{"id":9915,"date":"2023-09-18T08:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=9915"},"modified":"2023-09-18T08:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:12:06","slug":"support-our-science-advocacy-week-town-hall-panel-sept-26-11-12pm-dmcbh-rudy-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-9915","title":{"rendered":"Support Our Science Advocacy Week &#8211; Town Hall &#038; Panel (Sept 26 11-12PM @ DMCBH Rudy North)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful Nation-Wide\u00a0walkout on May 1st to advocate for increased grad student and post-doc funding across Canada, the Neuroscience Trainee Association is <strong>organizing a Town Hall and Trainee Panel on behalf of Support Our Science<\/strong>. We would love it if you could share the info with your department! All grad students, post-docs and faculty members are invited!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Support Our Science?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Support Our Science is a grassroots organization with a clear mandate:\u00a0<strong>improve pay for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in Canada<\/strong>. This includes all researchers, from science and engineering to social sciences and humanities.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is advocacy week and our goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increase awareness<\/strong>\u00a0of Support Our Science and the mission for Members of Parliament at a crucial time<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amplify our message<\/strong>\u00a0to increase funding to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars through federal scholarship, fellowships and grants<\/li>\n<li>Put\u00a0<strong>pressure<\/strong>\u00a0on Canada\u2019s Minister of Finance, Hon. Chrystia Freeland, to include our asks in the Fall Economic Update or Budget 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More info can be found:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportourscience.ca\/advocacy-week\">https:\/\/www.supportourscience.ca\/advocacy-week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Register for the event <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdxICfYfN0Lv75JL_bf3p_yrvphqdQLWWkrkoCMWDyvKtHgLw\/viewform?usp=pp_url\">here!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When?\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday, September 26 11-12PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where?<\/strong>\u00a0DMCBH Rudy North Lecture Hall<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Email <a href=\"mailto:siyer13@student.ubc.ca\">siyer13@student.ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/files\/2023\/09\/SOS_AdvocacyWeek.pdf\">SOS_AdvocacyWeek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you and look forward to seeing you there!<br \/>\nShalini and Ava<br \/>\nOn Behalf of the Neuroscience Trainee Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shalini\u00a0Iyer<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>MSc\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/equity.ubc.ca\/resources\/gender-diversity\/pronouns\/\">she\/her<\/a>)<br \/>\nNeuroscience PhD Student | Cembrowski Lab<br \/>\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory<br \/>\n2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Science Institute, Rm 3302\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z3 Canada<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:siyer13@student.ubc.ca\">siyer13@student.ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful Nation-Wide\u00a0walkout on May 1st to advocate for increased grad student and post-doc funding across Canada, the Neuroscience Trainee Association is organizing a Town Hall and Trainee Panel on behalf of Support Our Science. 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