From PhD to Life
dissertation in 2012, I was 32 years old. I remember one of my friends using the phrase “just out of school” to describe my situation. I didn’t fully grasp what that implied, namely, that I could either get myself a professorship or attempt to land an entry-level position in a different field,...
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From PhD to Life
dissertation, and knew I needed to find enough work so that I could qualify for Employment Insurance once I gave birth. I taught courses at Ryerson University and Seneca College that summer and at the University of Toronto and Trent University that fall, while also working for the union. I had 5 ROE...
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From PhD to Life
“I knew what the government needed — someone to help them better respond to the public through thoughtful research design.”
dissertation (that I could actually complete). So it was getting harder and harder to manage teaching, trying to write, but also be a dad to two young girls. Put that against a seemingly endless set of chapters and it began to look pretty easy to at least pause — or even stop altogether.
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From PhD to Life
“There are no limits to what a PhD can prepare you to do, and what matters most is that you are doing work you find fulfilling and that meets your practical needs, not whether or not your advisers approve or your school sees you as a ‘success.’”
dissertation. I started with a 2:3:1 load, which is pretty hefty, particularly for a brand new instructor, and I maintained a regular teaching schedule there for almost five years, mostly in the history department, but also in women’s studies. I finished my PhD at the end of 2008, so there was a ...
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From PhD to Life
Today, the civil service is lean, constantly under pressure to deliver high-quality results while keeping departmental budgets low.
dissertation, or a scholarly article, or a book pitch, is all about not only explaining the matter you've studied, but also why the study of that matter is important . . . and doing so succinctly. This skill is not only useful to PhDs; it's useful in policy work, and it is transferable from graduate...
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From PhD to Life
Follow how Jared started his career in academe, left to work in the public service and then came back to work as a professor.
dissertation">ABD, even though it meant launching my teaching and research program while finishing my dissertation and living in a different province from my partner. Eventually, though, things came together. My partner joined me in Winnipeg, and we got married. I finished my PhD, and transforme...
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From PhD to Life
dissertation into a book with the press, and when I quit my job, I emailed the editor and said, "well, I'm not going to spend the time turning my dissertation into a monograph, because I have to figure out how to make money." The editor totally understood and wrote back saying that if I ever had ano...
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From PhD to Life
Her biggest piece of advice? You absolutely must take the lead for yourself.
dissertation"), I noticed that signs I wasn't fully invested in a traditional academic track for my career were beginning to add up. My main interest in being an academic was my writing, but everything that I published and enjoyed working to make publishable wasn't in my field of specialization. I c...
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Careers Café
dissertation. Show how the dissertation is the first step of the research element of your career. Sketch out the road you want to take. Show the hiring committee what you will do if they hire you.
Imagine your teaching in relation to the standard load. Check the balance of 1st & 2nd ...
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Careers Café
dissertation committee members. They may be personal Yodas you’ve picked up unofficially – that grad student whose unflappability you’d like to cultivate, or the colleague who knows how to make meetings useful.
The balance of giving and receiving is pretty obviously tilted in mentor-mentee...
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Magazines
dissertations-form-and-content-need-to-evolve/">In my opinion: The dissertation’s form and content need to evolve
Adventures in Academe: ...
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Magazines
dissertation-defences/">Virtual victory: inside the new normal of online doctoral dissertation defences
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COLUMNS
Ask Dr. Editor
This practice from art history can improve academic writing across disciplines.
dissertation supervisor always wants me to cut those moments in my drafts. Can academic writing ever be fun?
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– Anonymous, Psychology
Dr. Editor’s response:
“Fun” is a high bar to clear in most academic genres. This isn’t to say that academic ...
The Skills Agenda
Selon une étude, ce type de travaux améliorerait la motivation, la confiance et l’apprentissage aux cycles supérieurs.
dissertation à un processus d’évaluation par les pairs qui permet à chaque personne d’apprendre des autres et de s’améliorer. Consultez les ré...
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The Skills Agenda
The Canadian Historical Association is leading by example when it comes to modernizing doctoral education.
dissertations between September 2016 and August 2022 (there were 562 in total); created a database of recent tenure-stream hiring; and assessed relevant Statistics Canada data, comparing funding levels with costs of living. (Task force members used the latter data to put forward
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Features
Canadian faculty are welcomed in many developing countries for their skill in introducing student-centred learning.
dissertations and – fingers crossed – graduate, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of that country’s medical education. On that day, and more than 3,000 km away, Judith Scanlan, associate professor of nursing at the University of Manitoba, will be joining in the celebrations.
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News
At least one university has explicitly restricted students’ use of editors for their assignments.
dissertations felt “uncomfortable about whether or to what extent it was reasonable to provide those editing services,” said Elizabeth d’Anjou, a freelance editor based in Prince Edward County, Ontario, and Editors Canada’s outgoing director of professional standards. Some felt no editing sh...
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Career Advice
dissertations, à passer des examens et à carburer à la caféine en période d’étude intensive. Pourtant, dans un nombre croissant d’universités, des étudiants empruntent un parcours non traditionnel et améliorent le sort de leur collectivité.
Ce parcours est celui de l’apprentissage...
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Career Advice
Ce qu’il faut faire et ne pas faire en matière de recherche, d’enseignement et de services afin d’obtenir une entrevue pour un poste universitaire.
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From PhD to Life
dissertations. I've also done post-ac consulting work for Continue reading, writing a number of pieces on Continue reading and working with a few clien...
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