Leadership for Grads is a series of workshops to help graduate students apply leadership theories to their every day lives. Strengthen your organization and collaboration skills so you can run effective research groups, lead committee meetings and facilitate classroom environments.
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Program Eligibility
U of T graduate students -
How The Program Works
Graduate students attend workshops that are tailored to their needs and interests.
Leadership for Grads is Co-Curricular Record (CCR) eligible. Complete any three qualifying workshops OR any two qualifying workshops and one self-directed learning reflection to complete Leadership for Grads.
Leadership for Grads core workshops:
- How to Facilitate Teams Online Effectively During Grad School
- Collaborative Visioning
- Navigating Uncertainty
- Group Dynamics and Leadership: What Makes a Good Leader? *Not offered for 2020-2021
- Feeling like a Fraud: “Imposterness” *Not offered for 2020-2021
- Organizational Communication: Exploring Leadership and Management *Not offered for 2020-2021
- Making Meaning of Your Leadership Journey *Not offered for 2020-2021
Additional workshops:
- Facilitating Virtual Meetings (in partnership with Ulead)
- Prioritization (in partnership with Ulead)
- Exploring Your Strengths (in partnership with Learning to Lead)
- Conflict & Communication: Conflict & Me (in partnership with Learning to Lead)
- Conflict & Communication: Interpersonal Conflict (in partnership with Learning to Lead)
- Conflict & Communication: Conflict & Group Dynamics (in partnership with Learning to Lead)
- Equity 101 (in partnership with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education)
- Introduction to Anti-Oppressive Practices (AOP) (in partnership with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education)
- Understanding & Responding to Microaggressions (in partnership with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education)
- Self-Awareness – Foundational Work in Equity (in partnership with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education)
- Difficult Conversations (in partnership with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education)
- Allyship (in partnership with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education)
- 6 Conversations about Equity (in partnership with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education)
- Know Your Skills (in partnership with Career Exploration & Education)
- Navigating Career Uncertainty (in partnership with Career Exploration & Education)
There is a maximum capacity for workshops, so please ensure that you attend all workshops you sign up for to avoid taking spaces from other students.
If there is low registration (less than 10 students) some workshops may be cancelled. You will be given at least 48 hours notice if this happens. Thank you for your understanding.
To explore the self-directed learning reflection option for completing Leadership for Grads, please visit Self-Directed Leadership Learning and/or email leadership@utoronto.ca.
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Program Registration
Register for Leadership for Grads workshops on the CLNx through the Student Life events calendar.