This workshop will be jointly led by Jane Freeman, Director, GCAC, and Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision. Doctoral students' working relationships with their supervisor can have profound impacts on their experiences of writing a doctoral dissertation. In this workshop, we will reflect on this important relationship. We will discuss strategies for […]
Facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision.The SGS Supervision Guidelines is a document that will help you as a graduate student understand best practices in graduate supervision. Join us for this overview of the Supervision Guidelines including an overview of the roles and responsibilities […]
Facilitated by Prof John Peever, Professor, Cell & Systems Biology and Vice-Dean, Students, School of Graduate Studies, Prof Rene Harrison, Professor, Biological Sciences, and Vice-Dean Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies, UTSC, Prof Pamela Klassen, Professor & Chair, Department for the Study of Religion, Dr Michal Kasprzak, Assistant Director, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation/Teaching Assistants’ Training Program, and Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship […]
Registration is full. Please check back in the Winter 2025 term for an updated list of workshops. Facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision, Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision.Is there something you would like to say to a supervisor or colleague, and you are struggling to […]
Thesis writing feedback is one of the most significant points of contact between a doctoral student and their supervisor. Doctoral writers rely on various types of feedback throughout the writing process to produce high quality scholarly work. Supervisors, however, often find the feedback cycle to be laborious, inefficient, and frustrating. In this workshop, we will […]
Facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision.Managing boundaries and expectations is integral to a successful graduate supervisory relationship. Knowing how, and when, to communicate what we expect from someone can help mitigate future misunderstandings. Establishing professional, academic, and personal boundaries and expectations helps the supervisory relationship feel more predictable, trustworthy, and consistent.This […]
This workshop was rescheduled to November 27, 11:00am - 1:00pm. Facilitated by Dr. Pearl Levey, Accommodations Specialist for Practicums/Placements/Laboratories, Accessibility Services, Sezgi Ozel, Team Lead, Graduate and Professional Programs, Accessibility Services, Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision, and Lauren Pais, Case-Coordinator, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision.This workshop is designed to support graduate supervisors and graduate unit administrative faculty to understand the […]
Facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision.The SGS Supervision Guidelines is a document that will help you as a graduate student understand best practices in graduate supervision. Join us for this overview of the Supervision Guidelines including an overview of the roles and responsibilities […]
Facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision, Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision. Is there something you would like to say to a supervisor or colleague, and you are struggling to find a way to say it? Do you find it challenging to have an uncomfortable conversation? In this workshop, […]
Facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision. Managing boundaries and expectations is integral to a successful graduate supervisory relationship. Knowing how, and when, to communicate what we expect from someone can help mitigate future misunderstandings. Establishing professional, academic, and personal boundaries and expectations helps the supervisory relationship feel more predictable, trustworthy, and […]