Fall 2025 Graduate Workshops
Preparing, Designing, and Delivering Effective Presentations
October 15th, 2025 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm, Hybrid in the RGASC (MN3251) and on Zoom
Presenter: Jordana Garbati, Assistant Professor, Director of the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
In this workshop, we will discuss considerations for preparing and designing effective slidedecks to effectively communicate your research. We will better understand elements of delivering your message clearly and confidently. You are encouraged to bring a previously presented slidedeck to use within the session.
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“But I’m a Scientist!”: How Indigenous Knowledge Systems Enrich the Sciences
Monday November 3rd, 2025 - 11:30am - 1:00pm in CDRS (MN3230)
Presenters: Louis Busch (Special Projects Officer, Indigenous Curriculum and Pedagogies, RGASC) and Graduate & Postdoctoral Affairs are teaming up to put on this workshop for graduate students, faculty, and staff at UTM.
Join us for a provocative and practical conversation on how Indigenous Knowledge Systems contribute to scientific inquiry, expand methodological possibilities, and offer urgently needed insights into today’s complex ecological and social challenges. We will explore examples from climate science, ecology and conservation biology and medicine to illustrate how Indigenous Knowledge contributes to observation, explanation, and application while inviting participants to reflect on the historical, cultural, and institutional dimensions of their own disciplines.
Lunch will be provided.
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Writing for Publication: Considerations for Manuscript Preparation
November 11th, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:30am, Hybrid in the RGASC (MN3251) and on Zoom
Presenter: Jordana Garbati, Assistant Professor, Director of the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
Are you thinking about submitting a manuscript to a journal? If so, attend this session to learn more about how to prepare and write your manuscript for publication. Jordana will draw on her experiences as a writing researcher, author, and journal editor to provide guidance about writing for publication.
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A Practical Approach to Guiding Learning in the Age of AI
November 19th, 2025 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Online on Teams
Presenter: Rob Huang, Educational Developer, Instructional Practices & Student Engagement
For graduate students who guide learning in tutorials, labs, and office hours, you are on the front lines of navigating student AI use. You may not always design the course, but you regularly respond to student work and questions. That means you are often the first to encounter situations where AI use feels unhelpful or unclear, and your response can shape a student’s learning.
This practical, one-hour workshop moves beyond policing and focuses on your role as a guide. Through interactive, scenario-based problem-solving, we will build a concrete framework for addressing AI-influenced work. You will leave with a toolkit of go-to questions and feedback strategies designed to move students beyond surface-level answers and foster the deeper, critical thinking that is the ultimate goal of their education.
Preparing for a Large Writing Project: Tackling Writer's Block and Procrastination
December 16th, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:30am, Hybrid in the RGASC (MN3251) and on Zoom
Presenter: Jordana Garbati, Assistant Professor, Director of the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
Are you stressed about writing? Are you overwhelmed by white screens and blank notebook pages? Do you make time for everything but writing on some days? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this session is for you. We will explore procrastination in writing and (re)learn some strategies to overcome writer’s block. By the end of this session, you should feel more confident about working with large writing projects and how to develop a writing plan that fits your schedule.