CAPS-ACSP Annual General Meeting 2020
The Year in Review session of the AGM-2020 is available at the following link: AGM 2020 – Year in Review Hello fellow postdocs! You are cordially invited to join members of the CAPS/ACSP Executive Council for our 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM). To be held virtually in Canada, November 5, 2020. Save the date. AGM is …
Register for PAW-2020 Webinars – Free for CAPS/ACSP Members!
Celebrating the Postdoc Appreciation Week 2020 (PAW 2020), CAPS/ACSP is coming up with a series of webinars for members each day from Monday, September 21st to Friday, September 25th! Register for the PAW-2020 Webinars! Schedule for Thursday, September 24th: Schedule for Friday, September 25th: Hope to see you there!
CAPS and Black Lives Matter Movement
Dear Fellow Postdocs, As you know CAPS-ASCP supports the Black Lives Matter movement and acknowledges the many challenges faced by People of Colour and Indigenous populations in Canada and in Science. We want to keep the conversation going- as this is not something that is going away without greater understanding and action from our white …
CAPS Image Competition
We are excited to announce the Canadian Postdoctoral Scholars Society Image competition 2020. This competition focuses on capturing the life of our postdoctoral fellows during the COVID-19 pandemic. We genuinely believe that our postdoctoral fellows are the house power for our universities, and this pandemic with all associated uncertainties represent real challenges for our next …
COVID-19 Resource Hub
CAPS is working backstage for all our post-doc friends in the pressing times of COVID-19 pandemic. Please visit the CAPS COVID-19 Resource Hub for the single-point source of information for all the post-docs. The COVID-19 resource hub provides important information and pointers to the sources crucial to the post-doctoral fellows.
It’s reopened! Canadian PDF Survey – 2020
Have your say in the fourth edition of the Canadian National Postdoctoral Scholars Survey! Click here and complete the survey now! Click here for the French version! The Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars (CAPS) invites all current and former Canadian postdocs, including international postdocs working in Canada and Canadian postdocs working abroad, to complete the …
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 …
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 …