Events - 2018

Waterloo’s Writing and Communication Centre is currently accepting applications for Dissertation Boot Camp. This online program, which is designed to help dissertation and thesis writers to get a jump start on their writing goals, runs Monday, December 10^th to Thursday, December 13th from 9am to 4pm each day.

You’re about to finish your course work or comprehensive exams and have started to think about writing your thesis or dissertation. Where do you begin?

This full-day workshop, sponsored by GRADventure, will guide early stage graduate students through some of the first phases of planning and writing a thesis or dissertation.

What? Through this interactive workshop, you’ll become better prepared for a campus interview. In addition to learning about a typical campus interview schedule, you’ll learn to analyze interview questions and evaluate and develop effective responses to these questions.

How do I sign up? Register here.

In this interactive half—day workshop, you‘ll discuss the value of making connections, learn effective networking strategies and develop a “next steps” action plan. You‘ll also improve your interview performance by translating academic language to industry language, applying strategies for answering interview questions and evaluating the effectiveness of responses to interview questions.

What? Do you want to hear what it is like to work in Canada as an international graduate student? Attend this Q&A session and get all your questions answered by senior graduate students and alumni. Topics that will be covered include: finding work as an international student, networking, interviews, communication etiquette, and success on the job.

How do I sign up? Register here.

Through discussion and hands—on activities in this half—day workshop, you will learn how to prepare an effective résumé and cover letter by analyzing job descriptions, assessing the relevance of your transferable skills and articulating these transferable skills in an action—oriented way.

What? In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to prepare an effective curriculum vitae (CV) as well as how to write a professional and compelling cover letter for professor/lecturer and postdoc positions.

What? Finding and building a rewarding career involves gaining a clear understanding of the key problems you want to solve. Exceptional employees recognize the value of using strategic problem identification to advance quickly in their careers. We invite you to hear from Larry Smith, Director of The Problem Lab and Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics, as he discusses practical tactics to position yourself for developing and advancing rapidly in your career.

As English instructors teaching STEM students in communication courses, we often encounter differing expectations from our students around writing conventions, epistemologies, and approaches to grading. These cross-disciplinary issues can affect how STEM students learn in English language and literature classes, as well as how we teach.