Activities, initiatives, and tools

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has a variety of professional and personal development opportunities available to postdoctoral fellows.

Activities

• See the section presenting the FESP coming events and activities and their replays (French only)
   
• Watch the webinar - For a successful postdoctoral experience (French only). The webinar was firt on April 30, 2020.
  You can also find it in the section presenting the FESP coming events and activities and their replays.

Presentation: A postdoctoral fellowship has almost become a must for those aspiring to a career in research or teaching. What is it? How do you fund it? How do you make the most out of your experience? The seminar leader provides answers based on his experience in the social sciences. (Length: 42 minutes)

• Mitacs workshops
   

Initiatives

• Nanoprogramme to develop professional skills (in French only)
   
• 9th Annual Posdoctoral Career Conference (2023 updated information to come) - Learn more about the 2022 edition
   

Tools

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Plan (Word, 78.3 Ko)
   
• Professional and Personal Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Plan Guidebook (Word, 73.6 Ko)
   
• Through its institutional repository CorpusUL (French only), the Université Laval Library offers postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to publish their research work
   
• Canadian Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
   
• Applying for funding is an important step in your postdoctoral career. The Graduate and Postdoctoral Award Application Guide provides you with useful tips for developing and writing your application.