McMaster School of Graduate Studies

06/25/2024

McMaster career counsellors understand the challenges and goals of graduate students and are ready to help you make informed decisions about your career choices. Tailored support for grad students is available through our Student Success Centre. https://bit.ly/44EysGp

05/20/2024

McMaster trainees, postdocs, staff in health research are invited to an online question-and-answer session with CIHR trainees and postdocs in health research.
Online session happens July 11 (English) and July 13 (French). Session is hosted by CIHR. https://bit.ly/4aXFOY2

05/15/2024

Join a weekly volunteer group, providing much needed care, connection, mentorship and tutoring for under-served children and youth. Groups run in May and June. Visit Open Circle McMaster for more info about Community Volunteer Circles https://bit.ly/3wAlWeo

05/14/2024

McMaster offers dedicated study space for grad students, postdocs in Mills Library. The study room is designed for writing and research, complete with large tables, office chairs, standing work area, comfortable seating, wifi. Learn more https://bit.ly/2msSnag

05/08/2024

Mac Grad Students: Have you completed your thesis work but need to learn more about data deposit and sharing? Don't miss the Data Deposit Boot Camp. Data management specialists will deliver the session, answer questions. June 18. https://bit.ly/3Wfo6KY

Data deposit and data sharing are increasingly recognized as best practice to support open research, reproducibility, research integrity, collaboration, and more. Disciplines,...

05/06/2024

Writing your thesis? We have a Graduate Thesis Toolkit, created by and for McMaster grad students. Topics include time management, editing and staying well during the process of writing. View the accessible toolkit online or download the Pressbook.

Welcome to the McMaster Graduate Thesis Toolkit – your resource for everything related to writing for your Masters and PhD work. After consulting with graduate students like you, we have developed a series of resources, tip sheets, and experiences from graduate students in the following three them...

05/02/2024

McMaster's WISE Initiative is holding its 17th annual CREST Conference on May 25.

CREST aims to provide a space for all individuals, students, postdocs, and faculty in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and health sciences to showcase their work and network in an interdisciplinary and inspiring environment. The theme of Shaping the Future encompasses all projects and initiatives that will support insights for today and tomorrow, and will especially highlight how ML/AI is and will impact research and industry in STEM.

Learn more and register online:

CREST is an interdisciplinary venue for students/faculty to present their research, network, and learn about research opportunities.

05/01/2024

McMaster grad students, postdocs: Learn how to build your own data management plan at the Sherman Centre DMP boot camp, happening on May 14. This session will briefly introduce different sections of a DMP and important things to consider as you build it.

Data Management Plans are both incredibly helpful research tools and increasingly required for grants but it can be hard to know how to complete a Data Management Plan if it’s...

04/11/2024

Mac Grad Students, Postdocs: Learn more about working with sensitive data including how to protect your data, your research participants, and you, in this workshop. Virtual session on April 17, 10:30am to 12pm. Register https://bit.ly/4arKzsu

Are you working with environmental, commercial, health, personal, or other sensitive data? Are you unsure whether your data is sensitive and unclear on your responsibilities for...

04/10/2024

Searching for help on R? Seeking a primer on LaTeX? Looking for advice on programming with Python?

The Data Analysis Support Hub – DASH – services, resources and workshops are available to McMaster grad students free of charge. Learn more https://bit.ly/3PRrYhh

04/08/2024

Today is the day! Check out Mac's tips to stay safe during the total solar eclipse.

Looking directly at the Sun with the naked eye or through any device or filter other than ISO 12312-2:2015 certified eclipse glasses may cause permanent damage and even blindness.