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Community is part of the graduate toolkit

Math graduate students build a peer network around difficult questions.

Community is part of the graduate toolkit
How Building Community Gives Grad Students an “EDGE” · Photo: University of Waterloo

The context

Where the work begins

The EDGE for Women program is a one-month intensive that provides mentorship and training to women and gender-minority students at the beginning of their PhDs.

The takeaway

What follows

The official Waterloo report places this work in math / graduate life. It is a source-linked brief for alumni readers; the source page remains the authority for names, dates and outcomes.

Source reporting

Community is part of the graduate toolkit

University of Waterloo / original source page · July 9, 2026

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