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What's happening at Graduate Studies?
3 Minute Thesis
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to present their thesis and its significance in just three minutes and one slide.
President's Dream Colloquium
The President's Dream Colloquium brings leading thinkers to SFU and provides an annual forum for intensive interdisciplinary exchange amongst faculty and students.
Your Career Compass
The Your Career Compass workshop series helps graduate students navigate their career options inside or outside of academia.
Book a 1:1 career coaching session to support your career exploration, job search, portfolio development, or future education plans. Amrit Mundy, Career Education Specialist, certified ICF Coach {https://coachingfederation.org/credentials-and-standards}, and fellow PhD graduate student will support you in these sessions.
Schedule your session today on myExperience {https://www.sfu.ca/wil/myexperience.html}, SFU’s platform for career appointments, events, jobs, and volunteer opportunities. After logging in, you can find 1:1 Grad student career appointments under the Career/Appointment Calendar in the left-hand menu.
Date/Time
Spring/Summer: Mondays & Fridays
Location
In-person & online
More Events for Grad Students
On Campus
- MobilizeU at SFU 2025: Knowledge Mobilization Course | January 13 – March 14, 2025 | Apply by December 11
An 8-week online knowledge mobilization course for faculty, students, staff, post-doctoral fellows, research team members, and community partners at SFU interested in learning more about how to mobilize research.
- Instructional Skills Workshop | December 10-13, 9:00am - 4:00pm PST | Apply by November 6
- Research Support Sessions
Research Facilities Showcase | November 6, 12:30pm - 1:30pm PST (in person at Surrey Campus) & November 13, 12:30pm - 1:30pm (in person at Burnaby Campus)
Conducting Research | November 7, 12:15pm - 1:15pm PST (Zoom)
Commercialize your Research | November 19, 12:30pm - 1:30pm PST (in person at Burnaby Campus)
Introduction to SFU’s Research Data Centre | November 20, 12:30pm -1:30pm PST (Zoom)
- Multilingual and International TAs: Facilitating Tricky Situations in your Tutorial | November 13, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm PST | Virtual
- Grad Talk (multilingual grad students) | September 18 - November 6, Wednesdays, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PDT | Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons
- Academic Writing for Multilingual Graduate Students Workshop Series: Writing Problem-Solution Text | November 8, 1:30 pm - 3:20 pm PDT | Vancouver, Harbour Centre, Research Commons (RC), Room 7050.2
- Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings
Pop Culture | September 20 - November 22, Fridays, 10:30 am - 11:30 am PDT | SLC Consultation Area
Explore Vancouver: Activities & Adventures | September 20 - November 22, Fridays, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PDT | SLC Consultation Area | SLC Consultation Area
Travel Preference - Guided Tour or Independent Travel? | September 24 - November 19, Tuesdays, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm PDT | SLC Consultation Area
Current Socratic Circle (grad and undergrad) | October 3 - November 21, Thursdays, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PDT | SLC Consultation Area
Off Campus
- Canadian Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows | November 19-21 | Online
For Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows aimed at professional development and career exploration.
- Black Central Platform Launch | November 21 | 312 Main St (Reach & Sound Room)
A community dialogue on equitable access to essential resources for Black Communities in BC
Ongoing
- Indigenous Student Support; Jennifer Reandy is available for counselling support for Indigenous students from Tuesday to Friday.
- Thriving in your role as a TA/TM Online Course: gain resilience skills, identify boundaries in your role as a TA/TM helping students, and overview conditions for well-being in learning environments
- Instructional Skills Workshops (Various dates and deadlines for spring and summer)
- SFU Research Ethics Board runs weekly remote help sessions
- The Mentor Meet Program, available to entrepreneurs in the SFU Community, allows you to connect with mentors at all three SFU Campuses.
- Understanding and Coping with Anxiety and Depression Health & Counselling has a recorded/asynchronous version of their seminar about anxiety and depression. Download and print out the presentation slides and resources.