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	<title>The Black Hole: Science in Canada, Issues affecting trainees &#187; UofT PDA</title>
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		<title>2011 Taxes for Post Docs:  At least we know the rules this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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: 2010 Canadian Taxes: Did you get your T2202 and T4a? Budget 2010: &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/02/21/2011-taxes-for-post-docs-at-least-we-know-the-rules-this-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Discussions Begin!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 11:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212; Quick Hit: A big welcome to our second guest blogger Marianne Stanford, current chair of the CAPS group. As a follow up to Carl&#8217;s excellent article on the CRA&#8217;s response to the CAPS letter on Post Doc status. This &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/05/12/let-the-discussions-begin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The CRA response to CAPS:  Implications and where should we go from here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/05/11/the-cra-response-to-caps-implications-and-where-should-we-go-from-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Old Debate, More Participants:  What do 80% of PhD holders do for a career?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a pamphlet the other day entitled: Careers Support for Life Science Post Docs (thanks to Anne and Lynn for letting me post this!) This got me thinking and building on the momentum from Beth&#8217;s Why do PhDs leave &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/04/12/old-debate-more-participants-what-do-80-of-phd-holders-do-for-a-career/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quarterly Summary: “CAP”ital Action and Effective Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/04/01/quarterly-summary-capital-action-and-effective-communication/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CAPS Getting Progress in Parliament</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just thought I would quickly bring it to people&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/24/caps-getting-progress-in-parliament/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2010:  Post Docs, be careful what you wish for&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;hurrah!&#8221; as this was &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/10/budget-2010-post-docs-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Canadian Taxes:  Did you get your T2202 and T4a?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I outlined in one of my <a href=http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2009/10/28/money-money-money%e2%80%a6/> very first blog entries </a> 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.   <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/02/07/2010-canadian-taxes-did-you-get-your-t2202-and-t4a/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quarterly Summary – Trying to make sense of it all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2009/12/30/quarterly-summary-trying-to-make-sense-of-it-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canary in the Coal Mine #1: The Changing Human Resources in Academia</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2009/11/02/canary-in-the-coal-mine-1-the-changing-human-resources-in-academia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canary in the Coal Mine #1 This past year, I came across a set of statistics that made me cringe. They underscore a dramatic shift in the human resources in academia, specifically in the medical sciences. 2006 median length of &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2009/11/02/canary-in-the-coal-mine-1-the-changing-human-resources-in-academia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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