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Graduate Writing Groups

All Graduate Writing Groups are available online. Hybrid options are also available.

Graduate Writing Groups provide a small, informal and encouraging atmosphere for you to focus on your writing goals with the support of an experienced graduate student facilitator.

At the beginning and end of the session, participants have the opportunity to discuss their writing goals and strategies.

You may also be interested in our Grad Productivity Group: Actually Work from Home program.

All graduate students are welcome.

Each Graduate Writing Group meets once a week with the same graduate mentor, in the same location on campus. All groups are available online and groups labeled “hybrid” are online and in-person on campus simultaneously. There are several groups to choose from. You must commit to attending your group(s) on a regular basis.

Check Grad Writing Group Facilitators to read grad mentor bios.

Summer 2025 Schedule

Sunday
  • 1:30 – 4 p.m. (Rachel)
Monday
  • 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Christine A)
  • 1:30 – 4 p.m. (Alyssa)
  • 7 – 9:30 p.m. (Rachel)
Tuesday
  • 1:30 – 4 p.m. (Angel)
Wednesday
  • 1:30 – 4 p.m. (Alyssa – Hybrid! Join in person or virtually.)
Thursday
  • 1:30 – 4 p.m. (Angel)
Friday
  • 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Christine B)

Accessibility Writing Group

We offer an Accessibility Writing Group (GWG-A) 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 and accessibility programming for students.

The Accessibility Writing Group runs on:

  • Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Liz)

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

To register for Graduate Writing Groups, contact gwg@utoronto.ca.

To see all Graduate Writing Group offerings, visit Folio. Kindly note: you’ll need to sign in with your UTORid to access Folio.

To register for the Accessibility Writing Group, please visit Folio.

To inquire about accessibility groups, contact as.learning@utoronto.ca.

Grad Writing Group Facilitators

Angel smiling.

Angel

Graduate Writing Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
Chemical engineering

Interest(s):

  • Lettering and calligraphy
  • Singing and songwriting
  • Talking with friends
Christine smiling beside flowers.

Christine

Graduate Writing Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
Applied Psychology and Human Development

Interest(s):

  • Spending time with my family in Prince Edward County
  • Watching sunsets
  • Snuggling my 2 pups, AlphA and Hope
Christine smiling.

Christine

Graduate Writing Group Facilitator
2nd year PhD student

Program of Study:
Higher Education

Interest(s):

  • Crochet, knitting, and other crafty things
  • Euro-style strategy games
  • Reading and snuggling with my kitty!

Rachel

they/them
Graduate Writing Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
Developmental Psychology and Education

Interest(s):

  • Embroidery and visible mending
  • Reading fiction and snuggling with my two cats
  • Organizing and activism
Headshot of Malinda smiling.

Malinda

Grad Programming
PhD student

Program of Study:
Kinesiology (Biomechanics)

Interest(s):

  • Coaching field hockey
  • Drawing and painting
  • Paddling, camping and spending time outdoors
Headshot of Alyssa smiling.

Alyssa

Graduate Writing Group Facilitator
PhD student

Program of Study:
Health Systems Research

Interest(s):

  • Admiring cute cats and dogs
  • Barre classes
  • Suspense/psychological thriller novels