Headlines for April 13, 2017

Globe and Mail
Sharp differences in career paths of PhD grads across fields, UBC study finds
The study found about a third of UBC’s doctoral graduates end up working as professors, but there are sharp differences in graduates’ career outcomes across different fields.
Globe and Mail
U of T researchers uncover extent of China’s censorship on 709 crackdown
Researchers at the Citizen Lab discovered that WeChat has censored 42 combinations of terms related to the “709 crackdown,” so called because it began on July 9, 2015.
Hamilton Spectator
UW researchers capture first image of dark matter connecting galaxies
University of Waterloo researchers have released the first composite picture of the filaments that connect the cosmic web.
Toronto Star
Editorial: Ottawa should act on new science-policy report
A long-awaited new federal report takes stock of the wreckage of Canada’s science policy and proposes a sensible route to restoration.
Featured Jobs
- Business – Lecturer or Assistant Professor, 2-year term (Strategic Management) McMaster University
- Canada Excellence Research Chair in Computational Social Science, AI, and Democracy (Associate or Full Professor)McGill University
- Veterinary Medicine - Faculty Position (Large Animal Internal Medicine) University of Saskatchewan
- Psychology - Assistant Professor (Speech-Language Pathology)University of Victoria
- Education - (2) Assistant or Associate Professors, Teaching Scholars (Educational Leadership)Western University
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