Grad Pro Skills (GPS) Workshops
Spring/Summer 2025 workshops
The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) offers a variety of workshops available to all graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. These workshops are conducted online in collaboration with our university partners.
Please note that workshop dates and times are scheduled based on facilitator availability. Faculty members interested in arranging a specific Grad Pro Skills (GPS) workshop for their class outside of standard office hours can contact gradengage@ontariotechu.ca.
June 2025
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EndNote Essentials - Wednesday, June 4 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Are you overwhelmed by the volume of references for your thesis or dissertation? This workshop will introduce you to EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing citations and managing your literature review. You’ll learn how to save, categorize, and use references to create accurate in-text citations and bibliographies directly in Word. EndNote is available through Software Support—please install it prior to the session. By the end, you’ll understand how to use a citation manager to simplify your research process and stay organized.
This is an online session offered through Google Meet: meet.google.com/pit-rjdh-igm
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Mindfulness in Career Development - Friday, June 13 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
This workshop focuses on the importance of using different techniques of mindfulness to unlock student’s true potential and enhance their imagination. Students will learn tools and skills to improve focus in their career, recognize importance of mindfulness when job searching and heighten self-awareness.
This is an online session offered through Google Meet: meet.google.com/ein-mvwk-xcf
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Negotiating the Job Offer - Wednesday, June 18 from 11 a.m. to noon
When negotiating the job offer, there are a few things to keep in mind. Students will learn how to analyze a salary offer within the context of that type of position and industry, how to ask alumni in their field whether that is a competitive offer, how to use online salary resources. In addition, students will learn how to assess the growth potential of salaries based on aspects such as the frequency of performance reviews, eligibility for salary increases, average salary increase, etc.
This is an online session offered through Google Meet: meet.google.com/kki-jgiy-trn