Get career ready
Dal GradPD is your go-to hub to learn about professional development designed for your specific needs as a graduate student. Together with partners across the university and external providers, the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) assembles an ongoing schedule of free workshops and events aimed to help you prepare for a diversity of careers.
The four pillars of the Dal GradPD program are dedicated to building skills necessary for success in any career 鈥斅Communication, Career Intelligence, Health and Wellbeing, and Leadership聽鈥 and are offered exclusively to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Upcoming Dal GradPD workshops and experiential learning
Professional Career Development Group
Graduating this year and feeling anxious about life after university or unprepared for an uncertain job market?
Attend this career development support group facilitated by a career counsellor to build a peer support network and confidence as you prepare to embark on the next chapter of your life!
Registration is now available on the . Go to the next Friday on the events calendar to register, after which you will be contacted to confirm your eligibility and additional details. New registrations will be accepted weekly throughout the term, but space is limited, so students are encouraged to register early!
Date and time: Ongoing weekly; Tuesdays from 3 to 4 p.m.
Partner: Bissett Student Success Centre Academic Advising and Career Services
Type: In-Person
Pillar: Career intelligence聽
Location: McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building
The Research Camp is designed to take you through the elements of research from basic to advanced. The program is offered through a combination of asynchronous modules on Brightspace and live sessions offered in-person, hybrid, or online through Teams. Modules may聽include short video lectures and聽interactive exercises to help you brush up on your聽literature searching, writing, information management, and research skills.聽
Date/time:聽Asynchronous and ongoing
Type: Online
Hosted by聽Dal聽Innovates,聽Dal聽Innovation聽Week聽is a聽weeklong celebration that will showcase the talent, ideas, and ventures fueling聽innovation聽and entrepreneurship at聽Dalhousie.
for the list of events and be sure to register early to secure your spot!
Events include:
- Tech Startup Showcase
- Innovation in the Field
- SURGE鈥檚 Annual BrainHACK
- Unleashing Innovation: Applying Design Thinking to Supercharge your Ideas
- And more!
顿补迟别/迟颈尘别:听September 18 - 26, 2025
尝辞肠补迟颈辞苍:听Various in-person locations
Responsible conduct of research training is mandated by the tri-council funding agencies for all new researchers. This 1.5-hour workshop will use small-group discussions of cases relevant to current research issues, such as authorship, data management, and conflict of interest.
Facilitated by Eileen Denovan-Wright, PhD, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine
顿补迟别/迟颈尘别:听October 1, 2025 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Partner: PREP
笔颈濒濒补谤:听Career Intelligence
罢测辫别:听Online聽via Teams
SHIFT: Using Your CV to Build Your Resume
Do CVs and resumes have similarities? Yes! Are they the same? No!
In this 30-minute virtual workshop, you'll join the Bissett Student Success Centre's Career Advisor in examining the differences and similarities between CVs and resumes. You will leave with increased awareness of what document to submit when prompted with a "Resume/CV" application field as well as concrete steps on how you can use your CV to build a strong resume. This workshop is intended for grad students at 好色谷 and University of King's College.
No registration required.聽
顿补迟别/迟颈尘别:听October 2, 2025 from 10:30 to 11 a.m.
笔颈濒濒补谤蝉:听Communication, Career Intelligence
罢测辫别:听Online聽via Teams ()
Do you use two big words when one small evocative one will do? Want to develop skills for getting the public to read and understand your research and ideas? David Swick, Associate Professor of Journalism at Kings College will teach you to take a scalpel to your writing to create clear, inviting, informative prose in a way that retains everything you want to say. He was a journalist for over 20 years, won two major fellowships, and has judged the Junos, the Atlantic Journalism Awards, and the CBC Literary Awards. He has written one non fiction book and is working on another.
This in-person workshop is open to all graduate students, post-docs, and faculty. Please register with GradPD or at OpenThink@Dal.ca
顿补迟别/迟颈尘别:听October 2, 2025 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
笔颈濒濒补谤蝉:听Communication, Career Intelligence
Type: In-person
Location: Room 217,聽Henry Hicks Building
Join Dr. Whitehouse as she brings 鈥淢anaging Upward鈥 to 好色谷 in celebration of World Mental Health Day. This workshop will provide you with the knowledge and tools to better manage your student-supervisor relationship in support of your wellbeing.
顿补迟别/迟颈尘别:听October 9, 2025 from 5 to 7 p.m.
笔颈濒濒补谤蝉:听Health & Wellness
Type: Hybrid
Location:聽1246 LeMarchant Street, 2nd Floor, Group Room 1 / Online via Teams
Participate in the Dal GradPD certificate program
To help you navigate your PD journey, we have created a free certificate program to recognize your efforts and help you identify the opportunities you need to take you where you want to go.
What you鈥檒l do during the certificate program:
Individual development plan (IDP) workshop:聽In this session, you鈥檒l explore the skills and experiences you need to achieve your professional goals and map your plan to get there. IDP workshops will be held every month, so don't worry if you missed an earlier session. An asynchronous video of the IDP workshop is also available in the Dal GradPD Brightspace.
Pillars workshops:聽Participate in聽two hours of workshops from each of the Dal聽GradPD聽pillars: Communication, Career Intelligence, Health and Wellbeing, and Leadership. You can select from options provided by Dal聽GradPD聽partners or find other opportunities you think will best suit your goals.聽
Experiential learning:聽Take on聽four hours of hands-on experience from each pillar. Write a blog, go to a networking event, practice a time management strategy, organize an event 鈥 the possibilities are vast and the experiences priceless.聽
Professional identity workshop: Wrap up the certificate with this session that will empower you to articulate the value of the skills you've gained at graduate school to prospective employers.聽
When聽done, you鈥檒l receive a certificate signed by the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and recognition on your transcripts. More importantly, you鈥檒l have developed a plan for where you want to go with your career and assembled the professional and personal skills you need to get there.聽
