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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Quarterly Summary: The One Year Anniversary
In light of the one year anniversary, we’ve decided to bring a little more organization to the quarterly summaries that will make a little more succinct, as their main purpose is to help the not-so-regular reader find the articles and links that might … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Canada, degrees, education, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Summary, Training, University
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To MD or PhD: That is the Question
I almost entitled this post, When I grow up, I want to be “what all my friends are”. Indeed, almost everyone around me, apart from a few sane friends whom I treasure dearly, currently holds the title of either MD … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General
Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Graduate Student, life choices, Masters in Public Health, MD, non-academic jobs, PhD, Science, Training, University
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So you want to be a Grants Facilitator when you grow up…
This is the final entry in the So you want to be a “____” when you grow up series for the year. As Dave mentioned, this series has gotten a lot of positive feedback and we plan to bring it … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, So you want to be a...
Tagged careers, Employment, grants facilitation, life choices, non-academic jobs, postacademic jobs
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So you want to be “What my parents wanted” when you grow up…
This is the penultimate entry in our So you want to be a “____” when you grow up series and we have received some really good feedback on it – one final one to come from Beth later this week. … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs, So you want to be a...
Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, Graduate Student, Jobs, lawyer, life choices, MBA, MD, money, non-academic jobs, patents, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, Training, transferrable skills, ubaka Ogbogu, University
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Thoughts on Including Design as a Discipline within Interdisciplinarity
I had two experiences this week that got me thinking about the potential benefits of scientists working with designers. First was when I received the proofs of an evaluation report that I’d written – since the report was to be … Continue reading
