Graduate Student Events
The Faculty of Nursing hosts events throughout the year specifically for our Nursing Graduate Students.
Monthly events are listed below.
Mountain Standard Time (MST)
January 2025
Leadership Wellness: Transforming your Personal Leadership
Jan. 22 & 29, Feb. 5 & 12 (4 consecutive Wednesdays)
6 - 7 PM (zoom)
Each interactive session will examine your leadership style, build awareness and tools to enhance your leadership skills, and take place in a supportive learning community.
Hosted by: NP Mental Health & Wellness Clinic
Master of Nursing Information Session
January 29
6 - 7 PM (zoom)
Hosted by: Nursing Graduate Office
Systematic Review Workshop #1: Setting Yourself Up for Success
January 28
11 - 1 PM (zoom)
The workshop will cover what is needed to plan your systematic review (or other evidence synthesis review) and create a review protocol that can be used to guide you through the review process. This is a hands-on session where attendees will work on activities throughout, in order to engage with the content and learn the related skills. (3 part series)
Hosted by: Libraries & Cultural Resources
February 2025
Systematic Review Workshop #2: Developing Your Data Collection Strategy
February 4
11 - 1:30 PM (zoom)
This hands-on workshop session will cover the key concepts/skills needed to create a data collection strategy for your review project. Creating a comprehensive search strategy that is designed to capture as many relevant studies as possible and is validated using a test set, is similar to designing your data collection method in an experimental study. It requires careful planning as well as knowledge of how databases work. (3 part series)
Hosted by: Libraries and Cultural Resources
Systematic Review Workshop #3: The Next Steps: Translating, tracking, reporting and study selection
February 11
11 - 1 PM (zoom)
This hands-on workshop session will cover the remaining steps of the data collection phase of your systematic review/knowledge synthesis review project and introduce you to the study selection process. (3 part series)
Hosted by: Libraries and Cultural Resources
Workshop: Searching the Literature
February 12
1 - 3 PM (zoom)
This two-hour hands on workshop will delve into: keeping current with the literature, creating structured searches, setting up and using Covidence, Q&A
Hosted by: Libraries and Cultural Resources
Workshop: Traditional Thesis vs Manuscript-based Thesis
February 27
1 - 2 PM (zoom)
This workshop provides an in-depth exploration of the two main thesis formats: the traditional thesis and the manuscript-based thesis.
Hosted by: Nursing Graduate Office
March 2025
Nursing Research Day
March 6
1:30 - 4 PM (zoom)
Nursing Research Day is a chance for UCalgary Faculty of Nursing graduate students to present research they have been working on as part of their thesis work. Nursing Research Day allows students to practice their poster or oral presentations – similar to what they would experience at a formal conference.
Hosted by: Nursing Research Office
Developing Research Grant Budgets
March 20
10 - noon (zoom)
Hosted by: Nursing Research Office
April 2025
Publishing panel
April 2
12-1 PM (zoom)
Hosted by: Nursing Graduate Office
Career Trajectories
April 16
12-1 PM (zoom)
Hosted by: Nursing Graduate Office
May 2025
Nursing Story Slam
May 8
6 - 9 PM
Nurses have stories. Stories about people, love, pain, suffering, grief, relief, depression, appreciation, regret, health, illness, death, research that changes practice, teaching that changes practice, practice that changes practice, teaching, and research. All of these stories matter but often go untold. UCalgary Nursing is hosting its third annual Nursing Story Slam to share these stories. Nurses are invited to submit a summary or description of a 5-minute story. Ten stories will be selected for the live presentation.
Cenovus Energy Great Hall - Rosza Centre - UCalgary
Open to the public, free admission
Hosted by: Nursing Research Office
PhD & Doctor of Nursing Information Session
May 14
6 - 7 PM (zoom)
Hosted by: Nursing Graduate Office
Applying for Ethics using IRISS
May 22
10 - 12 PM (zoom)
Hosted by: Nursing Research Office
June 2025
Master to PhD Transfer information session
June 3
6 - 7 PM (zoom)
Hosted by: Nursing Graduate Office