This workshop will equip you with the skills you need to revise your thesis or dissertation draft and plan to submit and defend it.
GenAI can’t write your literature review for you, but this workshop will explore and introduce GenAI tools you may use as supports in the literature review process.
In this workshop, we’ll discuss the purpose of Q&As and defences, teach you how to prepare for questions from your audience and share strategies to ask and answer questions clearly.
In this workshop, we’ll cover the basics of designing slides for academic presentations, introduce you to the Assertion-Evidence model, and give you some concrete strategies to help you make your slides engaging and useful for your audience.
In this workshop, we’ll discuss what makes an effective presentation, help you organize the ideas in your presentation, and give you concrete strategies for delivering that information with confidence.
Join us March 3 to 7 for Procrastination Awareness Week! Procrastination Awareness Week (PAW) is an LSAC-funded cross-institutional collaboration that invites post-secondary students to learn more about procrastination, develop effective habits, connect with one another, and make progress on their end-of-term to do lists.
If you’re working on an academic presentation, such as for a conference, a thesis defence, or some other opportunity to share your research through an oral presentation, these workshops will help!
Thursday, April 23, 2026 - Planning for and preparing presentations
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - Slide design
Thursday, May 21, 2026 - Defending and Answering Questions
Register on Portal for one or all three sessions.
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.
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Ready to strengthen your STEM writing and learn the “why” and “how” behind effective STEM academic communication?
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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.