Deliverables

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The NSERC CREATE Training Program in BioActives centres around the concept that trainees participate in, reflect upon, and document value-added training activities to generate a portfolio of experiences and expertise through open-ended and experiential opportunities:

Research excellence

•       Training in the area of isolating, synthesizing, purifying, characterizing, manipulating and transforming bioactives chemicals, and interdisciplinary, and functionally characterize bioactives

•       Integrated and interdisciplinary approaches to project execution

Industry experience and insight 

•       3 to 4-month on-site placement for PhD students

•       Site tours

•       Mock interviews

•       Seminars, workshops, and networking events

•       Pairing with employees in industry to build profile of non-academic workplaces

•       “What we learned” meetings, at least quarterly

Career research skills

•       Summer meeting (MNPC): attendance by all trainees

•       Journal Club: attendance by trainees working with proteins

•       Field course: sourcing bioactives inspired by traditional medicine in Canada

Professional skills and business acumen

•       Workshops on e.g. CVs/Resumes/Cover Letters that get noticed!, communication skills, interdisciplinary collaborations, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), GBA+, team dynamics, networking skills, knowledge translation, labour/corporate/tax law (start-ups), management courses and skills, and more!