Career Advice
An interview with Kevin Vessey, dean of graduate studies at St. Mary’s University
The annual gathering of humanities and social sciences associations is coming May 23 to 31 in Ottawa. Are you ready to make new friends?
University of Windsor’s Janice Drakich breaks down the faculty recruitment process in Canada and offers advice to academics job searching in a recession
Straightforward advice for job candidates in search of a professorial recommendation
In conversation with Cathy Keates, author of Not for sale! Why we need a new job search mindset
An interview with John ApSimon, interim executive director, Ontario Council on Graduate Studies
An interview with Gary Slater, dean of graduate and postdoctoral studies, University of Ottawa
Your website is how you attract scholarly talent to your research program; so why are you letting it languish?
Four steps to make your presence felt online
An interview with Dan Russell, research scientist at Google
An interview with Martin Kreiswirth, dean of graduate studies, McGill University
Five tips to impress your audience and get the most out of your presentation
Interviewing for jobs in private industry is a piece of cake, if you know what’s expected of you
Scholarly publishers say expect major revisions to your dissertation
Give your students the gift of a better lecture
Staying Human during Residency Training author Allan D. Peterkin discusses his book
Five practical tips to help you beat academic culture shock
Six best practices for supervisors, students and supervisory committees
Recognizing the five stages of academic culture shock
Kevin Hutchings is a professor of English literature at University of Northern British Columbia, as well as a Canada Research Chair in Romantic Studies. He has also produced a CD of music set to the poetry of English poet William Blake (which you can listen to a sampling of here; and, read more about here).