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GPSC482 - English Grammar 1: Subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, articles, and voice

Section 1

October 22, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPLL438 - Crafting a competitive Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s application (Tri-agency)

Section 1

October 22, 2021, 09:30 - 11:00, Fri

This workshop will help to guide students considering Thesis- or Research-based Master’s programs, in the planning and development of Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s award applications, which are due on December 1, 2021. Even though this is still several weeks away, these applications normally take several weeks to develop and finalize, and requesting transcripts or asking for reference letters should also be done at least a month ahead of any hard deadline. Eligibility criteria, essential application components, as well as application development tips will also be covered. The Canada Graduate Scholarship application process is harmonized across the Tri-Agency, so applications can come from students carrying out research (e.g. thesis-programs) in the natural sciences and engineering (NSERC), health (CIHR), or the social sciences and humanities (SSHRC). ***Note: Students are ultimately responsible for ensuring their own applications conform to the instructions and standards laid out on by the funding program.*** ~~~ After attending this workshop, participants will be able to: 1. Identify and ensure “fit” between research proposal, stage of training, and funding programs/agencies. 2. Plan for transcripts, letters of reference, and other application materials to be developed and collected to meet relevant deadlines. 3. Draft, develop, and compile a complete scholarship application, and understand that successful applications will typically involve peer-review feedback from peers and mentors (e.g. proposed research supervisor, other student scholars, lay people). ~~~ This workshop is led by Michael Verwey, the Fellowship Development Advisor in the School of Graduate Studies at Concordia University. After completing his doctorate in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University, Michael was a postdoctoral researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and the Montreal Clinical Research Institute. In support of these research experiences, Michael has held several competitive scholarships and fellowships, from the FRQS, CIHR, NSERC, and Concordia University. More recently, Michael has continued to contribute to the development of research proposals and the management of funding competitions through his roles in the Office of the Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation) at McGill University, as the Manager of Programs at Brain Canada Foundation, and as an independent consultant for Canadian researchers.

GPDI552 - Build Your ePortfolio with Beginner Wordpress

Section 1

October 22 - November 12, 2021, 11:00 - 12:00, Fri

This course combines the learning of two professional skills into one: you will learn how to build your ePortfolio while also learning how to use Wordpress.com. This project-based course will be taught over 4 weeks using multiple channels, including video tutorials on Udemy (up to 6 hours), Zoom lectures (4 hours), and weekly assignments. Components of your ePortfolio will be due incrementally so that, by the end of course, you will have a version of an ePortfolio that you can share with potential collaborators and/or employers. No previous Wordpress knowledge is required. Your ePortfolio is a personal website that encapsulates your work as a graduate student and early career professional. Think of it as an expanded CV. Whereas a CV ‘tells’ the reader of your achievements, the ePortfolio ‘shows’ the reader what you’ve done in detail. ePortfolio’s are increasingly requested in job applications since they summarize your skills and accomplishments in a way that is aesthetically pleasing. It is an opportunity to show your professional identity and maybe even be discovered! The ePortfolio for this course will contain the following pages: 1. About: a brief biographical statement 2. Contact: a way to encourage correspondence 3. Projects: publications, multimedia/audiovisual works, media appearances, etc. 4. Optional pages for your education, research interests, extracurricular activities, etc. This hybrid course spans 4 weeks with four 1-hour synchronous lectures over Zoom on Friday mornings. Between the weekly lectures, participants MUST consult recommended videos available through the Udemy workshop, “Wordpress for Beginners - Master Wordpress Quickly” taught by Andrew Williams. These videos will cover essential information that will not be covered in the lectures but is key to building your ePortfolio. A Moodle site will also exist. Udemy course link: https://concordia.udemy.com/course/wordpress-for-beginners-course/ ~~~ In this workshop you will learn to: - Acquire a domain, design a site map, and build a basic Wordpress website - Explore themes and tools to customize a website using best practices - Create an ePortfolio featuring your projects, biographical statement, and contact information ~~~ This workshop is led by Patricia Branco Cornish. Patricia Branco Cornish is a social media and online design specialist with wide experience showing and selling products and services for the web. She spent the past two years as GradProSkills social media coordinator, designer, photographer, video editor and blog writer. Patricia has an entrepreneurial background and runned her own art gallery and interior design business in São Paulo. Previously, she spent more than fifteen years working in the banking industry with international financial institutions across several geographies like London, Paris, Madrid and The Netherlands. Patricia holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a Master’s in Art History from the University of São Paulo (Brazil). She is a PhD student in the Communications Department at Concordia. Her research focuses on oral history, dictatorship and feminist art practices.

GPCB598 - Practicing Agility: Lean Start-Up and SCRUM Basics

Section 1

October 23, 2021, 10:00 - 12:00, Sat

GPLL268 - Introduction to Linux

Section 1

October 25, 2021, 15:00 - 16:30, Mon

GPLL246 - Using and sharing open access content: Creative Commons licences

Section 1

October 26, 2021, 09:30 - 11:00, Tue

GPCB596 - Pitching

Section 1

October 26, 2021, 13:00 - 14:30, Tue

GPLL258 - Open Educational Resources: Making Course Materials Affordable and Accessible

Section 1

October 26, 2021, 13:00 - 14:00, Tue

GPLL269 - 3D Modelling 102: OpenSCAD

Section 1

October 26, 2021, 15:00 - 16:30, Tue

GPLL257 - Accessing Open Data

Section 1

October 27, 2021, 09:00 - 10:30, Wed

GPCB683 - Boost your Career Readiness in this time of change for graduate students

Section 1

October 27, 2021, 11:00 - 12:30, Wed

GPLL259 - Proposal to publication: What authors should know about scholarly book publishing

Section 1

October 27, 2021, 13:00 - 14:00, Wed

GPLL24 - Effective Reading Strategies

Section 2

October 28, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Thu

GPLL233 - Business Research Essentials

Section 1

October 28, 2021, 12:00 - 13:30, Thu

GPCB634 - Job Search Skills

Section 2

October 29, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPSC484 - English Grammar 2: Prepositions, relative clauses, expletives, and modifiers

Section 1

October 29, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPDI515 - Data Science & Communication with R

Section 2

October 30 - November 13, 2021, 10:00 - 12:00, Sat

Do you have data you'd like to analyze? Would you like to gain insights from your data and communicate them with eye-catching visualizations and reports? Are you tired of being chained to Excel or expensive proprietary software? If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes!", than this workshop is for you. R is an open source and versatile programming language that's perfect for data analysis, visualization, and science communication. In this all-in-one course, you'll learn the basics of programming and be introduced to the RStudio interface. We'll then move on to how to import and clean data, how to make publication quality plots and visualizations, and how to generate scientific reports to communicate your findings; all within the R ecosystem! In this three-part interactive workshop, you'll learn to: • Import CSV and Excel files • Install and use external packages • Clean and explore data • Generate descriptive statistics • Create and customize plots • Write custom functions All of this is done with principles of reproducibility in mind, so you can write code that is clear and easily shareable with others. No previous coding experience is necessary. R is used in fields ranging from linguistics and marketing to ecology and sports analytics and many more. If you want the ability to get more out of your data, join us to get started using R. ***IMPORTANT NOTES 1. This workshop is replacing "Beginners Guide to R" and "Reproducible Scientific Analysis with R" from previous semesters as an all-in-one resource for R programming. Those who have taken one of these workshops in the past will find some of the content repetitive. 2. This is a hands-on workshop requiring R and RStudio. Participants require their own computer to complete mandatory activities. Registered participants will receive R and RStudio installation instructions by email a couple days prior to the first meeting.*** ~~~ In this workshop, participants will: 1. Discover the terminology of basic coding, such as working directory, script, library, function, csv, concatenation, data frame, etc.; 2. Learn about coding and the types of resources available while coding; 3. Install different R packages; 4. Use vectors and data frames to store and manipulate data; 5. Create projects in R; 6. Familiarize themselves with R and RStudio capabilities that they can apply to their own research ~~~ This workshop is led by Alexander Albury. Alex is a PhD student in Psychology working in the Penhune Lab for Motor Learning and Neural Plasticity. He studies how musical complexity and predictability affect how we learn and experience music. Alex is passionate about data science and programming and enjoys learning and sharing new techniques to make science easier and more accessible.

GPWL901 - Stress Management: A Practical Guide

Section 1

November 1, 2021, 13:30 - 14:30, Mon

GPLL23 - Writing your thesis proposal

Section 1

November 2, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Tue

GPLT319 - Speaking with Skill: English pronunciation and conversation

Section 2

November 2-9, 2021, 11:00 - 13:00, Tue

GPLL37 - Writing a Literature Review

Section 2

November 4, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Thu

GPLD141 - Navigating Emotional Intelligence

Section 1

November 4, 2021, 13:00 - 15:00, Thu

GPLL270 - Finding Primary Sources

Section 1

November 4, 2021, 13:00 - 15:00, Thu

GPCB632 - Resume and Cover Letter Writing

Section 2

November 5, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPSC483 - Editing Principles for Graduate Students

Section 1

November 5, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPLL18 - Building an Effective Graduate Student - Supervisor Relationship

Section 1

November 5, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPTK792 - Collaborative Note-Taking with OneNote

Section 1

November 5, 2021, 10:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPCB599 - How to Build a Startup: the Lean Launchpad Course

Section 1

November 5-26, 2021, 11:00 - 12:30, Fri

Do you have an idea that you would like to explore and test in order to have a plan for a viable startup? Do you wish to enhance your employability skills for the startup world and beyond? Or do you want to simply further your understanding of what it takes to be innovative and entrepreneurial? District 3 (D3) will guide you to the successful completion of Udacity’s “How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad course” through a hybrid of self-directed online learning and in-person group discussions over four weeks. See: https://www.udacity.com/course/how-to-build-a-startup--ep245. This facilitated learning experience will provide you with a proven framework for building a startup concept and help you produce a comprehensive plan for its next steps. Weekly interactive sessions will be facilitated by experienced D3 facilitators, who will keep you inspired and on track to take your ideas and skills further, following completion of the course. ~~~ The objective of Udacity’s “How to Build a Startup” course is to become aware of the business skills it takes to bring an idea from conception to market. This includes: - Actively listening and engaging customers to find out what exactly they want in a product and how to deliver it to them - Gathering, evaluating and using customer feedback to make a product, marketing, and business model stronger - Engaging customers through the three phases of the customer relationship management lifecycle: get, keep, and grow - Identifying key resources, partners, activities, and distribution channels required to deliver a product to customers - Calculating direct and indirect costs for delivering a product ~~~ This training is led by Alexandra Allen, Specialist, Startup Talent Initiative, District 3 Alexandra works at District 3 connecting student talent with our startups. As part of the programs team, she helps design and deliver innovative and entrepreneurial programs and workshops. She studied Learning Design and Tech at Harvard Extension School, and has worked internationally in Canada, the UK, Australia, and France.

GPWL934 - Building Your Exercise Routine From Home

Section 1

November 5, 2021, 13:30 - 14:30, Fri

GPCB698 - Careers in Community Organizations: Panel discussion with Concordia alumni

Section 1

November 10, 2021, 16:00 - 17:30, Wed

GPLL35 - Getting published: The peer review journal process

Section 1

November 11, 2021, 09:30 - 11:00, Thu

GPWL933 - Developing your Self-Care Resiliency Plan

Section 1

November 11, 2021, 13:00 - 14:30, Thu

In these uncertain times, we need to find ways to be able to remain resilient. In this workshop, we will look to Self-Care as a tool to thrive, as we adapt and navigate the hybrid learning environment. In this interactive, informative, and practical workshop, participants will be introduced to a multidimensional model of self-care. We will highlight self-care practices to develop and maintain balance. Participants will walk away with ideas and resources for a personal self-care and wellness action plan to help them thrive. ~~~ By the end of the workshop, students should be able to: • Provide a practical framework to approach self-care planning • Identify new self-care practices to help you thrive • Learn how to add new self-care practices and eliminate obstacles ~~~ This workshop is led by Jewel Perlin, PhD, Psychologist, OPQ from the Counselling and Psychological Services, Concordia University and Gaby Szabo, from Concordia's Health services. Dr. Jewel Perlin is a licenced psychologist who divides her time between her clinical practice, training and supervision, facilitating workshops, and a psychological expert on television. In her clinical practice at Concordia University Counseling and Psychological Services since 2013, she delivers cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based treatments to university students. In her consulting work, Dr. Jewel Perlin is a facilitator on self-care, stress management, and work life balance, as well as a guest on Montreal City TV Breakfast Television show. She received her PhD from McGill University, and is a member The Order of Psychologists of Quebec and The Order of Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists of Quebec. Gaby is a Health Promotion Specialist at Concordia University Health Services. She has an MSc in Nursing from McGill, and a postgraduate diploma in Health Promotion from University of Alberta’s School of Public Health. Gaby works with Concordia students, staff, and faculty to help them set, achieve, and maintain their health goals. She supports changes to our everyday environments here at Concordia that can make the healthy choice the easy choice.

GPLL243 - Using Zotero for Grads

Section 2

November 11, 2021, 14:00 - 16:00, Thu

GPCB630 - Interviewing Skills

Section 2

November 12, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPLL50 - Being Productive in Grad School from Anywhere

Section 2

November 12, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPLL439 - Improving your research proposal to the Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s award (Tri-agency)

Section 1

November 12, 2021, 09:30 - 11:00, Fri

Peer-review is the cornerstone of academic assessment and provides a useful exercise to improve projects, proposals, and papers. In this workshop, we strive to improve research proposals for potential and current Master’s students at Concordia University – applying for the Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s program on Dec 1, 2021. This workshop will help students to improve their draft research proposals for scholarship applications. In this class, we will focus on applications to the Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s program due on Dec 1, 2021. A brief overview of general strategies and tips regarding the research proposals, will be followed by breakout groups where students will discuss and brainstorm their draft proposals. In addition to having an outline of their own proposed research prepared before class, students will also be entrusted with the chance to discuss the work of others. Some of this will be done within the workshop setting, while some amount of “homework” will likely be exchanged by email in the days following this meeting. This exchange between students is expected to provide both written and/or verbal feedback (peer-review) on statements from other students in the class, in a respectful and constructive way. ***Notes: Students are ultimately responsible for ensuring their own applications conform to the instructions and standards laid out on by the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s award. Peer-review can be an excellent source of constructive criticism, but it is also the responsibility of the individual author to decide which feedback to use.*** ~~~ After attending this workshop, participants will be have gained: 1. Common strategies when drafting a competitive research proposal; 2. How to provide and receive courteous and constructive peer-review; 3. A small group of least 2-3 other students, with whom peer-review can be exchanged. a. It is important to realize that you will not only receive feedback on your own draft, but also be expected to provide feedback on the work of others. ~~~ This workshop is led by Michael Verwey, the Fellowship Development Advisor in the School of Graduate Studies at Concordia University. After completing his doctorate in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University, Michael was a postdoctoral researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and the Montreal Clinical Research Institute. In support of these research experiences, Michael has held several competitive scholarships and fellowships, from the FRQS, CIHR, NSERC, and Concordia University. More recently, Michael has continued to contribute to the development of research proposals and the management of funding competitions through his roles in the Office of the Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation) at McGill University, as the Manager of Programs at Brain Canada Foundation, and as an independent consultant for Canadian researchers.

GPLL266 - Interdisciplinary Scholarship: Advanced Bibliographic Searching

Section 1

November 12, 2021, 11:00 - 13:00, Fri

Interdisciplinary bibliography building has the power to shed new light on research questions, corpuses, data, and objects of study. This workshop is aimed at researchers at the graduate level interested in interdisciplinarity, in exploring parallel research across fields, and in finding tools to facilitate or improve their searches. This workshop should be of specific interest to students enrolled in Interdisciplinary Programs, namely the Humanities Ph.D., Individualized Program (Phd, MA, MSc), and to graduate students considering an interdisciplinary approach. We will go beyond the basics by exploring search strategies and tools aimed at developing a comprehensive bibliography across social science, humanities, and fine arts disciplines. Tools and skills learned will be useful for preparing for various stages of the research process, namely the proposal, annotated bibliography and/or literature review, comprehensive exams, research forums and the writing of thesis chapters. ~~~ In this workshop, participants will: 1. Discover approaches to finding relevant bibliographic entries and scholarly materials beyond their primary field of study 2. Understand how citation searching via Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science works 3. Explore time-saving resources such as Annual Reviews, Oxford Bibliographies, Compass journals and bibliographic studies 4. Converse with other graduate students interested in interdisciplinary approaches. ~~~ Rachel Harris is Scholarly Publishing Librarian at Concordia Library and was previously Teaching and Learning Libraian for Cinema, Music, Dance, Political Science, and Government Publications. She locates her research and teaching interests in the intersection between art history and book history and has taught undergraduate seminary courses in art history as well as the GPTK 704 Graduate Seminar in University Teaching (Fine Arts). Susie Breier is the Anthropology, Sociology and Women’s Studies Librarian at Concordia Library. She has long enjoyed teaching graduate students in her subject areas about the tools and strategies described in this workshop and is looking forward to collaborating on a more interdisciplinary endeavour.

GPLD157 - Working Virtually: Tools & Strategies

Section 1

November 13, 2021, 10:00 - 12:00, Sat

GPLL32 - Avoiding Plagiarism at the Graduate Level

Section 2

November 16, 2021, 11:00 - 13:00, Tue

GPLL271 - Creating Figures and Tables with Excel

Section 1

November 16, 2021, 13:30 - 15:00, Tue

GPTK766 - Territorial Land Acknowledgements: What does it mean?

Section 1

November 17, 2021, 11:00 - 12:30, Wed

The intent of this workshop is to introduce participants with an overview of the local oral history and worldview of the Rotinonhsión:ni Confederacy; examine what are Territorial land acknowledgments and its linkages to current discourse around land, community, and western based academic institutions and relationships to Indigenous Peoples. Questions to be explored include: what are territorial land acknowledgments? Why is it important? What is your relationship to the land Concordia is built on? ~~~ At the end of this workshop, students will:  Develop a deeper understanding of what is a Territorial Land Acknowledgment within the context of Concordia university’s teaching and learning across the curriculum.  Increase their awareness and general knowledge about the local history and lived experiences of who the Kanien’kehá:ka people are.  Develop critical analysis examining Territorial land acknowledgements as it relates to the Kanien’kehá:ka lands Concordia’s university is built on and its implications on teaching and learning and the lived experiences of local Indigenous communities. ~~~ This workshop is led by Donna Kahérakwas Goodleaf. Donna Kahérakwas Goodleaf is Turtle Clan and is a citizen from the Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) Nation, Kahnawake Territory, which is part of the Rotinonhsión:ni Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. She is a Kanien’kehá:ka educator and scholar who joined Concordia university in January of 2018 and is the Director Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy . Her primary role is to develop university-wide training for Concordia faculty on decolonizing and Indigenizing their curriculum programs of study in ways that re-center the advancement and integration of Indigenous peoples’ diverse humanities - intellectual, scientific and cultural knowledge systems, worldviews, epistemologies, histories, research and pedagogies across all academic units. She also serves on the Indigenous Directions Leadership Group. Her faculty teaching and Indigenous-centered curriculum design experiences in various academic programs in the Humanities span across Canada and the United States. In addition, Donna has vast experiences working in Indigenous communities on a local, national and international level in the areas of Indigenous-centered education, language and cultural revitalization programs. Her current research interests are in decolonization and advancing Indigenous Humanities, Indigenous –centered-education, protection and promotion of Indigenous language and cultural rights, Indigenous land rights and rights to self-determination and Human Rights.

GPLL33 - Cheating and other academic offences: everything you should know!

Section 3

November 18, 2021, 09:00 - 10:00, Thu

GPCB602 - Optimizing LinkedIn

Section 2

November 19, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

GPSC28 - Graduate Presentation Skills Essentials

Section 2

November 19-26, 2021, 09:00 - 11:00, Fri

Oral presentation skills are essential for every graduate student to successfully convey key aspects of their work in class, at academic conferences, and to potential employers. This workshop series will outline elements that contribute to effective presentations, including preparation, structure, and delivery. We will discuss how to construct a presentation, as well as select appropriate visual aids and strategies to deliver your presentation in an engaging manner. In addition, we have updated this workshop to include strategies for presenting in virtual environments including tips for a professional presentation in a home office setting and effective virtual engagement tools. This workshop takes place in two sections. The first section will present the theory on the essentials of graduate presentation skills. For the second section, participants will be asked to prepare and deliver a 3-minutes presentation to the class and will receive feedback from both their peers and the workshop leader. Participation in both days is mandatory. ***Students must be ready to present their work to their peers during the second session. They will not be allowed to attend the workshop if they do not deliver their presentations, thereby resulting in the non-attendance penalty.*** ~~~ After attending this workshop, participants will be able to: 1) Describe the structure of an effective presentation, 2) Identify the elements of an effective presentation, in terms of visual support, presenter approach and the virtual environment, 3) Present their own work in 3-5 minutes, 4) Use strategies for receiving feedback from their audience. ~~~ This workshop is led by Christiane Meyer and Javier Ibarra. Christiane is a researcher, pharmacist, and runner. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in the Individualized Program at Concordia University. In her Ph.D. project, Christiane follows the question of how chronic circadian desynchronization makes the female organism more susceptible to mood disorders. Javier is a PhD candidate in Biology and his research is focused on answering the questions where organisms are in the world and why they are there. He has a soft spot for ants, so he chose these little creatures as the model system of his research. Before coming to Montreal, he completed his BSc in El Salvador and his MSc in Brazil. Javier has experience in publishing and peer-reviewing academic articles and presenting his research in international conferences. When not doing research, Javier is teaching, reading, or honing his cooking skills

GPLL249 - Thesis Boost Writing Retreat

Section 1

November 22-24, 2021, 09:00 - 17:00, Mon, Tue, Wed

GPLL272 - Introduction to OpenRefine

Section 1

November 25, 2021, 13:30 - 15:00, Thu

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