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Tag Archives: Budget 2010
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
Posted in Education and Training, General
Tagged Academic Couples, Budget 2010, Canada, CAPS, degrees, Employment, life choices, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, Science, science communication, Summary, Training, University
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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: 2010 Canadian Taxes: Did you get your T2202 and T4a? Budget 2010: … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial, Policy
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars, CAPS, Carl Wonders, CIHR, funding, Government, Jim Flaherty, Marianne Stanford, medical residents, money, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, SSHRC, University, UofT PDA
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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
Posted in Financial, General, Jobs, Policy
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, money, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, taxes, Training, University, UofT PDA
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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
Posted in Financial, General, Jobs, Policy
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, CAPS, employee status, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Jim Flaherty, money, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, taxes, University, UofT PDA
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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
Posted in Financial, General, Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Budget 2010, business, Canada, CAPS, CFI, CIHR, degrees, doctors, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Journals, knowledge translation, life choices, MBA, MD, media, money, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, Science Communcation, science literacy, science outreach, SSHRC, Summary, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University, UofT PDA
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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
Posted in Financial, General, Jobs
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, Canada Graduate Scholarship, CAPS, CIHR, degrees, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Jim Flaherty, life choices, media, money, NSERC, PDF, Petition, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, Science, SSHRC, Stephen Harper, taxes, Training, University, UofT PDA, Vanier Scholarship
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