Invest in your future and earn the Aspire Certificate, which is designed to complement your academic program by providing opportunities to develop a range of skills and competencies.
To earn the certificate, complete five workshops in at least two Aspire pillars.
Learn more details about the Aspire Professional Development Certificate.
Some of the workshops are self-directed on MyLearningSpace.
Take charge of your personal well-being. Our workshops provide you with the skills to manage your time, mental health, and work-life balance. Foster self-awareness and mindfulness in your personal, scholarly, and professional life.
All sessions are virutal, 1 hour in length and open to all students.
Our teaching development workshops offer transferrable teaching skills and foundational teaching knowledge that can be used for both the classroom and the workplace. Learn about different pedagogies and hear from experienced staff and colleagues as they reflect on their experiences and share their knowledge.
All sessions are 90 minutes in length.
Self-paced Microsoft Stream recorded workshops:
How do you know you're an impactful teacher? How do you communicate this to others?
A teaching dossier is a collection of materials that tells a story about who you are as a teacher. Dossiers (or portfolios) can be used to apply for teaching positions, teaching awards, or as a means for personal reflection for self-growth.
Skills Acquired: This workshop will provide the key building blocks of an effective dossier, including a teaching philosophy statement and evidence of effectiveness. It will also help you reflect on how and why you teach the way you do in order to create an authentic, evidence-based narrative that showcases who you are as a teacher.
Facilitators: Rammy Saini and Erin Hodson
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In any academic or professional environment, strong communication and leadership skills are critical. Perfect your writing and oral presentation skills with help from specialists in the field.
On-going self-paced learning on MyLearningSpace:
First, register for the workshop in MyLS by selecting "Self Registration," then select the workshop Library Research Workshops link and select "Register."
Move successfully into your next career phase. ASPIRE workshops, run by Career Centre professionals, can help you to market your transferable skills, build your resumé, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile, and network and interview with confidence, among many other skills.
All sessions are virtual on Zoom.
Did you know that most jobs are filled before they are posted? Employers hire people through people. Participants in this workshop will learn how to tap into the hidden job market using effective research and networking techniques. Register on Navigator to receive the event link.
Skills Acquired: networking tools, job search tools
Facilitator: Lisa Roy, Career Centre
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Research is a huge component of many Masters, PhD and Postdoctoral Fellow programs. Workshops in our research pillar can help you to complete the work that you are doing at Laurier and help prepare you for future research opportunities. Through workshops ranging from how to develop a research question, to managing your data, our research experts will teach you how to translate your technical work for non-specialist audiences.
Self-paced MyLearningSpace modules:
Students must self-register for "Libary Reserach Workshops" on MyLearning Space to gain access to these courses.
On January 1, 2026, Tri-Agency is expected to release a new Open Access (OA) policy. This policy, currently in draft and available for reading, is an update to the 2015 OA Policy. Under the revised policy, recipients of Tri-Agency grants will be required to: deposit peer-reviewed research articles associated with a Tri-Agency grant in a Canadian institutional repository at the time of publication use an open license at the time of deposit for these articles (e.g., Creative Commons licensing) Retain rights for the dissemination of peer-reviewed articles Acknowledge Agency contributions in all research outputs, including but not limited to peer-reviewed articles These changes are expected to be implemented on January 1, 2026 and will be applicable to recipients of grants awarded after that date. This webinar will introduce Library supports that will help researchers meet their OA requirements under the new policy. In particular, we will introduce Scholars Commons, our institutional repository, and explain how it will help you meet these requirements and disseminate your outputs with ease. This webinar is included in the 2025 ASPIRE series of workshops; researchers are encourage to invite their grad students to help them learn more about Tri-Agency's research policies. This webinar will be recorded and a link will be shared with participants for future playback.
Skills Acquired: Knowledge of Open Access - Academic repositories - Tri-Agency research policies.
Facilitator: Michael Steelworthy
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