Category: Talks

Degrees of Success: Exploring the challenges and lived experiences of PhD students and recent graduates

Join the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) for:

Degrees of Success: Exploring the challenges and lived experiences of PhD students and recent graduates and their entries into the workforce

12 p.m. (EST) on February 4, 2021

by

Elizabeth Cannon O.C., PhD, FRSC, FCAE
Emerita President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Calgary
and Chair of the Expert Panel on Labour Market Transition of PhD Graduates

The findings from the CCA’s latest report, Degrees of Success will be presented at the 58th annual Canadian Association of Graduate Students Conference (CAGS). The presentation will be followed by an interactive Q&A moderated by Eric M. Meslin PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, President and CEO of the Council of Canadian Academies.

The report describes how Canada could be sitting on a significant untapped resource, as the number of PhD holders in this country rises, but persistent barriers make it hard for them to put their skills to work. PhD graduates play a critical role in the Canadian economy, but many are missing out on important opportunities to contribute their expertise and bolster growth and innovation.

While the CAGS conference is a paid event, this session is available at no cost. Registration is required – REGISTER

SGPS Scholars to Leaders Speaker Series

You are invited to attend the Scholars to Leaders Speaker Series event:

Going for the big prize!

presented by

Angela Meadows, PhD
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology
Jonathan A. Michaels, PhD
BrainsCAN Postdoctoral Scholar, Western Interdisciplinary Research
and
Eric D. Wilkey, PhD
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Numerical Cognition Lab, Brain and Mind Institute

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Atrium, International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB)

Pizza will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis for those attending the event. No registration is required. 

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Scholars to Leaders Series

You are invited to the SGPS March Scholars to Leaders Guest Speaker Event. This is the final of the year.

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”:  How to Get Where You Want to Be

Lisa Cechetto
Executive Director of WORLDiscoveries

Wednesday, March 27, 2019
12:30pm
IGAB Atrium
International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB)

Pizza will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis for those attending the event. No registration is required.

Lisa Cechetto has worked in both industry and academia and her most recent appointment was at Institut Pasteur Korea where she was the Director of Business Development and Intellectual Property.  In this position she was responsible for the commercialization of the institute’s research inputs while balancing the interests of key stakeholders including government, faculty and third parties.  Lisa obtained her BSc from the University of Guelph and her MSc from McMaster University.  She also obtained dual executive MBA degrees from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and Sungkyunkwan University.

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Scholars to Leaders Guest Speaker Event

Leadership…or service?

Professor Mark Daley
Western’s Associate Vice-President of Research

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
12:30pm
International and Graduate Affairs Building – Atrium

Mark Daley is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science, Biology, Applied Math, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Statistics & Actuarial Science Departments, a Principal Investigator at the Brain and Mind Institute, an Associate Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute, a Faculty Affiliate of Toronto’s Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, holds a SHARCNET Research Chair in biocomputing, and is the chairman of the board of directors of Compute Ontario. A mathematician and theoretical computer scientist by training, Mark brings a unique perspective to the concept of leadership

Pizza will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis for those attending the event. No registration is required.

Visit http://www.grad.uwo.ca/finances/external_funding/index.html for the full roster of speakers this year.

Western’s Scholars to Leaders Series from SGPS

You are invited to attend the October SGPS Scholars to Leaders Guest Speaker Series event.

Professor Mary Crossan is a Distinguished University Professor of General Management at the Ivey School of Business and one of the most highly cited faculty members at Ivey, earning the Academy of Management Review Paper of the Decade Award (1998-2008). Come and listen to her talk about “What I Know Now That I wish I Knew Then”: Activating and Developing Character for Sustained Excellence.

The event takes place this Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 12:30pm in the IGAB Atrium of the International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB).

Pizza will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis for those attending the event. No registration is required.

Visit http://www.grad.uwo.ca/finances/external_funding/index.html for the full roster of speakers this year.

The 2018-2019 Scholars to Leaders Speaker Series

You are invited to attend this year’s first School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) Scholars to Leaders Guest Speaker Series event.

Professor Brock Fenton is an expert on bats. He has studied their ecology and biology all over the world, including Costa Rica, Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and has published extensively. In addition to his bat studies, Professor Fenton has provided leadership in the teaching of biology and science, for Western and universities Canada-wide. He also works to increase public awareness of science through lectures, visits to public schools, and popular writing in magazines and electronic media. Come and listen to his perspectives of leadership through the lens of bats, “Bats as Magic Wells“.

The event takes place Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 12:30pm in the IGAB Atrium of the International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB).

Pizza will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis for those attending the event. No registration is required.

Visit http://www.grad.uwo.ca/finances/external_funding/index.html for the full roster of speakers this year.

How Does a Modern Researcher Use a Web Archive?

How Does a Modern Researcher Use a Web Archive?

Informal Talk and Conversation with

Dr. Ian Milligan

November 22, 2017 12:30-2:30 AHB 2B04 (NOTE DATE CHANGE)

All are welcome to hear Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant recipient Ian Milligan, Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo and principal investigator of the Web Archives for Historical Research group, speak about his research into web archives, the WALK project  and the Archives Unleashed Project,  a suite of tools to help others delve into the big data of web archives.

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CIHR – Meet the President

You are invited to an open session to meet with:

Dr. Roderick McInnes
Acting President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Monday, June 19th
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Auditorium A, University Hospital

During the session you will have an opportunity hear about Dr. McInnes’ priorities, discuss recent changes at CIHR and ask your questions.

This session is open to all researchers, grant facilitators and graduate and postdoctoral trainees.

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Global Health Conversations

Global Health Conversation on Environment and Health:

Human Health Impacts of Environmental Exposure

Isaac Luginaah PhD
Canada Research Chair in Health Geography
Faculty of Social Science, Western University

June 08, 2017
12:30 – 1:30 PM
University Hospital Auditorium A

Interested Faculty, Postdocs, Students and Staff from all disciplines are welcome to participate.

http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/research/about_us/events/global_health_conversation_panel%20June.html

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Global Health Conversation on Non Communicable Diseases Research:

Obesity, Public Health and the Limits of Modernity

 Ivan J. Perry MD, MSc, PhD (Lond),FRCP, FRCPI, MFPHM, MFPHMI,
Professor of Public Health and Head of Department University College Cork
Republic of Ireland

June 12, 2017
12:30 – 1:30
University Hospital Auditorium B

 Interested Faculty, Postdocs, Students and Staff from all disciplines are welcome to participate.

http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/research/about_us/events/global_health_conversation_panel%20June1.html

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