Putting the Transfer in Transferable Skills
This workshop for transfer students is a collaboration between Student Experience and Writing & Learning Services in the Library. This workshop focuses on strategies that will allow you to: Identify
Writing Tune-Up: Style
Have you ever written a sentence or paragraph that was grammatically correct, but just didn't sound great? Issues with style may be holding you back. Join us to learn about
START Skills – Midterm Study Skills
Have midterms coming up? Don't know how to study for them? Join the START Team and The Library for our workshop on midterm study skills. This workshop will cover some
Creative Writing Series: Writing Stories: Redefining Narrative Structure
Try something new with this experimental short story workshop! Using shapes in nature as inspiration, you will draw and diagram a structure for your own story using coloured pencils and
Outlining Your Thesis (in-person) – Thesis Writing Workshop Series
Establish a roadmap for your thesis and make the most of your writing time by creating an outline. In this session, students will explore different options for structuring their theses
Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Impostor Phenomenon for Graduate Students and Upper Year Undergrads
Do any of these words resonate with you: procrastination, perfectionism, and/or impostor phenomenon? Come to this workshop to learn more about how to manage some of the most common experiences that graduate students have. Learn practical skills and strategies to help you reduce procrastination and understand how perfectionism and the impostor phenomenon may affect your
Writing Tune-Up: Paragraphs and Papers
Join us for some grammar fun! This session will focus on paragraph and paper structure. We will also talk about strategies for revising and editing your drafts. These topics are helpful for anyone who needs to write formally in English irrespective of their language background. Whether you're learning English or you speak English as your
Literature Reviews – Thesis Writing Workshop Series – In-Person
This session will discuss how to connect the literature review to your research question, build the structure for your review, and avoid some of the common traps when writing. For more information about this workshop series, please visit our writing, learning, and research skills workshops page.
Research Questions (in-person) – Thesis Writing Workshop Series
Set yourself up for success by scoping your research project with succinct and realistic research questions. For more information about this workshop series, please visit our writing, learning, and research skills workshops page.
Creative Writing Series: A Poet must look at the Moon: Poetic devices workshop
Use poetic devices to enliven the minutiae of everyday life in your poetry! Drawing inspiration from Billy Ray Belcourt, this session will introduce you to metaphor and enjambment as the
Workshop: Strategic Reading for Graduate Students and Upper-Year Undergrads
Feeling like you have too much to read and not enough time? Join this workshop to develop skills for reading journal articles more efficiently and effectively. This workshop is best
Writing Tune-Up: Sentences
Join us for some grammar fun! This session will focus on sentence structure and common errors at the sentence level. These topics are helpful for anyone who needs to write
Gryphons Read 2024 – Meet Author Alicia Elliott – And Then She Fell
Come meet the author Alicia Elliott in conversation with Carrianne Leung. Refreshments will be provided. Gryphons Read is a tradition at the University of Guelph, started by the well-known and well-loved author and U of G faculty, Lawrence Hill. Each year, a book that explores diverse identities and lived experiences, and is authored by a
Creative Writing Series: Writing Poems that Spring from Poems
The Surprising and Inevitable Art of the Glosa Learn from other poets and experiment with new uses of language by writing a glosa! The glosa is a structured poetic tradition
Writing in the Sciences: Scientific Writing Style [In-Person]
We will focus on specific strategies and techniques that writers can use to strengthen cohesion, concision, and clarity. We recommend that participants bring an example of their own scientific writing to
Workshop: Project Planning for Graduate Students and Upper Year Undergrads
In this short workshop we will discuss strategies for managing your time and your tasks. We will aslo share strategies to help keep yourself on track. All grad students and
Qualtrics – Introduction to Creating Online Surveys: Data Skills
Registration opens 4 weeks before the event. In this virtual session, we will use Qualtrics, our online survey software, to explore the fundamentals of survey creation. We will explore: How
Writing in the Sciences: Research Articles (in-person)
This session offers strategies for planning, outlining, drafting, and revising research articles in the sciences. We will explore the key components of the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. We
START Skills: Academic Skills
Calling all new students! Want to succeed in your University Academics? Join the START Team and the Library for the Academic Skills Workshop. In this workshop, you will learn tips
START Skills – Midterm Study Skills
Have midterms coming up? Don't know how to study for them? Join the START Team and the Library for our workshop on midterm study skills. This workshop will cover some