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Quarterly Summary: Jonathan Thon starts with a flourish

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Dave

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!

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Jonathan

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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Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jonathan

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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Who do universities want to hire – scientists or politicians?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dave

In his article The Vanishing Voter, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson makes a statement about modern political campaigns that made me a little nauseous: Ambition, manipulation, and deception have become as prominent as issues of policy and leadership You might scoff at … Continue reading →

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Quarterly Summary: A Busy Autumn + Goodbye and Good Luck to Beth!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Dave

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 →

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A deeper look into the “80% of PhDs who do not become professors”

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Dave

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 →

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University Affairs commentary on our CSPC panel

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Dave

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 →

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More on Aboriginal Education in Canada

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Beth

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 →

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Good news from the Border – Keeping international PhDs in Canada

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Dave

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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A Quick Review of the 2009 “The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada” report

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Beth

I’ve been doing some work with the Aboriginal Health Program at my day job and it has reminded me of something that I’ve been meaning to blog about here: the rates of Aboriginal people in post-secondary education. Back when Dave … Continue reading →

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