[Candrama] Register Today! Graduate Theatre Careers Symposium (Saturday Feb 5th)

[Benjamin Gillespie]

***Save the Date and Register Today!***


Graduate Theatre Careers Symposium

*A free symposium on alt-academic and non-academic careers, *

*organized by current graduate students and recent grads for current and
former graduate students*


   - When: Saturday February 5th, 2022
   - Where: Online via Zoom
   - *Time: 12pm-8pm EST/9am-5pm PST *
   - Register Here
   <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/graduate-theatre-careers-symposium-tickets-251576711717>
   on Eventbrite

Aims: The goal of the symposium is to support graduate students in Theatre,
Drama, and Performance Studies to search for and secure alt-academic or
non-academic positions—something that most will face regardless of career
aspirations.

The symposium 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.


*More detailed information including details on accessibility for each
event and the full schedule will be available on the conference website
<https://graduatetheatrecareers.wordpress.com/> soon.

About the organizers/context of the event: Signy Lynch, Hannah Rackow and
Benjamin Gillespie are investigators of a two-year study for the Canadian
Association of Theatre Research on graduate outcomes in Theatre and
Performance Studies (link
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5wMfyE4Wvu-Hw8jGqYt7V2dUG6oNEt9/view?usp=sharing>),
which revealed a need for alternative-academic and non-academic
professional development for graduate students. While studies (for example,
this one
<https://www.conferenceboard.ca/edu/research/valuing-preparing-phds-for-careers>)
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.

Let us know about your access needs and what you’re looking for from this
symposium by filling out this form <https://forms.gle/y5LgwKhmuwin9rL96>.
You can also email Signy, Hannah, and Benjamin at
graduatetheatrecareers at gmail.com to share this information.

TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, PLEASE GO TO OUR EVENTBRITE PAGE HERE
<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/graduate-theatre-careers-symposium-tickets-251576711717>.


*(Note: if this registration page is not accessible for you, please contact
graduatetheatrecareers at gmail.com <graduatetheatrecareers at gmail.com>) *

*EVENT SPONSORED BY:*


   - *The Canadian Association for Theatre Research*
   - *The University of British Columbia Department of Theatre and Film*
   - *The University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance
   Studies*
   - *The York University Department of Theatre*
   - *The York University Department of Theatre and Performance Studies*

**Special thanks to Mary Pecchia for administrative support.*
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