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Administrating And Planning Music Lessons Resources providing guidelines of fees, calendaring and communication in private music lessons. View More |
Teaching Competence | Document |
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American Psychological Association (APA): Open Letter To Authors Guidelines covering policies on plagiarism and integrity for submission to any American Psychological Association (APA) Journal. View More |
Integrity & Ethical Conduct | Document |
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Authorship And Contributorship (ICMJE) Ethical guidelines for assigning authorship or acknowledgement in medically-related scientific publications. View More |
Integrity & Ethical Conduct | Link |
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Basic Business Skills (BBS) Ten week course for graduate and post-doctoral students covering business basics for students who may be interested in a career in a business field. View More |
Career Development | Link |
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Basic Introduction To Graduate Funding Workshop Introductory video outlining opportunities and tips for preparing funding applications for graduate and post-doctoral students. View More |
Research Management & Leadership | Video |
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Building Science-Based Research Careers Outside Academia Extensive list of sites with information on jobs in science-based research careers outside academia. View More |
Career Development | Document |
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Building Your Teaching Dossier Information for students interested in a teaching career regarding teaching dossiers, how to create one (including examples) and developing a teaching philosophy. View More |
Teaching Competence | Document |
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Career Development Links to available career-related workshops offered at McGill and the importance of career development during graduate school. View More |
Career Development | Link |
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Career Planning For Graduate Students (University Of Wisconsin) Resources on both academic and non-academic careers, including finding a post-doc, applying for faculty positions and non-academic options for PhDs. View More |
Career Development | Link |
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Career Planning Services (CaPS) One-on-one appointments with career counselors and resources for academic and non-academic careers through the McGill Office for Career Planning. View More |
Career Development | Link |
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CIHR Fellowship FAQ Answers to questions frequently asked by students when applying for CIHR fellowships. View More |
Research Management & Leadership | Document |
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CIHR Fellowship Workshop (September 2009) General overview of CHIR application, including tips on the common CV, training expectations, research abstract and reference letter requests. View More |
Research Management & Leadership | Document |
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CIHR Fellowship: A Graduate Student's Perspective Overview of CIHR application contents from the perspective of a student who received a Vanier Canada scholarship. View More |
Research Management & Leadership | Document |
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Communicating Learning Expectations To Undergraduates TA or lecturer expectations of undergraduate students at McGill. View More |
Teaching Competence | Document |
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Communication And Interpersonal Skills Links to available workshops offered by SKILLSETS and the importance of communication skills during graduate school. View More |
Communication & Interpersonal Skills | Link |
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Conduct Of Research Official regulations regarding the conduct of research at McGill, including data collection, use of human/animal subjects and hazardous research. View More |
Integrity & Ethical Conduct | Link |
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Copyright, Fair Dealing And Moral Rights In A University Setting Common academic integrity errors and their moral/academic ramifications. View More |
Integrity & Ethical Conduct | Document |
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Counselling Services Workshop Series List of workshops ranging from managing stress and procrastination to public speaking and assertiveness. View More |
Life Skills | Link |
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Counselling Services Website providing links for resources related to academic and life skills and one-on-one appointment with career counsellors. View More |
Life Skills | Link |
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Critical And Creative Thinking Critical and creative thinking in the context of graduate school and links to available workshops offered by SKILLSETS. View More |
Critical & Creative Thinking | Link |
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Critical Thinking Exercise: Applying Critical Thinking Guidelines Guidelines for effective critical thinking. View More |
Critical & Creative Thinking | Document |
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Critical Thinking With Reference To Critical Appraisal Presentation on critical thinking discussing some critical thinking guidelines, techniques and exercises. View More |
Critical & Creative Thinking | Document |
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Developing A Teaching Portfolio Presentation on the development, importance and relevance of a teaching portfolio. View More |
Teaching Competence | Document |
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Developing A Teaching Portfolio: How To Document Your Pedagogical Profile (University Affairs) Specific sections and information to include when developing a teaching portfolio for an academic teaching career. View More |
Teaching Competence | Link |
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Directory Of McGill Disciplinary Officers Comprehensive list and contact information of school-wide and department-specific disciplinary officers at McGill. View More |
Integrity & Ethical Conduct | Link |
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Dissemination Of Research And Knowledge Translation Links to available workshops offered by SKILLSETS and the importance of knowledge translation for graduate and post-doctoral students. View More |
Dissemination of Research $ Knowledge Transfer | Link |
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Effective Approaches To Group Work Presentation on group work in classrooms, tutorials and how to organize/evaluate group exercises effectively as a TA. View More |
Teaching Competence | Document |
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Effective Job Applications For A Career Outside Academia Specific tips on creating a successful application for a non-academic career, including information on what to include and how to structure your non-academic CV. View More |
Career Development | Document |
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Engaging Students Using Interactive Strategies Ways to engage students in classroom learning. View More |
Teaching Competence | Document |
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Environmental Health And Safety Online Training (Oklahoma State University) Variety of safety training resources for students and employees on topics ranging from fire extinguishers to hazardous materials transport. View More |
Societal & Civic Responsibility | Link |


