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Read More Wednesday 06 May Designing Your Own Path to Career Relevant Experience Wednesday, May 6, 2026 - 11:00 AM Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be rescheduling this session. We will update the event date as soon as possible. ... Read More Thursday 07 May Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish: An On-Campus Writing Retreat Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 10:00 AM The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ... Read More Thursday 07 May Introduction to Voyant Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 1:00 PM We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to acorpus.No prior experience with text analysis is required. ... Read More Wednesday 13 May Planning and Goal-setting with Intention Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 11:00 AM You probably have a plethora of academic and professional obligations as well as opportunities that you could engage in during your time in grad school. ... Read More Wednesday 13 May Introduction to Podcasting Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 1:00 PM Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. ... Read More Wednesday 20 May Introduction to Digital Storytelling with Twine Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop is a brief introduction to the Digital Storytelling tool, Twine. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: ... Read More Wednesday 20 May Writing a Literature Review: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 12:00 PM Writing a literature review can feel like navigating a maze of research, but it doesn’t have to. Join this practical, research-informed workshop to discover how to map and enter the scholarly conversation in your field. ... Read More Wednesday 27 May The Practice of Realignment, or, Getting Unstuck - Staying on Track in Grad School Series Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 2:00 PM In this session, we present a process for you to use to realign quickly and gracefully when you have found yourself off track or feeling misaligned from your goals. ... Read More Friday 29 May Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools Friday, May 29, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: ... Read More Wednesday 03 Jun Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish: An On-Campus Writing Retreat Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - 10:00 AM The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ... Read More Wednesday 17 Jun Citation Practices in Academic and Professional Writing Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - 12:00 PM Citations do more than give credit or prevent plagiarism. They shape your voice within scholarly conversations. This workshop examines citation strategies, the common functions of citations in academic writing, and effective ways to engage with sources to build your research narrative. ... Read More Thursday 25 Jun Introduction to Voyant Thursday, June 25, 2026 - 11:00 AM We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to acorpus.No prior experience with text analysis is required. ... Read More Friday 03 Jul Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools Friday, July 3, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: ... Read More Thursday 09 Jul Introduction to Podcasting Thursday, July 9, 2026 - 11:00 AM Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. ... Read More Wednesday 15 Jul Introduction to Digital Storytelling with Twine Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop is a brief introduction to the Digital Storytelling tool, Twine. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: ... Read More Wednesday 05 Aug Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish: An On-Campus Writing Retreat Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - 10:00 AM The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ... Read More Wednesday 12 Aug CGRS D: Crafting a Compelling Research Story Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - 12:00 PM This workshop is designed for graduate students applying for the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) from the national funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. ... Read More
Wednesday 06 May Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish: An On-Campus Writing Retreat Wednesday, May 6, 2026 - 10:00 AM The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ... Read More
Wednesday 06 May Designing Your Own Path to Career Relevant Experience Wednesday, May 6, 2026 - 11:00 AM Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be rescheduling this session. We will update the event date as soon as possible. ... Read More
Thursday 07 May Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish: An On-Campus Writing Retreat Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 10:00 AM The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ... Read More
Thursday 07 May Introduction to Voyant Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 1:00 PM We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to acorpus.No prior experience with text analysis is required. ... Read More
Wednesday 13 May Planning and Goal-setting with Intention Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 11:00 AM You probably have a plethora of academic and professional obligations as well as opportunities that you could engage in during your time in grad school. ... Read More
Wednesday 13 May Introduction to Podcasting Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 1:00 PM Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. ... Read More
Wednesday 20 May Introduction to Digital Storytelling with Twine Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop is a brief introduction to the Digital Storytelling tool, Twine. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: ... Read More
Wednesday 20 May Writing a Literature Review: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 12:00 PM Writing a literature review can feel like navigating a maze of research, but it doesn’t have to. Join this practical, research-informed workshop to discover how to map and enter the scholarly conversation in your field. ... Read More
Wednesday 27 May The Practice of Realignment, or, Getting Unstuck - Staying on Track in Grad School Series Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 2:00 PM In this session, we present a process for you to use to realign quickly and gracefully when you have found yourself off track or feeling misaligned from your goals. ... Read More
Friday 29 May Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools Friday, May 29, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: ... Read More
Wednesday 03 Jun Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish: An On-Campus Writing Retreat Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - 10:00 AM The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ... Read More
Wednesday 17 Jun Citation Practices in Academic and Professional Writing Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - 12:00 PM Citations do more than give credit or prevent plagiarism. They shape your voice within scholarly conversations. This workshop examines citation strategies, the common functions of citations in academic writing, and effective ways to engage with sources to build your research narrative. ... Read More
Thursday 25 Jun Introduction to Voyant Thursday, June 25, 2026 - 11:00 AM We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to acorpus.No prior experience with text analysis is required. ... Read More
Friday 03 Jul Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools Friday, July 3, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: ... Read More
Thursday 09 Jul Introduction to Podcasting Thursday, July 9, 2026 - 11:00 AM Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. ... Read More
Wednesday 15 Jul Introduction to Digital Storytelling with Twine Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 11:00 AM This workshop is a brief introduction to the Digital Storytelling tool, Twine. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: ... Read More
Wednesday 05 Aug Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish: An On-Campus Writing Retreat Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - 10:00 AM The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ... Read More
Wednesday 12 Aug CGRS D: Crafting a Compelling Research Story Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - 12:00 PM This workshop is designed for graduate students applying for the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) from the national funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. ... Read More