Reinhart Reithmeier was a member of an Expert Panel convened by the Council of Canadian Academies on “The Labour Market Transition of PhD Graduates”. The key findings include:
- PhD graduates bring valued skills to a wide range of sectors, although these skills are often not fully recognized outside academia
- The number of PhD graduates in Canada is increasing, yet lags behind other OECD countries who have more robust R&D investment
- PhD graduates face a period of precarious employment as Post-docs, Sessional Lecturers and contract employees
- The challenges faced by PhD graduates have implications for wellness and vary across academic disciplines and by gender
- Canada’s PhD graduates are (and sometimes must be) globally mobile
- Academic culture must change and modernize to support diverse career paths
- https://cca-reports.ca/reports/the-labour-market-transition-of-phd-graduates/