The Graduate Student Association-University of Waterloo (GSA-UW) is a student-run not-for-profit and the official representation of graduate students at Waterloo. The GSA-UW hosts a number of social events and provide graduate students with academic support, mental and physical health supports, legal aid, as well as advocacy and representation.
There are plenty of quiet study spaces across campus as well as spaces that have natural lighting, outlets or other amenities to boost your productivity and wellbeing while working. Both the Writing and Communication Centre (WCC) and the Library have listings of favourite study spaces.
Rock your Thesis is a three-part program that guides graduate students through the first phases of planning and writing a thesis or dissertation. The series covers topics such as planning and project management, structuring your thesis or dissertation, writing a literature review, using strategies for finding and recording research sources, and revision.
Dissertation Boost Camp is a four-day program combines workshops with individual writing time and individual consultations to help thesis and dissertation writers set goals and make progress in their work.
The WCC will work with you to develop your scholarly voice and to build strategies for tackling your research paper, article, presentation, thesis or dissertation. Services for graduate students include: one-on-one appointments, graduate-specific workshops, and the Grad Writing Café.
