Explore the collection of podcasts and short videos where experienced graduate supervisors from around the world share their insights for effective supervision.
Podcasts
- Listen to A Healthy Psychological Environment for Grad Students and their Supervisors. In this episode, communication consultant Lynn Kirkland talks about how to optimize communication between the supervisor and the learner and cultivate a sense of safety. From the FGSR Podcasts on Graduate Student Supervision from the University of Alberta.
- Listen to The Mental Health Games We Play. In this episode, Associate Dean Janice Causgrove Dunn talks about the importance of communication and how effective communication can affect the mental wellbeing of students. From the FGSR Podcasts on Graduate Student Supervision from the University of Alberta.
- Listen to Solution-Focused Graduate Supervision with Dr. Yukari Seko and Asmaa Malik with the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at TMU. Together with seven other graduate supervisors they have been exploring supervisory strategies that meet the needs and academic development of today’s graduate students.
- Listen to Under Pressure: Mental Health and the Academic Life. Almost two thirds of Canadian academics experience mental health issues during their career. What is behind this? The podcast explores the multiple pressures faced by today’s academic - including the often complex student-supervisor relationship.
Videos
Exemplary Practice in Research Supervision: A Personal View
Professor Alys Young from Birmingham City University
Outstanding Supervisory Practice Q&A
Professor Helen Gleeson from University of Leeds
Outstanding Supervisory Practice Q&A
Dr. Matthew Inglis from Loughborough University
The Role of Mentorship in Graduate Supervision
Nathan Hall from McGill University
Supervision Snapshot: Educational and Counselling Psychology
Nancy Heath from McGill University
Supervision Snapshot: Natural Resource Sciences
Elena Bennett from McGill University