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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
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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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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CAPS Getting Progress in Parliament
I just thought I would quickly bring it to people’s attention that the Canadian House of Commons has been hopping with activity regarding post doctoral fellows and the repercussions of Budget 2010. A quick scan of the comments in March … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, General, Policy
Tagged Canada, CAPS, CIHR, degrees, Employment, fellowship, Fellowships, funding, Government, Graduate Student, House of Commons, Jim Flaherty, marc garneau, media, money, NSERC, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, Science, Science Communcation, SSHRC, taxes, Training, 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
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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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