Past Programs and Workshops

Learn strategies for creating a focused question that will streamline your thesis or dissertation research and help you finish on time.

Part of the ASPIRE series of workshops for graduate students.

Learn the very basics (or come for a refresher) on how Canadian laws are made, their key parts and where to find them. Discover resources for the analysis of laws and their impact, and how they have been interpreted in judicial proceedings.

Part of the ASPIRE series of Library workshops for Graduate Students.

Learn strategies for publishing in academic science journals and communicating your research for a general audience.

An ASPIRE Certificate workshop for graduate students.

Learn the very basics (or come for a refresher) on how Canadian laws are made, their key parts and where to find them. Discover resources for the analysis of laws and their impact, and how they have been interpreted in judicial proceedings.

Part of the ASPIRE series of Library workshops for Graduate Students.

Come to this session to investigate what you will need to know about copyright for your teaching and research.

March Madness: Board Game Edition! Join us in the Library Learning Lab to find out which board game will be superior! 5pm - 7pm on March 13, 20, 27 & April 3rd! We'll have the games and the snacks, you bring the willingness to play! 

Learn how to plan, research, decide on a focus and scope, and organize your review successfully.

Attend this workshop for an inside look at what happens during peer review, and gain skills as a prospective author. REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!

Faculty often consider overwork as a badge of honour and overlook individual coping strategies. “Higher education will take as much as you give it”. Together, we can examine the system itself and the risk of faculty burnout.

Please join us in the Robert Langen Art Gallery, Laurier Library, Main Floor from 3-5 PM on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 for a discussion of Rebecca Pope-Ruark’s new book: Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal.

The Laurier Library has provided free access to the electronic book for everyone at Laurier. Even if you have not had a chance to read the book, we still encourage you to attend.

Light Refreshments provided.

Event sponsored by the Laurier Library and the Women’s Faculty Colleague at Waterloo.

We do not get enough time to discuss and examine what research integrity means for graduate students. In breakout groups, you will examine case studies to see how core values of research; honesty, fairness, openness, accountability, objectivity, and stewardship come in conflict with each other. Come to share your own ideas and experience!  Come to discover new techniques for teaching research integrity. Come to have fun!

Develop skills for evaluating and using scoping reviews in research and practice.

Learn strategies for creating a focused question that will streamline your thesis or dissertation research and help you finish on time.

Part of the ASPIRE series of workshops for graduate students.

Understand and locate different types of information produced at each stage of the research cycle. We will discuss new tools and strategies regarding information discovery, analysis, writing, publication, outreach, and assessment.

Learn features of Microsoft Word (Windows) to structure your dissertation, thesis, or journal articles, and work more effectively.

Learn about the 2021 Census and the people that make up Canada. The Laurier Library will show you StatCan's resources and how to use them.

Learn to use freedom of information laws in academic research.

Learn the very basics (or come for a refresher) on how Canadian laws are made, their key parts and where to find them. Discover resources for the analysis of laws and their impact, and how they have been interpreted in judicial proceedings.

Learn how to archive your research data with Borealis, Laurier's data archive.  We explain what is required to archive your research data for reuse.

Learn how to plan, research, decide on a focus and scope, and organize your review successfully.

Learn the very basics (or come for a refresher) on how Canadian laws are made, their key parts and where to find them. Discover resources for the analysis of laws and their impact, and how they have been interpreted in judicial proceedings.