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Workshop Goals and Topics

Crafting Your Life in Graduate School and Beyond

Form Community

Meet other local women mathematicians.

Craft Plans

Craft realistic plans for completing your PhD that consider both life and school.

Gain Confidence and Get Inspired

Honest conversations about what it takes to get through grad school.

Career Options

Learn about career options for Math PhDs, and the skills you need to pursue them.

Communicating

Strategies for Communicating Effectively

Work & Life

Living a full personal and professional life.

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St. George Campus

University of Toronto

June 18 & 19, 2019

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Women mathematicians in the GTA

Entering 2nd or 3rd year

Application Required

Due May 15, 2019 (Now accepting late applications until May 31)

Apply

Due: May 15, 2019 (Now Accepting Late Applications Until May 31)

Crafting Your Life in Graduate School and Beyond is a 2-day workshop for women in the early stages of a mathematics PhD program within the Greater Toronto Area. It aims to help women build the capabilities that they need to complete a mathematics PhD while living a full life. The workshop will include talks, panels, and workshops on topics such as non-academic careers for math PhDs, communicating in male dominated fields, selecting an advisor, building mathematical networks, and time management. Participants will craft personal plans and raise a community of support among local women mathematicians.

Before submitting an application, please review the questions and prepare your answers so that you can ensure that the open-response answers are no more than 250 words total.

Application Information (pdf, word)

Submit Application Here

Workshop Schedule

(Updated: June 12)

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

How to Get Mentored

Graduate school is full of transitions. How do you go from being "just a student" to being a student, a researcher, and a teacher and still have a life? I was lucky to have a large cast of mentors who got me through selecting my first semester of graduate classes, choosing an advisor, reading my first teaching evaluations, giving my first talk, writing my first paper, and applying for my first job. I'll share advice that I received and tips on finding the people to give it.

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

Objectives:

  • Illustrate diverse paths of mathematicians’ personal and professional lives
  • Discuss the decision-making processes that mathematicians used to integrate personal and professional lives
  • Become comfortable discussing how math can fit into your life
Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

Careers Panel Objectives:

  • Help participants become familiar with career paths that are possible with a math PhD
  • Provide connections within local industry
  • Demonstrate that career-ready skills can be developed during graduate school
Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

In this workshop, we will consider possible post-grad school plans to inform decisions for what we do in grad school.

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

In this workshop we will discuss how graduate students can strengthen their self-efficacy through understanding the social and emotional aspects of learning and how it can impact motivation, completion and engagement in their work. We will also discuss how learning strategies such as time management, setting a realistic pace for your work and study habits can help to develop structure and accountability when you are in a self-directed learning environment.

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

This session will discuss how to deal with gender-based challenges that women in math often face.

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

Objectives:

  • Illustrate the importance of developing a network of support
  • Discuss the roles that different people in your network can play
  • Provide concrete examples of how panelists built their networks
Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

This workshop will help participants plan for how to build their network of support.

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

Workshop wrap-up and future planning.

Location: Myhal 320,University of Toronto (St.George Campus)

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Leaders

Crafting Your Life in Graduate School and Beyond

Jessica Sidman

Keynote Speaker

Sarah Mayes-Tang

Mentor

Amenda Chow

Mentor

Ada Chan

Mentor

Allysa Lumley

Peer Mentor

Elena Aruffo

Peer Mentor

Frequently Asked Questions

Crafting Your Life in Graduate School and Beyond

I am a PhD student outside the GTA. Can I apply?
No, unfortunately the workshop is only open to women based in the GTA, as program participants will continue to meet throughout the academic year.
Thanks to the support of Catherine Mavripilis, NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, there is no cost to participants.
We will provide snacks and lunch for both days of the workshop, and reimburse public transportation costs within the GTA.
Please contact Sarah at smt@math.toronto.edu with a description of your needs.
Can upper-year students apply to participate?
This workshop is specifically for graduate students entering the second or third year of their programs. If you are interested in future initiativces, please contact Sarah at smt@math.toronto.edu.
We have a limited number of spots available, and we want to ensure that all participants are willing to prepare for the workshop and participate in follow-up meetings.
All applicants who applied by May 15 will be contacted by May 25. Those who applied after the official deadline will be contacted within a week.
Please email Sarah at smt@math.toronto.edu.

Sponsor

Crafting Your Life in Graduate School and Beyond