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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!
Graduate Students Community Building Chill Sessions
Let’s talk about accessibility in graduate studies! A topic that impacts us all, yet is not discussed or strategized for enough. Join us and help build a graduate student community, in the spirit of compassion, collaboration and inclusive excellence.
Date
Thursday, October 29
Time:
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location
Graduate Student Society (GSS) Lounge
MBC 2212.1
Academic supports for graduate students with disabilities
Together we will explore the process of research and writing in the graduate student experience. Resources and tools will be provided to navigate these aspects of our work. This is an opportunity to share our work, discuss our research interests and receive feedback in a supportive community of peers.
Date
Thursday, November 12
Time:
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.*
Location
Graduate Student Society (GSS) Lounge
MBC 2212.1
*As of November 1, 2026, BC will no longer observe Daylight Savings Time. The start time for this event will be 4:00 p.m. PCT after November 1.
Past Event Resources
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Revisit (Re) Orientation week to explore posted workshops and resources. Reconnect with key resources and supports, identify services that will help you thrive, build connections and network with your peers.
More Events for Grad Students
On Campus
- Being a (Queer) Academic in Precarious Times: A Series of Conversations
Fri. Oct. 16 | 9:30 - 11:00 am | SFU Research Commons: room 7200 | SFU Burnaby
The Queer Collective, hosted in collaboration with the Trans Equity Pod, are starting the conversation series . The first conversation focuses on graduate student interactions with supervisors. This session will be hosted by Dr. Taco Niet, a trans nonbinary faculty member in the SFU School of Sustainable Energy Engineering. Sign up to receive emails from the Queer Collective
- Idea to App: Softmax Data AI Hackathon
Nov. 5 - 10 | Online | SFU VentureLabs
Register Today: Softmax Data AI Hackathon
An online event hosted by SFU VentureLabs in collaboration with Experience Ventures and Softmax Data Inc. From November 5–10, participants will attend a kickoff webinar on privacy and compliance, build an app in interdisciplinary teams using Softmax Data’s AI tools, and pitch their solution to industry experts. No coding experience is required. Students from any discipline at a Canadian college or university may apply. Every participant receives a $350 honorarium.
Contact Information:
https://venturelabs.ca/
info@venturelabs.ca
604.729.4747
Off Campus
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.