Work Your BA 2016: Explore, Engage, Lead!
So…"What are you going to do after you graduate?!"
The question is no doubt familiar, and potentially anxiety-provoking, to any student or soon-to-be Arts graduate, and it can be a challenging one to answer. The possibilities are many, and career paths and transitions often make much more sense in hindsight then they do when you are right in the midst of them. Learning about the routes that others have followed can often be helpful when you're thinking about your own options, so if you're looking for ideas, information, inspiration, motivation and advice, come to Work Your BA organized by McGill's Career Planning Service (CaPS) and the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS).
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
CaPS and AUS are organizing a buffet of events to feed your career curiosity from the NGO/Non Profit Fair to career panel discussions to a great roundtable event to help you meet and learn from professionals in a wide variety of fields. In particular this year, many of the events revolve around the theme of making a difference and the multiple ways to make a positive impact while making a living.
[to view the speakers and their bios, click here]
Cast Your Network! Network Your Way to Your Dream Job!
January 18th, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Brown 5001
Credit? Loans? Budgets? Get Financially Savvy before you Graduate!
January 19th, 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Brown 3001
Join our guest facilitator, Evelina Balut from SSAO for this short and sweet workshop to learn how to get and stay financially healthy as a graduating student
SPEED MENTORING EVENT
January 20th, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Thomson House Ballroom
Wondering about career possibilities and options following your BA? Inspiration awaits at the “It Starts With Arts” roundtable. At the event, students will have the chance to meet and talk briefly with professionals from a diverse range of fields who have used their BAs as a springboard to launch their careers!
MENTORS: [to view the bios, click here]
Jon McPhedran Waitzer, BA
2015-2017 Public Leadership Fellow at Fondation Jeanne Sauvé Foundation
Chloe Ferguson, BA’12
Executive Assistant to The Right Honourable Paul Martin
Aquil Virani, BA’12
Artist, Graphic designer and Motivational speaker
Hilary Morden, BA’11
Annual Giving - Fundraising, Food blogger/PR
Géraud Banlier, BA’15
Talent Acquisition Specialist at The Createch Group
Elizabeth Shiang, BA’14
Middle Office & Data Management at Maples Fund Services
Lindsey Simpson, BA'10
Business Development Manager at Earth’s Own Food Company Inc.
Amanda Rushton, BA’13
Conferences & Special Events Coordinator, University Advancement, McGill University; Freelance Event Management Consultant
Vickey Habel, BA’07
Client Advisor at Translation Bureau, Government of Canada
Where to Find Summer Jobs and Internships
January 21st, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Room change from Brown 3001 to Lev Bukhman, SSMU Building
Looking for a job or internship this summer? Start here! This popular workshop will focus on effective job-search strategies as well as providing a general overview of potential summer opportunities, and tips on how to make the most of any summer job/internship.
Socially Impactful Careers: Effective Altruists McGill
January 21st, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Leacock 232
Effective Altruists at McGill is just one chapter of a global social movement which applies evidence and reason to determine the most effective ways to improve the world. Here at McGill, Effective Altruists are challenging the way that our university approaches philanthropy by emphasizing the equal value of all human life and, by extension, the moral imperative of doing our best to maximize philanthropic outcomes.
Most people think that working in the non-profit sector straight out of university is the best way to make a difference while paying the bills. As it turns out, there are plenty of good reasons to think this is not the case. On January 21st we'll be hearing from William MacAskill, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Oxford and cofounder of 80,000 Hours, a non-profit that conducts research and provides advice on how you can best make a difference through your career. After viewing William's TEDx talk, Effective Altruists at McGill will be holding an open conversation in order to evaluate what we as conscientious citizens ought to be doing with our professional lives. Join us as we try to figure out the best ways to improve the world, and meet McGill students who are taking alternative professional routes to making a difference!
LinkedIn Profile Advising
January 22nd 9:30 am – 11:30 am; January 28th 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Brown 2200
Wondering about creating a LinkedIn profile but don’t know where to start? Or want to make sure your basic profile is polished and effective? Sign up for a 20 minute LinkedIn Profile Advising session through myFuture and get your questions answered and some expert feedback!
Thinking of a Career with the UN?
January 22nd, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Leacock 26
Passionate about international issues? Human rights? Development? Then you won’t want to miss our guest speaker from UN's HR department in New York, who will help you understand what a career at the UN might look like and how to get there!
Speaker: John Ericson, Chief of the Outreach Unit in the Office of Human Resources Management of the UN in New York.
John joined the UN in Vienna in 1982 and has worked in social affairs, training, administration, recruitment and staffing. He has spent five years at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa as a Social Affairs Officer. He has served in peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia and Cambodia, and has also worked in Bangkok and Nairobi. During this period, he was involved in the evacuation of UN staff from Ethiopia in 1991 and ran a polling station during the 1993 elections in Cambodia.
FSWEP – Federal Student Work Experience Program
January 25th, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Brown 5001
Looking for something interesting and productive to do this summer? Apply for FSWEP to be considered for one of 9,000+ Federal Government jobs across Canada. Options range from outdoor field work and research to office positions in administration, IT and finance, from work in trades to policy and communications and many more. Interested? Come learn more from presenter Christian McIntyre, Human Resources Advisor, Public Service Commission.
Working in Business: From B.A. to C Suite!
January 25th, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Leacock 219
Interested in business but don’t know where to start? Hear from young professionals who have put their BAs to work in the private sector!
Panelists: [to view the bios, click here]
Amanda Fulginiti, BA’10, MA’12
Fashion Retail Recruiter Consultant at Drake International
Stephanie Gutnik, BA'11
Director of Marketing and Business Development at BroadSign
Jillian Molenaar, BA’13
Sales Manager at Meltwater
Leon Mwotia, BA, MBA
Community Operations Manager at Uber
CAREER FAIR: NGO/Non-Profit Fair
January 26th, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Lev Bukhman & Madeleine Parent Rooms, Shatner Building (SSMU)
This popular fair targets organizations offering internships, summer and volunteer opportunities both locally and abroad.
List of participating organizations (more to come):
AIESEC McGill http://aiesec.ca/
Artistri Sud http://www.artistrisud.org
Camp Des Voyageurs Tim Horton http://timhortons.com/ca/en/childrens-foundation/camp-day-2015.php
Carrefour de Solidarité Internationale de Sherbrooke http://www.csisher.com
Centre for Recreational and Educational Activities (C.A.R.E.) http://www.carecentre.org
Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada (CCAC) http://www.colorectal-cancer.ca/
Crossroads International http://www.cintl.org
Cuso International http://www.cusointernational.org
Equitas - International Center for Human Rights Education https://equitas.org/en/
Global Tesol College http://www.GlobalTesol.com
HorizonCosmopolite http://www.horizoncosmopolite.com
KIDS CODE JEUNESSE http://www.kidscodejeunesse.org
NOVA Montréal http://www.novamontreal.com
Ometz http://www.ometz.ca
Peace Corps http://www.peacecorps.gov/openings
Quebec Environmental Law Centre / Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement (CQDE) http://www.cqde.org
SUCO http://www.suco.org
SWAP by Voyages Merit http://www.merittravel.com
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment (QLF) http://www.qlf.org
The Teapot 50+ Center http://theteapot.org
The Yellow Door http://www.yellowdoor.org
UNESCO Institute for Statistics http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx
YMCA http://my.ymcagta.org/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=612
Student Change-Makers
January 26th, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Brown 2200
There’s no need to wait until you graduate to make a difference! Come to this dynamic panel to get inspired by the stories of current students who are already actively involved in raising funds and awareness for causes they care about.
Panelists: [to view the bios, click here]
James Macfarlane
McGill Students for Centraide
Hannah Taylor
The Ladybug Foundation Inc.
Omer Juma
Adopt An Orphanage, SOCENT
Phoebe Warren
Student Ambassador, Arts Internship Office Seeds of Change project
Is Law School for You? Get the Scoop!
January 27th, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Leacock 232
Law School. Should you go? What’s it like? How do you get in? What types of careers does it lead to? This event will feature information and advice from McGill’s Assistant Dean of Admissions and Recruitment, current law students and three law graduates.
Speakers: [to view the bios, click here]
Ali Martin-Mayer, B.C.L./LL.B, McGill
Assistant Dean (Admissions and Recruitment), McGill Faculty of Law
Gemma Acco: 1L
BA majors Political Science (minor in Law and Society) Concordia University
Gabrielle Trahan, BA, McGill
Fourth Year Law Student
Lainy Destin, B.C.L./LL.B, McGill, 2007
Policy Officer, International Security Policy - South America, Department of National Defence / Ministère de la Défense nationale
Adam Drori, B.C.L./ LL.B, McGill, 2010
Associate, Stikeman Elliot
John Lofranco, B.C.L./ LL.B, McGill, 2010
Road Running Coordinator, Athletics Canada
Arts Grads in Research and Public Health
January 28th, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Brown 2200
Interested in public health, research, policy and health promotions? Wondering what these kinds of positions entail and what it takes to work in the field? Come hear from three speakers at different stages of their careers who will share their stories, insights and advice!
Speakers: [to view the bios, click here]
Christine Herr, BA’06, MPH’14
Data and Research Coordinator, World Federation of Hemophilia
Meredith Kratzmann, BA, MA
Project Officer, CIHR Institute for Health Services and Policy Research
Kaitlyn Axelrod, BA’15
Research Assistant, McGill University
- Centre for Medical Education
- Child & Adolescent Social Competence Lab
- Social Interaction Lab
Work Your B.A. Closing Mixer
January 29th, 5:00 pm– 7:00 pm
Arts 160
Additional Events:
Federal Government Career and Networking Trip
January 13th, 6:30 pm - January 15, 6:00 pm
Ottawa, ON
In Collaboration with CaPS and PGSS:
Interested in exploring career opportunities within the federal government? Please join us for our second annual federal government career tour in Ottawa, where you will have the opportunity to hear about career paths in the public sector, and network with hiring managers. This will be an exclusive opportunity to network with government officials and recent alumni. We will be visiting the following departments this year:
1. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada;
2. Employment and Social Development Canada;
3. Public Safety Canada; and
4. Global Affairs Canada.
Note that a maximum of 40 seats are available.
Details and Registration at: https://pgss.mcgill.ca/en/event/384
6th Annual Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Research Event
January 19th, 4:30 pm
Leacock 232
4:30-5:30pm Undergraduate Research Presentations
5:30pm Research Poster Showcase and Reception
https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/faculty-arts-internship-office
Registration through myFuture. From your homepage, click on the Events tab followed by the Workshop tab and keyword ARTS/BA 2016