PD Workshops

PD Workshops

Take your academics, research and career even further with training in entrepreneurship and innovation, career development, community engagement, leadership and more.

Please check with your program to ensure these training options will be accepted toward your required eight hours of professional development (PD) activities.

Your PD credit for sessions offered through the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies can be found in campusBridge.

Entrepreneurship + Innovation

Design Thinking

Embrace a mindset of questioning assumptions, testing ideas and learning about the "person" who will benefit from the solution in this three-part workshop.

Innovation Bridge

Discover aspects of innovation and the entrepreneurial mindset to create solid policies, develop new processes and establish best practices.

Career Development

Career Action Series

Take action and further your career with the Career Centre’s monthly roundtable discussions.

Career + Leadership Symposium

Build leadership skills and explore your life goals and career.

Graduate Student Internship Program

Find paid, flexible work experience opportunities.

Graduate Teaching + Learning Program

Learn how to become an effective educator.

Mitacs Sessions

Self-paced, virtual courses designed to advance your career.

Professional Development Days

Recognize your talents, pursue your interests, learn professional skills and make interdisciplinary connections that will help you excel in your chosen field.

Professional Development Online Suite

Community Engagement

Community Engagement Foundations

Learn how you can blend your talents, personal interests and knowledge with meaningful community engagement.

EPL On The Edge

Share your research and expertise with the broader community.

Undergraduate Research Initiative (URI) Mentors

Mentor an undergraduate student during their specific research project as a part of the URI.

Knowledge Mobilization

Research Communication

Learn to present engagingly, write clearly and reach audiences through traditional and non-traditional media.

Leadership

Develop the skills and attributes of leadership — creativity, confidence, scholarship, ethical responsibility, communication and collaboration — as identified in your Individual Development Plan (IDP).

Writing Workshops

Writing Retreats

Regain momentum on your next major writing project with practical talks, health breaks, consultations with experts and, of course, ample quiet time for focused writing.

NSERC/SSHRC Writing Workshops

Effectively communicate your research and improve your academic performance in this workshop series.

Workshops for Indigenous Students

Circle Series

Ask questions, listen to experiences, share knowledge and build community in workshops intended for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit. Through these workshops, participants will be introduced to aspects of Indigenous knowledge and land-based learning in the hopes of building deeper connections to the land, tradition and spiritual selves.