Relaxation & Stress Management Skills
Learn how to relax tight muscles, calm anxiety, settle a busy a brain, and have more energy. Strengthen your ability to restore yourself during these challenging times. A smorgasbord of
Graduate Accountability Group
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaThe Graduate Student Accountability Group provides a welcoming, safe and productive online space for graduate students to do their work. The group is facilitated by a learning specialist and is designed to help you identify small goals and accomplish them during short work periods. Comments from previous participants: "The group is a great way to
Skills for Research Impact Series: Clear Language Writing
Hone your clear communications skills! Get tips on how to structure and write clear language summaries of your research for dissemination to lay audiences. At the end of this workshop,
Open Scholarship Brown Bag Series: Creating and Using ORCID iDs
In this first brown bag, you will learn what ORCID iDs are and how to use your ORCID iD to improve your research workflow. You’ll also have time to set
Better Sleep Program
Learn how to fall asleep (or back to sleep) more easily, decrease insomnia, and get more energy from sleep by using the proven, drug-free strategies recommended by sleep specialists. Go
Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture: Rosalea Monacella – Harvard University
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled "Matters of Ground," by Dr. Rosalea Monacella, a Design Critic in Landscape Architecture
Graduate Accountability Group
The Graduate Student Accountability Group provides a welcoming, safe and productive online space for graduate students to do their work. The group is facilitated by a learning specialist and is designed to help you identify small goals and accomplish them during short work periods. Comments from previous participants: "The group is a great way to
Wellness Friday: A journey to wellness one step at a time
Many of us use the beginning of a new year to renew our commitment to living a healthier lifestyle, but how often are these resolutions kept? This session will examine what wellness means and provides simple steps to help participants set their own health goals and keep them on track for achieving their personal definitions
Stress Eating Workshop
If going to the fridge is your #1 stress management strategy, it may be time to learn more about how stress drives us to emotional eating, and ways to start
Dial Down University Stress & Anxiety
Feeling anxious and it's hard to unwind? Learn the most highly recommended tips & strategies from the realms of physical self-calming, self-talk, and self-care that you can begin using immediately to decrease stress and anxiety this semester. If you're looking for practical, proven techniques for de-escalating anxiety, including things you can do in the heat
Writing in the Sciences: Scientific Writing Style [ONLINE]
We will focus on specific strategies and techniques that writers can use to strengthen cohesion, concision, and clarity. We recommend that participants bring an example of their own scientific writing to the workshop (e.g., draft of a research article, lab report, critical review of a scientific research article). However, instructors can provide an example text
Writing in the Sciences: Research Articles [ONLINE]
This session offers strategies for planning, outlining, drafting, and revising research articles in the sciences. We will explore the key components of the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. We will also provide a mapping tool that writers can use to organize their own scientific research articles. NOTE: Registered participants will receive a Zoom link
Skills for Research Impact Series: KTT Strategies and Dissemination
How do you share your research with non-academic audiences? Learn about a number of potential mechanisms you can use for knowledge mobilization, discover how to choose a mechanism that’s appropriate for your audience, and take a deep dive into several popular mechanisms for dissemination, including social media, research summaries, infographics, and media. After attending this
Open Scholarship Brown Bag Series: Depositing Your Research Data in a Repository
Sharing your data improves your visibility as a researcher, increases citations for your publications, gives you recognition for your work, attracts new collaborations, and most importantly allows for reproducibility and
Building a Sustainable and Evidence-Based Exercise Routine
As we transition from the holiday season, re-establishing our regular routines and reintegrating physical activity can be a daunting task. If you're unsure where to begin and seek a sustainable
Skills for Research Impact Series: Planning for Research Impact
Knowledge mobilization 101! Become familiar with knowledge mobilization plans and conceptualize strategies adapted to your goals and audiences. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: Define
Open Scholarship Brown Bag Series: Creating a Data Management Plan
A data management plan (DMP) is a document describing how your research data will be collected, stored, analyzed and shared throughout the research process. DMPs provide a clear plan to
Silent Auction for United Way – Travis Scott & Leafs Tickets
Hospitality Services has tickets up for grabs: There are two sets of Travis Scott: The Circus Maximus Tour tickets (section 120, row 5) available for the show on December 29
The Heady Highlands: Olfactory Impressions of the North
Join the Centre for Scottish Studies for a fascinating online talk featuring Professor Bob Davidson from the University of Toronto. In this talk, Prof. Davidson proposes that we turn our nose to the North and explore how scent can function as a marker of place in both metaphoric and literal terms. More details and free
Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture by Peter Veenstra of LOLA, The Netherlands
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture by Peter Veenstra. Peter is the Founding Partner and Senior Landscape Architect of LOLA (Lost Landscapes) Landscape Architects based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Veenstra leads many international design and research projects and is active as a guest lecturer