When we feel inadequate, we need to better understand the impact of our systems.

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.’

There are steps you can take to help combat it.

Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.

Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.

Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.

Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.

By changing the way we discuss scholarly work, we will not only improve scholarship but also reduce the unnecessary hostility rampant in academia.

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.

While celebrating the achievements of Black colleagues is important, we need to acknowledge that it can also be exhausting and even harmful.

The struggle for our own attention led teaching and learning specialists to design a targeted workshop series using mindfulness and other strategies.

One academic’s experience running a campaign and joining a university council.

A diversity of mentors is instrumental for supporting PhD students in exploring life outside of the tenure track.

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.

Jennifer Polk lists her favourite coping mechanisms for when you are waiting for the phone to ring about that academic job you applied for.

Regardless of how hard we try, graduate student parents often feel at odds while trying to mend the gap between academia and parenthood.