Monday, March 16, 2026 15:00to16:30
Exploring Your Professional Path After Grad School

What’s your next step? This interactive workshop for graduate students will teach you the skills to review position types and work environments within the context of your career.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, myPath: Developing your IDP, Exploring Your Professinal Path, individual development plan
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 16:00to17:30
Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

This workshop will demystify and explain the various forms of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets, and when they are used.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skills
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 13:00to15:00
What?! CaPS (Career Planning Service) at the Library

CaPS will be tabling in the Breezeway (connecting Redpath Library to McLennan Library) in case you want to learn more about our services, have a career-related question,  or just like to find out more about great resources that are here for you!

 
Classified as: student services, career planning service, Career Exploration, CV, networking, interview
Thursday, March 19, 2026 15:00to16:00
Are you curious about how your personality connects to your career path?

This workshop offers you a structured approach to exploring your career path through self-knowledge and personality profiling.

Classified as: student services, career planning service, workshop, Career Exploration, Self-Knowledge
Thursday, March 19, 2026 17:30to19:30
TRaCE Talks/Connected Academics: Alternative Academic Careers

Join us to learn about the career pathways of McGill PhD alumni with a social science and humanities background who are working in Alternative Academic Careers!

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, TRaCE Talks, Connected Academics
Monday, March 30, 2026 12:00to13:30
 How to Build Your First Canadian Experience

Not sure how to get "Canadian experience"? You're not alone. Many international students face this challenge when starting their careers in Canada.

Classified as: student services, career planning service, job, workshop, networking, job search, Applying
Thursday, April 9, 2026 15:00to16:30
Plan your Post-Academic Job Search with an IDP

Moving away from an academic career often means exploring multiple potential career paths without a well-defined personal roadmap. 

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, career planning service, myPath: Developing your IDP, individual development plan, Plan your Post-Academic Job Search with an IDP
Friday, April 10, 2026 10:00to11:30
What can I do with my Graduate Degree?
If you're a Master's, PhD, or Postdoc interested in non-academic careers but not sure what's out there, this session walks you through some tools to help you gather information about careers outside the tenure track. Come learn how to leverage your research skills in finding your next opportunity!
Classified as: student services, career planning service, workshop, networking, job search, Career Exploration
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 16:00to17:30
Startup Finances

In this workshop, you'll learn how venture capitalists (VCs) typically value an early-stage innovation-driven venture.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skills
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00to13:00
 Careers in Knowledge Translation and Communication

Join us for this career panel with McGill PhD alumni working in knowledge translation and communication.

Panelists:

Kate Bundy (PhD, Hispanic Studies & Digital Humanities), Digital Content Advisor, Concordia University.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, TRaCE Talks
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 16:00to17:30
Startup Funding

Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal". You'll learn what a venture capital fund is, its structure and how they operate, and what venture capitalists (VCs) look for in an early-stage innovation-driven venture.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skills
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