Date |
Lecturer | Topic | Reading Materials & Class Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sep 14 |
Andreas Hamann | Welcome, Graduate Program, Supervision, Theses, Candidacies & Defenses | Syllabus: ![]() Your Supervisor: ![]() Grad Handbook: ![]() |
Sep 21 |
Ellen MacDonald | Scholarships and grants: What it takes to be successful | Slides: ![]() |
Sep 28 |
Scott Nielsen | A perspective on successful research: learning habits, anti-herding behaviours, and going beyond the null hypothesis | Slides/Reading: ![]() ![]() |
Oct 5 |
Glen Armstrong |
Presentation of quantitative
data |
Links: Tufte, JunkCharts (check the archives of the blog) |
Oct 12 |
Alex Drummond | Organization and safety for field research | Slides: ![]() |
Oct 19 |
Lee Foote | Public Speaking | Slides: ![]() |
Oct 26 |
Lee Foote | Newspapers, television and radio interviews: dealing with the media | Slides: ![]() |
Nov 2 |
Andreas Hamann | Communicating science: conferences, papers, posters, websites | Slides: ![]() |
Nov 9 |
Vic Lieffers | The publication process: dealing with editors, reviews and reviewers | Notes: ![]() |
Nov 16 |
Rick Pelletier | Ethics Primer (Required
NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) |
No materials available |
Nov 23 |
Andreas Hamann / Craig Wilkinson | Human ethics in research / Ethical use of animals in teaching and research (Required NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) | |
Nov 30 |
[Final Exam on last day of seminar, ESB 2-36] |
Date |
Lecturer | Topic | Reading Materials & Class Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sep 8 |
Andreas Hamann | Introduction, welcome & thoughts on being a graduate researcher | Syllabus: ![]() Presentation #1: ![]() Writing guides: ![]() Link: Strong Inference |
Sep 15 |
Peter Blenis | Graduate Coordination, Supervision, Theses, Candidacies & Defenses | Reading Material #2: ![]() Grad Handbook: ![]() |
Sep 22 |
Ellen MacDonald | Scholarships and grants: What it takes to be successful | Presentation #3: ![]() |
Sep 29 |
Vic Adamowicz | Working in multi-disciplinary teams | Presentation #4: ![]() Reading Material #4: ![]() |
Oct 6 |
Lee Foote | Public Speaking | Presentation #5: ![]() |
Oct 13 |
Nadir Erbelgin | Communicating science at conferences: talks & posters | Presentation #6: ![]() |
Oct 20 |
Vic Lieffers | The publication process: dealing with editors, reviews and reviewers | Presentation #7: ![]() |
Oct 27 |
Lee Foote | Newspapers, television and radio interviews: dealing with the media | Presentation #8: ![]() |
Nov 3 |
Glen Armstrong |
Presentation of quantitative
data |
Links: Tufte, JunkCharts (check the archives of the blog) |
Nov 10 |
[Remembrance day, no classes] | ||
Nov 17 |
Rick Pelletier | Ethics Primer (Required
NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) |
No materials available |
Nov 24 |
Andreas Hamann / Craig Wilkinson | Human ethics in research / Ethical use of animals in teaching and research (Required NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) | |
Dec 1 |
[Final Exam on last day of classes, ESB 2-36] |