For Supervisors
Building on the results of our McGill-affiliated Consortium’s first FRQS grant, which guided the development of our career and professional development program (CPD), we conducted a detailed analysis to better understand our trainees’ profiles and needs.
We would like to hear your views on these results so that we can put in place a supervisor support program as part of our ambassador program. This initiative aims to mitigate trainees’ anxiety about their career direction, their disappointment with the academic environment, the barriers they face in participating in further CPD training, and their lack of awareness about available resources and opportunities for CPD.
We believe that Tremplin can provide support and tools for supervisors to help students facing these challenges.
At Tremplin Consortium, we have a student-centered approach for trainee career development, regardless of the chosen path, which can be academic or non-academic. That said, we recognize the considerable influence that supervisors have on students. More than anybody else, the current supervisor is the most frequently asked for career advice, with or without academic career aspirations, by master’s, PhDs, and PDF. We see this trend as an opportunity to work together to reduce the gap in trainee career development.
We are currently running consultations with supervisors through the consortium and preparing tools such as the IDP plan. This tool is known to stimulate discussion between supervisor and student, clarify expectations, and reduce student anxiety.
We have also secured a budget to offer funding to supervisors and staff to develop career preparation activities. This competitive award (Tremplin Ambassador Award 2024) will provide the opportunity, for example, to offer specific training related to technical skills, careers seminar organization, networking lunch with your alumni or simply offer career coaching to your students. Maximum funding is $2,000 per project, to be completed by March 31, 2025. Ambassador Award Application deadline: August 19, 2024.
Your trainees need help navigating their career plans since they are interested in a variety of roles that require multiple role models.
For consultation requests, please contact us!