York-Waterloo Early Career Professional Training Workshop In Urban Studies – Toronto, ON – 15-16 November 2018

The City Institute held the annual workshop on addressing the unique challenges that early career scholars (Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows, Early Career Workshop, Nov 15-16 and junior faculty members) face in transitioning from specialized and individual research programs to academic and non- academic employment. This workshop was a joint enterprise between the City Institute at York University (Professor Linda Peake, City Institute Director and Professor, Social Sciences) and the University of Waterloo (Professor Markus Moos, Associate Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor, School of Planning).

Panels Included:

• Mental Health and Work-Life Balance
•  Grant Applications
• Teaching/Course Development
• Social Media and Networking
• Publishing, Copyright and Open Access
• CVs and Job Applications
• Provocations From the Margins: Navigating Difference in the Academy
• Jobs Outside the Academy

Download event flyer here.