Schedule
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Fall Term - 2017
Jump Start Your Career in Grad School
Health, Wellness & Community
Who: Miguel Hahn (Career Services), Dr Marta Straznicky (SGS)
When: 8 September, 2017 (10:00 am - 11:00 am)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
Effective Communication with your Supervisor
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: Dr Marta Straznicky (SGS)and Dr Arunima Khanna (Student Wellness)
When: 19 September, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Intercultural Training Certificate - Series 1
Who: QUIC and 4DASC
When: Thursdays, Sept. 21, Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19;
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm each day
Where: QUIC (in the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC)), Churchill Hall
Space is limited; reserve your place by emailing quic.training@queensu.ca.
Participants must attend five 90 minute workshops, or three 150 minute workshops, in order to receive a certificate.
Participants are asked to complete the online training Tools for Success in an Intercultural World before registering for the Certificate workshops.
Tips on applying for Scholarships – SSHRC
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: Dr Marta Straznicky (SGS)
When: 21 September, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Kingston Hall, Room 201
Tips on applying for Scholarships – NSERC/CIHR
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: Dr Kim McAuley (SGS), Dr Neil Magoski
When: 21 September, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Academic Integrity: Principles, Policies & Procedures at Queen's
Health, Wellness & Community
Who: Dr John Pierce (English)
When: 26 September, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Ellis Hall, Room 324
Managing Stress
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Leadership & Management
Who: SGS Counsellor
When: TBA
Where: TBC
Presentation Skills for graduate students
Who: SASS
When: 3 October, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Ellis Hall, room 324
Writing a Literature Review
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Research Skills
Who: SASS
When: 5 October, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Career Week
Career Building
Research Skills
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Leadership & Management
Health, Wellness & Community
Who: SGS
When: 10 - 13 October, 2017
Where: Either Robert Sutherland Hall, room 202 OR Gordon Hall, Room 302
Full Schedule see Career Week
Register for all workshops via Expanding Horizons registration system
Religious Literacy
Who: Kate Johnson (Chaplain)
When: to be rescheduled
Where: TBA
Conferences: Abstract to Audience – H/SS
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Research Skills
Who: Dr Marta Straznicky (SGS)
When: 19 October, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Kingston Hall, Room 201
Conferences: Abstract to Audience – STEM
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Research Skills
Who: Dr Kim McAuley (SGS)
When: 19 October, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Building Successful Academic Relationships Across Cultures
Leadership & Management
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: Dr Nanda Dimitrov
When: 23 October, 2017 (9am - 11am)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Leadership 1: Understanding Leadership
Who: Dr Hugh Helferty
When: 24 October, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Community Awareness: Kairos Blanket Exercise
Who: Laura Maracle, 4DASC
When: 26 October, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 324
Research Collaboration with Indigenous Communities
Research Skills
Who: SGS/ACQU
When: 27 October, 2017 (1pm - 4pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Who for: open to all students, staff, faculty and interested community
Register for this workshop via EventBrite
NB: All graduate students will be credited this workshop towards their Expanding Horizons certificate
Leadership 2: Developing Leadership Capabilities
Who: Dr Hugh Helferty
When: 31 October, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
Bystander Intervention Training
Who: SGPS/ DSA
When: 2 November, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 324
Principles of Teaching & Learning
Career Building
Who: Dr Klodiana Kolomitro (CTL)
When: 7 November, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
Setting the Tone for Inclusivity in the Classroom
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Career Building
Who: Dr Erin Clow and Jean Pfleiderer (HRO)
When: 9 November, 2017 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
Financial Skills for the Real World 1: Budgeting & Expense Planning
Who: McGill
When: 14 November, 2017 (4.30pm- 7pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, room 202
Financial Skills for the Real World 2: Debt & Credit Scores
Who: McGill
When: 16 November, 2017 (4.30pm- 7pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, room 202
Foundations of Project Management 1
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Career Building
Setting Your Ideas in Motion
Who: Mitacs
When: 16/17 November, 2017 (8.30am - 5pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
Register directly with Mitacs for this workshop
Intercultural Training Certificate - Series 2
Who: QUIC and 4DASC
When: Saturdays, Nov. 18, Nov. 25, December 2
Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm each day
Where: QUIC (in the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC)), Churchill Hall
Space is limited; reserve your place by emailing quic.training@queensu.ca.
Participants must attend five 90 minute workshops, or three 150 minute workshops, in order to receive a certificate.
Participants are asked to complete the online training Tools for Success in an Intercultural World before registering for the Certificate workshops.
Winter Term - 2018
Preparing a Teaching Dossier
Who: Dr Andrea Phillipson (CTL)
When: 11 January, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 324
Intercultural Training Certificate - Series 3
Who: QUIC and 4DASC
When: Tuesdays, Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am each day
Where: QUIC (in the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC)), Churchill Hall
Space is limited; reserve your place by emailing quic.training@queensu.ca.
Participants must attend five 90 minute workshops, or three 150 minute workshops, in order to receive a certificate.
Participants are asked to complete the online training Tools for Success in an Intercultural World before registering for the Certificate workshops.
Reading with purpose: How to become a more efficient and effective reader
Who: SASS
When: 16 January, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 324
The Editing Process
Who: Susan Korba, SASS
When: 18 January, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 324
Integrity in Research
Health, Wellness & Community
Who: Dr Karina McInnis and Andrew Winterborn (URS)
When: 23 January, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Kingston Hall, room 308
Foundations of Project Management II
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Career Building
Setting Your Ideas in Motion
Who: Mitacs
When: 30/31 January, 2018 (8.45am - 5pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
*Pre-requisite - Foundations of Project Management 1
Register directly with Mitacs for this workshop now
Building a productive working relationship with your supervisor
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: Dr James Reynolds (SGS), Dr Sue Fostaty-Young (CTL)
When: 1 February, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
Mock Interviews for academic positions – H/SS
Research Skills
Who: Dr Marta Straznicky (SGS)
When: 6 February, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Kingston Hall, room 308
Mock Interviews for academic positions – STEM
Research Skills
Who: Dr James Reynolds (SGS)
When: 6 February, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
Interviewing for Business, Government & Non-Profits
Research Skills
Who: Julia Blackstock (Career Services)
When: 8 February, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Kingston Hall, room 306
Essentials of Productive Teams
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Career Building
Setting Your Ideas in Motion
Who: Mitacs
When: 8th February, 2018 (8.45am - 5pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 302
Skills of Communication
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Leadership & Management
Career Building
Setting Your Ideas in Motion
Who: Mitacs
When: 9th February , 2018 (8.45am - 5pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, Room 324
Financial Skills for the Real World 3: Introduction to Investing
Who: McGill
When: 13 February, 2018 (4.30pm - 7pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, room 202
Financial Skills for the Real World 4: Investing & Taxation
Who: McGill
When: 14 February, 2018 (4.30pm - 7pm)
Where: Robert Sutherland Hall, room 202
Time Management
Who: SASS
When: 15 February, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
Dissertation Boot Camp
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Research Skills
Who: SGS/SASS
When: 20 - 23 February, 2018 (8.30am-4.30pm)
Where: Douglas Library, 1923 Reading room ("Harry Potter Room")
How to get published – H/SS
Career Building
Who: Jeffrey Collins, Professor, Department of History, and Co-editor (with Sandra den Otter) of The Journal of British Studies
When: 6 March, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
How to get published – STEM
Career Building
Who: Dr James Reynolds (SGS)
When: 6 March, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 324
Intercultural Training Certificate - Series 4
Who: QUIC and 4DASC
When: Thursdays, Mar.8, Mar. 15, Mar. 22, Mar. 29, April 5
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm each day
Where: QUIC (in the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC)), Churchill Hall
Space is limited; reserve your place by emailing quic.training@queensu.ca.
Participants must attend five 90 minute workshops, or three 150 minute workshops, in order to receive a certificate.
Participants are asked to complete the online training Tools for Success in an Intercultural World before registering for the Certificate workshops.
Avoiding Plagiarism: Citation 101
Who: Michael White (Library)
When: 8 March, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Douglas Library, E-Lab
3MT Presentation Skills
Who: SASS
When: 12 March (9.00am - 11.00am)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
Telling Your Research Story to Diverse Audiences - note change of date
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: Dr Marta Straznicky (SGS)
When: 20 March, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 324
"The Break" - Talking Circle
Who: SGS and Four Directions
When: 15 March, 2018 (10am - 12noon)
Where: Reflection Room, Kingston Hall (room 213)
Media Training
Who: Vicky Arnold / Queen’s Communications
When: 15 March, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
Practice your Presentation Skills
Who: Mitacs
When: 16 March, 2018 (8.30am - 5.00pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
3MT Heats
Researc Skillsh
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: SGS
When: 19,21,23 March, 2018 (different start times)
Where: Walter Light Hall Auditorium
The trap of proscrastination and how to avoid it through mindfulness
Who: Student wellness Office
When: 27 March, 2018 (4.30pm - 6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall302
3MT Final
Researc Skillsh
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Who: SGS
When: 28 March, 2018 (starting at 5pm)
Where: Kinesiology 101
Your Mindful Life
Who: Student Wellness Office
When: 5 April, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall 302
Summer Term - 2018
Design Swarm - Design the Dream PhD program
Who: School of Graduate Studies)
When: 11 May, 2018 (8.30am -3.00pm)
Where: MacIntosh Corry Hall, room D201
Please register at https://phd-design-swarm.eventbrite.ca (you will be credited towards your expanding horizons certificate)
Entrepreneurship 1 - Starting Your Own Business Using Lean Start-Up Method
Who: Ed Thomas, Office of Partnerships and Innovation
When: 15 May, 2018 (4.30pm -6.30pm)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
Graduate Student Parent Day: Balancing Family and Academic Responsibilities
Who: Dr Marta Straznicky and faculty
When: 18th May, 2018 (8.30am -11.30am)
Where: West Campus, room A234
Dissertation Boot Camp
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Research Skills
Who: SGS/SASS
When: 22 - 25 May, 2018
Where: Douglas Library, "Harry Potter Room"
Work-life Balance Challenges and Strategies
Who: Dennis Pringle, SGS Counsellor (Student Wellness office) and Associate Dean, Marta Straznicky
When: 29th May, 2018 (9am - 11am)
Where: Gordon Hall, room 302
The Lake Shift
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Research Skills
Who: SGS
When: 15 -20 July, 2018
Where: QUBS – Lake Opinicon
Dissertation on the Lake
Communication: Telling Your Story, Understanding Theirs
Research Skills
Who: SGS
When: Late August, 2018
Where: QUBS – Elbow Lake
Registration to open in May
Documents
Below is the full schedule for download as well as PDFs of workshop slides if available.
- Expanding Horizons Scheduling 2017/2018 (PDF, 81 KB) - as of 1 May 2018
- Effective Communication with your Supervisor (PDF, 298 KB)
- Tips on SSHRC Applications 2017/2018 (PDF, 289 KB)
- Tips on NSERC/CIHR Applications 2017/18 (PDF, 211 KB)
- Academic Integrity: Principles, Policies and Procedures at Queen's (PDF 81KB)
- Presentation Skills for Graduate Students (PDF 563KB)
- The Versatile Graduate: What do I want to do with my life/degree (PDF 3.08MB)
- Resumes and Cover Letters for Business, Government & Non-Profits (PDF 2.41MB)
- CVS and Cover Letters for Academic Positions (PDF 1.41MB)
- Media Training (PDF 487KB)
- How to Find a Post-Doctoral Fellowship, by Dr Emma Peacocke, English (PDF 528 KB)
- Preparing for your academic career
- Advice to early Career Researchers, by Dr John Smol, Biology (PDF 560 KB)
- Some advice to early career scientists: personal perspectives on surviving in a complex world, br Dr John Smol (form Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 0: 19-23, 2016) (PDF 201KB)
- Preparing for you academic career, by Dr Nicolas Hudon, Chemical Engineerting (PDF 235KB)
- From Adjunt to Tenure Track Professor, by Dr Brooke Cameron, English (PDF - 919KB)
- What Employers Want
- Advancing Knowledge and Talent For Canada's Future, by Ursula Gobel, SSHRC (PDF 2.16MB)
- Using LinkedIn to Find Great Work, by Julia Blackstock, Career Services (PDF 1.72MB)
- Conferences: Abstract to Audience (PDF 203KB)
Accessibility
Queen’s is committed to an inclusive campus community with accessible goods, services, and facilities that respect the dignity and independence of persons with disabilities. The School of Graduate Studies, Expanding Horizons workshop series is available in an accessible format or with appropriate communication supports upon request.
Please contact Colette Steer in the SGS office in one of the following ways:
Email: steerc@queensu.ca
Phone: ext. 78776
In person: 74 Union Street, Gordon Hall, Room 425