Matière à réflexion
par KELLY BURCHELL-REYES | 06 avril 2021
Peer support groups, institutional workshops and positive mentorship relationships are a few of the ways you can curb the feeling of ‘just not good enough.’
Have you ever felt that you are just blundering through your graduate studies, waiting for someone to realize that you do not belong, when in fact you are meeting the requirements and succeeding? Do you shrug off compliments, and simply excuse past successes as lucky breaks? If you find yourself thi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/you-arent-the-only-one-suffering-from-imposter-syndrome/
Café Carrières
par LIZ KOBLYK | 10 novembre 2016
Last week, I turned down CBC’s The Current. I’d been invited to comment on how job seekers can navigate the world of short-term employment. Instead of jumping at the chance, I immediately said no, offered the names of two other potential panelists, and went back to work. Happily, our PR p...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/saying-no-imposter-syndrome/
À mon avis
par DANIEL HARRIS | 19 mars 2019
By changing the way we discuss scholarly work, we will not only improve scholarship but also reduce the unnecessary hostility rampant in academia.
Academia has emerged as an unassuming minefield of mental health hazards. Examples from the scholarly and lay literatures detail rampant depression, anxiety and panic symptoms among academics, especially graduate students. A
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https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/relearning-to-play-nice-in-peer-review/
Responsabilités potentielles
par KRISTOPHER GIES | 13 juillet 2020
Though graduate students may have had their studies disrupted, this can be a time of opportunity and empowerment. It’s all a matter of perspective.
As physical distancing measures have led to universities scaling back on-campus activities, graduate students have faced significant disruptions to their programs of study. With research plans on hold, writing delayed, and completion dates pushed back, it is easy to feel powerless amidst such sweepi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/responding-to-uncertainty-through-a-growth-mindset/
À mon avis
par NATHAN ANDREWS | 25 février 2022
While celebrating the achievements of Black colleagues is important, we need to acknowledge that it can also be exhausting and even harmful.
Academia can be a heck of a place. It is exhausting and sometimes does not feel as rewarding as we are made to believe. For racialized groups, such as Black people, the pressure becomes more pronounced where there is an unwritten but glaring expectation to excel even in areas where other fellow scho...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/black-excellence-fatigue-seeing-it-and-doing-something-about-it/
À mon avis
par JASJIT SANGHA, DAN D’AGOSTINO & BENJAMIN POTTRUFF | 06 février 2023
The struggle for our own attention led teaching and learning specialists to design a targeted workshop series using mindfulness and other strategies.
Living in the digital age has led to many changes in human behaviour, but none perhaps as underappreciated as its impact on our ability to focus. This inability to sustain attention has in turn led to a profound change in how we read. Too many of us, who could once read deeply, may find it challengi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/what-happens-when-we-lose-deep-reading/
Conseils carrière
par CATHERINE RIDDELL | 23 juillet 2014
One academic’s experience running a campaign and joining a university council.
This is a reprint of an interview with Catherine Riddell, marketing and communications manager for Executive MBA Programs and Rotman Initiative for Women in Business at the Rotman School of Management, and an administrative staff governor. She tells Kelly Rankin, editor of the
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/why-run-for-governing-council/
Conseils carrière
par ELIZABETH WELLS | 12 octobre 2023
More technology, quizzes, games and discussion boards in a class don’t necessarily lead to better teaching – they can lead to burnout for both professors and students.
Are you exhausted? Burned out? Spending too much time working and feel like your job is taking over your life? Perhaps your problem is a concept I call “overteaching” – where an instructor will devote too much time, energy and emotional labour to teaching and teaching prep. It is increasingly ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/are-you-overteaching/
From PhD to Life-FR
par JENNIFER POLK | 22 janvier 2015
Jennifer Polk lists her favourite coping mechanisms for when you are waiting for the phone to ring about that academic job you applied for.
On Tuesday evening I spoke at an event on imposter syndrome organized by Grad Minds, a student group at the University of Toronto. One audience member asked about how to keep her spirits up at this time of year, when academic hiring is in full swing. Or, should I say, academic rejection is in full s...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/tips-surviving-academic-job-search-season/
Conseils carrière
par BRITTANY A. E. JAKUBIEC | 11 décembre 2017
Regardless of how hard we try, graduate student parents often feel at odds while trying to mend the gap between academia and parenthood.
For many, graduate studies is a challenging quest. Students struggle to manage work and personal commitments, while often working multiple jobs, and trying to secure funding for their research. It is not a pursuit for the faint of heart. Having a child while completing your studies can make things e...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/supporting-graduate-student-parents/