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Category Archives: Education and Training
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
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
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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More on Aboriginal Education in Canada
In my last blog posting, I discussed “The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada” report and promised to talk more about potential solutions to the barriers to education faced by Aboriginal people in Canada. To that end, I have just … Continue reading
Canadian Science Policy Conference – Food for thought
For those who will be attending the conference this week and in particular those who will be attending the panel on the Education and Training of Scientists on Thursday afternoon, I have pulled together a list of popular posts on … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged 2011 CSPC, Canada, PhDs, Postdocs, Science
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Good news from the Border – Keeping international PhDs in Canada
QUICK REMINDER: For those that missed it, I’ll be chairing a session on the Education and Training of Scientists at this year’s Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa next week. I posted on the topic a few weeks back and would … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training
Tagged Canada, degrees, education, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, Immigration, Jason Kenney, life choices, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, Training, University
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A Quick Review of the 2009 “The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada” report
I’ve been doing some work with the Aboriginal Health Program at my day job and it has reminded me of something that I’ve been meaning to blog about here: the rates of Aboriginal people in post-secondary education. Back when Dave … Continue reading
What to do with all the Scientists… find out at the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference
In a break from normal lab routine, I’ll be dabbling in the black arts of science policy this November and running a session at the 3rd annual Canadian Science Policy Conference. The conference runs from Nov 16th-18th and features an … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Policy
Tagged 2011 CSPC, Alan Bernstein, Angela Crawley, Canada, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars, Canadian Science Policy, Canadian Science Policy Conference, CAPS, Chad Gaffield, CIHR, CSPC, David Kent, education, Gary Goodyear, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, MITACS, money, non-academic jobs, NSERC, Olga Stachova, Ottawa, PDF, Penny Park, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Media Centre, SSHRC, Suzanne Fortier, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Professional Development for Graduate Students
An excellent article appeared in University Affairs last week on a couple of programs in Canadian universities that try to address Professional Development for graduate students. In my current career as an evaluator in health care, professional development is an ongoing … Continue reading
The 24/7 lab: Motivated scientists or slave-driving supervisors?
At the end of August, an article popped out from Nature News that sent many PhDs and postdocs into a tailspin. After asking 11 labs with a reputation for “working hard” and being allowed to visit just one of them, Heidi … Continue reading
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Tagged 24/7 Lab, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Cambridge, Canada, degrees, education, Employment, Graduate Student, Heidi Ledford, life choices, money, Nature, non-academic jobs, PhD, Policy, Science, Training, University
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Quick Hit: Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program to run Oct 3-17, 2011
The Government of Canada has released details of its 2011 Recruitment of Policy Leaders program. We’ve written before about becoming a public servant which contains information about this program and others in the Canadian Public Service. If you are aware of … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Jobs, Policy
Tagged Canada, education, Employment, federal government jobs, Government, Government of Canada, life choices, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Secondary Recruitment, postacademic jobs, Recruitment of Policy Leaders, Science, Training, transferrable skills, University
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