Past Programs and Workshops

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

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

Please join us in the Robert Langen Art Gallery, Laurier Library for an intimate opportunity to have Dr. Shohini Ghose sign a copy of her new book:Her Space, Her Time. 

Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. 

Copies of her book will be available to purchase.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Please email Debbie Chaves, dchaves@wlu.ca for any accommodation needs. 

Please join us in the Robert Langen Art Gallery, Laurier Library for an intimate opportunity to have Dr. Shohini Ghose sign a copy of her new book "Her Space, Her Time". 

Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. 

Copies of her book will be available to purchase.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Please email Debbie Chaves, dchaves@wlu.ca for any accommodation needs. 

Learn strategies for finding “policy documents”, the steps that led to their creation, a few ways for finding policy analysis, and how you might consider the merits of these arguments.

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

Build an effective, comprehensive search in medical databases 

19th Annual Distinguished Visiting Speaker in Medieval and Medievalism Studies

Learn how to use PubMed effectively.

Learn how to use Mendeley to streamline how you collect sources and create bibliographies.

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 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.