October 2, 2019
Helping one another to advance respect and reconciliation
Opinion
We must acknowledge the difficulty of the work ahead, but not be deterred by it.
BY JAMIE CASSELS & ASIMA VEZINA | SEP 26 2019

Kill the Canadian Common CV, researchers urge the tri-council
Kill the Canadian Common CV, researchers urge the tri-council
In an open letter signed by hundreds, they argue it’s time to abandon the CCV and move to a simpler solution.
BY WENDY GLAUSER | SEP 30 2019

Canadian scientists team up with Barbie to help girls imagine a ‘really cool career’
Canadian scientists team up with Barbie to help girls imagine a ‘really cool career’
Barbie’s You Can Be Anything campaign matches girls up with female mentors excelling in male-dominated fields.
BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | OCT 01 2019

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Does having a graduate degree help if you want to attend medical school?
Does having a graduate degree help if you want to attend medical school?
Three medical practitioners share their experiences.
BY SÉBASTIEN BELLIVEAU, SUSAN FAN & GEORGE LIU | OCT 02 2019

Professors protest with poetry
Professors protest with poetry
Ontario’s 2018 budget cuts to French-language services denounced in a collection of poems by Franco-Ontarian academics.
BY MAUD CUCCHI | SEP 25 2019

The value of “1 on 1s”
The value of “1 on 1s”
These meetings are an opportunity to connect with each other and humanize our professional interactions.
BY JONATHAN THON | SEP 27 2019

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Announcement – CAGS 57th Annual Conference

The Canadian Association for Graduate Studies is eagerly anticipating the 57th Annual Conference, to be held at the Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 6-8 November 2019.

The title for this year’s CAGS conference is “Graduate Formation for the 21st Century,” and under this banner we are pleased to host a variety of leading thinkers and innovators from academia, government, and the private sector to pose questions and offer strategies for achieving graduate student success in our changing times.

Keynote speakers include:
• Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, O.C., University of British Columbia
• Dr. Ivan Joseph, Award-winning performance coach and personal transformation expert

You can access the registration page by clicking on this link.


Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell University of Alberta

The University of Alberta appointed Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell dean of the faculty of science, the first woman to hold the roleDr. Kalcounis-Rueppell is returning to her home province of Alberta after serving as department head of biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a passionate advocate of community engagement and of the importance of wildlife conservation. 

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