Tag Archives: Budget 2010

Let the Discussions Begin!

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Marianne

— 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?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Carl

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

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Dave

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…

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Dave

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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