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Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research
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
Posted in General, Policy
Tagged Canada, fellowship, funding, Government, investment in research, Jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, research, Science, Training, University
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It can be done: Moving labs with your CIHR fellowship
Winning a postdoctoral fellowship is not trivial and when you land in a suboptimal research situation after bringing in your own money, things can get pretty stressful. Today’s post is a guest post from a former colleague of mine who … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training
Tagged Canada, changing fellowship lab, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, Government, moving labs, moving postdoc lab, PDF, Post Doc, Science, Training, University
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Quarterly Summary: A Busy Autumn + Goodbye and Good Luck to Beth!
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
Posted in General
Tagged business, Canada, degrees, education, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, money, non-academic jobs, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, Summary, Training, University
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Bidding You Adieu
So, a while back I mentioned that I would be applying to CIHR’s Science-to-Business (S2B) program, which provides scholarships for individuals with PhDs in a health related field to do MBAs. And the good news is that I was fortunate enough … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial
Tagged business, Canada, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, life choices, MBA, money, scholarship, Science-to-Business Program, Training, transferrable skills, University
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A deeper look into the “80% of PhDs who do not become professors”
In a recent comment left on the site by SubC, a request was made to “look deeper” into the 20% number of PhDs becoming professors. Specifically, the question was raised as to “how many that wanted an academic career in … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged becoming a tenure track professor, Canada, CAPS, degrees, education, Employment, funding, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, Training, University
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University Affairs commentary on our CSPC panel
On November 30, University Affairs posted two articles that summarise and discuss the major issues that came up in our session at the 3rd Annual Canadian Science Policy Conference: Is Canada producing too many PhDs? Yes, no and maybe The … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged 2011 CSPC, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, CSPC, degrees, education, Graduate Student, Leo Charbonneau, life choices, Mehrdad Hariri, money, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, too many PhDs, Training, transferrable skills, University, University Affairs
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More on Aboriginal Education in Canada
In my last blog posting, I discussed “The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada” report and promised to talk more about potential solutions to the barriers to education faced by Aboriginal people in Canada. To that end, I have just … Continue reading
Canadian Science Policy Conference – Food for thought
For those who will be attending the conference this week and in particular those who will be attending the panel on the Education and Training of Scientists on Thursday afternoon, I have pulled together a list of popular posts on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 CSPC, Canada, PhDs, Postdocs, Science
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Good news from the Border – Keeping international PhDs in Canada
QUICK REMINDER: For those that missed it, I’ll be chairing a session on the Education and Training of Scientists at this year’s Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa next week. I posted on the topic a few weeks back and would … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, degrees, education, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, Immigration, Jason Kenney, life choices, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, Training, University
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