Sponsored Content
The lockdowns over the past year have reinforced the need for ongoing, equitable access to high-speed connectivity.
Postsecondary institutions are seeing big changes play out on their campuses as they settle in to their “new normal” on campus.
In Fredericton, St. Thomas University is getting ready to support international students needing to spend two weeks in quarantine, Wilfrid Laurier University is hold...
https://universityaffairs.ca/magazine/sponsored-content/to-thrive-this-fall-universities-and-colleges-are-going-to-need-to-embrace-hybrid/
Sponsored Content
Thanks to new technologies it’s never been easier to have an inclusive, hybrid classroom.
March 2020 was a turning point for postsecondary institutions around the world.
As lecture halls sat empty and classes resumed through a screen, centuries-old methods and processes of both teaching and learning were transformed. Now, nearly two years into the pandemic, it’s safe to assume that ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/magazine/sponsored-content/adapting-to-the-campus-of-the-future/
Responsibilities May Include
Don’t overlook the benefits of working in a non-faculty role at a university.
It was a chilly December morning at work. I was sipping on my first coffee of the day, reading my emails and making my plans for the day, when an email notified me that one of my publications had been referenced. No way! It had been almost eight years to the day since I defended my PhD thesis and I ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/questioning-plan-academic/
Responsibilities May Include
Découvrez les avantages d’un poste en milieu universitaire non lié à l’enseignement.
J’étais au travail par un matin glacial de décembre. Je savourais mon premier café, en lisant mes courriels et en planifiant ma journée, quand un message m’a signalé que l’une de mes publications avait été citée en référence. Pour vrai! Plus de huit ans s’étaient écoulés depuis...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/responsabilites-potentielles/remise-en-question-de-vos-projets-denseignement/
Responsibilities May Include
Lessons learned from Concordia University’s Graduate Professional Skills program.
From its inception in 2011, Concordia University’s Continue reading (GPS) program has been serious about practicing what it preaches. GPS’s mission is to provide all Concordia graduate students with opportunities to a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/peer-learning-strategies-for-grad-student-success/
Responsibilities May Include
Exposer les étudiants suffisamment tôt aux divers débouchés professionnels dans leur domaine d’études pourrait les rassurer.
Soixante-dix pour cent des diplômés universitaires occupent un emploi Continue reading (en anglais). Trop nombreux sont ceux qui saisissent la première occasion qui se présente sans chercher à trouver un po...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/responsabilites-potentielles/explorer-les-possibilites-de-carriere-bien-avant-la-fin-des-etudes/
Responsibilities May Include
Students should be clear on what professional associations are, what they do and why they matter.
Given Continue reading that fewer than 20 percent of Canada’s PhDs are employed as full-time professors, efforts to support graduate student professional development to ease the academia to industry transition need to add...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/increasing-graduate-student-employability-via-professional-associations/
Responsibilities May Include
Une mentalité de croissance permet de prendre son destin en main, alors qu’une mentalité fixe nous fait stagner.
Le monde semble en perpétuel changement, surtout lorsqu’il est question de carrière. Ce n’est pas faux, puisque Continue reading n’existent pas e...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/responsabilites-potentielles/quelle-mentalite-adopter-face-a-votre-plan-de-carriere/
Responsibilities May Include
Project and stakeholder management practices can help buffet thesis interruptions.
Defining success when you are a graduate student depends on your circumstances, which makes it critical to know what is in front of you and to be able to make early decisions about the path you will take. In Stephen Covey’s famous book,
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/begin-and-continue-your-thesis-with-the-end-in-mind/
Responsibilities May Include
Tips for grad students on how to be productive as possible while working remotely.
We are almost one year into the pandemic (yikes!). As grad students, you likely have dealt with major changes in the way you learn, interact and work.
Work during COVID-19 has endured a major disruption and working from home has become more common. Statistics Canada reported that in October, 2.4 ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/working-from-home-during-and-after-the-pandemic/
Responsibilities May Include
Que vous souhaitiez faire carrière à l’université ou ailleurs, il est primordial de mener une réflexion sur votre expérience en enseignement et d’en présenter l’étendue.
Qu’ils soient assistants à l’enseignement, chargés de cours, techniciens de laboratoire ou mentors, les étudiants aux cycles supérieurs accomplissent bon nombre de travaux liés à l’enseignement pendant leurs études. Pourtant,
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/responsabilites-potentielles/parfaire-son-experience-pedagogique-et-en-tirer-le-meilleur-parti-pendant-la-pandemie/
Graduate Matters
Realistically, how much time can you devote to skills development?
If you’re convinced that you have no skills other than research and teaching, I suggest you read the Graduate Matters post on Continue reading by Ma...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/prioritize-the-skills-you-want-to-develop/
Graduate Matters
Making sure your program content is curated to your specific audience is key.
In an effort to support trainees in their transition from academia to a career, a group of graduate students and faculty members in partnership with the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences organized the Life Sciences Career Expo (LSCE), a multi-day career conference for life science trainees ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/five-lessons-learned-planning-a-virtual-life-sciences-career-conference/
Graduate Matters
International student Rani Saggere describes her experience pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of New Brunswick.
Thinking of studying abroad in Canada? While international students face numerous challenges, I sat down with Rani Saggere, who shows that being part of the community, hard work, and positivity can lead to a productive journey of growth.
Please introduce yourself.
My full nam...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/making-the-leap-from-bengaluru-to-grad-school-in-fredericton/
Graduate Matters
A step-by-step guide to exiting unhealthy research groups.
While many kind and supportive supervisors grace the academic sphere, it is an unfortunate fact that not all graduate supervisors are such a dream come true. In some settings, students are overworked, psychologically harassed, and pitted against each other in unhealthy environments that do not foste...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/dark-academia-dealing-with-toxic-work-environments/
Graduate Matters
By building a strong LinkedIn profile and reaching out to your network to do some information interviews, you are setting yourself on a path for success.
While academia has long been considered the traditional career path by master's and PhD students, today's job landscape offers many opportunities beyond the ivory tower. When I was a graduate student, my knowledge of potential careers after graduation was limited. By using LinkedIn, I learned to
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/beyond-the-books-a-practical-guide-to-linkedin-networking-and-exploring-diverse-careers/
Ask Dr. Editor
If you find that your writing often ends weakly, you may be giving away too many of your secrets in the openings of your work.
Question:
– French language & literature.
Dr. Editor’s response:
The usual advice fo...
Ask Dr. Editor
Four options for approaching a delicate quandary.
Question:
Global Campus
The way forward should be collaborative if we are to retain the students we recruit.
According to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), at the end of 2020 there were 530,540 international student study permit holders in the country. That represented a 17 per cent decrease from the previous year – a first in almost two decades – as reported by the Canadian Bureau fo...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/leveraging-campus-partnerships-to-nurture-international-student-persistence/
Global Campus
We need to minimize the impact the pandemic has had on international learners.
As international student offices emerge from the last two years, we must ask ourselves where additional resources are needed to ensure we can minimize the impact the pandemic has had on international learners. The students I am writing about here are those who plan to stay in Canada after graduation...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/international-student-offices-must-respond-to-the-pandemics-disruption-of-students-life-cycle/
Click to fill out a quick survey