Supporting the professional development of our graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in a multifaceted way drives the mission of Graduate Studies at York and is key to creating success. Our commitment is to ensure that you have all the tools you need to succeed within and beyond the academic world. The Graduate & Postdoctoral Professional Skills (GPPS) program is divided into six broad areas to connect you to opportunities and resources that will help you develop your professional plans and goals, and to strategically meet those goals:
- Career Exploration and Planning
- Communication
- Health and Wellness
- Managing Time and Resources
- Research Dissemination
- Teaching
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- 3MT Preparation Workshops (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Academic Presentation Skills in an Online World, for Graduate Students (Learning Skills Services)
- Accelerating Women Led Ventures - ELLA Accelerator (Innovation York – ELLA)
- Aurora E-Learning Platform (Beyond the Professoriate)
- Certificate of Proficiency in Teaching for eLearning (ONLINE) (Teaching Commons)
- Clear Language Writing and Design (Knowledge Mobilization Unit)
- Commercialization (Innovation York)
- Creating Side Hustle From Your Skills (Innovation York)
- Dealing with Challenges (Teaching Commons)
- Eight-Step Editing: For Graduate Students & Postdocs (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- FGS Certificate in Personal Wellness and Learning Skills (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Graduate Student Personal and Professional Development on Teaching (Teaching Commons)
- Graduate Writing Café Seminar Series (Writing Centre)
- Incubating & Accelerator Startup Growth (Innovation York – YSpace)
- Industry Engagement (Innovation York)
- Knowledge Mobilization Planning (Innovation York)
- Leveraging Your PhD in Social Science and Humanities Outside of Academia (Career Centre & Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Leveraging your STEM PhD Outside of Academia (Career Centre & Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Managing Academic Stress (Learning Skills Services)
- Master’s and PhD Student Career Advising (Career Centre)
- Mitacs Training Workshops (Mitacs)
- MobilizeYU (Knowledge Mobilization Unit)
- National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity Membership (Provost & Vice-President Academic)
- One-on-one Writing Appointments (Writing Centre)
- Ontario’s First Food & Beverage Accelerator (Innovation York – YSpace)
- Planning and Design (Teaching Commons)
- Practise Your Conference Presentation Skills (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Presentation Skills (Learning Skills Services)
- Record of Completion Certificate (Teaching Commons)
- REDI© Professional Development (Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion)
- Remote Teaching Strategies (Teaching Commons)
- Research Ethics 101 (Office of Research Ethics)
- Senior Teaching Assistant (STA) Program (Teaching Commons)
- Social Media Planning for Research (Innovation York)
- TA Certificate in Teaching (TACT) (Teaching Commons)
- Teaching Assistant Orientation (Teaching Commons)
- Teaching Commons Tutor (TCT) Position (Teaching Commons)
- The Teaching Commons and Transferable Skills for Graduate Students (Teaching Commons)
- Time Management Resources (Learning Skills Services)
- Time Management Workshop (Learning Skills Services)
- Tri-Council and OGS Scholarship Application Workshops – Doctoral (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Tri-Council and OGS Scholarship Application Workshops – Master’s (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Wellness Consultations (Faculty of Graduate Studies)
- Writing Support for All Graduate Students and Programs (Writing Centre)
FGS and its various partners strive to support graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with a variety of workshops, lectures, presentations, seminars and other resources to enhance their experience at York and add to their skillset.
