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Mentorship for Young Scientists: Developing Scientific Survival Skills

Place: INRS-EMT centre, 800, De La Gauchetière West Street, Suite 6900

Date: Thursday afternoon (15:00 – 16:30), January 14, 2016

Organizers: PERSWADE

Speaker: Prof. Federico Rosei, Director, INRS-EMT Centre

The central theme of this course is that succeeding in Science requires skills (often referred to as ‘soft professional skills’) beyond those needed for Science. The course aims at giving basic guidance and mentoring to young scientists (graduate students and post-docs).

Main Topics:

• The job market for graduates in science and engineering (industry, national labs and academia; advantages and disadvantages)
• Funding in modern science
• Publish or perish; publishing quality papers, having an impact
• Presenting your work to your peers
• The fundamental laws of ‘scientific survival’ (know yourself, plan ahead, and play chess)
• Ethics in modern science
• Alternative careers

(photo by Yang Chen)