What’s Coming Up at GCAC this March
What’s Coming Up at the Graduate Centre for Academic Communication (GCAC)
GCAC Courses
If you act quickly, there may still be time to register in a couple of late-starting GCAC courses that can help you improve your academic writing and presentation skills. The course descriptions for what’s on offer can be found on our website: http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/currentstudents/Pages/Current-Terms-Courses.aspx
Oral Presentation Skills (for native and non-native speakers of English)
Section 4: Wednesdays, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, March 7 – April 11 REGISTER
Oral Presentation Skills (for non-native speakers of English)
Section 5: Wednesdays, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, March 7 – April 11 REGISTER
Becoming a Better Editor of Your Own Work (for native speakers of English working in the Physical and Life Sciences)
Section 1: Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, March 7 – March 28 REGISTER
GCAC March Workshops
GCAC offers a wide variety of 90-minute workshops, each focusing on a specific aspect of academic communication. No registration is required for our workshops, and all members of the University of Toronto community are welcome to attend as many workshops as they wish.
Working with Sources (for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Mon. Mar. 12: Refining Your Use of Sources
Writing / Speaking in the Physical and Life Sciences
Thurs. Mar. 15: Thesis Writing in the Physical and Life Sciences
Thurs. Mar. 22: Making the Most of Oral Presentations in the Sciences
Thurs. Mar. 29: Writing Grant Proposals in the Sciences
Writing / Speaking in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Wed. Mar. 7: Writing Literature Reviews
Wed. Mar. 14: Writing a Critical Analysis
Wed. Mar. 21: Editing Your Work Effectively
Wed. Mar. 28: Making the Most of Oral Presentations
Please visit our website, where you’ll find descriptions of all our workshops including information on times and locations. You’ll also find a full Winter schedule, so you can plan in advance.
Writing Centre Consultations
One-on-one consultations are available for graduate students who seek individualized assistance with their writing. In these 40-minute sessions, trained instructors work with you to improve your capacity to plan, write, and revise your academic assignments. While our instructors won’t edit for you, they will teach you strategies to revise and edit your own work. The appointments can be booked online two to three weeks in advance.
GCAC listserv
Keep up to date on everything we have to offer via the GCAC listserv. To subscribe, send an email to listserv@listserv.utoronto.ca (upper or lower case is acceptable). In the BODY of the message, type a command using the following form: subscribe gcac-l firstname lastname
You will then receive a “Command Confirmation Request” email. You must reply to that email with “ok” written in the body of the email. Doing so will complete the subscription process. Please note: If you have an automatic signature in your email, please remove it when sending and replying to listserv@listserv.utoronto.ca.
For more information on the offerings listed above, please visit the GCAC website.