TRANSIT members should register and attend the following professional training and development workshops that have been arranged in coordination with TRANSIT Network, Altitude, the Faculty of Engineering and the University of Ottawa. For registration and further information please contact Dr. Robson De Grande (Program Coordinator).
Altitude: Online Workshops (Winter 2021)
Description:
Due to COVID-19 pandemic all workshops are now offered online. All workshops for Winter 2021 are available online. Registration is now open for the winter term until January 21, 2021. Each module includes 1 to 3 workshops, you are only required to finish 6 out of the 10 total workshops to complete the course.
Mitacs: Online Workshops (Fall 2020)
Description:
Due to COVID-19 pandemic all workshops are now offered online. All workshops for Fall 2020 are available online. Please register for the online Mitacs workshops through the following link.
Mitacs: Online Workshops (Spring/Summer 2020)
Description:
Due to COVID-19 pandemic all workshops are now offered online. All workshops for Spring/Summer 2020 are available online. Please register for the online Mitacs workshops through the following link.
A job and career fair hosted at the University of Ottawa in coordination between the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and TRANSIT program. The trainees had the opportunity to directly contact and speak to ITS and ITS-related visiting companies.
Altitude: What is research? Its life cycle and key components
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Mitacs: Time Management
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Where: University of Ottawa
Altitude: Research project life cycle
Description: Altitude research project life cycle and its major components
Altitude: Strategic Writing
Description:In this workshop the grads will learn how to write stategic briefing notes that would be presented to senior decision makers in Canada.
Clear Writing
Description:This one-day workshop is focused on enhancing the communication skills of trainees, which usually are international students and present some challenges with the English language. Consequently, simplifying the language empowers the effectiveness of the transmitted message.
Mitacs: Practical Tips on Growing Your Network
Description:
A job and career fair hosted at the University of Ottawa in coordination between the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and TRANSIT program. The trainees had the opportunity to directly contact and speak to ITS and ITS-related visiting companies.
Motivate and Track your goals
Description:his one-day workshop is focused on providing a mindset to trainees so that they can organize themselves and overcome overwhelming increase of tasks and responsibilities that might affect their productivity, as well as mental health.
Career Talk
Description:The workshop give the trainees an opportunity to connect with leading employers, explore potential career paths, and make connections to build a professional network.
Motivate and Track your goals
- This one-day workshop is focused on providing a mindset to trainees so that they can organize themselves and overcome overwhelming increase of tasks and responsibilities that might affect their productivity, as well as mental health.
Mitacs: Essentials of Productive Teams
- In this workshop the Trainee's will learn the key steps in creating effective teams and the best practices of team communication.
Critical Thinking
This one-day workshop is intended for trainees to aid their decision-making in projects or even teaching. The workshops systematically showed students and postdoctoral fellows how to choose the best options when they face challenging problems, mainly when there are time constraints towards deadlines. Critical thinking techniques can help find the best solutions under a set of parameters.
Note: Room VNR-1026
Clear Writing
Description:This one-day workshop is focused on enhancing the communication skills of trainees, which usually are international students and present some challenges with the English language. Consequently, simplifying the language empowers the effectiveness of the transmitted message.
Strategic Writing
Description:In this workshop the trainee will learn how to write stategic briefing notes that would be presented to senior decision makers in Canada.
Canadian Workplace - The rules of the Game
- provide a clear understanding, guidence, and the mportant key rules to graduate students and postdoc's who would like to start their careers in Canada.
Note: Room VNR-1042
Maximizing Personal Productivity
- This workshop will enhance the trainee skills in optimizing their work efficiently with fewer hours.
Note: Room VNR-1026
Research project life cycle and its major components
- This workshop is aimed at helping students understand the major components and methodology of creating a research project from start to end.
Mitacs: Time Management
online professional skills training and time management for trainees.
Communication skills on Project and Research - Online Workshop
Description:online professional skills training for grad students.
Managing a Professional Career
Managing a professional career workshop will help trainees understand what is career management, development and planning.
Time: 01:00pm to 4:00pm
Mastering Writing: Clearly Expressing Yourself
This workshop is aimed at helping students improve their writing skills and create efficient documents through individual and group exercises.
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm
A job and career fair hosted at the University of Ottawa in coordination between the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and TRANSIT program. The trainees had the opportunity to directly contact and speak to ITS and ITS-related visiting companies.
CV preparation clinic
This is is an activity that provides hints on preparing and adjust a professional CV for applications. It also covers the presentation aspects of a trainee when in job interviews. The activity enlights on the critical professional and technical characteristics trainees should look after for a succefull career in the area. The activity was provided by prof. Boukerche, prof. Petriu, and Sarah Robinson.
Writing clinic
this workshop provides a hands on technical writing, communication and practice on an individual bases for trainees. Please contact Dr. Robson to schedule a one-to-one meeting appointment with Sarah Robinson and SASS (uOttawa).
hands-on practice on written technical communication
Writing clinic: hands-on practice on written technical communication
this workshop provides a hands on technical writing, communication and practice on an individual bases for trainees. Please contact Dr. Robson to schedule a one-to-one meeting appointment with Sarah Robinson and SASS (uOttawa).
Writing clinic: hands-on practice on written technical communication
this workshop provides a hands on technical writing, communication and practice on an individual bases for trainees. Please contact Dr. Robson to schedule a one-to-one meeting appointment with Sarah Robinson and SASS (uOttawa).
A job and career fair hosted at the University of Ottawa in coordination between the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and TRANSIT program. The trainees had the opportunity to directly contact and speak to ITS and ITS-related visiting companies.
cv preparation clinic
This is an activity that provides hints on preparing and adjust a professional CV for applications. It also covers the presentation aspects of a trainee when in job interviews. The activity enlights on the critical professional and technical characteristics trainees should look after for a succefull career in the area. The activity was provided by prof. Boukerche, prof. Petriu, and Sarah Robinson.
