2021

Faculty Application Panel Series: Cover letters and other letters

Date: May 14, 2021

Time: 12:30 am – 2:00 pm

We are now on to our third session in this series which will be looking at Cover letters and other letters you may have to write for an academic application.

Faculty panelists:

  • Dr. Cheryle A. Séguin - Physiology and Pharmacology
  • Dr. Brian Corneil - Physiology and Pharmacology
  • Dr. Ajay Ray – Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  • Dr. Ken Yeung - Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Jamie Baxter - Department of Geography and Environment
  • Dr. Jonathan De Souza - Faculty of Music

Faculty Application Panel Series: Teaching Statement/Dossier

Date: March 30, 2021

Time: 12:30 am – 2:00 pm

Faculty panelists:

  • Dr. Anthony Skelton - Department of Philosophy
  • Dr. Ruth Martin - School of Communications Sciences and Disorders
  • Dr. Jisuo Jin - Department of Earth Sciences (Paleontology)
  • Dr. Jonathan De Souza - Faculty of Music
  • Dr. Ajay Ray – Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Faculty Application Panel Series: Research Statement/Proposal

Date: March 9, 2021

Time: 12:30 am – 2:00 pm

An academic career is a goal for many of us working as postdocs today and to achieve this we will have to go through the faculty application process. To help Western Postdocs understand this process, PAW has developed a series of workshop panels that will looks at all the documents in an Academic Job application package and what search committees expect when they read these documents.

Each workshop will look at a single document in turn and feature a panel of faculty with experience of sitting on search committees who will share their advice and expectations.

Faculty panelists:

  • Dr. Cheryle A. Séguin - Physiology and Pharmacology
  • Dr. Anthony Skelton - Department of Philosophy
  • Dr. Perry Klein – Faculty of Education
  • Dr. Brian Corneil - Physiology and Pharmacology
  • Dr. Rachel Heydon – Faculty of Education
  • Dr. Ajay Ray – Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research Workshop

Date: March 3, 2021

Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am

Facilitator Dr. Nicole Kaniki, EDI Specialist and Special Advisor on Anti-Racism to President Alan Shepard

Register here

More than ever, we are aware of the inequities that exist for underrepresented groups like women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and others. It continues to be the responsibility of those within these research spaces to ensure that we allow equitable access for participation from these groups, and additionally, to provide a supportive and inclusive environment for everyone to thrive.

The session will include education on the basic concepts of EDI, and we will work through principles and best practices of equity and inclusion, and how these can be applied in the lab and research environment. Additionally, we will also address the upcoming EDI requirements for academic positions and research grants (e.g. NSERC, CIHR, SSHRC). If you are applying for any upcoming academic positions or research grants, we will have opportunities for Q&A after the presentation to discuss these.

Sponsored by the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) and the Postdoctoral Association at Western.

PAW photo competition

Date: January 10, 2021

In these times where we don't get to see each other much, or celebrate our successes in person, PAW has decided to launch a Photo competition. This way, we can all see you and celebrate with you safely! We are going to do a round for each season. As we have just left fall behind, we are launching the first competition with the theme "Fall 2020".

Please submit your entries to the PAW email (paw@uwo.ca) by December 10th 2020, and we will open all entries for public voting January 11th - 17th, with the winners announced towards the end of January.

You can submit in one of the following categories

1. Postdoc life in 2020

2. Fall Still-life and Sceneries

Prizes for each category will be gift cards, valued at 50$ for the winner, and 25$ for the runner up.

Please note that we will upload the winners and runner ups on our social media pages, so by submitting an entry, you agree for the photo to be featured on Facebook, Twitter and our website. We look forward to seeing your stunning images!