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This website is ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s central resource for guiding supervisors, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows through their shared learning experiences. Addressed primarily to supervisors and doctoral students, it offersÌýgeneral insights from the scholarship of teaching and learning as well as specific advice on ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s practices.

Each page of this website has two sections:

• Practical advice: a suggestion or list of suggestions about supervision that can be acted upon immediately
• Ideas for reflection: a question and related thought provocations for long-term, formative development

The Grad SupervisionÌýwebsite explores the breadth of the supervision experience beyond supervisors and supervisees. It covers the policies, procedures, infrastructure, resources, people, teams, and intellectual climate that shape the supervision experience. While supervisors are critical to the success of a supervisee, they are just one part of a wider support network at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ that is designed to support graduateÌýstudent and institutional success.

TheÌýcontent of theÌýwebsite was adapted from the Oxford Learning Institute’s Research Supervision website in collaboration with Oxford UniversityÌýand the Australian National University, which developed some of the foundational materials. It also draws on data from a series of SSHRC-funded research projects and other research carried out at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ by faculty, doctoral students, and staff between 2006 andÌý2015. Lynn McAlpine and Cheryl Amundsen were the primary and secondary investigators for the SSHRC-funded research.Ìý

In 2021-2022, with funding from Quebec'sÌýPlan d'action sur la réussite en enseignement supérieur, the website was revitalized with new content and videos featuring the perspectives of graduate students, faculty, and Associate Deans.Ìý

This website is hosted by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS)Ìýand maintained by GPS with support from Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) andÌýconsultation with Graduate Program Directors, graduate students, and many others at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.Ìý

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