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Your slide design has significant impact on how your audience responds to your presentation. Come learn the principles of good slide design and then practice making various types of slides. Bring a laptop or tablet.

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Literature reviews are a keystone of academic writing. This workshop explores using the Matrix Method to manage your literature review.  Bring a laptop or mobile device so that you can begin applying this method to your own work. 

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This workshop will provide tips and practical experience on how to write an annotated bibliography and how it can be used as part of the writing process for a literature review or thesis. Strategies for using RefWorks to assist in its creation will also be discussed. A RefWorks account and basic knowledge of/experience with RefWorks is expected. This workshop is targeted at upper-year undergraduate students and graduate students.

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Academic integrity requires that you paraphrase and summarize other people’s work. Through hands-on practice, you will learn these skills and how to integrate your supporting research for improved credibility.

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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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You already know about the Matrix Method from Literature Review Part A and have completed one.  Now in Part B, learn to situate your research within the body of existing related scholarship.  Bring your completed matrix and your ideas for how best to organize and present the research so that it meshes with your own contribution to the field.

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Academic integrity requires that you paraphrase and summarize other people’s work. Through hands-on practice, you will learn these skills and how to integrate your supporting research for improved credibility.

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This workshop offers graduate students an introduction to the world of academic publishing. You will learn about the steps in the publication process, including revising course work before submitting it to journals, communicating effectively with journal editors, and handling comments from reviewers.

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Writing shouldn't have to be solitary! Grab a coffee and get writing. Join our network of graduate student and faculty writers at the #WaterlooWrites Writing Cafés! Meet other writers, stay on track, and make progress in your work. Virtual Writing Cafés are open to any graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, and faculty member at the University of Waterloo. 

When: Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon) EST
Where: Virtual Writing Café using MS Teams

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Looking for a writing community? Grab a coffee and get writing. Join our network of graduate student and faculty writers at the #WaterlooWrites Writing Cafés! Meet other writers, stay on track, and make progress in your work. These cafés are also open to any open to any graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, and faculty member at the University of Waterloo.

When: Wednesdays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST
Where: The GSA Grad Lounge (SLC 3216)