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Career Advice

BY JOSÉ F. DOMENE | JAN 08 2019

Partners who accompany international students tend to be well-educated, yet many experience difficulties pursuing their own career goals once in Canada.

BY MICHAEL RANCIC | JAN 04 2019

A new book aims to understand why a small subset of professionals actively resists retirement.

BY DAVID SMITH | DEC 17 2018

As time goes by, I’m having more and more misgivings about using social media.

BY TARA SIEBARTH | NOV 26 2018

UA web editor Tara Siebarth tested out the tongue-loosening properties of improv games for science communicators at the Canadian Science Policy Conference.

BY DEANNA ENGLAND | OCT 29 2018

Not only can career services administer assessments, but they can also offer resources that offer a different perspective.

BY TARA SIEBARTH | SEP 25 2018

“You and I only have one non-renewable resource in life – and that is time,” says Carleton University professor Tim Pychyl.

BY BARBARA J. FALK | SEP 18 2018

Reflections from a search committee member.

BY ALEXANDER CLARK & BAILEY SOUSA | AUG 30 2018

Good leaders listen more, assume less, and listen more again.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | AUG 29 2018

How to prepare in case someone discloses to you.

BY DENISE SARAH BOYLE | AUG 02 2018

One academic’s experience working as a non-faculty staff researcher.

BY GARRETT RICHARDS | JUN 22 2018

Whether you are a presenter, a chair, or a discussant, you will have some influence on the overall experience of the audience in your session.

BY SARAH ELAINE EATON | JUN 19 2018

Scholars should learn to ask, “What is the motivation of this organization?”

BY GRAHAM W. LEA, JUDITH WALKER & EE-SEUL YOON | JUN 11 2018

Three academics reflect on how they got on the tenure track.

BY MATTHEW SANSCARTIER & MATTHEW JOHNSTON | JUN 04 2018

Finding success in rejection.

BY NANA LEE & ALLAN KAPLAN | MAY 23 2018

The University of Toronto has created a series of faculty development workshops to help improve the supervisor-student relationship.

BY ANDREA EIDINGER | MAY 11 2018

When most students get to university, they end up with one of two problems. Either they don’t know what to do or they say the wrong thing.

BY JULIE MCGONEGAL | APR 23 2018

Professional editing is a lifelong learning journey.

BY MOIRA MACDONALD | MAR 30 2018

Some insight from speakers at the sold-out summit, which was hosted by the Indigenous Education Network at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

BY MELANIE J. GREENE, MARIE VANDER KLOET & MICHAL KASPRZAK | MAR 08 2018

If graduate education is to undergo serious change, relying on the development of supervision abilities only through modeling or memory seems out of step.

BY JENNIFER RAFF | FEB 05 2018

It’s a skill that can help you distinguish between good and bad interpretations of research.