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2012 Taxes for Postdocs: Dredging up the Past
A landmark decision was made late last month by the Ontario Labour Relations Board regarding the status of postdoctoral fellows. Jesse Greener, President of the University of Toronto’s Postdoc Association has recently, and nicely, summarised the impacts of this ruling … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars, Canadian Taxes, CAPS, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Jesse Greener, McGill, money, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, taxes, Training, University, UofT PDA
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Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring
Read Jonathan’s earlier related entries to catch up on the series: Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research and The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes One approach, in which Canada is … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs
Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, K99 Transitional Award, life choices, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, scholarship, Science, Training, University
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Who do universities want to hire – scientists or politicians?
In his article The Vanishing Voter, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson makes a statement about modern political campaigns that made me a little nauseous: Ambition, manipulation, and deception have become as prominent as issues of policy and leadership You might scoff at … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, CIHR, degrees, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Jobs, life choices, money, NSERC, PDF, Peer Review, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, publications, scholarship, Science, science and society, scientist metric, selling science, SSHRC, Training, University
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The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes
Related post: Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research Science, technology, and innovation are critical drivers of economic growth and national well-being. In the context of health research, their impact extends to matters of human health, quality … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Jobs
Tagged Brigham and Women's, Canada, education, Employment, faculty positions, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Harvard, life choices, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, Science, Training, University
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It can be done: Moving labs with your CIHR fellowship
Winning a postdoctoral fellowship is not trivial and when you land in a suboptimal research situation after bringing in your own money, things can get pretty stressful. Today’s post is a guest post from a former colleague of mine who … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training
Tagged Canada, changing fellowship lab, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, Government, moving labs, moving postdoc lab, PDF, Post Doc, Science, Training, University
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Google Scholar “My Citations” – Useful tool or the height of narcissism?
Since I first read about it on the Piece of Mind blog by UBC Professor Nassif Ghoussoub, I have been trying to figure out whether or not Google’s new “My citations” is a useful tool for researchers. Essentially, this tool … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs
Tagged academia.edu, biomedexperts, Citation Manager, education, Employment, Google, Google Scholar, Google Scholar Citations, Graduate Student, Journals, LinkedIn, Nassif Ghoussoub, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Piece of Mind, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, Training, University
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Bidding You Adieu
So, a while back I mentioned that I would be applying to CIHR’s Science-to-Business (S2B) program, which provides scholarships for individuals with PhDs in a health related field to do MBAs. And the good news is that I was fortunate enough … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial
Tagged business, Canada, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, life choices, MBA, money, scholarship, Science-to-Business Program, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Happiness Outside of the Academy? One year later… see how this former postdoc is doing
This is a follow up on my previous blog post where I described my choice to enter an industrial position: “Academia vs. Industry: A former Postdoc’s perspective”. I have been in my current position (a management position in a small start-up … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Jobs
Tagged academia vs. industry, biotech, biotechnology, business, Canada, career options, clinical research, education, Employment, Industry, Jobs, life choices, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, work life balance
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A deeper look into the “80% of PhDs who do not become professors”
In a recent comment left on the site by SubC, a request was made to “look deeper” into the 20% number of PhDs becoming professors. Specifically, the question was raised as to “how many that wanted an academic career in … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged becoming a tenure track professor, Canada, CAPS, degrees, education, Employment, funding, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, Training, University
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University Affairs commentary on our CSPC panel
On November 30, University Affairs posted two articles that summarise and discuss the major issues that came up in our session at the 3rd Annual Canadian Science Policy Conference: Is Canada producing too many PhDs? Yes, no and maybe The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 CSPC, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, CSPC, degrees, education, Graduate Student, Leo Charbonneau, life choices, Mehrdad Hariri, money, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, too many PhDs, Training, transferrable skills, University, University Affairs
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