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Friday, June 26, 2020

Book Review: 57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School

57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School  Perverse Professional Lessons for Graduate Students  By Kevin D. Haggerty and Aaron Doyle University of Chicago Press, 2015 57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School can be described as a cautionary tale of graduate school’s common pitfalls, especially those whose effects can reverberate for years. While... More

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Book Review: Work Your Career

Work Your Career Get What You Want from Your Social Sciences or Humanities PhD By Loleen Berdahl and Jonathan Malloy University of Toronto Press, 2018 The subtitle of Work Your Career may suggest that it is written primarily for humanities and social science PhD students. Though the discussion of career development focuses on issues... More

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Book Review: The Professor Is In

The Professor Is In The Essential Guide to Turning Your PhD Into A Job By Karen Kelsky Three Rivers Press, 2015 PhDs who have struggled on the academic job market over the last decade may be familiar with the name Karen Kelsky. With her social media presence in support of her consulting services at... More

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Book Review: So What Are You Going to Do with That?

So What Are You Going to Do with That? Finding Careers Outside Academia Third edition By Susan Basalla & Maggie Debelius University of Chicago Press, 2014 The starting point of So What Are You Going to Do with That? is the perennial question dreaded by many graduate students: what are you planning to do after... More

Monday, March 16, 2020

Virtual Writing Support Appointments

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs continues to offer one-on-one writing consultations to assist you with writing-related challenges, or to discuss the effectiveness of your research and writing strategies. To request a virtual consultation, fill out and submit this web... More

Monday, March 2, 2020

Call for Participants: Equity and Inclusive Communities working groups

From Equity and Inclusive Communities: Equity and Inclusive Communities is looking for people to join working groups to help execute Carleton’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Plan. There are three working groups currently looking for members to join and offer their perspective  – the Public Education and Training Working Group, the... More

Monday, March 2, 2020

Research Project Planner

Gain tips and ideas about planning and writing your research project by exploring the Research Project Planner now available on Carleton's Graduate Professional Development web-page. To access the Research Project Planner, clicking on "Writing Support for Graduate Students." If you have questions regarding the tips and ideas presented in the... More

Monday, February 3, 2020

Carleton Excels in 2019 Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey

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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Science Exposed is back: submit now your research image for a chance to win!

NSERC has recently launched a new edition of the Science Exposed contest, in collaboration with Acfas. The research image contest challenges Canadians to combine creativity and science for a chance to win cash prizes of $2,000. The Science Exposed contest is devoted exclusively to images of scientific research, in all fields of study. We... More

Friday, November 8, 2019

Faculty and Graduate Students Needed to Teach EMCP Courses

The Undergraduate Recruitment Office is currently looking for enthusiastic Faculty and Graduate Students who are interested in teaching an EMCP course to a group of bright young students during the week of May 4 to 8, 2020. The Enrichment Mini-Courses Program (EMCP) provides high achieving students from grades 8 to 11 with the chance... More

Thursday, November 7, 2019

International Grad Students: Preparing for Winter Workshop

November 11, 2019 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. 482 MacOdrum Library You've heard about it and you know it's coming, but are you prepared for winter? Come to this informative and hands-on session where you can learn more about winter terminology, conditions, how to dress for the weather and ask questions so you are better... More

Thursday, November 7, 2019

University Affairs: The challenges of working while in graduate school

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