From PhD to Life-FR
par JENNIFER POLK | 25 novembre 2015
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...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/transition-q-a-alison-norman/
From PhD to Life-FR
par JENNIFER POLK | 31 mars 2017
“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.
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/transition-q-james-mckee-director-research/
From PhD to Life-FR
par JENNIFER POLK | 25 mai 2017
“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 ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/transition-q-alisa-harrison-executive-director-victoria-division-family-practice/
From PhD to Life-FR
par JENNIFER POLK | 08 décembre 2017
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...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/phds-well-suited-working-government/
From PhD to Life-FR
par JENNIFER POLK | 07 mars 2018
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...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/transition-update-jared-wesley-associate-professor/
Cap sur les compétences
par LOLEEN BERDAHL | 17 mai 2023
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
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/the-skills-agenda/discipline-specific-data-on-phd-program-outcomes-are-critical-for-the-future-of-doctoral-education/
Articles de fond
par ROSANNA TAMBURRI | 11 octobre 2011
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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https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/canadian-style-pedagogy-takes-roots-overseas/
Actualités
par JESSICA NATALE WOOLLARD | 25 août 2017
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...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/fine-red-line-editing-students-work-become-cheating/