Yap about your research: A graduate research exchange | GRTC404

Graduate research can often feel lonely, uninspiring, and many graduate students and researchers have limited opportunities to talk about their work outside their department. In collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP),  GradProSkills invites graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to participate in this interdisciplinary research-sharing session. What started as a small workshop called "Interrogating Our Own Work” grew into a bigger graduate student concern.

This 90-minute session offers students to “yap” (talk) about their research, ideas, or work in progress in a friendly and supportive environment. Each presenter will have five minutes to share their work followed by ten minutes of discussion and peer feedback.

Participants may choose to present slides, discuss a research challenge, practice a conference or thesis presentation, or simply talk through an idea they would like feedback on. This session also encourages participants to engage with research beyond their own disciplines, practice giving and receiving constructive feedback, and reflect on research communication from an audience perspective.

This is the first of many sessions aimed at fostering connection, interdisciplinary dialogue, and a supportive graduate research community.

After participating in this session, participants will be able to:

• Communicate their research, ideas or academic work to a diverse interdisciplinary audience

• Engage in a constructive scholarly dialogue by giving and receiving supportive peer feedback to each other

• Reflect on how audience perspectives and discussions can strengthen research communication and development

• Network with other students from other disciplines from different departments