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What's happening at Graduate + Postdoctoral Studies?
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.
Your Career Compass
The Your Career Compass workshop series helps graduate students and postdocs navigate their career options inside or outside of academia.
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.
Upcoming Events Hosted by GPS
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GPS Event Photos
You can view and download photos taken by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies staff at various events.
More Events for Grad Students + Postdocs
On Campus
- Register for the Fall 2021 Your Career Compass Workshop Series today! Tap into events and experiences in your life up to now to clarify your values, strengths and interests to discover new career-life possibilities and plan the next steps in your career management. Sign up and enroll by 9:00 am September 23 for all three remote sessions.
- Post-Graduation Work Permit Session for Graduate Students: September 22, 1:30-3PM (PDT); online
- September 30 formally recognized as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Classes will be cancelled and the University will be closed. Learn more about the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Blended Learning 2: Designing & Integrating Online Components (online): October 19, 9:30 - 11:30 am
- Blended Learning 2: Designing & Integrating Online Components (in-person): October 21, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Instructional Skills Workshop: internationally recognized forum for developing practical, learner-centred teaching skills. Apply by October 22
- Blended Learning 3: Facilitating Blended Learning (online): November 23, 9:30 - 11:30 am
- Blended Learning 3: Facilitating Blended Learning (in-person): November 26, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Off Campus
- An Intimate Conversation with Joshua Whitehead In Deailogue with Larissa Lai. September 21, 7:00 - 8:15 pm (MT
- Volunteer Burnaby: Exploring Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion in the Non-Profit Sector. September 29, 10am – 1pm (PDT).
- TikTok University: Can TikTok be a Tool for Students and Teachers? September 30, 3-4:30pm (PDT); online
- Science Communication Competition “My research in France: the emotion of discovery” Enter by October 31 at 11:59PM (PDT).
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 to amend your studies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Learn more about this as well as Zoom guidance for conducting study activities online and more!
- 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.