Supervision Sparkshops
30-minute focused sessions designed to spark conversation and reflection on effective graduate supervision practices. Each Sparkshop explores a specific theme, offering practical tips and insights to enhance supervision.
Sparkshop #2
Responding to Students in Distress for Supervisors.
View the Supporting Students in Distress: A Response Guide for Graduate Supervisors (.pdf).
Supervision Workshops
Watch workshops offered by the GSSHub designed to enhance supervisory skills and support effective practices in graduate mentorship.
Developing Effective Supervision Strategies: Staying Well and Fostering Excellence
Dr. Michele Jacobsen shares her presentation about practical strategies and evidence-based insights to enhance supervision approaches, support student success, and cultivate a culture of well-being in academia.
Learn More about Dr. Jacobsen's presentation (.pptx)
View the digital swag bag of resources (pdf).
Wellbeing and Supervision Strategies for Graduate Faculty
Dr. Gina Wisker speaks about the often-overlooked wellbeing of graduate supervisors, drawing on international research and experiences to examine stress, identity, and effective wellness strategies.
View the digital swag bag of resources (pdf).
The Changing Landscape of Doctoral Education: Implications for Supervision
Dr. Stan Taylor discusses how doctoral education is changing, what that means for graduate supervision, the added skills supervisors now need, and how programs and institutions can better support supervisors’ development.
View the digital swag bag of resources (pdf).
View Dr. Taylor's PowerPoint presentation (pptx).
View Dr. Taylor's references (docx) and co-supervision bibliography (docx).
Past Conference
View the Spring Conference 2024 (.pdf). Collaborative, Constructive, Considerate: Fostering Dialogue on Best Practices in Graduate Supervision in Canada. In 2024, York University's Faculty of Graduate Studies hosted the 1st annual national online supervision conference, titled, Collaborative, Constructive, Considerate: Fostering Dialogue on Best Practices on Graduate Supervision in Canada . An annual conference will continue, hosted on a rotating schedule and supported by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies and a National Community of Practice.