Workshops

While GCAC’s workshops are designed with graduate students in mind, all members of the University of Toronto community are welcome to attend as many workshops as they wish. We offer workshops in three formats: live online, in-person, and prerecorded (on-demand). Registration is required for all workshops. Live workshops are not recorded.

Please click the title of each workshop to reach the workshop description and registration link. Once you register, you will receive details on how to join each live or on-demand workshop you have chosen. If you are are not able to register online, please contact sgs.gcacreg@utoronto.ca to be registered manually.

GCAC’s weekly Listserv messages provide an easy way to keep track of what upcoming live workshops we are offering.

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Live Workshops (Winter 2026)

Registration for all workshops is required. Please click the title of each workshop for a description and registration link.
Workshops are online unless otherwise stated, with in-person workshops taking place on the St. George Campus.

Click here to register: https://folio.utoronto.ca/students/events/detail/6536210

Presenting outside academia means more than just simplifying your slides. It requires rethinking how you connect with your audience. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how institutional frameworks influence communication norms, and how to adapt your presentation for industry, government, non-profits, and other professional audiences. We’ll discuss how communication strategies for non-academic audiences differ from those used in academic conference talks and classrooms, and how to engage listeners through tailored messaging, compelling visuals, and effective delivery techniques.

On-Demand Workshops

Please click the title of workshop series, then click the title of each workshop for a description and registration link. Workshop runtime is listed after the presenter’s name.

Identifying Verb Tenses by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka (12 min.)
Choosing Verb Tenses by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka (17 min.)
Using Reporting Verbs by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka (12 min.)
Identifying & Combining Clauses and Sentences by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka (26 min.)
Using Infinitives by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka (12 min.)
Using Gerunds by Dr. Adeiza Isiaka (13 min.)
Definite and Indefinite Articles – The Basic Rules by Dr. Katie Fry (13 min.)
Using Articles with Generalizations by Dr. Katie Fry (9 min.)
Using Articles with Countable and Uncountable Nouns by Dr. Katie Fry (9 min.)
Using Quantifiers by Dr. Katie Fry (10 min.)
Using a Corpus to Check Grammar by Dr. Katie Fry (10 min.)
Using Commas Effectively by Dr. Jordana Lobo-Pires (13 min.)
Using Colons and Semicolons Effectively by Dr. Jordana Lobo-Pires (12 min.)
Using Brackets and Dashes by Dr. Jordana Lobo-Pires (8 min.)

Part One: Introduction to Using Corpora to Improve Your Academic Writing by Dr. Katie Fry (11 min.)
Part Two: Consulting the Contemporary Corpus American English (COCA) to Improve Your Academic Writing by Dr. Katie Fry (24 min.)
Part Three: Building Your Own Corpus to Improve Your Academic Writing by Dr. Katie Fry (25 min.)

Preparing to Write a Grant Proposal by Dr. Jane Freeman (57 min.)
Writing Effective Literature Reviews by Dr. Jane Freeman (66 min.)
Developing Effective Note-Taking Strategies by Dr. Jane Freeman and Jeff Newman (69 min.)
Quoting and Paraphrasing: Working with Sources in the Social Sciences and Humanities by Dr. Peter Grav (36 min.)
Designing Graphics for Publication by Dr. Vaughn Mangal (50 min.)
Community Engagement: How to Effectively Communicate Research to the Public by Dr. Giulia Rossi (28 min.)
Writing a Personal Statement for PhD Applications by Stephanie Redekop (34 min.)
Giving Feedback on Student Writing (for TAs) by Stephanie Redekop (33 min.)
Building Community in the Online Environment by Dr. Cristina D’Amico (26 min.)

Preparing your Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Presentation by Dr. Cristina D’Amico (56 min.)
Strategies for Organizing Your Oral Presentation by Dr. Cristina D’Amico (24 min.)
Connecting with your Audience Online by Dr. Cristina D’Amico (40 min.)
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations by Dr. Cristina D’Amico (28 min.)
Four PowerPoint Techniques for Academic Presentations by Dr. Matt Jones (42 min.)
Focus and Listening in Online Meetings by Dr. Matt Jones (37 min.)

Making Requests Appropriately by Clare Nippard (24 min.)
Disagreeing Respectfully by Clare Nippard (17 min.)
Writing Emails with Your Audience in Mind by Clare Nippard (42 min.)
Building Your Academic Vocabulary by Lina Balsamo (27 min.)
Improving Your Graduate-Level Reading Skills by Dr. Katie Fry (38 min.)

Creating and Designing Poster Presentations for Scientific Conferences by Dr. Vaughn Mangal (42 min.)
Creating Effective Figures by Dr. Peter Sabatini (56 min.)
Writing CIHR Proposals by Dr. Peter Sabatini (60 min.)
Citation and Working with Sources in the Physical and Life Sciences by Dr. Peter Grav (26 min.)
Science Dissemination by Will Staples (70 min.)

For students in Divisions 2, 3, and 4

Writing Titles and Abstracts by Dr. Peter Grav (40 min.)
The “I” in IMRD: Writing Effective Research Article Introductions by Dr. Peter Grav (52 min.)
The “M” in IMRD: Crafting Your Methods Section by Dr. Peter Grav (41 min.)
The “RD” in IMRD: Strategies for Successful Results and Discussion Sections by Dr. Peter Grav (48 min.)

Live Workshops (Winter 2026)

On-Demand Workshops

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