JHI Postgrad Professional Development Day – Sep. 07, 2022
Session Description
September 7, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 2:30 pm EDT
Humanities and Social Sciences grad students, are you looking ahead to post-dissertation life? Interested in hearing about some possible next steps?
Join the Jackman Humanities Institute on Wednesday September 7 for a special Professional Development Day. This full-day online (Zoom) workshop will feature sessions on applying for postdoctoral funding, applying for a full-time postdoctoral job posting, and how to look for and apply for postings outside of academia.
** Morning session, 10:00am-12:00pm: Applying for postdoctoral funding and positions
* with guests Seth Bernard (Associate Professor, Classics); Danielle Taschereau Mamers (Managing Director, CDHI); Jaclyn Rohel (JHI New Media Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow); Isabelle Gapp (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Art History)
** Afternoon session, 12:30pm-2:30pm: Alt-ac roundtable and tips on how to assemble your non-academic CV
* with a special presentation from Jennifer Polk (From PhD to Life), and a roundtable with guests Laura Godsoe (Director, Executive Recruitment and Employment Equity, Dalhousie University); Stephanie Fisher (Social Sciences Partnered Research Officer, Faculty of Arts & Science); Ira Wells (Academic Programs Director, Victoria College)
We hope that you will join us!
Additional Information
Slides for the morning session on postdoc applications and funding
Slides for the afternoon session on alt-ac careers
Recording of the morning session
Recording of the afternoon session
UTOR ID required to access these materials.
Recordings will be removed from the video library on December 15, 2022.