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What's happening at Graduate Studies?

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.

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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.

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Your Career Compass

The Your Career Compass workshop series helps graduate students navigate their career options inside or outside of academia.

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Upcoming Events Hosted by Graduate Studies

1:1 Graduate Student Career Coaching Sessions

Book a 1:1 career coaching session to support your career exploration, job search, portfolio development, or future education plans. Coach: Amrit Mundy, Career Education Specialist, 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!

 

Date/Time
By appointment only

Location
In-person & online

More Events for Grad Students

On Campus

  •  | Halpern Centre, Burnaby Campus | September 5, 8:30 AM - 4:45 PM
  •  | Online | September 23, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  •  | 51社区黑料Burnaby鈥擶MC 1384 | September 25, 1:30 - 3:00 PM
  •  | 51社区黑料Burnaby鈥擶MC 1384 | October 14, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Off Campus
 

  •  | September 25, 12 - 3 PM | Onilne |  by Sept 22, 9 AM ET
    A 3-hour workshop to build awareness of race and racism in Canadian higher education, exploring active versus passive witnessing, strategies to intervene in racist encounters, and opportunities to practice anti-racism responses.
  •  | Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) | September 30 - October 2, 2025 | by June 20 | Bangkok, Thailand
    This international, team-based hackathon invites undergraduate and graduate students to design policy and tech solutions that leverage AI and data for inclusive growth in Southeast Asia. Participants gain mentorship, hands-on experience, and a chance to win prizes. Travel and accommodations are funded for selected teams.
  •  | Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) | October 2, 1:00 - 2:30 PM (ET) | Online
    The session explores current uses of AI in higher education, identifies eight key ethical challenges (bias and fairness, academic integrity, transparency, privacy, intellectual property, human oversight, environmental impact, and accountability), and outlines strategies to address them while charting next steps toward an ethical AI-enhanced future.
  • Mitacs Professional Development Workshops from mastering the elevator pitch, to leadership, project management, and more! Check out their workshop dates from November 2024 through January 2025 by downloading the Excel sheet. .
* MitacsUpcomingworkshopdates2024_25.xlsx
Mitacs Workshop schedule (November 2024 - January 2025)

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. 

 

Additional 51社区黑料Events

Past Events

How To "Fail" At A Conference Workshop