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Graduate Career Month 2013 - Dive in Careers Outside Academia
Grad Career Month 2013 intends to shine a spotlight on a range of career paths that graduate students excel in but may overlook when conducting a job search post graduation.
We will introduce you to the illusive world of policy leaders and analysts, project management, communication, pharma careers, management consulting, international development and CEGEP teaching through a series of panels, presentations and speed mentoring events.
Introduction to Course Design and Teaching Workshop
Would you like to (re)design one of your courses and enhance your teaching skills? Learn about strategies that focus on enhancing student learning? Develop a course syllabus and exchange feedback with fellow faculty members and facilitators from Teaching and Learning Services in this 1½ day workshop held on Thursday, May 9th (9am - 5pm) & Tuesday, May 14th (9:30am - 1pm). For more information, click here. Registration is full!
Exploiting the Mentally Ill in Clinical Research
The most serious ethical hazard of clinical research has always been that of exploiting vulnerable subjects. In this Research Ethics lecture, Professor Carl Elliott, Center for Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, will examine the issue of exploitation and suggest ways in which it can be stopped. For more information click here, then click on Conferences and Lectures. To register click here.
Graduate Student Supervision in Biomedical Research
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: establish clear and reasonable expectations for graduate students; assess graduate student progress in their acquisition of scientific and professional skills; give constructive feedback to graduate students; and identify and facilitate transitions through the various stages of the supervisor-trainee relationship. For more information click here or contact Jennifer at (514) 398-2698.
Workshop on Interdisciplinary Teaching Initiatives
On May 24, 2013, the Faculty of Law and the Teaching and Learning Services will host a workshop on interdisciplinary teaching initiatives to which all members of the McGill community are warmly invited. The goal of the workshop is to generate ideas for developing similar interdisciplinary and experiential learning initiatives at McGill. The event is co-sponsored by the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management.
The schedule is as follows.
Beyond the research paper – new ways to get students writing
Integrating writing assignments into undergraduate courses can increase students’ engagement and promote critical thinking. Attend this workshop for guidelines on designing short written assignments that make students think more and write less. For more inforamation, visit our website.