Transitioning from Research to Policy and the Federal Government

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Hi GAPS,

Don’t forget about our latest PD session tomorrow on careers in government policy for physicists with Ben Davis-Purcell in the MOB Auditorium at 2pm!

See you there,
-Your GAPS


From: Gaps <gaps at triumf.ca>
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:06 AM
To: Gaps <gaps at triumf.ca>
Subject: Transitioning from Research to Policy and the Federal Government
Hi GAPSers,

Are you interested in a career in science policy? If so, please join us in the MOB Auditorium on Wednesday, May 15 from 2-3pm where Ben Davis-Purcell will tell us about his experience working for the Government of Canada, abstract available below. Light refreshments will be provided.

This event will also be available over Zoom. https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61917491100?pwd=S1pBNy9PNVFaM0YxcUMyeWVabWhpUT09
Meeting ID: 619 1749 1100
Passcode: 856874

Ben Davis-Purcell completed his PhD at Carleton University in 2022. Instead of continuing in academia, he pursued an opportunity to work for the Government of Canada through the Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship. With this Fellowship, he was hired as a Policy Analyst at NSERC where he worked for one year until September 2023. In this talk and open discussion, Ben will provide an overview of life as a policy analyst in the federal government, including important transferrable skills that science and engineering PhDs acquire and “a week in the life” of a policy analyst at NSERC. Ben returned to academia to start a postdoc at TRIUMF in November 2023.

Hope to see you there!
-Your GAPS

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