- Searching for a supervisor
Contributor: Sabrina Cao When I first started my search for a MSc supervisor, I wasn’t sure what I should be looking for. There’s a lot about research programs that I didn’t understand, and that I’m still learning about now. Here are some of the questions that I think are most poignant during your search, which… Read more: Searching for a supervisor - Funding during graduate school: tips on how to find resources
Contributors: Kohle Merry, PhD Student Funding—a grad student’s best friend Personally, I did a previous master’s entirely funded by my supervisor. I was also fortunate enough to secure funding for my PhD prior to starting, so I’ve had experiences on both sides of the fence. Because funding is usually needed to facilitate… Read more: Funding during graduate school: tips on how to find resources - A guide to course offerings outside the RHSC department
Contributors: Myrah Malik- MSc Student, Smruthi Ramachandran – MSc Student & Gordon Tao – PhD Student Throughout the graduate program, we have taken courses that helped review statistical methods, research designs/methods and provide context to our research proposal. We recommend discussing with your supervisor as they will have the best recommendation for courses! Here… Read more: A guide to course offerings outside the RHSC department - Work-life balance during a pandemic: how current RSEC students are managing health, wellness and productivity
Contributors: Smruthi Ramachandran – MSc Student & Kohle Merry – PhD Student COVID-19 has been a challenge for everyone but trying to balance the demands of graduate school certainly creates its own unique difficulties. From students who have been in the rehabilitation sciences program for years, to those who have just recently started, it… Read more: Work-life balance during a pandemic: how current RSEC students are managing health, wellness and productivity - Let’s talk mental health! – how we can better support ourselves and others
Contributors: Kim Bennett – MSc Student & Cristina Rubino – PhD Student When it comes to mental health, grad school is time fraught with uncertainty and evaluations but also growth and triumphs. For a lot of us there will be profound life changes outside of school that are also related to shifts in emotions… Read more: Let’s talk mental health! – how we can better support ourselves and others