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Research Guides

GGRB03: Writing Geography

This guide will help students in GGRB03 with finding scholarly and popular sources for your essay assignment on writing a personal story about a place you lived or visited.

Learning Outcomes

Information Creation as Process

You will discuss the capabilities and constraints of information developed through various creation processes such as poetry, and digital storytelling so to consider the how when creating for your assignment in this class.

Authority Is Constructed and Contextual 

You will discuss a variety of media resources for authority so to practice evaluating information. 

Searching as Strategic Exploration 

We will utilize divergent (e.g. brainstorming) and convergent (e.g. selecting relevant sources) thinking when searching so to practice identifying keywords and relevant sources.

Research as Inquiry 

You will determine an appropriate scope of investigation by discussing and identifying the who, what, where, when of your topics. 

You will build on your curiosity and write a research question to help you get started on focusing and scoping your research.

Key Resources

Undergraduate Research & Creative Events & Prizes

The University of Toronto Scarborough is committed to fostering the undergraduate experience. As part of this commitment, the UTSC Office of the Vice-Principal Research and Innovation and the UTSC Library launched two successful initiatives in 2016 which continue to evolve and grow every year. 

Each initiative provides an opportunity for students who have excelled in research, scholarship and creative activities to showcase their work and win cash prizes.

More Information

UTSC Undergraduate Research & Creative Forum - Application deadline: February 25, 2025 12:00 PM ET (noon)

UTSC Undergraduate Research & Creative Prize - Application deadline: April 14th, 2025 12:00 PM ET (noon)

Patricia and Peter Shannon Wilson Undergraduate Research Prize - Will be announced in January 2025 

Have questions?

Check out the links above for details, contact your liaison librarian or join us for an in-person info session outside the library

  • January 9, 2025 10:00AM - 11:00AM
  • January 14, 2025 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Note that works do not need to be completed by the Undergraduate Research and Creative Forum submission deadline in February. Students are encouraged to submit their proposal as long as their work is anticipated to be completed prior to March 25th.