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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.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Are you a TA or hoping to become one? This 2.5 hour intensive workshop will give you practical guidelines for responding to student writing and improving grading.  Topics include providing feedback for different purposes, using rubrics, ensuring consistency, using marking time efficiently, and identifying common student errors. Join us for this hands-on workshop with lots of time for practice.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Are you a TA or hoping to become one? This 2.5 hour intensive workshop will give you practical guidelines for responding to student writing and improving grading.  Topics include providing feedback for different purposes, using rubrics, ensuring consistency, using marking time efficiently, and identifying common student errors. Join us for this hands-on workshop with lots of time for practice.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Keeping your research material organized is essential to efficient scholarship. This collaborative effort between the Library and Writing Centre will teach you how to use RefWorks, a web-based citation and bibliography tool, for your literature review.  Get started on your research and keep it organized.

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Summarizing and paraphrasing your research material is essential to academic integrity.  This collaborative effort between the Library and Writing Centre will teach you how to use RefWorks, a web-based citation and bibliography tool.  Get started on your research and avoid plagiarism.

Register for this workshop.

Unleash your Super Powers Halloween Costume contest!                           

Date: Friday, October 30

Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where: Dana Porter, South Campus Hall, or Student Life Centre

To help celebrate International Education Week, The English Conversation Circle is opening its Monday and Wednesday circles to everyone.

To help celebrate International Education Week, The English Conversation Circle is opening its Monday and Wednesday circles to everyone.

To help celebrate International Education Week, The English Conversation Circle is opening its Monday and Wednesday circles to everyone.

Have you made a New Year’s resolution to finish your thesis, dissertation, or other writing project? In this workshop, you’ll learn what writing experts have discovered about how to set up a writing schedule, avoid procrastination, and set goals in order to make consistent, sustainable progress.

Please bring a laptop, your agenda or schedule, and a writing project you are currently working on to this interactive workshop.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.