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Student Support

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Graduate school can be incredibly tough for your mental health. Everyday you are facing short- and long-term deadlines, financial strain, job market stress, and have to navigate complex professional relationships with your advisor and colleagues. In fact, PhD students have been shown to be 2.43 times more likely to have mental health conditions, like anxiety and depression, compared to other highly educated people that are not in graduate programs (1). 

Success in Grad School & Career Development 

  • ​Modest Advice for Graduate Students
  • Secrets to thriving in graduate school
  • Introduce Yourself to Imposter Syndrome
  • The Individual Development Plan: Career planning
  • Four Strategies for Resolving Conflicts in your Research Group
  • Dysfunctional Advisee-Adviser Relationships: Methods for Negotiating beyond Conflict
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Comic by RE Parrish

Resources & Support Services

  • BGSA Student Support Advisor (see council page)
  • Grad Handbook
  • Mental Health Resources
  • Ottawa Mental Health Crisis Line (613-722-6914 or 1-866-996-0991)
  • University of Ottawa Health Services
  • TA/CUPE Help and CUPE reps
  • Pet Therapy
  • Graduate Studies Office
  • Guidelines on supervisor and student relations
  • Director of Grad Programs (Dr. Howard Rundle)
  • UOttawa Human Rights Office 
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(1) Levecque K, Anseel F, De Beuckelaer A, Van der Heyden J, Gisle L (2017) Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students. Research Policy, 46: 868-879.
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