The workshop, “Taking an entrepreneurial approach to your academic and professional career” , aimed to get participants thinking about how to differentiate themselves in today’s workforce - whether it be as graduate students, academics, or future communications professionals. With countless online and offline options for networking, a pressing concern in the workforce about underemployment and a lack of job opportunities for Ph.D students, it’s not surprising that this topic has also been addressed recently by the University of Ottawa’s Graduate Students’ Association (GSAED) - see below - and was highlighted at the APTPUO’s (in)visible conference last Fall on a Panel entitled “PhD Students Confront a Challenging Future”.

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