Canadian Association
for Graduate Studies

CAGS 2008 CONFERENCE

Congrès de 2008 de l’ACES

October / Octobre 15 -18 2008 Edmonton, Alberta

 Session 1/1^ière séance

• "Trends in Internationalization at Canadian Universities", Tom Tunney, Senior Policy Analyst, International Relations, AUCC, October 16, 2008

• "NEWS FROM THE FEDERAL RESEARCH-GRANTING AGENCIES",Moderator and CIHR Spokesperson: Catherine Conrad;SSHRC Spokesperson: Gordana Krcevinac; NSERC Spokesperson: Pamela Moss
• "News from the Granting Agencies-NSERC",Presented by Pamela Moss,Director,Scholarships & Fellowships Division, October 16, 2008
• "What’s New at SSHRC", Presented by: Gordana Krcevinac
• "News from CIHR / Nouvelles des IRSC", Catherine Conrad, Director, Research Capacity Development

Session 3/3^ième séance

• "Graduate Student Mental Health Issues", Lisa Brandes, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Yale University

Session 4/4^ième séance

Building the Range of Professional Skills / 
Enrichir la gamme de compétences

• "Competencies: Why? What? Which? How?", J. Nicolas, titulaire chaire formation de chercheurs, UdeS; J. Dansereau, directeur études supérieures, Polytechnique
• "Skills Development – NSERC Perspective",Presented by Pamela Moss,Director,Scholarships & Fellowships Division
• "The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta",Dr. M. W. (Milt) Petruk, Staff Consultant, Examinations, APEGGA

Session 5/5^ième séance

The Professional Doctorate, an Alternative to the PhD? / 
Le doctorat professionnel, le modèle à suivre? 

• "Aligning the Professional Doctorate With Professional Practice", Christopher M. Clark,Arizona State University

Session 6/6^ième séance

Issues in Graduate Education in Australia, the EU, and the US / 
Enjeux des études supérieures en Australie, en Europe et aux États-Unis

• "Graduate Education in Australia", Barbara Evans, University of British Columbia
• "Issues in Graduate Education: A U.S. Perspective", Debra W. Stewart, Canadian Association of Graduate Schools
• "Issues in Graduate Education in Europe", Lesley Wilson,Secretary General, European University Association

Session 7/7^ième séance

• "The Postdoctoral Fellow, a critical part of the research enterprise, and an increasingly necessary part of the academic career path", UTPDA and CAPS
• What exactly is a postdoc? A perspective from the Université de Montréal

Session 8/8^ième séance

• "Graduate Student Supervision/La direction des étudiants des cycles supérieurs", Speakers / Conférenciers: Jonathan C. Driver, Simon Fraser University; Rebeca C. Rufty, North Carolina State Univ.
• "Surveying student opinions on supervision", Jon Driver,Simon Fraser University
• "Mentoring Graduate Students", Rebeca Rufty, NC State University