Graduate Student Resources

Being in grad school can be challenging, tiring and overwhelming. However, this is tempered by profound growth, periods of jubilation and professional accomplishments. This space is dedicated to resources for graduate students, to help you push through those challenges to reach your goals. If you have any you would like to share as well, we would love to have them.

List of “Open” Graduate Courses (pdf)
This list contains courses that various departments have identified as being “open” to enrolments from other programs.

Research Tips

Research strategies for beginning academics:

• The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research
  
• How to Handle Large Amounts of Literature
  
• Managing Your Reading List
  
• Ethics Application with Minimal Pain

Publishing and Presenting

Tips on publishing and presenting your research:

• First Time Poster Presentation
  
• How to Write an Abstract in 30 Minutes
  
• Using Twitter to Reach More Readers
  
• How to Publish a Paper that will Get Cited
• Consider Writing a Book Review

Blogs on Graduate Student Life
Tips, Advice and Stories on Graduate Life:

• PhD Talk
  
• Dr Sustainable
  
• PhD2Published
• The Thesis Whisperer
  
• Get a Life, PhD
• The Dutch PhD Coach

Event Synopses

• Failing Forward: Dealing with Setbacks in Academic Life (November 2024)
• SSHRC Doctoral Awards: Rejection, Revision, and Resubmission (May 2026)