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SSHRC Insight and Insight Development Grant
Peer reviewer’s perspectives.
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Mentorship matters: Building relationships that shape your grad school success
Having a mentor who is available when you need them and listens to your dreams and concerns objectively is key.
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Should your supervisor be your boss?
Working for your supervisor is a choice, not an obligation.
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Addressing the gap in academic professionalization for graduate students
Academic support units have an important role to play in the professionalization of graduate students.
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Why you should prep your fall courses now
The best time to prep courses is when you are still operating in ‘teaching mode’ and haven’t turned into ‘research mode’ yet.
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How to integrate an outlier chapter in the draft of your scholarly monograph
Material that may appear to be too different can sometimes make the book stronger and better.
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A chemistry professor reflects on his decision to resign
Instead of fully retiring, some institutions offer faculty the possibility of staying on with the institution as a faculty professor.
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How to become fireproof
If you find you are spending the bulk of your time putting out fires, you need to consider reasons behind them.
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How to navigate the ‘cruelty of supervisory care’
Despite their good intentions, some interactions with our supervisors can cause feelings of stress, guilt and anxiety.
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Practical strategies to end your courses on a high note
Nine active learning ideas to consider as you end the semester.
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Defeat overwhelming feelings with time boxing
This system allows you to compartmentalize in a way that most academics are not used to doing.
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How to make research grants facilitation and editing your career
Why six former academics decided to launch themselves into the world of research grants support.
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What to remember when negotiating an offer of employment
There are several details that should be finalized before you sign on to a faculty position.
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From flipped classroom to flipped thesis: A model for engaged graduate student research
Building stakeholder partnerships from the beginning of a thesis project is a great way to inspire meaningful knowledge mobilization from student research.
