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 motivated team, networking with organizations across Canada working on postdoc affairs, and much more!

Eligibility:

To be eligible for nomination, an individual must be registered as an ‘Active Member’ or ‘Alumni Member’ of CAPS/ACSP.

To register as an Active, or Alumni Member, please complete the form found here.

Positions:

At present, we are actively recruiting nominees for 6 seats on the Executive that still lack nominees (see below).

Nominations to-date for all the elected positions on the Exec:

Chair  – 1 nominee (6 months of experience on the Exec preferred)

Vice-Chair External — no nominees yet

Vice-Chair Operations — no nominees yet

Vice-Chair Communications — no nominees yet

Vice-Chair Finance — 1 nominee

Vice-Chair International — 1 nominee

Vice-Chair Membership — no nominees yet

Vice-Chair Website Management — 1 nominee

Vice-Chair Communications (French) — no nominees yet

Vice-Chair Surveys and Data Management — 1 nominee

Vice-Chair Career Development — no nominees yet

Please click here to read a brief description of each position.

How to Nominate a Candidate:

To self-nominate or nominate someone else for a position please respond by email to chair@caps-acsp.ca with the following information:

1) Full name of nominee

2) Email address of nominee

3) Institutional affiliation of nominee

4) Desired/selected position

5) Candidate statement

Candidate Statements:

Nominees are required to submit a short (maximum 100 words) candidate statement describing their interest and any relevant experience for the position they are nominated for prior to the election. Candidates who are self-nominating are encouraged to provide that statement at the time of nomination.

The deadline for nominations is December 12th at 11:59pmPT.

If there is more than 1 candidate per position nominated, voting will take place online beginning Dec 13 and will continue until Dec 20. Successful candidates will form the 2020 CAPS/ACSP Executive. Terms begin in January 2020.

If you have any questions about this process, please contact Emma Griffiths, Chair at chair@caps-acsp.ca.