Toronto Metropolitan University Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

☀️ Staying in the city this summer? Make the most of your graduate experience at TMU!

From writing support and networking opportunities to festivals, workshops, and exhibits, there’s plenty happening on campus all season long. Swipe through to discover upcoming graduate student events and summer programming.

✨ Graduate Community Events
• Doc Now Festival (June 3–26)
• Graduate Summer Writing Camp (June 9–11)
• Architectural Science Year End Show (May 1–June 23)
• Graduate Admissions Virtual Information Sessions (June 3, 10, and 24)

🌿 TMU Summer Programming
• Urban Farm Field Workshops (June–August)
• Positive Space Pride Kickoff (June 1)
• National Indigenous Peoples Month (June)
• Summer Exhibits at the Image Centre (June–August)

See you on campus this summer 💙

Meet Payal Bhole- your go-to graduate student counsellor! 🗣️

Since 2024, Payal Bhole, MSW, RSW, has been supporting TMU graduate students through individual counselling and psychotherapy, engaging group counselling programs, and connections to resources both on and off campus.

Whether you’re navigating academic stress, personal challenges, or simply looking for support, Payal is here to help.

Learn more about graduate counselling services at the link in bio! 💙💛

The results are in!✨

Congratulations to our Community Stars Contest winners!

This term, we invited graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to recognize the people, groups and communities who have supported and shaped their journeys. Through audio, video, multimedia and written submissions, you shared powerful stories about the support systems that keep you going.

✨ Meet our winners:
• Mahshid Yaali, Physics PhD
• Hayden McGreal, Chemical Engineering PhD
• Alec Benavides, Public Policy and Administration MA
• Evgenia Silajev, Data Science & Analytics MASc
• Cat Crowley, Literatures of Modernity MA
• Trinity Lee, Media Production MA

Graduate life can be challenging, but your reflections remind us that no one does it alone. Community matters, and recognizing those who uplift us can make all the difference.

🔗 Explore all finalist submissions and be inspired. Check out the link in our bio!

🚨The 3MT® is BACK at TMU!🚨

We couldn’t contain our excitement, so we’re throwing it back with some highlights from last year 📸✨

This year, the competition is taking place at SLC, 8th floor and the vibes you love are staying the same! New space, same electric energy!⚡️

Get ready for bold ideas, groundbreaking research, and powerful storytelling, all in just THREE minutes. 🎤

🗓 Wednesday, March 25
⏰ Noon to 2:30 PM
📍 SLC, 8th floor

Drop in anytime, grab a refreshment, and experience research like you have never seen it before.

🎓 One slide. Three minutes. Big impact.
Watch TMU grad students turn complex ideas into compelling, accessible, unforgettable stories.

👀 You will want a front row seat.

🗞️ Learn more in this week’s GRAD+Postdoc News, link in bio! 🔗

🚨The 3MT® is BACK at TMU!🚨

Get ready to be inspired by bold ideas, groundbreaking research, and powerful storytelling, all in just THREE minutes. 🎤

Join us next Wednesday, March 25, from Noon to 2:30 p.m. on the 8th floor of the SLC for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition. Drop in anytime, grab some refreshments, and experience research like you have never seen it before.

🎓 Watch graduate students take on the challenge of presenting their work in just one slide and three minutes, making complex ideas engaging, accessible, and impactful.

Learn more in this week's GRAD+Postdoc News: rebrand.ly/d60b57

The body double effect is real. Sometimes the easiest way to start writing is simply seeing someone else already doing it ✍🏼👥

Last fall, 37 graduate students joined the Graduate Write-a-Thon and collectively drafted, revised, and reviewed more than 100 pages in a single day. 📄

Graduate writing may feel like a solo pursuit, but the Write-a-Thon turns it into a shared experience built on accountability, momentum, and mutual support.

As graduate student support consultant Taeja McKoy says: “Sometimes just being in the presence of other students who are working hard can be the encouragement and motivation needed.”

Because thesis writing can be isolating: long hours, blinking cursors, looming deadlines. The Write-a-Thon changes that with structured writing blocks, goal-setting, coffee, and a room (and Zoom) full of peers quietly pushing their work forward together.

📅 Next Graduate Write-a-Thon: March 19
📍 Online + in person at the DCC, 7th floor
🔗 Register through the link in bio

“Representing TMU and winning serves as a powerful reminder that our lab work has real implications for patients across Canada,” says TMU Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Nicholas Simard, who recently won the 5 Minute Research Talks competition . His groundbreaking research uses AI to leverage “cross-talk” between different medical imaging modalities.

Dr. Simard has become the second TMU postdoc in three years to take home first place at the 5MRT competition. Congrats, Nicholas! 🎉

Read the full story at link in bio! 🔗

Calling all Fall 2026 international grad students! Join the International Student Support (ISS) team on Thursday, Feb. 19 to learn more about requirements for study permit applications from international students currently located outside Canada:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating Canadian Study Permits for Applicants Outside Canada. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Are you planning to start an academic degree program or English language pathway program at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) this September? Join the International Student Support (ISS) team to learn more about the requirements for study permit applications from international students currently...