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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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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
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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2010 Canadian Taxes: Did you get your T2202 and T4a?
As I outlined in one of my very first blog entries the waters are quite muddied when it comes to understanding the tax benefit regarding scholarships outlined in the 2006 budget. It became quickly apparent that things were a little more complicated though, especially when it came to post docs on fellowship or trainees paid from their supervisor’s grant. Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Policy
Tagged bursaries, Canada, Canadian Taxes, CAPS, CIHR, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, money, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, scholarship tax credit, Science, SSHRC, t2202, T4a, t4a code 04, Tax Education Amount, taxes, Training, University, UofT PDA
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Grades are everything! or are they… knowing about and winning scholarships (hint: yes, you should apply)
In 2002, I was one day away from selling knives for an entire summer in the heat of Southwestern Ontario, then I got a letter reading “someone has turned down their summer NSERC … you are on the waiting list – want it?”
First things first… as an academic your entire career will probably depend on continually getting funding. It is no surprise that when a hiring squad looks at potential tenure track applicants, a key question is: “How fundable is this person?”
Posted in Education and Training, Financial
Tagged Canada, CIHR, degrees, fellowship, funding, Graduate Student, life choices, money, NSERC, PhD, scholarship, Science, Training, University
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Quarterly Summary – Trying to make sense of it all
So, in the wake of a very busy December, I realize that we only registered two blog entries this month – a noticeable drop from November’s eleven. But this is the realistic way forward if we want to tackle these issues with the time and energy they deserve, as these “issues affecting trainees” underpin many of the important decisions that are made in an academic career and give decision makers a sense of what trainees are thinking. It’s a lot of information though and in recognition of everyone else being busy as well, I thought a quarterly summary of highlights would be a good idea. Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, CAPS, CIHR, degrees, doctors, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Journals, life choices, MBA, MD, media, money, non-academic jobs, NSERC, PDF, Peer Review, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, Science Communcation, science communication, science literacy, science outreach, SSHRC, Summary, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University, UofT PDA
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Canary in the Coal Mine #2: Tying of SSHRC funding to business-related research
*** First two quick hits… 1) The Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars just released a position paper that covers many issues that will be brought up on this blog in one form or another. Please read it, use it, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, CAPS, CIHR, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, money, NSERC, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, Science, SSHRC, Training, University
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