Current undergraduate students

*Due to staff illness, this workshop is cancelled today. Sorry for the inconvenience.*

Listening and reading are integral to building your critical thinking skills.  In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to identify a speaker’s/writer’s purpose, assess how well the purpose is met, evaluate the validity and reliability of information, and detect and avoid bias in writing. Come join us for fun and practice.

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Don’t wait until you’re in the workplace. Work at being professional now!  Being professional is often overlooked or forgotten while in school. Discover how to project the right professional image through knowing which mode of address and tone to use.  Get heard and taken seriously now. 

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Hosted by the Writing Centre and past award holders, this workshop discusses how to plan and write the “Lay Abstract,” “Training Expectations,” and “Research Project Summary,” all critical components of your CIHR application. Understand the key components of a research proposal, and learn how to communicate your research plan with confidence and clarity.

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This workshop gives an overview of how to plan and write the critical research proposal portions of your SSHRC, NSERC, or CIHR application. Discuss the key components of research proposals. Learn how to communicate your research plan and your credentials with confidence and clarity.

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The assertion-evidence model is frequently used for academic presentations. In this workshop, we review slide design as well as presentation organization and delivery. Bring a laptop or mobile device so that you can practice applying this useful model to your own work.

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Writing an essay exam requires a special method of preparation. This workshop covers a range of strategies and components to help you: including how to manage your time, how to organize your ideas, and what is required in an essay exam. Join us for fun and practice.

Instructor: Amy Greene

Date:

• Thursday, July 9 at 1-3pm

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Make every word count. Learn how to revise for clarity and unity, and turn your drafts into elegant, succinct prose by condensing your sentences without sacrificing their sense.

Instructor: Amy Greene

Date:

• Thursday, June 25 at 11am-1pm

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