Wednesday, January 21, 2026 12:00to13:00
 Careers in Biotechnology and Medical Devices

Join us for this career panel with McGill PhD alumni working in the field of biotechnology and medical devices!

 

Panelists:

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, TRaCE Talks
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 14:00to15:00
 Rethinking Research Presentations

Get started with this intro to SKILLSETS’ Presentation Skills series. This workshop teaches participants how to create clear, accessible and engaging research presentations that are fit for a variety of academic and non-academic audiences.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, presentation skills
Thursday, January 22, 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, Exploring Your Professinal Path, individual development plan
Friday, January 23, 2026 11:00to12:30
 Read Effectively and Take Smart Notes in Grad School

Looking to manage your reading load? In this workshop, we’ll dig into strategies for making sense of dense academic texts, pulling out key ideas, and organizing notes. You will move from note-taking (just jotting things down) to note-making for better understanding.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Academic Skills
Thursday, January 29, 2026 16:00to18:30
Income Taxes for Postdocs

Are you a postdoctoral fellow who is filing their first income tax return? Do you wonder what needs to be reported during your first year in Québec? Would you like to better understand tax slips and learn how to file your income taxes? Then this webinar is for you!

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Financial Skills
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 16:00to17:30

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on issues such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.

Classified as: Graduate Students, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, McGill Engine Centre, SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 16:00to17:30
Startup Law 101

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on issues such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skills
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 14:00to15:00
Planning with Purpose

The Planning with Purpose information session is an introduction to the Individual Development Plan (IDP) at McGill. This session covers the process and building blocks of creating a meaningful IDP and setting goals in grad school.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, myPath: Developing your IDP, Planning with Purpose, individual development plan
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 14:00to15:30
Building Your Next Presentation

This workshop focuses on the steps participants need to develop content for their next research presentation. From STEM based quantitative research, to social science exploration, this workshop will explore worksheets designed to help participants develop better content.

 

Learning outcomes:

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, presentation skills
Friday, February 6, 2026 10:00to12:00
Vision boarding

Come join us in this hands-on crafty workshop where you will brainstorm an IDP vision statement and use collaging to make a vision board. Workshop goers will have the opportunity to digitally or physically collage to make a vision board to stay on track with their goals! 

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, myPath: Developing your IDP, vision boarding, individual development plan
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 10:00to11:30
How to Manage Your Time as an Overwhelmed Grad Student

Struggling to stay on top of your academic research, professional development, and personal commitments? This practical workshop is designed specifically for graduate students to help you take control of your time.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, myPath: Developing your IDP, individual development plan, time management
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 16:00to17:30

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at McGill to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.

Classified as: Graduate Students, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, McGill Engine Centre, SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 17:30to20:30
 A Place Where I Belong

Join us for a powerful screening of the award-winning Canadian documentary A Place Where I Belong, followed by a live panel discussion with people featured in the film — including the producer and community members whose stories shape the documentary.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Arts & Entertainment, Social events, Student Engagement Fund, film screening
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 14:00to15:00
Effective Presentation Visuals

In this workshop, participants learn how to avoid the pitfalls of building slides that have too much information, take too long to process, and compete for audience attention. By understanding the limits of human visual and auditory language processing, participants learn how to work within them.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, presentation skills
Thursday, February 19, 2026 11:00to12:00
Studying Well in Grad School

Graduate school demands strong study habits and effective learning strategies. Throughout your degree, your reasons for studying will change (courses to comps to defense), which will require different strategies and approaches.

Classified as: SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops, Academic Skills

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