Orientation

Date: September 5th
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm
Location: Killam Library, Room B400

Please add a calendar reminder [ics - 4kb] to RSVP on or after August 13th.

A teaching assistantship (TA) is a cornerstone to many graduate programs. It provides students with an opportunity to develop effective teaching and communication strategies, and explore the basic tenets of student-centred learning.

The Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) offers several free academic professional development programs that can help you prepare for TA work, and for work in the university and beyond after graduation. This session will introduce graduate students to the services and programs through the CLT, and provide tips on how to find TA work and discuss the practices that every TA should know.

Date: October 1st
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Location: Henry Hicks Building ground floor Lord Dalhousie Room

Please add a calendar reminder [ics - 2kb] to RSVP on or after September 15th.

Come to this workshop and learn about writing expectations at Dalhousie – degree requirements, disciplinary writing expectations, academic integrity, tips for being successful from the get-go, and strategies for dealing with supervisory expectations and feedback.

Talking about your writing and finding a community of writing practice (in your discipline and across the curriculum) will help you feel that you can be successful. We want you to learn to write – in your field.

Date: November 5th
Time: 11:35am – 12:25pm
Location: Killam Library, Room 2902

Please add a calendar reminder [ics - 4kb] to RSVP on or after October 15th.

This session is for graduate students who will be working with datasets. Some research activities require you to collect your own data for further analysis. Other research activities require you to use data that has been collected by a third party, such as Statistics Canada or an established Research Repository.

Whether you expect to use primary or secondary datasets, you need to understand the basic principals associated with Research Data Management (RDM). Most importantly, if funding for your research comes from any of the tri-council agencies (CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC) you will be required to make your data accessible. You may not know how to do this, but the Dal Libraries can help you. This workshop will provide some basic guidelines and useful examples.

Date: January 15th
Time: 11:30am – 12:45pm
Location: Life Sciences Centre, Room C240

Please add a calendar reminder [ics - 3kb] to RSVP on or after January 6th.

This session will explain:

• The process for opting in
• How to submit a claim
• What is covered
• How to access your coverage cards

Date: January 28th
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Council Chambers on the 2nd floor of the Student Union Building

Please add a calendar reminder [ics - 4kb] to RSVP on or after January 14th.

You will develop many great competencies as a graduate student, but to fully explain the value of your experience to future employers you need to be able to identify the competencies you developed and how you demonstrated them.

By the end of this session you will be able to explain how you demonstrated at least two competencies and feel more confident in communicating your experiences to professionals and employers.

Date: April 6th
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Location:  Henry Hicks Building ground floor Lord Dalhousie Room

Please add a calendar reminder [ics - 3kb] to RSVP on or after March 17th.

It’s spring and our attention turns to either starting or completing theses, dissertations, and other major documents. Come to this workshop and we’ll talk about this stage in your work.

This session will give you tips and strategies that will build your confidence to complete the work, and discuss structured peer reviews as a way to improve your writing awareness and your product.

Date: TBA
Location: Indigenous Student Centre

RSVP: Please check back here in a few months or keep an eye on the FGS newsletter

Date: May, date TBC
Time: 12:00 – 4:00 pm TBC
Location: TBC

Please add a calendar reminder [ics - 2kb] to RSVP on or after April 14th.

Whether you are a new graduate student looking for tips on working with a supervisor or you an experienced graduate student who wants to share that they have learned with others, this session is for you!