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The Happy Academic
BY BAILEY SOUSA & ALEXANDER CLARK | September 28 2023

When we feel inadequate, we need to better understand the impact of our systems.

Academia offers a million ways to feel bad about yourself. And if you want to push the “next big thing” in your field, get ready for next level rejections. Academic work is, after all,  complex, demanding and diverse  – with mind-blowing innovation and also mind-blowing conservatism. Peer...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/effective-successfull-happy-academic/is-academic-imposter-syndrome-an-imposter/
Graduate Matters
BY KELLY BURCHELL-REYES | April 06 2021

Peer support groups, institutional workshops and positive mentorship relationships are a few of the ways you can curb the feeling of ‘just not good enough.’

Have you ever felt that you are just blundering through your graduate studies, waiting for someone to realize that you do not belong, when in fact you are meeting the requirements and succeeding? Do you shrug off compliments, and simply excuse past successes as lucky breaks? If you find yourself thi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/you-arent-the-only-one-suffering-from-imposter-syndrome/
Careers Café
BY LIZ KOBLYK | November 10 2016
Last week, I turned down CBC’s The Current. I’d been invited to comment on how job seekers can navigate the world of short-term employment. Instead of jumping at the chance, I immediately said no, offered the names of two other potential panelists, and went back to work. Happily, our PR p...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/saying-no-imposter-syndrome/
Career Advice
BY KELLY GALLANT | February 19 2014

There are steps you can take to help combat it.

There has been a phenomenon amongst us and it does not discriminate. There is something to be said about the power of the mind. Just imagine that you cannot internalize your accomplishments. You reflect on your success and there is no self-praise nor recognition of intelligence, only credit given to...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/do-you-suffer-from-imposter-syndrome/
Careers Café
BY LIZ KOBLYK | December 12 2016
It turns out that a lot of people relate to the Continue reading. Great! We can all enjoy one another’s company at our self-deprecation party, all the while being plagued by our private thoughts that we don’t deserve to be at the party. That was my attempt at a segue t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/imposter-syndrome-holiday-parties/
The Happy Academic
BY BAILEY SOUSA & ALEXANDER CLARK | October 06 2023

Quand on ne se sent pas à la hauteur, il est important de comprendre les causes systémiques de ce sentiment.

Dans le milieu universitaire, les occasions de douter de soi sont nombreuses. Et quand on veut être un pionnier ou une pionnière dans son domaine, il faut se préparer à voir ses idées rejetées. Après tout, c’est un milieu complexe, exigeant et hétérogène, théâtre d’innovations specta...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/luniversitaire-epanoui/le-syndrome-de-limposteur-est-il-une-imposture/
Graduate Matters
BY KELLY BURCHELL-REYES | April 14 2021

Les groupes d’entraide entre pairs, les ateliers donnés par les universités et un encadrement positif peuvent aider à combattre un sentiment d’incompétence.

Avez-vous parfois l’impression que vous cumulez les erreurs dans le cadre de vos études supérieures et que d’un jour à l’autre, on s’apercevra que vous n’y avez pas votre place, et ce, même quand vous réussissez? Résistez-vous aux compliments? Attribuez-vous vos succès à des coups ...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/matiere-a-reflexion/vous-netes-pas-seul-a-souffrir-du-syndrome-de-limposteur/
In my opinion
BY MARY RYKOV | November 21 2019

Within academia, the professional editor is considered to be an outside, unknown and potentially dangerous entity.

Each semester as assignment deadlines near, dog-ate-my-homework syndrome appears in my inbox (typically around 3:00 a.m.) from undergraduates requesting editorial assistance with laughably unrealistic turnarounds. Most students mean well but are still learning time-management skills. Others are too ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/dog-ate-my-homework-syndrome-and-other-tales-from-an-academic-editor/
Career Advice
BY DERRICK E. RANCOURT | July 03 2020

Avec un peu de temps et de soutien de leur établissement, les professeurs peuvent créer d’excellents cours en ligne.

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https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/conseils-carriere-article/cours-en-ligne-le-syndrome-de-la-page-blanche/
Responsibilities May Include
BY JUSTIN PRITCHARD & CHRISTINE GERTZ | January 31 2020

Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of “coming second,” job seekers need to address the issues that are within their control and shift their perspective.

At the 2008 Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps won his seventh gold medal by finishing one hundredth of a second before his closest competitor, Milorad Cavic. Mr. Cavic had beaten both Mr. Phelps and an Olympic record in a preliminary heat, but during the medal race, he missed winning gold by centimet...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/silver-medalist-syndrome-how-to-cope-with-being-the-runner-up-in-a-work-search/
Career Advice
September 04 2013

Janet Sheppard, a counsellor at the University of Victoria, explains how many academics struggle with feelings of inadequacy, and offers different options to help overcome them.

https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/video-impostor-syndrome/

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