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Dear Grads & Postdocs,</div>
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It's time for our <b>annual TRIUMF Grads & Postdocs Society survey!</b></div>
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Your answers to the general survey help direct the GAPS committee on our priorities for the next year. The questions span a range of topics including</div>
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working conditions, compensation, and standard of living</div>
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GAPS social and professional development activities</div>
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feedback on TRIUMF HR and grad student / postdoc programs and policies</div>
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and more!</div>
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This year the survey includes a section about work commute in an effort to gauge the community's need and interest for a TRIUMF subsidized transit pass. Your answers will shape and inform the committee's pursuit of this matter with TRIUMF leadership.</div>
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We kindly ask that you take some time to fill out the survey to help us best serve you in the coming year.</div>
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<b>Link to the survey: </b><a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/n9ZgbUgh75" id="OWAa8815e30-5947-3052-0f2e-e2f38e456fff" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/n9ZgbUgh75" data-auth="NotApplicable"><b>GAPS General Survey 2026 – Fill
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">The survey is anonymous and none of the questions are required in order to complete the survey.</span> If you don't feel comfortable answering a question, then you may skip it. There may be questions that do not apply to you;
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You have <b>until Friday September 25th, end of day</b>, to fill it out.</div>
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We really appreciate your answers and detailed feedback!</div>
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<span class="spanWithBackgroundColor" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Plaintext link to the survey:
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>The Grads And Postdocs Society (GAPS) at TRIUMF is committed to fostering a sense of community among the graduate students and postdocs, and developing an infrastructure to support their needs. For more information, please
visit our website at </i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="http://gaps.triumf.ca/" id="OWA172757d5-7275-61de-b513-cc6df587f719" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="http://gaps.triumf.ca/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="69c89cc5-6c0b-490e-91f3-891db81d8185" data-ogsc="rgb(0, 134, 240)" data-linkindex="2" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240); margin: 0px;"><i>gaps.triumf.ca</i></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>.
You can follow us on Instagram at </i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/triumfgaps/" id="OWA0e2041a2-c376-5d78-cf8a-2c3018568810" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.instagram.com/triumfgaps/. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc="rgb(0, 134, 240)" data-outlook-id="80ba2d56-8c47-45bb-adc4-d62c87ff2122" data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240); margin: 0px;"><i>triumfgaps</i></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> and
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<i>TRIUMF is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this site.</i></div>
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