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Professional Communication: From Classroom to Workplace

In both the classroom and the workplace, the ability to communicate professionally is a valuable skill. This workshop applies empirical research on “real-world” classroom and workplace scenarios to teach participants how to make informed decisions about their communicative choices and represent themselves in an appropriate, professional manner. Registration is required.

Doctoral Tri-Council Workshop: Writing the Research Proposal

This virtual workshop is for doctoral students applying for Tri-Council funding: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. The workshop includes examples of successful UBC Tri-Council proposals, discussions with writer-researchers of the successful UBC proposals, opportunities for one-on-one writing consultations with staff from the Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication, and extensive dedicated writing time, facilitated online. Registration is required.

Abstracts and Lay Summaries: Writing

This workshop considers the stylistic features, audience, and purpose of two high-stakes academic texts—scientific abstracts and lay summaries. We will look at how writers communicate the relevance and legitimacy of their research to members of the discipline and how experts communicate specialized research to non-specialist audiences, and why. Registration is required.

Citing to Communicate: Who, What, When, Where, Why

This workshop aims to demystify the who, what, when, where, and why of citational practices. No matter the citation style they are being asked to engage with, participants will come away from this workshop with a greater understanding of the purpose behind citation, as well as a pragmatic conception of how to apply that understanding in their own academic writing. Registration is required.

Literature Reviews: Writing

This workshop introduces researchers to the typical structure of the literature review in thesis and research article introductions, while accounting for variation in communicative purposes and disciplinary differences. Participants will write or revise a literature review (thesis, dissertation, research article), and receive feedback from the workshop facilitators and other participants. Registration is required.

CGS-Master’s Scholarship: Writing the Research Proposal

This virtual workshop is for graduate students applying for funding from the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS-M) Program. Drawing on evidence-based research about successful grant proposals, facilitators discuss particular elements of this written academic genre: audience, purpose, knowledge gap, competence claim, structure, style, and more. Registration is required.

Doctoral Writing Retreat

Doctoral students from across the disciplines are invited to participate in a daylong writing retreat. The retreat will feature an opening panel discussion between graduate students, CWSC staff, and faculty, as well as one-on-one writing consultations with CWSC staff and dedicated writing time. Registration is required.