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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.
Relationships are at the heart of collaborative work, and the ways we approach and engage in our partnerships can affect the outcomes we achieve. In this workshop, Rachel Nelson, Associate Director, Partnerships and Programs, SFU Community Engagement, will share guiding principles and practical strategies for building and sustaining healthy partnerships. Lessons and experience from practice and research will be shared, to help guide your approach to partnership relationships.
Facilitators:
Rachel Nelson
Associate Director, Partnerships and Programs | Community Engagement
Dr. El Chenier
Professor | Department of History, Associate Dean | Graduate Studies
Finishing your first year of grad school is certainly challenging but is also an outstanding achievement! We want to welcome you to our new initiative: Year 2 Re-Orientation!
Join us on Thursday, October 3 to take inventory of your past year, evaluate the services and supports you may need now or moving forward in your program. Get valuable reminders for your program completion deadlines too!
Spots for this are limited; please RSVP only if you are able and willing to join us.
Book a 1:1 career coaching session to support your career exploration, job search, portfolio development, or future education plans. Amrit Mundy, Career Education Specialist, certified ICF Coach {https://coachingfederation.org/credentials-and-standards}, and fellow PhD graduate student will support you in these sessions.
Schedule your session today on myExperience {https://www.sfu.ca/wil/myexperience.html}, 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.
Date/Time
Spring/Summer: Mondays & Fridays
Location
In-person & online
More Events for Grad Students
On Campus
- Rewriting Climate Narratives: Hope, Justice, and Youth Empowerment Through Creative Engagement | September 26, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm PDT | Online via Zoom
This workshop, Grace Nosek is joined by youth climate advocates Jamie Hill and Uma Le Daca Jolicoeur to explore Grace's PhD research on the fossil fuel industry's impact on democracy and her community-engaged work with young climate activists.
- Grad Talk (multilingual grad students) | September 18 - November 6, Wednesdays, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PDT | Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons
- Academic Writing for Multilingual Graduate Students Workshop Series: Writing Problem-Solution Text | November 8, 1:30 pm - 3:20 pm PDT | Vancouver, Harbour Centre, Research Commons (RC), Room 7050.2
- Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings
Pop Culture | September 20 - November 22, Fridays, 10:30 am - 11:30 am PDT | SLC Consultation Area
Explore Vancouver: Activities & Adventures | September 20 - November 22, Fridays, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PDT | SLC Consultation Area | SLC Consultation Area
Travel Preference - Guided Tour or Independent Travel? | September 24 - November 19, Tuesdays, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm PDT | SLC Consultation Area
Current Socratic Circle (grad and undergrad) | October 3 - November 21, Thursdays, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PDT | SLC Consultation Area
Off Campus
- Anti-Racism Response Training (ART) Exploring Concepts and Language | Apply by Sep 23 | Program date: September 25, 12:00-3:00pm (Eastern Time) | Zoom | Ticket Price: $95.00 (no tax)
- The BIS Program: Industry Essentials | Apply by Oct 23 | 4-week virtual, cohort-based program | $175 (plus applicable taxes)
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.