There is still room in the very popular Mitacs workshop "Practice your Presentation Skills" on November 21. The password (MitacsPYPSI2111) will be removed shortly. https://step.mitacs.ca/en/workshop/2016/11/practice-your-presentation-skills-i-waterloo-november-21

Snyder's Farm Family Trip

The Graduate Student Association-University of Waterloo has generously extended the Snyder's Family Farm invitation to postdocs! Sign up before tomorrow at noon. https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-student-association/events/snyders-farm-family-trip

University of Waterloo -- Postdoc Appreciation Week feedback Survey

Have you filled out our brief survey yet? Your feedback on Postdoc Appreciation Week will help to shape future postdoc events. Survey closes October 6. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KSQ9B7H

Register now for the Academic Career Conference (October 21), a full-day event, hosted by the Centre for Career Action in collaboration with campus partners. The event is free, but spaces are limited. Open to PhD students and postdocs only. https://uwaterloo.ca/career-action/academic-career-conference

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It was our pleasure to celebrate the amazing postdocs we have at Waterloo. Thanks for being such an engaged, friendly, and kind group! We look forward to wrapping up Postdoc Appreciation Week at Grad House at UW tomorrow! Register in advance for a free drink ticket.

Registration is now open for Sigrid and Tony Anderson's very popular English Conversation class for international postdocs. "Our 10-week Conversation Class for the Fall Term, will be held on campus from September 27 to November 29, 2016, from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons. There are no fees for the course, but regular attendance is required. The course includes the following: - General topics of orientation for living in K-W and Canada; - Work on idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs and vocabulary expansion. - Practice of pronunciation and listening skills; - Discussion and practice of specific conversational gambits and strategies; - Conversing with each other on a variety of topics. If you are interested in taking part in this course, please contact us by e-mail: aanderso@uwaterloo.ca Cheers, Sigrid and Tony Anderson, Teachers, English as a Second Language Office: PHY 375. Extension 33395 Sponsored by Student Success Office, University of Waterloo"

The #UWaterlooPostdoc photo contest closes Saturday! Post your photos here with the hashtag #UWaterlooPostdoc to enter the contest and have your chance to win a $20 prize. Show us a day in the life of a postdoc at Waterloo!

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Thanks to Centre for Career Action- University of Waterloo (UW) Career Advisor Christine Kampen Robinson for facilitating this fantastic #UWaterlooPostdoc Networking lunch and learn session for Postdoc Appreciation Week!

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It's Friday! That means it's almost #UWaterlooPostdoc Appreciation week. Join us on Monday morning for a meet & greet breakfast with campus service providers. Hear what they have to offer postdocs! https://uwaterloo.ca/postdoctoral/appreciate

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Join us for our ice cream social on Thursday, September 22! This build-your-own-sundae event is one of many in celebration of Postdoc Appreciation Week (September 19-23, 2016). To register, visit https://uwaterloo.ca/postdoctoral/appreciate

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Come to the Waterloo Warriors football game on Saturday! We'll have a separate seating section, and some Warriors swag to give away. Do you have children and/or a spouse? Bring them to the Waterloo Warriors game, too. Tickets are free for postdocs and their families, but you have to register by Wednesday at noon! Register for all our awesome Postdoc Appreciation Week events on our website: https://uwaterloo.ca/postdoctoral/appreciate

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Our first entry into the photo contest came to us through twitter and hints at the small gift you'll all be receiving in the mail. Where's your #UWaterlooPostdoc photo?