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3 Minute Thesis
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to present their thesis and its significance in just three minutes and one slide.
President's Dream Colloquium
The President's Dream Colloquium brings leading thinkers to SFU and provides an annual forum for intensive interdisciplinary exchange amongst faculty and students.
Your Career Compass
The Your Career Compass workshop series helps graduate students navigate their career options inside or outside of academia.
Book a 1:1 career coaching session to support your career exploration, job search, portfolio development, or future education plans. Coaches: Amrit Mundy, Career Education Specialist, and Deanne Esdale, Senior Career Educator, at Career and Volunteer Services, SFU.
Schedule your session today on myExperience*, SFU’s platform for career appointments, events, jobs, and volunteer opportunities.
*After logging in, you can find 1:1 Grad student career appointments under the Career/Appointment Calendar in the left-hand menu. Be sure to add your appointment to your calendar!
More Events for Grad Students
On Campus
- Vancouver Climate Day 2026
Friday, September 18 | SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
- Scholarship, award, and funding applications: How to write about your research when there's money on the line
Tuesday, September 22 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM | SFU Research Commons (Online)
Off Campus
- Research Project Management Training for Graduate Students & Postdocs
Online Event: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM (ET)
Ticket Price: $15.00 (no tax)
Apply by: Friday, September 25 via their Registration Website
This 90-minute webinar, developed by Dr. P. Alison Paprica, PhD, PMP, and offered through the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), explains how to use three one-page project management tools to plan and manage research:
1. The work breakdown structure (WBS): a one-page tool to establish a common high-level understanding of research scope expressed in terms of deliverables.
2. The deliverable-based Gantt chart: a one-page tool to describe when and how the deliverables of the research will come together
3. The deliverable-based tracking sheet: a one-page tool to identify emerging risks and drive progress at a more granular level during the implementation phase of the research.
- 2026 THRIVE Summit For Graduate Students and Postdocs | Secrets to Success from Top Supervisors
Online Event: Wednesday October 14, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Ticket Price: $15.00
Register today: THRIVE Summit 2026
THRIVE is a national Summit dedicated to cultivating the knowledge, skills, and professional competencies essential for graduate student success in research, scholarship, leadership, and career development
Hosted annually in a virtual format by rotating Canadian universities, the Summit brings together graduate students from all disciplines, degree programs, and backgrounds to learn directly from graduate supervisors whose expertise spans research, practice, mentorship, and community
Canada’s inaugural THRIVE Summit will feature the authors of The Prosperous PhD (UTP, 2026), a new book bringing together contributions from over 70 exceptional supervisors across 8 countries and myriad disciplines. Join us for an enriching and inspiring day of conversation about how to find success and prosperity on your graduate student journey.
2026 THRIVE Summit Speakers
- Dr. Chris DeLuca, Professor of Education, Queen's University
- Dr. Judy Wearing, Educator, online curriculum strategist, and author
- Dr. Stephen MacGregor, Associate Professor Education, University of Calgary
- Dr. Rick Ezekiel, Vice-Provost, Student Affairs, Dalhousie University
**Certificates of attendance will be provided to all participants.**
Ongoing
- Indigenous Student Support; Jennifer Reandy is available for counselling support for Indigenous students from Tuesday to Friday.
- Thriving in your role as a TA/TM Online Course: gain resilience skills, identify boundaries in your role as a TA/TM helping students, and overview conditions for well-being in learning environments
- Instructional Skills Workshops (Various dates and deadlines for spring and summer)
- SFU Research Ethics Board runs weekly remote help sessions
- The Mentor Meet Program, available to entrepreneurs in the SFU Community, allows you to connect with mentors at all three SFU Campuses.
- Understanding and Coping with Anxiety and Depression Health & Counselling has a recorded/asynchronous version of their seminar about anxiety and depression. Download and print out the presentation slides and resources.