Events

Here you’ll find a list of workshops organized by the Assistant Scientific Director of Student and Postdoctoral Affairs.

Discover your future 

In this series of workshops, guest speakers come and talk about their training trajectory and their careers in many different fields. These people allow students and postdoctoral fellows in training at the CRCHUM to explore new horizons.  

Most of the speakers do not have academic backgrounds. They answer questions about their jobs and show the variety of paths that people can take to achieve their career objectives.  

MONDAY MAY 13, 2024, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Not All Ph.D.s lead to Rome!

Jonathan Pratt, Ph.D.  
Managing director 
Quebec Orphan Disease Group (RQMO)

Jonathan Pratt holds the position of Executive Director of the Regroupement québécois des maladies orphelines (RQMO), an organization dedicated to supporting patients with rare diseases in Quebec. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from UQAM and an MBA from ESG-UQAM and Université Paris-Dauphine. With extensive experience in scientific research, particularly in the molecular genetics of brain cancers, he was also a municipal manager for 4 years. As Executive Director of the RQMO, his mission is to raise public awareness of rare diseases and to solve the challenges related to the diagnosis, management and follow-up of patients with these diseases in Quebec. Passionate about positive change, he favors co-creation to find concrete solutions

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Competencies to go  

This series of workshops, led by guest facilitators and specialists from areas related to the field of science, promotes the development of cross-cutting competencies in students and postdoctoral fellows in training at the CRCHUM.  

These workshops allow them to expand their set of relevant skills, both in research development and in building a more diversified range of expertise, paving the way to a myriad of career opportunities. 

MONDAY MAY 27, 2024, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Oral communication: how to prepare effectively

Mandy Ducy
Scientific communicator
Impakt Scientifik

The objectives of this workshop are to:

• Define the questions to prepare before building a scientific presentation (your story) 
• Build the structure of your story using the 7 rules of communication 
• Learn the basics of graphic design needed to create visuals coherent with your story 
• Explanations of the ultimate tips to make your presentation a success.

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MONDAY JUNE 10, 2024, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Tips and Tricks to Optimize Your Scholarship Application

Isabelle Doré, Ph.D.  
School of Kinesiology and Human Kinetics, Université de Montréal

The objectives of this workshop are to:

• Finding available scholarships 
• Understanding the Canadian Common CV 
• Organizing your scholarship application 
• Writing the different parts of a scholarship application

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25^th CHUM Student, Intern and Resident Congress

OCTOBER 10 and 11, 2024

It is with great enthusiasm that the CRCHUM's Assistant Scientific Director of Student and Postdoctoral Affairs invites you to the 25^th edition of the CHUM Student, Trainee and Resident Conference! We will have the great pleasure of meeting on October 10 and 11, in a hybrid format, to highlight the research of students, interns and residents.