Join us for a series of talks and a panel discussion in the morning where you will learn about the hiring processes of different industries, get advice on the role of a recruiter, and hear about the transition of other senior and junior professionals into non-faculty roles.
Full registration to this half-day includes a two-hour networking lunch session attended by professionals from the private sector, government, and research agencies who are there to talk with trainees about career preparation.
Executive Clinical Research Director, Global Clinical Trials Operations-Canada, Merck
Exploration Scientist Canadian Space Agency
Vice-President and Executive Director, Centre of Excellence of Statistics Evidera
Associate Clinical Site Manager Real World Evidence QuintilesIMS
Centre for Innovative Medicine, Phase I Trials RI-MUHC
Project Manager Oncopole
Project Manager LiV Medical Communications
Project Manager NEOMED Labs
Scientific Director, In ViVo Pharmacology Charles River Laboratories
Senior Research Officer National Research Council of Canada
IC Axon
Research Associate RI-MUHC
Assistant Director - Institute of Health Services and Policy Research CIHR
Director, Infectious Disease Market Development DNA Genotek
Partner, Patent Agent Norton Rose Fulbright
Genetic counsellor Tonin Laboratory
Associate Director, Operations, Centre for Innovative Medicine RI-MUHC
President, Scientific Director, InnovaSource
"First of all, the Career Half-Day event was hands down the best career workshop I have ever attended. The presenter from the network-building workshop emphasized the importance of networking and shared invaluable practical tips in networking - such as how to initiate the first contact and continue to the second and third. These were never given by any other networking sessions I had attended. The second part of the event, networking with mentors, was also great because I was able to meet people in various fields and positions. I was able to ask many questions that help me widen my career ambitions. After the workshop, I was able to apply these skills to do my own networking, which helped me land the position that I am in now. I would strongly advise the fellow students to attend and benefit from it!"
Julie Lee, PhD
"During the career day I learned a lot about various niches and possibilities within a company. It also helped me to better understand the dynamic of an industry job and what additional skills may be valuable to make the transition form academia to industry easier."
Vita Sonjak,
"The Career Half-Day Event 2016, was a unique initiative which greatly helped graduate students like me to learn about various career options outside academia. Especially, the networking roundtable sessions were extremely useful as I got an excellent opportunity to professionally engage and network with a number of RI-MUHC alumni working for industry, government, business, and academia. I would like to congratulate and thank D-CAT for this initiative and am already looking forward to the 2017 Career Half-Day Event."
Yogesh Bramhecha, Ph.D Candidate
