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Quarterly Summary: Jonathan Thon starts with a flourish
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
2012 Taxes for Postdocs: Dredging up the Past
A landmark decision was made late last month by the Ontario Labour Relations Board regarding the status of postdoctoral fellows. Jesse Greener, President of the University of Toronto’s Postdoc Association has recently, and nicely, summarised the impacts of this ruling … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars, Canadian Taxes, CAPS, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Jesse Greener, McGill, money, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, taxes, Training, University, UofT PDA
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The storm is brewing: Postdocs are speaking out…
Lucie Low, newly elected Vice Chair, Finance of CAPS and a current non-Canadian postdoctoral researcher at McGill has just published in Nature a scathing critique of Canada’s system which promised her more than it delivered, and further suggesting that …Canada … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General
Tagged Biodata, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, Lucie Low, money, National Postdoctoral Association, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, Science, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Quarterly Summary: Expanding our Reach
This quarter, both Beth and Dave have made efforts to bring the Black Hole out of e-space and into the new territory. Firstly, a panel organised by science blogger Maryse de la Giroday at Frogheart.ca will feature Beth at Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial, General, Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Cambridge, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, degrees, education, faculty of 1000, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health on the Hill, life choices, Marianne Stanford, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Stem Cells, Summary, Sustainable Lab, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Let the Discussions Begin!
— Quick Hit: A big welcome to our second guest blogger Marianne Stanford, current chair of the CAPS group. As a follow up to Carl’s excellent article on the CRA’s response to the CAPS letter on Post Doc status. This … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, General, Jobs, Policy
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, money, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, taxes, Training, 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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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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