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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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SFU graduate students are invited to join us and select guest speakers in conversation around a variety of topics specific to being a graduate student at SFU. Participate in a way that is meaningful for you: ask questions, provide suggestions and/or listen to the discussion.
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
- Meet, Greet and Eat
In collaboration with Creative Collective and the Global Student Centre, we are excited to introduce "Meet, Greet, and Eat" - a safe and inclusive space for students to hang out, meet new people, eat lunch together, and participate in fun and creative crafts. Enjoy doing crafts or simply hang out and connect with others. (Select Mondays & Tuesdays until July 26)
- Presentation Foundations: Breath, Power, Posture and Pauses | May 26
- Application Deadline: Fall 2022 Certificate Program in University Teaching & Learning | May 27
- Application Deadline: Instructional Skills Workshop (August 17-19) | May 27
- Application Deadline: Instructional Skills Workshop (August 22-24) | May 27
- Call for Abstracts: SFU Sustainability and Climate Solutions Student Research Day | June 3
SFU graduate students from all faculties can submit an abstract to present their research in-person or online via a poster or an oral presentation session. Best Presentation, Best Poster and People’s Choice will be awarded a $500 grant. - Call For Proposals | Fall 2022 TA Day: The Teaching Orientation Program | June 15
- SFU Sustainability and Climate Solutions Student Research Day | June 24 | online + in-person
SFU graduate students will present their sustainability and climate solutions research to the SFU community and beyond. Join SFU community members interested in developing innovative, equitable and inclusive solutions that approach climate and sustainability from multiple perspectives. Attending in-person: RSVP by June 14; Attending online: RSVP by June 22.
Off Campus
- Kickstart Program in AI: Apply by May 31
As part of our mission to make AI for good and for all, amii runs the Kickstart program: an 8 week virtual program that helps young women connect into Alberta’s AI ecosystem (Note: you don't need to live in Alberta to participate). The program aims to help women and gender diverse groups in STEM expand their networks, explore topics related to gender bias and underrepresentation in STEM, and gain real-life examples from leading women in the field to help “kickstart” their careers in AI. - Safer & Better: Re-Visioning Elder Care Across the Shelter-Care Continuum: June 2, 9:30AM - 3:15PM (PDT); online
- Academia to Business: How to Pivot Your Career: June 8, 6:00PM - 7:00PM (PST); online
- Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2022: Jun 13&17; online
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.