This workshop offers participants a step-by-step guide to having difficult conversations. Participants will review the reasons why we seldom have difficult or uncomfortable conversations and provided with a case for having them. As participants are lead through our approach to difficult conversations, they will be offered examples and suggestions for inviting, having, and capturing these […]
This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to examine conflict cases through the lens of the conflict models and will practice approaches […]
This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to examine conflict cases through the lens of the conflict models and will practice approaches […]
The Building Success Across the Graduate Life Cycle workshop is designed for pre-tenure faculty members and others who are new to a supervisory role at the University of Toronto. In this interactive session, you will learn: This workshop will offer practical advice, grounded in discussion of realistic case studies of supervisory practice at the University […]
This workshop offers participants a step-by-step guide to having difficult conversations. Participants will review the reasons why we seldom have difficult or uncomfortable conversations and provided with a case for having them. As participants are lead through our approach to difficult conversations, they will be offered examples and suggestions for inviting, having, and capturing these […]
This workshop offers participants a step-by-step guide to having difficult conversations. Participants will review the reasons why we seldom have difficult or uncomfortable conversations and provided with a case for having them. As participants are lead through our approach to difficult conversations, they will be offered examples and suggestions for inviting, having, and capturing these […]
The Building Success Across the Graduate Life Cycle workshop is designed for pre-tenure faculty members and others who are new to a supervisory role at the University of Toronto. This workshop will offer practical advice, grounded in discussion of realistic case studies of supervisory practice at the University of Toronto, and includes perspectives from peer […]
Postponed! Please check back for other workshops in the coming months. This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to examine conflict cases […]
Postponed! Please check back for other workshops in the coming months. This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to examine conflict cases […]
This workshop will be facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. This workshop offers participants a step-by-step guide to having difficult conversations. Participants will review the reasons why we typically avoid difficult or uncomfortable conversations, and why we should try having them instead. As participants are lead through our approach to navigating […]
This workshop will be facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. This workshop offers participants a step-by-step guide to having difficult conversations. Participants will review the reasons why we typically avoid difficult or uncomfortable conversations, and why we should try having them instead. As participants are lead through our approach to navigating […]
This workshop will be taught by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to […]
(Previously “Understanding Conflict” and “Having Difficult Conversations”) This workshop will be taught by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. Good supervision is a shared responsibility between a graduate student and their supervisor. You will need strong interpersonal communication skills to establish mutual expectations, hold each other to high academic standards, be self-reflective, and […]
(Previously “Understanding Conflict” and “Having Difficult Conversations”) This workshop will be taught by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. Good supervision is a shared responsibility between a graduate student and their supervisor. You will need strong interpersonal communication skills to establish mutual expectations, hold each other to high academic standards, be self-reflective, and […]
The Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision (CGMS) will be hosting a panel discussion for York University's 60th Anniversary Graduate Supervision Conference. This one-day fully online Graduate Supervision Conference is geared specifically for graduate supervisors. Registration is free and is now open.For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/grad-supervision-conference/.
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 […]