Tag Archives: Science

The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Jonathan

Related post:  Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research Science, technology, and innovation are critical drivers of economic growth and national well-being. In the context of health research, their impact extends to matters of human health, quality … Continue reading →

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Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Jonathan

 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 →

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It can be done: Moving labs with your CIHR fellowship

Posted on January 17, 2012 by CIHR Trainee

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 →

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Google Scholar “My Citations” – Useful tool or the height of narcissism?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Dave

Since I first read about it on the Piece of Mind blog by UBC Professor Nassif Ghoussoub, I have been trying to figure out whether or not Google’s new “My citations” is a useful tool for researchers.  Essentially, this tool … 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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Happiness Outside of the Academy? One year later… see how this former postdoc is doing

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Marianne

This is a follow up on my previous blog post where I described my choice to enter an industrial position: “Academia vs. Industry: A former Postdoc’s perspective”.  I have been in my current position (a management position in a small start-up … 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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Canadian Science Policy Conference – Food for thought

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Dave

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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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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