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Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Turn Your Research Into a Startup

Every term Velocity hosts a graduate student specific event that focuses on monetizing work as a grad student called “Turn Your Research Into a Startup”. It features a panel of current and former grad students who have entered or are working on entering into the startup world, along with a UWaterloo professor that with relevant experience. They will discuss the processes they went through and how they were able to utilize their grad studies experience to create a company of their own.

Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00 pm - 5:20 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

ENGL 796: Cultural Politics – The Very Idea

You are kindly invited to attend the end of term colloquium for ENGL 796:  Cultural Politics – The Very Idea.  Students from the class will present brief papers applying their work on the course to a wide variety of cultural political movements and artists.  Please feel free to come to some or all of the sessions, which will begin at 12 noon.

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Monday, April 15, 2019 9:00 am - Friday, April 19, 2019 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Dissertation Boot Camp

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, April 15th to Thursday, April 19th from 9am to 4pm each day.

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 (all day)

DH@Guelph Summer Workshops

The University of Guelph is hosting a series of 4-day workshops on topics related to digital humanities research and teaching. In our largest array of offerings to date, there are courses on augmented reality, digitizing manuscripts, public engagement, teaching from the archives, and text transformation. 

Monday, May 13, 2019 9:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Résumé and Cover Letter Writing for Graduate Students and Postdocs

What? 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.

When? Monday, May 13, 9:30am-12:30pm

Where? TC 2218 (Tatham Centre)

How do I sign up? Registration instructions found here.

Monday, May 13, 2019 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Writing Session for Résumés and Cover Letters (Graduate Students & Postdocs)

What? Bring your laptop or pen and paper and get drafting or improving your résumé and cover letter. Career Advisors and your peers will be available for feedback and guidance. Note: To attend this afternoon session you must attend the morning workshop “Résumé and Cover Letter Writing for Graduate Students and Postdocs.”

When? Monday, May 13, 1:30pm-3:30pm

Where? TC 2218 (Tatham Centre)