Resources for Indigenous post-doctoral fellows
According to the SSHRC Indigenous Talent Fund consultation, Indigenous post-docs and graduate students face various barriers and challenges in pursuing academic and research endeavours. For example, Balancing studies while raising a family – many graduate students are parents. Graduate SSHRC scholarships are below the poverty line. Travel is very expensive. Negotiating the challenge of validating …
CAPS-ACSP Elections for Executive Council – 2020
Hello all! CAPS/ACSP will hold its annual Executive Election from December 13th – December 20th 2019. If you are an Active or Alumni Member who would like to help make a difference in the lives of postdocs across Canada, consider joining the team! Benefits include travel to the Annual CAPS/ACSP meeting, working with a highly …
Coming Soon: CAPS/ACSP Annual General Meeting 2019
AGM is the key annual event for our association. It enables our Executive members from across Canada to come together and meet with members and representatives from other organizations in-person to network, discuss issues pertaining to Canadian postdocs, discuss the future of CAPS/ACSP, and develop collaborations aimed at improving postdoctoral policy in Canada. As with …
CAPS/ACSP in the NEWS
STATUT EN BALANCE – French language article about CAPS’ advocacy work on behalf of Canadian postdocs written by David Brosseau for Quartier L!bre (Jan 2019). Postdoctoral scholars in Canada call for better recognition, funding and career training (Dec 2018). Article written by Léo Charbonneau from University Affairs about CAPS’ 2018 Canadian Science Policy Conference panel including comments from …
COMING SOON: 2019 Canadian National Postdoctoral Survey
The 2019 Canadian National Postdoctoral Survey will be launched in the coming weeks! The survey covers a wide range of topics, including demographics, salary and benefits, training needs, and career goals of current or former Canadian postdocs, including international postdocs working in Canada and Canadian postdocs working abroad. In addition to collecting valuable longitudinal data, …
CRA WEBINAR – EMPLOYEE STATUS AND EI/CPP RULINGS FOR POSTDOCS
Summary: Many postdocs in Canada remain classified as ‘trainees’ rather than ’employees’ despite the spread of postdoctoral unions across the country and a number of provincial labour board rulings to the contrary. As a result, those individuals are denied access to Employment Insurance and the Canada Pension Plan – two social security programs that many postdocs …
Reminder: Deadline for CPP/EI Rulings relating to work in 2018 is June 30, 2019
This post is to remind all postdocs working in Canada about the deadline to apply for a ruling from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for the purposes of gaining access to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Employment Insurance (EI) statutory benefits programs (i.e., a CPP/EI Ruling). The deadline to apply to the CRA for …
Nature Launches Online Hub for Canadian Science Careers!
The CAPS/ACSP Executive is excited to announce the launch of a new website focused on career development for researchers in Canada: The site can be found here: https://naturecareerscanada.com/ We hope you will take a moment to bookmark it today and share this message with any friends or peers who may be interested! More information from …
Discount Home & Auto Insurance for Contributing Members!
CAPS/ACSP is proud to announce that the Contributing Members & Affiliates Program now includes discount Home & Auto Insurance plans from The Co-operators! Save up to 40%* on your home and auto insurance! Substantial savings compared to Canadian university alumni plans! “The Co-operators insurance plans for CAPS/ACSP Contributing Members offered me the same coverage as …