Dissertation Boot Camp is a one-week intensive program (Monday, April 24 – Friday, April 28, 2017 from 8:45am - 4pm) designed to help graduate students accomplish their writing goals and accelerate their time to completion. The Council of Graduate Schools recommends dissertation boot camps because these programs have proven to help reduce attrition rates and assist in shortening time-to-degree.
==> Have you finished your coursework and had your project proposal accepted? YES!
==> Do you need time and space for writing your MA Thesis or PhD Dissertation? YES!
==> Do you wish you had extra writing support from experts? YES!
DEADLINE TO APPLY is Monday, March 15th, 2017. CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE
Participants are expected to attend everyday. This program will provide participants with:
* focused and supported individual time to write
* access to one-on-one support with writing experts
* morning mini-lessons on writing strategies and issues
Participants will practice productive writing habits and establish realistic writing goals in order to maintain timelines and build the necessary skills for the successful and timely completion of their academic studies.
Click here for more information:
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017
3MT competitions coming to a College near you starting March 1
3MT® is a university wide competition for graduate students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in 3 minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges. The challenge is to present complex research in an engaging, accessible and compelling way, using only one slide.
College competitions start on March 1 with CPES. Check out the full College schedule here.
The top two competitors from each College will advance to the U of Guelph 3MT® Final Competition which will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 1:00 p.m in UC442.
The winner of the UoG competition will advance to the Ontario Regional championship to be held at the University of Waterloo on April 12.
Full details are available on the Office of Grad&Postdoc Studies website.
College competitions start on March 1 with CPES. Check out the full College schedule here.
The top two competitors from each College will advance to the U of Guelph 3MT® Final Competition which will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 1:00 p.m in UC442.
The winner of the UoG competition will advance to the Ontario Regional championship to be held at the University of Waterloo on April 12.
Full details are available on the Office of Grad&Postdoc Studies website.
Nominations open for the SSHRC Talent Award
The Office of Grad and Postdoc Studies is pleased to announce the launch of the 2017 SSHRC Impact Awards competition. The annual SSHRC Impact Awards recognize the highest achievements in social sciences and humanities research, knowledge mobilization and scholarship supported by SSHRC.
The OGPS will now be accepting nominations for the Talent Award ($50,000), which recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on April 30, 2017, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship (including, but not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship).
Talent Award Nominations are due to OGPS March 1, 2017. If you would like to nominate an individual for the Talent Award, please email the Graduate Awards Officers for details grschol@uoguelph.ca.
The OGPS will now be accepting nominations for the Talent Award ($50,000), which recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on April 30, 2017, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship (including, but not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship).
Talent Award Nominations are due to OGPS March 1, 2017. If you would like to nominate an individual for the Talent Award, please email the Graduate Awards Officers for details grschol@uoguelph.ca.
Friday, February 24, 2017
Writing an Effective Abstract: An Audience-Based Approach
In an article in Inside Higher Ed, Faye Halpern and James Phelan explain why it is important to write abstracts for your intended readers, but also for the reviewers of your paper.
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies photo shoot
The OGPS is hosting a photo shoot to capture images representing graduate students at the University of Guelph. The images will be used for promotion and marketing of graduate studies for Fall 2017-2018 (i.e. viewbook, website, one pagers, etc.).
Graduate student volunteers are required at both the Master’s and Doctoral level to provide profiles and images. Interested grad students are asked to complete the Photo shoot participant webform, which requests students’ name, email address, program, preferred time slot, and 5 to 7 questions to create their profile. Specific information and location details will be provided to those who register. Students are asked to be available for the entire time slot.
The photo shoot will be held on March 16 at locations around campus.
Shoot 1: 09:00 to 10:15
Shoot 2: 10:30 to 11:45
Shoot 3: 12:00 to 13:30
Questions can be directed to Alex Boughen at aboughen@uoguelph.ca
Graduate student volunteers are required at both the Master’s and Doctoral level to provide profiles and images. Interested grad students are asked to complete the Photo shoot participant webform, which requests students’ name, email address, program, preferred time slot, and 5 to 7 questions to create their profile. Specific information and location details will be provided to those who register. Students are asked to be available for the entire time slot.
The photo shoot will be held on March 16 at locations around campus.
Shoot 1: 09:00 to 10:15
Shoot 2: 10:30 to 11:45
Shoot 3: 12:00 to 13:30
Questions can be directed to Alex Boughen at aboughen@uoguelph.ca
GSLI newsletter - Feb. 27 to March 31
The new issue of the GSLI newsletter is now available. Go to bit.ly/2hsyqwm to download a copy of the newsletter.
Monday, February 13, 2017
MITACS online workshops this semester
Mitacs offers several online workshops each semester.
There are 4 starting this semester. They take from 1 to 6 hours to complete (depending on the topic) and are available from 4 to 8 weeks after they open.
The workshops are free for graduate students and postdoctoral associates.
The online workshops available in Winter 2017 are:
Writing Effective Emails
Start Date: February 22
End Date: March 07
Length: Approximately 2 to 3 hours
Access: Multi-day: the workshop can be accessed at any time but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
Managing Project Timelines
Date and Time: starts March 01
End Date: March 15
Length: Approximately 1 to 1.5 hours
Access: Multi-day: Can be accessed at any time during the workshop’s start and end date but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
Writing Strategic Business Reports
Date and Time: starts March 02
End Date: March 16
Length: Approximately 1 to 1.5 hours
Access: Multi-day: Can be accessed at any time during the workshop’s start and end date but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
Time Management
Date and Time: starts March 02
End Date: March 30
Length: Approximately 5 to 6 hours
Access: Multi-day: Can be accessed at any time during the workshop’s start and end date but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
There are 4 starting this semester. They take from 1 to 6 hours to complete (depending on the topic) and are available from 4 to 8 weeks after they open.
The workshops are free for graduate students and postdoctoral associates.
The online workshops available in Winter 2017 are:
Writing Effective Emails
Start Date: February 22
End Date: March 07
Length: Approximately 2 to 3 hours
Access: Multi-day: the workshop can be accessed at any time but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
Managing Project Timelines
Date and Time: starts March 01
End Date: March 15
Length: Approximately 1 to 1.5 hours
Access: Multi-day: Can be accessed at any time during the workshop’s start and end date but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
Writing Strategic Business Reports
Date and Time: starts March 02
End Date: March 16
Length: Approximately 1 to 1.5 hours
Access: Multi-day: Can be accessed at any time during the workshop’s start and end date but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
Time Management
Date and Time: starts March 02
End Date: March 30
Length: Approximately 5 to 6 hours
Access: Multi-day: Can be accessed at any time during the workshop’s start and end date but must be completed within the access period.
Click here to register
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