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Career Corner presenters bring a wealth of knowledge to grad students
Watch previous Career Corner presenters share tips on how to make the PhD and job-hunting experiences easier. Congress 2014: Why grad students should have an online presence Presenter: Amy Elder, director of Career Services at Brock University...
Linking Climate Action and Research
Last week at a conference in Montreal, a group of more than 60 scholars from across disciplines and regions of the country released a major report: Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars. The report from this eminent group of...
Global sustainable development goals have potential to drive change in Canada
There is no question that 2015 is a year for change both within Canada and abroad. As noted by Julia Sánchez , President-CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation, in her blog on Canada’s engagement with global social justice, not only are...
Humanities and social science grads have more stable careers over time
You know your friends in the computer sciences, math, engineering and business—the ones who never quite took your arts degree seriously enough and then boasted about the fabulous salaries they were earning after graduation? Turns out their jobs and...
ASPP Spotlight: Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, by Nancy J. Turner
The two-volume book, Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, published by McGill-Queens University Press, represents, for me, a culmination of many years of...
Genomics and Feeding the Future
Karine Morin, Director, National GE3LS Program, Genome Canada Genome Canada has launched a Request for Applications for the 2014 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics and Feeding the Future. The Competition will support research...
Being the best research assistant you can be
Terry Soleas Dr. Michelle McGinn in an extension of her role as the Associate Dean of Research and International Initiatives led a workshop on helping research assistants deepen their engagement with the research process, improve their skillset as...
This scientist has been government approved for your safety
Jessica Dixon Franke James, James Turk, and Dr. Janet Friskney came together within Brock University's David S. Howes Theatre yesterday to speak out against issues that they think should have the Harper Government shaking in their government-endorsed...