Trainee Resources

• The Postdoctoral Association of the University of Calgary - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~pdac/

• Canadian Association of PDF Scholars http://sites.google.com/site/canadapostdoc/Home

• Nature PDF journal, including posts from our very own Dr. Julia Boughner: http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/archive/postdocj/2009.html

Educational

• University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine: http://medicine.ucalgary.ca/
• University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: http://vet.ucalgary.ca/
• Graduate Studies: http://grad.ucalgary.ca/
• Graduate Student Association: http://gsa.ucalgary.ca/

Health and Fitness

• Grad student health and dental plans are through the GSA http://www.gsa.ucalgary.ca/services/student/health-and-dental/index.htm

• All graduate Students are members of Campus recreation which includes an aquatic centre, fitness centre, racquet centre, the outdoor centre, the gymnastic centre and the Olympic Oval. Campus recreation http://www.ucalgaryrecreation.ca/

• There is also an onsite fitness facility at the Health Science Campus which can be accessed for a fee. Kinetix http://www.ucalgary.ca/kinetix/

Transportation

Parking – Most graduate students who drive to school get parking passes for the west side of McMahon Stadium http://www.ucalgary.ca/parking/

Calgary Transit

http://www.calgarytransit.com/ , Routes 20, 40 and 91, all stop in front of the Health Sciences Centre, and route 419 stopping in front of the Women’s Health Centre

There is also bike storage in the parkade adjacent to the Heritage Medical Research Building

What to do when you are finished Grad school:

Science Careers: http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/

Nature Jobs: http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html