Graduate Student Orientation Workshops

Graduate Student Orientation consists of a number of different conference-style workshops. You will be able to attend up to three different workshops.

Block 1 (Friday, September 2, 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)

Academic writing 101

In this workshop, we will review the fundamentals of academic writing to prepare you for success! We will review the writing process and offer tips to bolster your academic style.

The session will end with an overview of academic writing supports available through the Centre for Academic Communication.

Getting to know the UVic library as a researcher

The UVic Libraries are proud to support you by providing study spaces, learning services and extensive collections.

This workshop will introduce you to services and resources offered by the library to enhance your graduate research, including collections of unique materials and artifacts available for consultation. In addition, will guide you through the process to booking workspaces and equipment, and talk about services for in-depth research consultations and online digital skills workshops, citation management assistance and other topic-specific workshops.

Maintaining your student-supervisor relationship

This workshop will provide you with pro-active practices and strategies to foster and maintain a positive, productive student-supervisor relationship. The session will provide you with resources that will help facilitate effective communication and transparency in your student-supervisor relationship.

Prioritizing wellness

This workshop will help new graduate students prioritize their wellness during their studies at UVic. In these challenging times, maintaining our wellness is more important than ever.

This workshop will highlight practical tips and perspectives for self-care and study/life balance, managing stress and building community connections.

Understanding Tri-Council Scholarships

This workshop will introduce you to Canada’s three federal graduate research scholarship councils; the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Each council awards research-based scholarships to students with Canadian citizenship or Permanent Resident status conducting research as part of a Masters or PhD program. The workshop will provide an overview of the application process for applicants. The workshop will cover success tips and common mistakes to avoid and will end with a Q&A.

Block 2 (Friday, September 2, 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.)

Academic integrity and expectations

Academic integrity requires commitment to the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. This workshop will provide you with a comprehensive overview of academic integrity and expectations at UVic, tips about avoiding plagiarism and an introduction to the resources at the Centre for Academic Communication.

Getting to know the UVic library as a researcher

The UVic Libraries are proud to support you by providing study spaces, learning services and extensive collections.

Prioritizing wellness

This workshop will help new graduate students prioritize their wellness during their studies at UVic. In these challenging times, maintaining our wellness is more important than ever.

This workshop will highlight practical tips and perspectives for self-care and study/life balance, managing stress and building community connections.

Respect, consent & campus culture: Sexualized violence prevention and response

This workshop provides an overview of UVic’s Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Policy and, specifically, the individual and collective responsibilities all graduate students have to help prevent, and appropriately respond to sexualized violence on campus.

In the workshop, we will define sexualized violence and consent, speak about how to receive a disclosure, how to support a survivor, the difference between a disclosure and a report and where to go for help and advice. Practical tips will be provided in terms of active prevention strategies.

Time management for grad students

In this workshop, we'll discuss the importance of time management skills for students in an academic setting and their social life. We will share tips to help you learn time management skills and present methods to avoid timewasters. Together, we will discuss suggestions for how to form good habits around time management.

Block 3 (Friday, September, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m.)

Academic integrity and expectations

Academic writing 101

In this workshop, we will review the fundamentals of academic writing to prepare you for success! We will review the writing process and offer tips to bolster your academic style.

The session will end with an overview of academic writing supports available through the Centre for Academic Communication.