Workshops

While GCAC’s workshops are designed with graduate students in mind, all members of the University of Toronto community are welcome to attend as many workshops as they wish. We offer workshops in three formats: live online, in-person, and prerecorded (on-demand) workshops. Registration is required for all workshops. Live workshops are not recorded.

Please click the title of each workshop to read the workshop description and registration details. Once you register, you will receive details on how to join each live or on-demand workshop you have chosen. If you are are not able to register online, please contact sgs.gcacreg@utoronto.ca to be registered manually.

GCAC’s weekly Listserv messages provide an easy way to keep track of what upcoming live workshops we are offering.

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Live Workshops (Summer 2025)

Summer 2025 live workshops will be available for registration at 10am on Tuesday, April 8.

Registration for all workshops is required. Please click the title of each workshop for a description and registration link.

On-Demand Workshops

Click + for workshop titles in each series, then click the title of each workshop for a description and a registration link.

Identifying Verb Tenses by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka
Choosing Verb Tenses by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka
Using Reporting Verbs by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka
Identifying & Combining Clauses and Sentences by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka
Using Infinitives by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka
Using Gerunds by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka
Definite and Indefinite Articles – The Basic Rules by Dr. Katie Fry
Using Articles with Generalizations by Dr. Katie Fry
Using Articles with Countable and Uncountable Nouns by Dr. Katie Fry
Using Quantifiers by Dr. Katie Fry
Using a Corpus to Check Grammar by Dr. Katie Fry

Part One: Introduction to Using Corpora to Improve Your Academic Writing by Dr. Katie Fry
Part Two: Consulting the Contemporary Corpus American English (COCA) to Improve Your Academic Writing by Dr. Katie Fry
Part Three: Building Your Own Corpus to Improve Your Academic Writing by Dr. Katie Fry

Preparing to Write a Grant Proposal by Dr. Jane Freeman
Writing Effective Literature Reviews by Dr. Jane Freeman
Developing Effective Note-Taking Strategies by Dr. Jane Freeman and Jeff Newman
Quoting and Paraphrasing: Working with Sources in the Social Sciences and Humanities by Dr. Peter Grav
Designing Graphics for Publication by Dr. Vaughn Mangal
Community Engagement: How to Effectively Communicate Research to the Public by Dr. Giulia Rossi
Writing a Personal Statement for PhD Applications by Stephanie Redekop
Giving Feedback on Student Writing (for TAs) by Stephanie Redekop
Building Community in the Online Environment by Dr. Cristina D’Amico

Strategies for Developing Your 3MT Presentation by Dr. Cristina D’Amico
Strategies for Organizing Your Oral Presentation by Dr. Cristina D’Amico
Connecting with your Audience Online by Dr. Cristina D’Amico
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations by Dr. Cristina D’Amico
Four PowerPoint Techniques for Academic Presentations by Dr. Matt Jones
Focus and Listening in Online Meetings by Dr. Matt Jones

Making Requests Appropriately by Clare Nippard
Disagreeing Respectfully by Clare Nippard
Writing Emails with Your Audience in Mind by Clare Nippard
Building Your Academic Vocabulary by Lina Balsamo
Academic Idioms Part 1 by Lina Balsamo
Academic Idioms Part 2 by Lina Balsamo
Improving Your Graduate-Level Reading Skills by Dr. Katie Fry

Creating and Designing Poster Presentations for Scientific Conferences by Dr. Vaughn Mangal
Creating Effective Figures by Dr. Peter Sabatini
Writing CIHR Proposals by Dr. Peter Sabatini
Citation and Working with Sources in the Physical and Life Sciences by Dr. Peter Grav
Science Dissemination by Will Staples

For students in Divisions 2, 3, and 4

Writing Titles and Abstracts by Dr. Peter Grav
The “I” in IMRD: Writing Effective Research Article Introductions by Dr. Peter Grav
The “M” in IMRD: Crafting Your Methods Section by Dr. Peter Grav
The “RD” in IMRD: Strategies for Successful Results and Discussion Sections by Dr. Peter Grav

Live Workshops (Summer 2025)

On-Demand Workshops

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