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Rethinking the ‘Canada-First’ approach to graduate funding

Photo credit: JESHOOTS on Unsplash Canada has a Nationalistic approach to supporting scientific training. Outside of the prestigious...

Demystifying graduate applications: admissions process

Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash The graduate admissions process can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate - particularly if you haven’t...

Preparing to mount a thesis offense!

XKCD Comics: https://xkcd.com/1403/ It's the middle of summer, but your life's not a beach. You've spent years toiling away at the...

In Search of Clarity: Building a better seminar talk

Learning to effectively communicate science is fundamental to academic success and essential to translating work to clinical...

Improving Science Literacy: 4 simple facts that address public frustrations with science

Paul Rogers - NYT Recent events have made clear that improving science literacy within our communities is critical to helping individuals...

Doing the work: early interventions

I recently shared some thoughts on how service in support of EDI initiatives disproportionately impacts members of underrepresented...