Overview
Speaker: Alexandra Bacopoulos-Viau
Date: December 10, 2026
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Language: English
Format: Online (via Zoom)
Audience: CanNRT Fellows and Trainee Members
Registration & Attendance Commitment
CanNRT workshops are offered free of charge, but registration is required. Each session represents an investment in expert-led training, co-designed curriculum, time, and resources.
By registering, you are committing to attend. If your plans change, please let us know as early as possible so we can offer your place to another trainee.
This workshop will introduce graduate students to strategies for achieving both short- and long-term writing goals. Participants will learn to identify their goals, develop ways to stay accountable, cultivate self-care practices, and set writing habits that work for them. The aim is to help students build productive, sustainable approaches to their writing regimen—now and for the future.
Learning Objectives
- Develop effective strategies for identifying and advancing their writing goals.
- Maintain accountability to themselves and others.
- Incorporate self-care into their writing practices.
- Establish sustainable writing habits that support their productivity.
Speaker
Alexandra Bacopoulos-Viau holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where her thesis was awarded the 2014 Dissertation Prize from the Forum for the History of Human Science. She has taught at Cambridge, Harvard, NYU, and McGill, and has received research support from granting bodies such as SSHRC, the Banting postdoctoral fellowships, and the Cambridge European Trust. At Graphos, she helps graduate students to identify and advance their own writing goals.