The Building Success Across the Graduate Life Cycle workshop is designed for pre-tenure faculty members and others who are new to a supervisory role at the University of Toronto. This workshop will offer practical advice, grounded in discussion of realistic case studies of supervisory practice at the University of Toronto, and includes perspectives from peer […]
Postponed! Please check back for other workshops in the coming months. This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to examine conflict cases […]
Postponed! Please check back for other workshops in the coming months. This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to examine conflict cases […]
This workshop will be facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. This workshop offers participants a step-by-step guide to having difficult conversations. Participants will review the reasons why we typically avoid difficult or uncomfortable conversations, and why we should try having them instead. As participants are lead through our approach to navigating […]
This workshop will be facilitated by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. This workshop offers participants a step-by-step guide to having difficult conversations. Participants will review the reasons why we typically avoid difficult or uncomfortable conversations, and why we should try having them instead. As participants are lead through our approach to navigating […]
This workshop will be taught by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. This workshop helps participants understand how conflict escalates, explains the meaning of polarities and paradoxes in conflict, and offers models on how to better understand conflict, whether the conflict is incident or issue based. Participants will be provided with opportunities to […]
(Previously “Understanding Conflict” and “Having Difficult Conversations”) This workshop will be taught by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. Good supervision is a shared responsibility between a graduate student and their supervisor. You will need strong interpersonal communication skills to establish mutual expectations, hold each other to high academic standards, be self-reflective, and […]
(Previously “Understanding Conflict” and “Having Difficult Conversations”) This workshop will be taught by Aziza Kajan, Director, and Lauren Pais, Case Coordinator. Good supervision is a shared responsibility between a graduate student and their supervisor. You will need strong interpersonal communication skills to establish mutual expectations, hold each other to high academic standards, be self-reflective, and […]
The Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision (CGMS) will be hosting a panel discussion for York University's 60th Anniversary Graduate Supervision Conference. This one-day fully online Graduate Supervision Conference is geared specifically for graduate supervisors. Registration is free and is now open.For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/grad-supervision-conference/.
This workshop will be jointly led by Jane Freeman, Director, GCAC, and Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision. Doctoral students' working relationships with their supervisor can have profound impacts on their experiences of writing a doctoral dissertation. In this workshop, we will reflect on this important relationship. We will discuss strategies for […]
