Tag Archives: Budget 2010

Quarterly Summary: Jonathan Thon starts with a flourish

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!

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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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

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Quarterly Summary: Back on Track

After a harrowing Stanley Cup playoff run that disappointed both of us Canucks fans in its final moments, Beth and I have reclaimed our free hours and will be moving full steam ahead with new content for the Black Hole.  … Continue reading

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2011 Taxes for Post Docs: At least we know the rules this year

Last year, one of the hottest topics on the site was Budget 2010 and the new rules regarding postdoctoral fellowships. Those entries are still amongst the most popular: (latest post) 2012 Taxes for Postdocs: Dredging up the Past 2010 Canadian Taxes: … Continue reading

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Let the Discussions Begin!

— Quick Hit: A big welcome to our second guest blogger Marianne Stanford, current chair of the CAPS group. As a follow up to Carl’s excellent article on the CRA’s response to the CAPS letter on Post Doc status. This … Continue reading

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The CRA response to CAPS: Implications and where should we go from here?

QUICK HIT: The Black Hole team is thrilled to welcome its first guest blogger to the site. Carl Wonders is a post doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and one of the founding members of the UofT Post Doc … Continue reading

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Quarterly Summary: “CAP”ital Action and Effective Communication

This quarter has been a very active one for the Black Hole site, marked most notably by a tripling of site traffic in the month of March. Admittedly, most of this increased traffic was due to Budget 2010 and the … Continue reading

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Budget 2010: Post Docs, be careful what you wish for…

Last week Canadians were treated to another Harper Government budget where the post doctoral stage of developing highly qualified researchers was finally recognized as an important part of the research enterprise. Post docs shared a grand “hurrah!” as this was … Continue reading

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