<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u style=""><a href="https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size:11pt">G</span>raduate Theatre Careers <span class="gmail-il" style="">Symposium</span></a></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday February 5th, 2022</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online via Zoom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/graduate-theatre-careers-symposium-tickets-251576711717">Register Here</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>*OVERVIEW OF SCHEDULE:</b></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><b><div style="text-align:center"><b><a href="https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/schedule/pre-event-surviving-and-mobilizing-against-racism-in-graduate-school-experience/">Pre-Symposium Event: Surviving and Mobilizing Against Racism in Graduate School Experience</a></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Led by Dr. Deniz Başar</b></div><b><div style="text-align:center"><b>8AM PST/11AM EST</b></div></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/workshop-1/">Workshop 1</a></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Led by Dr. Lisa Aikman</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>9AM PST/12PM EST</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><a href="https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/workshop-2/">Workshop 2</a></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Led by Dr. David Owen</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>11AMPST/2PM EST</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><a href="https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/networking-event/">Networking Event</a></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Featuring: Catie Thompson, Ted Whittall, Ashley Williamson, Marlene Mendonca, Lisa Aikman, and David Owen </b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>1PM PST/4PM EST</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><a href="https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/long-table-event/">Long Table Conversation</a></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>3PM PST/6PM EST</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>ABOUT THE EVENT: </b></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aims: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The goal of the <span class="gmail-il">symposium</span> is to support graduate students in Theatre, Drama, and Performance studies to better be able to search for and secure alt-academic or non-academic positions—something that most will face regardless of career aspirations.</span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The <span class="gmail-il">symposium</span> will include two practical workshops on resume development, job searching, networking, and translating skills gained in graduate education to the non-academic job market by Dr. Lisa Aikman and Dr. David Owen. There will also be an open long table event and a networking event where attendees will have a chance to make connections with former theatre and performance studies grads now working in alt-ac careers or outside the academy. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More information is available on the </span><a href="https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">conference website</span></a><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>. </b></span></font></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About the organizers/context of the event</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Signy Lynch, Hannah Rackow and Ben Gillespie are investigators of a two-year study for the Canadian Association of Theatre Research on graduate outcomes in Theatre and Performance Studies (</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5wMfyE4Wvu-Hw8jGqYt7V2dUG6oNEt9/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">link</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), which revealed a need for alternative-academic and non-academic professional development for graduate students. While studies (for example,</span><a href="https://www.conferenceboard.ca/edu/research/valuing-preparing-phds-for-careers" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> this one</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) show that the vast majority of PhD grads (and MFAs) will not end up with tenured or tenured-track jobs, almost all professionalization projects for graduate students are geared towards making students more competitive for a limited number of tenure-track jobs. </span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Let us know about your access needs and what you’re looking for from this <span class="gmail-il">symposium</span> by </span><a href="https://forms.gle/y5LgwKhmuwin9rL96" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">filling out this form</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You can also email Signy, Hannah, and Ben at </span><a href="mailto:graduatetheatrecareers@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">graduatetheatrecareers@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to convey this information, if that works better for you. </span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, PLEASE GO TO OUR EVENTBRITE PAGE </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/graduate-theatre-careers-symposium-tickets-251576711717" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HERE</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Note: if this registration page is not accessible for you, please contact </span><a href="mailto:graduatetheatrecareers@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">graduatetheatrecareers@gmail.com</span></a>) </p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Sponsored by:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>The Canadian Association for Theatre Research</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>The University of British Columbia Department of Theatre and Film</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>The University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>The York University Department of Theatre</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>The York University Department of Theatre and Performance Studies</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Special thanks to Mary Pecchia for administrative support. </i></span></p><font color="#888888"><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></font></div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>