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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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How to craft a mentoring journey that suits you in grad school
Your needs are unique and you must take the time to reflect on who would best serve you as a mentor (hint: it probably shouldn’t be your supervisor).
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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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Breaking down silos in the postdoc community
It is not enough to have a postdocs’ association at your institution – they require a voice, power and influence to make important changes for future researchers.
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Meet Wisdom Tettey, Carleton University’s new president
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Thompson Rivers University seeks experts to shape the future of online education
Subject matter experts collaborate with instructional designers to create high quality content for online courses.
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Why it’s important to have effective mentorship training programs for postdoctoral fellows
When mentorship skills are a major influence on student success in STEM, how do you develop training that meets that challenge?
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Evaluating a program’s design can help improve its effectiveness
While evaluation is not without challenges, the information obtained can help streamline and target program resources most efficiently.
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Your job search through the lens of the Hero’s Journey
What separates the hero from others is a willingness to embrace the challenge despite the unknown and to keep going no matter the obstacles.
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Looking for career growth? The best way to move forward may be to pause
Put yourself front and centre in your career planning.
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Finding your voice in educational development
Educational development is an alt-ac career that leverages teaching experience and ‘enhances the work of colleges and universities, with a focus on teaching and learning.’
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Incorporating experiential learning in a PhD program
A faculty member collaborated with campus career services to deliver an experiential learning option to PhD students with diverse backgrounds.
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Showing your graduate student research to the world, during a pandemic
An interview with winners of McGill University’s Three Minute Thesis and Ma thèse en 180 secondes competitions.
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From scientist to career advising: lessons learned in transitioning careers
A career education specialist shares how he rediscovered his strengths and was able to forge a new career path.
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The myth of post-COVID skills
Do our students have the skills to succeed in a post-pandemic world?
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How stepping outside my comfort zone by networking landed me a job I love
I felt stuck in my job search. But networking, conducting informational interviews and revamping my CV helped me not only find a great job, but get it.
