Sathy Rajasekharan – Landing Your Dream Job Through Exploration and Networking

Kelly Bullock – Pivoting From the Bench to a Creative or an Artistic Career: There is always one day when reality hits. Your well devised trip, that you’d been planning for months, or for years, falls short of your expectations, of what you had imagined. The disappointment you feel may bring you thoughts of packing up and headi... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

49 min listen

Virginie Levasseur – La passion pour le développement international: Les cheminements que vous suivrez après vos études graduées peuvent prendre des tournants très variés. Il se peut que vous suiviez un parcours purement académique, une carrière en industrie ou que vous vous lanciez en entrepreneuriat. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

55 min listen

Tamarah Luk – Taking on Further Studies After Grad School – Law: Sometimes, when you finish your studies you get a job, or you start a business. Sometimes, you go back to school. Be it because you want to go to law school or med school, or because you want to access a domain that requires you to have a related degre... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

59 min listen

Mark Roberts – Transferable Skills and Industry Jobs: You don’t embark in a master’s or a PhD without confidence. A trust, a confidence that you can delve into the unknown of a master’s or a PhD project and come out with answers to questions no one has asked before. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

67 min listen

Dana Murchison – Checkpoints in Your Graduate Education: In a space mission, there is one countdown, one launch, one destination, and no place for error or doubt. Grad studies are less like a rocket launch, and more like an expedition into uncharted territory. As such, they are a forgiving endeavour, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

60 min listen

Kirsten (Dr. Kiki) Sanford – Following the Passion of Science Communication: Download “Tools for Your PhD Journey” Now ! If you decide to embark on the graduate studies journey, you may find yourself telling stories. Stories about ideas, stories about science, stories about stories. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

58 min listen

Chris Kent – Leveling Up Into Entrepreneurship: It’s never too late to follow your calling. Depending on where you are in life, there are many ways you can reorient and choose a new path for yourself, be it getting a second degree, growing your minor or a hobby into your main focus or getting a cert... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

68 min listen

Carine Monat – Construire un chemin qui nous ressemble: Vous n’êtes pas un être unidimensionnel. On a tous un intérêt, un penchant, un côté qu’on a mis sur pause ou qu’on cultive quand on peut, dans nos temps libres. Eh bien, parfois la vie nous offre la chance de mettre cette face cachée en premier plan et... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

82 min listen

Joe Makkerh – Pushing Through Obstacles and Difficulties: You’re finishing grad school, or you’ve just finished. Your project has brought you here and now – it had challenges, victories, failures, obstacles, successes. It has brought you excitement, frustration, exhilaration, anxiety, satisfaction. In it, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

55 min listen

Rob Hutcheson – Playing to Your Strong Suits: During grad school, your personal interests and strengths can serve as a blueprint for what comes after graduation and inform the career choices you will make once you’re on the job market. Your personal interests are also key for keeping a healthy bal... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

38 min listen

Fiona Robinson – Listening to Your Inner Voice: Imagine swimming 1.9 kilometers, then biking 90 kilometers through the hills of Mont-Tremblant, and then running a half-marathon. It may sound impossible or a task for super-humans… But people like you and me set out to do it, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

70 min listen

Adriana Bankston – From PhD to Science Policy: Leaving the bench doesn’t necessarily mean leaving science and the scientific community altogether. A rich universe of activities exists that are closely related to academia, be it within universities or in external organizations or governing bodies. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

56 min listen

Emily Roberts – The Power of the Side-Hustle or How to Set Yourself Up for a Healthy Financial Life: When talking about grad school, we often talk about the challenges of academic life, about mental health, and about physical health, but what about financial health? Academic accomplishments are paramount at this juncture in your life, but in the end, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

71 min listen

Sathy Rajasekharan – Landing Your Dream Job Through Exploration and Networking: Your dream job is out there somewhere. The one you were made for, the one you deserve. It may be one handshake away, one conversation away, one introduction away. So, make sure you give yourself the chance to attend events, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

55 min listen

Filipa Carreira Barbosa – Navigating the International Student Experience: Many of us leave home for grad school, to another city or even to another country. Some end up staying after graduation, some end up coming back home. Being an international student can be an experience in freedom and independence, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

48 min listen

Drew Slack – Powering Through Change with Drive and Positivity: What happens when you have all your ducks lined up and the universe throws you a curveball? That’s the moment when you have to regroup, reflect deeply on what you want the new path that is opening up to you to look like and trace a game plan that will ... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

61 min listen

David Freiheit – Merging Law, Popularization, and Content Creation: Life is not in black and white. Your life, who you are, is a patchwork stemming from your upbringing, your experiences, who you’ve met, the choices you’ve made. What you studied is also a piece of this patchwork, but it’s not the whole thing. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

64 min listen

Cindy Hovington – Bringing Science-Based Advice to the Public Arena: In your life as a student or as a researcher, you may hear discouraging voices telling you you’re not good enough, not intelligent enough, or even not man enough for the task or project at hand. In today’s episode, we’re talking with Cindy Hovington, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

63 min listen

Paulo Oliveira – Interfacing With the Public and With Industry as a Researcher: What does glitter have to do with mitochondria? This episode’s guest, Paulo Oliveira, might just have the answer for you. And it probably has something to do with science communication and science outreach. In this episode of Papa PhD, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

77 min listen

Simon Moore – From Academia to Industry: In today’s life, your ability to pivot and to embrace new projects is key. You are actually expected to change employment on a 3 to 5-year cycle in the current job market. These pivots can happen between academic positions, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

64 min listen

Inês Campos Costa – Taking the Turn No One Expects: The biggest entrepreneurs are mothers in underdeveloped countries, figuring out creative and innovative solutions to ensure their families’ sustainability. We use sexy terms associated to tech and industry, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

93 min listen

Zoë Ayres – Part 2 – Being a Research Scientist in the Water Industry: In Part 2 of my conversation with Zoë Ayres, we discussed her experience transitioning from an industry-led postdoc to her current position in the water industry. We talked about the application and interviewing process and about best practices at this... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

29 min listen

Falisha Karpati – Finding Your Place and Thriving in the AltAc Space: We always want to project into the future as the best possible version of ourselves. But we often fall into the trap of setting our goals based on what we’ve been told we should aim for, or what we see our neighbors aiming for. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

56 min listen

Simon Landry – Un trajet en recherche et en communication en français: Pourquoi faire une maîtrise ? Pourquoi faire un doctorat ? Tout ça peut paraître bien compliqué et bien difficile quand on termine notre baccalauréat. Une conversation avec un professeur sur un sujet qui vous intéresse peut changer votre perspective et... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

66 min listen

Mark Crandall – Rising Up From Negative Self-Talk: What makes some people impervious to adversity? What kind of super-power do they have that allows them to get up after a major hit and find the will power to lick their wounds and come out fighting? This week, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

47 min listen

James Bowers – Taking the Leap Into Media and Communication: We’re all drawn to science and graduate school for a reason. Because we’re good at scientific subjects, because we want to discover new things, because we want to help others by developing technology and growing the knowledge base. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

74 min listen

Valérie Levée – La détermination de tester ses limites: Quand on change de domaine, on ressent souvent ce syndrome de l’imposteur, cette sensation d’être comme un cheveu dans la soupe. Et ça peut nous empêcher d’avancer et d’accepter des défis un peu en dehors de notre zone de confort. Dans cet épisode, by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

69 min listen

Martin Primeau – Partie 2 – La réalité professionnelle en communication scientifique: Dans cette deuxième partie de l’entrevue avec Martin Primeau, on a discuté plus en détail de la profession de communicateur scientifique dans le milieu journalistique et dans un milieu institutionnel et Martin a partagé ses conseils pour une transition... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

44 min listen

Clarissa Wright – Promoting the Intersection Between Science and Art: Coming from a specific domain of research doesn’t dictate what your career journey will look like. Your interests, your strong suits, as well as any extra skills you’ve picked up during your lifetime may reveal themselves to be instrumental and key ele... by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

54 min listen

Tools for your PhD Journey – My Path: Download “Tools for Your PhD Journey” Now ! Episode transcript: Hi everyone! Today I’m bringing you a different episode. Today I’ll be talking about my path – what brought me here, to what I do today and to the Papa PhD adventure. by Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

19 min listen

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