Mentorship, networking and leadership
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ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Students and alumni receive one-on-one advice, coaching, and prep from the people who have been there. Features:
- career conversations
- resumé critiques
- mock interviews
- webinars
- optimizing your LinkedIn profile
Note: Register with your McMaster email address.
Annual conference, mentorship, networking, leadership, and workshop opportunities.
Elections are held each February for the upcoming year (May 1-April 31) for executive officer positions and Faculty representatives. Additional opportunities include standing committees of the GSA:
- academic affairs
- finance
- student issues
- clubs
- graduate student service review committee
- social events and trips, and more
Spices (Student Proposals for Intellectual Community & Engaged Scholarship) Learn More
Small-grant opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to design and implement community-focused, non-research projects. Develop leadership and project management skills.
A not-for-profit regional innovation centre funded by the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs. Opportunities include:
- workshops and programming
- one-on-one mentoring
- networking
- aid with access to funding
- helping startups commercialize their ideas and small/medium enterprises innovate within their organizations
North America’s largest urban innovation hub, located in Toronto. Features:
- advisory services
- connections to talent and capital
- access to curated community of entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, academics, government partners
Whether you are a group of students seeking to become recognized or you are already a recognized student group needing guidance for an event, this website is a resource to help with that process management skills.
Online learning
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An online training database providing access to thousands of high-quality instructional videos on a broad range of topics in the areas of business, education, design, photography, programming, animation, video, audio and music.
Free online professional development courses and resources from this not-for-profit centre of excellence and global leader in the evolution of teaching and learning through technology
Online courses build competencies in:
- leadership and management
- communication and relationship building
- personal and professional management
- entrepreneurialism
Mitacs training is available to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. You must register on Mitacs portal to access the courses.
Career prep and job search
Career services and support specific to your field of study may be available to you through your faculty or graduate program. Contact your department administrator for more information.
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Visit Oscarplus for access to job postings and upcoming career fair information available to McMaster students.
McMaster staff positions, sessional faculty, teaching assistants, faculty positions, postdoctoral opportunities and more.
A program available to students and alumni who identify as a member of an equity-seeking group or have barriers to employment.
Mitacs courses offer interactive learning with small class sizes, typically 24 participants. Workshops are facilitated by leading business and industry professionals who are subject matter experts in their respective fields and understand what it takes to succeed professionally. Facilitators deliver hands-on, engaging, and experiential learning.
Mitacs Training is available free to McMaster graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Build your professional profile and expand your network using LinkedIn.
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Provincial employment and training services in Ontario. Find in Hamilton, job bank postings, live chat
Workshops and other learning sessions
We will be adding sessions and workshops here soon! Please check back.