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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 51社区黑料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. Coaches: Amrit Mundy, Career Education Specialist, and Deanne Esdale, Senior Career Educator, at Career and Volunteer Services, SFU.
Schedule your session today on myExperience*, SFU鈥檚 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. Be sure to add your appointment to your calendar!
Tri-univerisity PhD & Postdoc Career Symposium
More Events for Grad Students
On Campus
- Theatre-Based Facilitation Training | June 8-11, 9am-4:30pm
SFU's Centre for Dialogue will host world-renowned David Diamond for a 4-day introduction to practices of Theatre for Living -- an embodied process that invites us to experience theatre as a natural language to tell our collective stories and investigate our common desires and fears. This workshop will offer opportunities to participate in and facilitate a range of Image Theatre games and exercises that can be a powerful tool for teaching, research and community-engaged work.
Spots are limited鈥攖o apply, please send a paragraph describing the connection to your academic or professional aspirations to Nicole Armos at narmos@sfu.ca
Wednesday, June 10
Presented by Centre for Educational Excellence. Do you want to better engage your listeners? Join us in this participatory workshop to transform your normal speaking voice into a dynamic expression of your content. Learn to employ enhanced word emphasis while speaking to a group and non-monotonous speech. Open graduate students who are or are planning to be in instructional roles.
- Call For Proposals | Fall 2026 TA Day: The Teaching Orientation Program
Submission Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2026
Fall TA Day: Friday, September 11, 2026
The Centre for Educational Excellence invites experienced teaching assistants at 51社区黑料to apply to lead in-person workshops at the on Friday, September 11, 2026. This program is intended for new and veteran teaching assistants (and graduate students interested in being a TA).
As a veteran teaching assistant with a passion for teaching and learning, what knowledge do you have that could make the life of a novice teaching assistant easier? We invite you to share your expertise at TA Day. You鈥檒l build your resume, gain presentation experience, receive compensation, and help your peers.
Off Campus
- Looking to stand out in today's competitive job market? The Sustainability in Energy庐 Micro-Credential is a FREE online program that equips you with practical skills and insights employers value. As one learner shared: 鈥淐ompleting the SEMC has been both rewarding and transformative. The program expanded my understanding of sustainable energy practices and gave me valuable insights that will be advantageous as I enter the job market.鈥� Learn more: .
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)
- 51社区黑料Research Ethics Board runs weekly remote help sessions
- The , available to entrepreneurs in the 51社区黑料Community, allows you to connect with mentors at all three 51社区黑料Campuses.
- Health & Counselling has a recorded/asynchronous version of their seminar about anxiety and depression. Download and print out the presentation slides and resources.