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Grad Productivity Group: Actually Work from Home

Grad Productivity Group: Actually Work from Home is a supportive online environment where you can work in company with grad school peers. The goal is for you to have supportive, structured time in your week on a regular basis. Sit down, turn off your other devices and boost your productivity for two 40-minute sessions of concentrated work on any of your tasks.

All grad students from all disciplines and programs are welcome.

These groups are facilitated by an experienced graduate student peer.

Grad Productivity Group: Actually Work from Home runs on:

  • Tuesdays from 4 – 6 p.m. with Christine
  • Wednesdays from 5 – 7 p.m. with Maude
  • Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. with Louis (Hybrid! Join in person or virtually)
  • Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. with Morgan

Register on Folio to attend any group, any time! Attend as many sessions as you wish.

An experienced grad student facilitator hosts each session. Participants will identify the work or tasks they want to focus on for 90 minutes with a break. Reconnect at the conclusion.

At the end of the time, group members will comment on how the work went for them.

There will be a brief opportunity for discussion, sharing tips and setting goals if participants choose.

Accessibility Writing Group, now called the Accessibility Grad Writing and Productivity Group

We offer an Accessibility Grad Writing & Productivity Group in partnership with Accessibility Services for students who want to work with others who experience graduate school with accessibility needs. The group is facilitated by a Ph.D. student with experience facilitating Graduate Writing Groups, Grad Productivity Groups and accessibility programming for students.

  • Mondays from 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. with Carleigh
  • Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. with Carleigh

Register in Folio to attend any group, any time! Attend as many sessions as you wish.

Note that all students, including students with accessibility needs, are welcome to join all Centre for Learning Strategy Support programming.

Registration is required. Browse all upcoming sessions in Folio.

Kindly note: you’ll need to sign in with your UTORid to access Folio.

Grad Productivity Group Facilitators

Christine smiling.

Christine

Graduate Productivity Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
Higher Education

Interests:

  • Crochet, knitting, and other crafty things
  • Euro-style strategy games
  • Reading and snuggling with my kitty!
Headshot of Louis smiling.

Louis

Graduate Productivity Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
Medical Anthropology

Interests:

  • Bike Touring
  • Learning new languages
  • Doing handstands in impossible places
Headshot of Maude.

Maude

Graduate Productivity Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
French

Interests:

  • Cooking feasts for friends
  • Watching cult classic movies
  • Visiting art museums
Headshot of Morgan smiling.

Morgan

Graduate Productivity Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
Medieval Studies

Interests:

  • Craft and movie nights with friends
  • Tinkering, gardening, and reading outside
  • Making music, concerts, and theatre

Graduate Writing Groups vs. Grad Productivity Group: Focus on Writing or Tasks

Grad Productivity Group is different from Graduate Writing Groups.

Graduate Writing Groups are your best choice for dedicated weekly writing time and are 2.5 hours long with 2 hours of writing. We strongly recommend these for thesis writing, proposal writing and writing papers.

Grad Productivity Group is an alternate option to work on any of your graduate school work and related tasks. You may intend to tackle emails, filing, paper submission, data analysis or any other to-dos.

You can attend both programs at the same time.