertation Boot Camp
From February 17 – 19, the GCAC is offering a 3-day in-person and online Dissertation Boot Camp, providing a combination of guidance and distraction-free writing time within a supportive community of fellow students. Click the boot camp title above for more details and to apply.
Our live Winter workshop program is open for registration here.
Upcoming February Online Workshops (click title to register)
- Feb 9: Strategies for Clarifying Your Ideas Before You Write (4pm – 5.30pm)
- Feb 10: Developing Effective Note-Taking Strategies (4pm – 5.30pm)
- Feb 11: Strategies to Approach Interdisciplinary Research (4pm – 5.30pm)
- Feb 12: Balancing Multiple Writing Projects (4pm – 5.30pm)
Reading Week Break
- Feb 23: Finding Additional Granting Sources (4pm – 5.30pm)
- Feb 24: Cultivating Competencies in Generative AI and Academic Writing (4pm – 5.30pm)
- Feb 25: Preparing for Your Dissertation Defense (4pm – 5.30pm)
- Feb 26: Designing and Presenting an Effective Poster Presentation (4pm – 5.30pm)
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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