Category Archives: General

Facilitating the Transition – new posts at University Affairs

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Dave

Hello readers! If you didn’t catch it already, we have relocated the blog and this month and have posted our first set of articles: Reality TV invading university – Thumbs down to the three minute thesis A call to arms … Continue reading →

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Quarterly Summary: Jonathan Thon starts with a flourish

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Dave

We were thrilled this quarter to welcome Dr. Jonathan Thon to the Black Hole in the capacity of regular contributor.    He’s enthusiastically launched himself into the online blogging world with several articles and I’ve tried to scatter in a … Continue reading →

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Bring home the (scientific) troops!

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Jonathan

Read related entries to this post: Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research Repatriating young Canadian … Continue reading →

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Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jonathan

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 →

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Who do universities want to hire – scientists or politicians?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dave

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 →

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Quick Hit: CSPC online audio/video and our new Facebook Page

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Dave

Just a couple of quick weekend updates: 1.  Full video/audio coverage of the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference is now online.  Our session was on the Education and Training of Scientists: many of the ideas driving the session are in these articles. 2. … Continue reading →

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Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Jonathan

 The Black Hole is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Jonathan Thon to its team of regular bloggers.  Jonathan approached us last month to publish a series of articles on building a better support structure for young biomedical scientists in Canada … Continue reading →

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Google Scholar “My Citations” – Useful tool or the height of narcissism?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Dave

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 →

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Quarterly Summary: A Busy Autumn + Goodbye and Good Luck to Beth!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Dave

Happy 2012 everyone. The end of 2011 was very busy, but it was worth it to gather some momentum behind the ideas and conversations from the site in the form of our session at the Canadian Science Policy Conference as … Continue reading →

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What to do with all the Scientists… find out at the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dave

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 →

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