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Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Council of Canadian Academies – Thriving, Surviving, or Doomed to Fail?
Quick hit: 1. The Stem Cell Foundation has been nominated for a Webby – the Oscars of the Internet – in the category of Best Activism Website. It’s quite impressive that they were nominated as these are a big deal, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Council of Canadian Academies, Employment, funding, Genome Canada, Government, Graduate Student, INAC, media, Natural Resources Canada, non-academic jobs, NRCan, PDF, Policy, postacademic jobs, Science, Science Communcation, science literacy, science outreach, science policy, Training, University
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Making Little Scientists: The Plight of the Postdoc Who Wants To Have a Family
A comment on one of Dave’s recent postings got me thinking about an “issue affecting trainees” that we haven’t yet talked about here on The Black Hole: babies. Specifically, the having of babies and where to keep your babies while … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs
Tagged benefits, daycare, maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave, Post Doc
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Old Debate, More Participants: What do 80% of PhD holders do for a career?
I received a pamphlet the other day entitled: Careers Support for Life Science Post Docs (thanks to Anne and Lynn for letting me post this!) This got me thinking and building on the momentum from Beth’s Why do PhDs leave … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial, General, Jobs
Tagged AAAS, business, Cambridge, Canada, CAPS, Core Competencies, degrees, Employment, funding, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, McGill University, money, National Post Doc Association, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, Second Post Doc, Training, transferrable skills, University, University Affairs, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Toronto, UofT PDA
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More About Communicating Science to NonScientists
I recently attended a Stats Can workshop and it struck me that a few of the things I learned about there would be useful here in our conversations about communicating science to nonscientists. One was “20 Questions A Journalist Should … Continue reading
Quarterly Summary: “CAP”ital Action and Effective Communication
This quarter has been a very active one for the Black Hole site, marked most notably by a tripling of site traffic in the month of March. Admittedly, most of this increased traffic was due to Budget 2010 and the … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, General, Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Budget 2010, business, Canada, CAPS, CFI, CIHR, degrees, doctors, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Journals, knowledge translation, life choices, MBA, MD, media, money, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, Science Communcation, science literacy, science outreach, SSHRC, Summary, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University, UofT PDA
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