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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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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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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Science in the federal government
Two recent news stories: 1. Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study “Top bureaucrats in Ottawa have muzzled a leading fisheries scientist whose discovery could help explain why salmon stocks have been crashing off Canada’s West Coast, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, federal government, federal government jobs, Government, Jobs, Policy, science and society, science communication
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Notch 4 in the STIC – The 30 year old question: Why does Canada lag in R&D spending?
Many reports have been written over the past 30 years about Canada and its R&D spending, and they clamour one after the other about Canada’s relative lack of investment into R&D. We’ve been through periods of deep cutbacks and periods … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Jobs, Policy, STIC Report Analysis
Tagged business, Canada, Council of Canadian Academies, education, Employment, funding, Government, knowledge translation, money, Nortel, Policy, R&D, research and development, Research in Motion, Science, science and society, Science Technology and Innovation Council, Training, University
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2011 Summer Blog Series: Notches in the STIC
Over the last few weeks, Beth and I have been trying to identify a good topic for a summer series that our readers might enjoy. Just in time, offering the glue to hold our scattered ideas together, the Science, Technology … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Jobs, Policy, STIC Report Analysis
Tagged Banting, business, Canada, CERC, CIHR, degrees, education, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, money, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Technology and Innovation Council, SSHRC, STIC, Training, University, Vanier
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Quick Hit: New CIHR / Health Canada Science Policy Fellowships
An interesting development for those interested in getting more involved in the science policy world… CIHR and Health Canada have joined forces to offer fellowships in science policy The Science Policy Fellowships program will allow researchers at the doctoral, post-doctoral, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health Canada, knowledge translation, life choices, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Policy Fellowship, Training, University
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Nature Special Articles: The Future of the PhD
Last week, the Easter bunny dropped a sadistically timed present with a Nature special on The Future of the PhD. Just when hordes of students graduate and many trainees leave to take time off with families for Easter, Nature launches a … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, education, Employment, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Japan, life choices, Nature, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Training, transferrable skills, University
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