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Monday, November 10, 2025 10:30to11:00
Grad Breakfast Club

Stay on track with a 30min “plan your week” session on Monday mornings. Meet with a group of peers to set your intentions, boost motivation, troubleshoot challenges, and (mostly importantly) take the pressure off!

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Grad Breakfast Club
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025 10:00to11:30
Read Effectively and Take Smart Notes in Grad School

Looking to manage your reading load? In this workshop, we’ll dig into strategies for making sense of dense academic texts, pulling out key ideas, and organizing notes. You will move from note-taking (just jotting things down) to note-making for better understanding.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Academic Skills
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 13:00to14:00
 Rethinking Research Presentations

Get started with this intro to SKILLSETS’ Presentation Skills series. This workshop teaches participants how to create clear, accessible and engaging research presentations that are fit for a variety of academic and non-academic audiences.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, presentation skills
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 16:00to17:00
Startup Law 101

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on issues such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, ɬŔď·¬ Engine Centre, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 16:00to17:30

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on issues such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.

Classified as: Graduate Students, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ɬŔď·¬ Engine Centre, SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops
Thursday, November 13, 2025 10:00to11:30
How to Manage Your Time as an Overwhelmed Grad Student

Struggling to stay on top of your academic research, professional development, and personal commitments? This practical workshop is designed specifically for graduate students to help you take control of your time.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, myPath: Developing your IDP, individual development plan, time management
Thursday, November 13, 2025 13:00to14:30
Active Listening

Interested in improving your communication skills? Join us for this workshop to develop an understanding of what active listening consists of and how it can be practiced. This workshop will focus on defining what active listening is and isn't, explaining why active listening is both important and useful, and practicing active listening.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, student services, student wellness hub
Thursday, November 13, 2025 14:00to15:00
Planning with Purpose

The Planning with Purpose information session is an introduction to the Individual Development Plan (IDP) at ɬŔď·¬. This session covers the process and building blocks of creating a meaningful IDP and setting goals in grad school.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, myPath: Developing your IDP, Planning with Purpose, individual development plan
Monday, November 17, 2025 10:30to11:00
Grad Breakfast Club

Stay on track with a 30min “plan your week” session on Monday mornings. Meet with a group of peers to set your intentions, boost motivation, troubleshoot challenges, and (mostly importantly) take the pressure off!

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Grad Breakfast Club
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Monday, November 17, 2025 12:30to14:00
Taking Ownership of Your Degree with the Progress Tracking Form

This 90-minute interactive workshop helps graduate students reframe the Progress Tracking Form (PTF) as more than a bureaucratic requirement—transforming it into a personal roadmap for reflection, planning, and building strong supervisory relationships.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, supervision
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 10:00to11:30
Skills for Strategic Procrastination

Having difficulty getting started? Do you find yourself putting off tasks? Join this workshop to (1) develop an awareness of what is procrastination and how you procrastinate, (2) identify how procrastination works, and (3) discuss how to change "procrastination to "doing."

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, student services, student wellness hub
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 13:00to14:00
Building Your Next Presentation

This workshop focuses on the steps participants need to develop content for their next research presentation. From STEM based quantitative research, to social science exploration, this workshop will explore worksheets designed to help participants develop better content.

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Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, presentation skills
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 14:00to14:30
How to Ask Your Boss for a Raise

November 19, 2pm - 2:30pm (online)

Are you earning a master’s degree to advance in your current profession? Join Beyond Graduate School for this webinar on how to negotiate a pay raise or promotion as a career advancer.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Beyond Career Platforms; Beyond Graduate School; Finances; Asking for a raise
Thursday, November 20, 2025 17:30to19:00
 TRaCE Talks/Connected Academics

Join us to learn about the career pathways of ɬŔď·¬ PhD and Postdoc alumni with a social science and humanities background who are now working in non-academic careers!

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Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, TRaCE Talks, Connected Academics

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