The Lake Shift 2025

Start date
July 6, 2025 at 9:00 am
End date
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 pm
Core Competency
Career Development
Communication Skills (Written & Oral)
Community Engagement
Where
Queen’s University Biology Station (QUBS), Lake Opinicon

Registration for The Lake Shift has now closed.

The Lake Shift is a thesis writing retreat for doctoral students from Ontario universities hosted by Queen’s School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (SGSPA). The retreat provides doctoral students with structured time to write, workshops on tips for effective dissertation writing, opportunities to network with other doctoral students, all in a beautiful location. The objective of the retreat is to enable doctoral students to make substantial progress in writing their thesis and to develop foundations to maintain that momentum. The fringe benefits of The Lake Shift include swimming, boating, hiking and campfire conversations and make for a balance of the cerebral with the physical and social for a well-rounded experience.

When: Sunday, July 6, 2025 - Friday, July 11, 2025 
Where: Queen’s University Biology Station (QUBS), Lake Opinicon 
Cost: $125 by the attendee. The grad office (SGSPA) will subsidize the rest. 
Number of places for Queen’s students – up to 10 only.