Graduate students

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, June 3, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, June 10, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, June 24, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, July 1, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, July 8, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, July 15, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, July 22, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, July 29, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, August 5, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, August 12, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, August 19, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, August 26, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, September 2, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, September 9, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, September 16, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, September 23, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, September 30, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 7, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 14, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 21, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 28, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, November 4, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 11, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 18, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 25, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, December 2, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, December 9, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, December 16, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

IBPOC Student Writing Café

The IBPOC Student Writing Cafés are spaces where Indigenous, Black, and graduate students of colour can come together to form supportive communities of writers.

Thursday, April 23, 2026 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Design & Deliver Grad Studio: Plan your presentation

If you’re just starting to think about an upcoming presentation or need to revise a presentation that just isn’t doing what you need it to do, take this workshop!

Learn more (and look out for a registration link) on our website.

Thursday, April 16, 2026 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Rock Your Thesis 3: Revise and Submit

The third in the three-part “Rock Your Thesis” series, this workshop will equip you with the skills you need to revise your thesis or dissertation draft and plan to submit and defend it.  

Register on Portal today!

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, February 24, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, March 3, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, March 10, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, March 17, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

STEM Writers' Grad Studio: Peer Review

Ready to strengthen your STEM writing and learn the “why” and “how” behind effective STEM academic communication?

Register on Portal today!

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - Friday, February 20, 2026 (all day)

Dissertation Boost Camp

Stop stalling and start writing! Build a sustainable plan, make progress on your writing and give your productivity a boost with Dissertation Boost Camp. This intensive four-day program (in-person and online) is designed to provide dedicated and quiet writing space for students who are looking to jumpstart their thesis- or dissertation-writing process.

Apply by January 15th

Friday, February 6, 2026 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Generative AI and the Literature Review

Join us for Generative AI and the Literature Review, an online workshop for grad students. Explore how GenAI tools can support your research journey—from brainstorming to organizing sources. Co-hosted by the Libraries and the Writing and Communication Centre, this workshop is perfect for Master’s and PhD students working on a thesis, dissertation, or article.

Register today on Portal

Thursday, January 22, 2026 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Rock Your Thesis 2: Starting to Write

The second in the three-part "Rock Your Thesis" series, this workshop will equip you with the skills you need to start writing a large academic writing project like a thesis, dissertation or dissertation proposal.

Register on Portal today!

Thursday, January 22, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, January 29, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, February 5, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, February 12, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Multilingual Writers' Studio: Revision Strategies

Through structured activities, peer dialogue, and reflective writing, participants will build strategies to negotiate academic expectations while sustaining their own voices and identities as writers. 

Register on Portal today!

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, January 20, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, January 27, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, February 3, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, February 10, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, February 17, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, February 24, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, March 3, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, March 10, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, March 17, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, March 24, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, March 31, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, April 7, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, April 14, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, April 21, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, April 28, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Black, Indigenous, and Racialized Students' Writing Cafe

Write in community — not in isolation. 

Learn more about our Writing Groups.