L’universitaire épanoui
When we feel inadequate, we need to better understand the impact of our systems.
Academia offers a million ways to feel bad about yourself. And if you want to push the “next big thing” in your field, get ready for next level rejections. Academic work is, after all, complex, demanding and diverse – with mind-blowing innovation and also mind-blowing conservatism.
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Matière à réflexion
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
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/
Conseils carrière
There are steps you can take to help combat it.
There has been a phenomenon amongst us and it does not discriminate. There is something to be said about the power of the mind. Just imagine that you cannot internalize your accomplishments. You reflect on your success and there is no self-praise nor recognition of intelligence, only credit given to...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/do-you-suffer-from-imposter-syndrome/
Café Carrières
It turns out that a lot of people relate to the Continue reading. Great! We can all enjoy one another’s company at our self-deprecation party, all the while being plagued by our private thoughts that we don’t deserve to be at the party.
That was my attempt at a segue t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/imposter-syndrome-holiday-parties/
Fichier média
Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.
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Fichier média
Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.
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Fichier média
Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.
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https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/luniversitaire-epanoui/le-syndrome-de-limposteur-est-il-une-imposture/imposter-syndrome-2-2/
Fichier média
Metaphoric illustration about imposter syndrome.
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https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/career-advice/effective-successfull-happy-academic/is-academic-imposter-syndrome-an-imposter/imposter-syndrome/
À mon avis
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 Continue reading of over 3,...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/relearning-to-play-nice-in-peer-review/
Responsabilités potentielles
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
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
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/
The Black Hole-FR
The landscape of scientific research is constantly evolving alongside your career trajectory since the needs of society versus the needs of your career and life are always in flux.To read the previous articles in this series please visit the links below: &...
From PhD to Life-FR
Emily Simmons earned her PhD in English from the University of Toronto in 2011. She’s currently an education specialist at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School.
What did you hope for in terms of employment as you completed your PhD?
A few days after my...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/transition-q-a-emily-simmons/
Conseils carrière
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/
Responsabilités potentielles
A diversity of mentors is instrumental for supporting PhD students in exploring life outside of the tenure track.
In 2017, the University of Waterloo’s Continue reading development created Continue reading. The goal? To help PhDs explore and broaden their career options beyond a t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/broadening-career-options-through-job-shadowing/
Conseils carrière
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
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
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/
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