RESEARCH & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

By: Andrei Szigiato and Hardik Bhatt

Tuesday September 20th, 2011

NO NEED TO TAKE NOTES!! Slides will be posted on the SOS website

within a week

www.yorku.ca/sos

Click on the seminars link Please listen and feel free to ask questions

WHO WE ARE Andrei Szigiato 4th Year Kinesiology Student Summer NSERC Projects & Lab Volunteering Currently doing an Honours thesis and Independent

Study

Hardik Bhatt 3rd Year Kinesiology Student President of South Asian Alliance An Organizer for Miracle for Sick Kids

AGENDA

Career Center CLAY, Work/Study

NSERC

Research at York Research Practicum Honours Thesis

OVERVIEW

OPPORTUNITIES BY AREA OF INTEREST

Physics/Astronomy Biophysics Biology

Chemistry Hospital Volunteering

Kinesiology

CAREER CENTRE

•Career Centre Online Job Posting System

•TIP Program

ONLINE JOB POSTING SYSTEM

Search for Jobs (full or part time), internship, summer and volunteer opportunities

Register for career centre workshops, events, and get email notifications regarding upcoming events

http://www.yorku.ca/careers/onlinesystem

TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (TIP)

Internships for 4, 8, 12 or 16 month paid internship

Students interested in participating in TIP must be 3rd or 4th year Honours students majoring on one of the following areas:

• Astronomy • Biophysics • Physics • Computer Science

• Computer Security • Information Technology • Geomatics • Space Engineerings

http://www.cse.yorku.ca/csinternship_program/index.html

WORK/STUDY PROGRAM

Broad range of jobs from which to choose. Primarily Jobs are available from September to

April for full time students Students who are awarded a Work/Study

position cannot hold another Work/Study, RAY, CLAY or YES position concurrently

Must be considered financially in need, fill out SFP at: http://sfs.yorku.ca/services/sfp/

http://sfs.yorku.ca/employment/clay/

CLAY (College Life at York) PROGRAM

Enhancing the student experience within the college system (Bethune, Stong etc)

Provide undergraduate students with opportunities to establish new programs or provide services to fellow students within the college

Contain less than 20% clerical work. Primarily available during the September to April

academic session Also available in the summer

YES (York Engaged Students) PROGRAM

Similar to CLAY program, but not college specific

Provide undergraduate students with opportunities to establish new programs or provide services to fellow students at York.

http://sfs.yorku.ca/employment/yes/

Volunteering With Bethune

Many ways to get involved with your college in SOS! Peer Tutoring Program Peer Mentoring Class Representatives PASS leaders SOS Academic Advisors

Student Government (BCC, BAC) http://www.yorku.ca/sos/ http://www.yorku.ca/bethune/

RESEARCH AT YORK (RAY) PROGRAM

Get introduced to the research environment Paired with a professor and work on a project

http://sfs.yorku.ca/employment/ray/

To be considered you must demonstrate financial need

Need to fill out a student financial profile (SFP) at: http://sfs.yorku.ca/services/sfp/ Pays minimum of $15.00 per hour, but max ~ 15h work

week.

Approach professors individually (more on this later)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

NSERC is a federal academic granting agency

It offers summer research assistant scholarships for undergraduate students NSERC - USRA

NSERC REQUIREMENTS Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of

Canada

Be registered at the time you apply in a bachelor's degree program at an eligible university

Completed all the course requirements of at least the first year of university study

Accumulated at least a B average, (6.0 / 9.o on York’s GPA Scale)

NSERC INFORMATION Apply for Undergraduate Student Research

Award (USRA)

Application deadlines are usually near the end of January; they’re set by the university

Pays $4500 over 16 weeks of research plus minimum 25% stipend

You can do an NSERC at any University, don’t feel limited to York

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

HOW TO APPROACH PROFESSORS Start looking into Professors’ research as soon

as possible

Take an interest in projects that fascinate you

Approach the Professors through e-mail, office hours or during class

Be courteous and prepared to market yourself

How To Address a Professor

Sample email:

LINKS TO FACULTY PROFILES Physics & Astronomy

http://www.physics.yorku.ca/people/faculty_grad_area.html Biology

http://science.yorku.ca/View-users-list/Biology.html?search=0

Kinesiology

http://www.yorku.ca/gradkahs/faculty.html Chemistry

http://www.yorku.ca/gradchem/faculty/index.html

RESEARCH PRACTICUM/PROJECT Usually zero credits courses

Taken part time while taking courses

Must make arrangements with a professor

before enrolling

Evaluation on a pass/fail basis

Submit personal essay/report on what you did

HONOURS THESIS Offered by the Biology, Kinesiology and

Psychology Departments

Select it as a course and must make arrangements with a Professor to work out project details

Grading system is determined beforehand with professor Usually on Lit review, thesis paper, defense.

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY OPPORTUNITIES

NSERC

TRIUMF

FERMILAB

Physics/Astronomy Project

The Observatory

Astronomy Club

Peer Tutoring

PHYSICS NSERC PROJECTS FROM SUMMER 2010

1. Laser Spectroscopy and Ultracold Atom Laboratory. (Professor William van Wijngaarden)

2. Determining the value of the fine-structure constant from precise measurements of transitions in atomic helium. (Professor Eric Hessels)

3. Positron physics research, atomic physics with exotic atoms. (Professor Cody Storry)

4. Atom interferometry with laser cooled atoms. (Professor A. Kumarakrishnan)

5. Improving theoretical models and numerical calculations of atomic collision processes. (Professor Tom Kirchner)

6. Studies of proton-proton collisions on the ATLAS particle physics experiment at the CERN LHC. (Professor Wendy Taylor)

7. ArgoNeuT - Neutrino physics with a liquid argon time projection chamber.

(Professor Scott Menary)

8. Development of Methods for Improved Quantum State Preparation for the NRC Single Ion Experiment. (Dr. Alan Madej)

Canada’s National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, located in Vancouver, BC

Nuclear Medicine

Particle Physics

Accelerator Physics

Theoretical Physics

Molecular & Materials Science

Rare-Isotope Beams

Detector Development

Research groups in:

TRIUMF CONTINUED...

www.triumf.ca

Posting Schedule:

Work Term Work Period Jobs Posted

Fall September - December May

Spring January – April September

Summer May - August January

TRIUMF CONTINUED... How to apply:

You may apply to as many jobs that interest

you.

Each job requires a University transcript, cover letter and resume

E-mail applications to student@triumf.ca

TRIUMF JOBS FROM SUMMER 2010 Job Number

(Date Posted) Title of Project Period of Work Application

Deadline TR10-2-4 (2010-01-13)

Title: TRIUMF Neutral Atom Trap for beta decay Student Research Assistant Project: TRIUMF Neutral Atom Trap for beta decay: Search for new interactions

May-August 2010 ( possible 4-month extension )

2010-01-25

TR10-2-18 (2010-01-13)

Title: Summer Research Student Project: Looking for Dark Matter with Particle Colliders.

May - Aug 2010 2010-01-25

TR10-2-22 (2010-01-13)

Title: RadonEDM student Project: polarisation tests within the RadonEDM experiment

May - Aug 2010 2010-01-25

TR10-2-29 (2010-01-13)

Title: Electronic board layout and construction, microprocessor and FPGA programming, documentation. Project: Beam Diagnostics Electronics Development

May - Aug 2010 ( possible 4-month extension )

2010-01-25

The US Department of energy National Laboratory

Home of the world’s second largest particle collider, the Tevatron

Carries out research in high-energy particle physics

FERMILAB CONTINUED

Offer summer internships for undergraduate students

https://interns.fnal.gov/ipm-2022-internship-for-physics-majors

Deadline for summer 2010 was February 15th

Contact: internship@fnal.gov

PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY PROJECT

Physics & Astronomy Department offers PHYS 4310

worth 3 credits

Enrol in final year of program

Arrange project details with a professor

THE OBSERVATORY Work/study positions for research in variable

stars and stellar evolution

Volunteer positions to host public viewing nights

Contact Professor Paul Delaney, the observatory coordinator

observe@yorku.ca

www.physics.yorku.ca/observatory

NEUROSCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES

Center for Vision Research at York SickKids Summer Student Research Program RAY and Work/study

VISION RESEARCH AT YORK York has a vibrant research center in vision and

brain research

www.cvr.yorku.ca

Some research areas include: Human Visual Performance Visual Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Virtual Reality Visual Psychophysics Eye Movements and Hand-Eye Coordination Computational Modeling and Computer Vision Electrophysiology Clinical and Developmental Studies Brain Imaging

SICKKIDS SUMMER PROGRAM http://www.sickkids.ca/Research/StudentandFello

wResources/The-SickKids-Summer-Research-Program/

Accept students in years 1 through 4

Jobs usually posted in mid December

Application deadline typically around late January

APPLY EARLY!!!

SICKKIDS CONTINUED... Sample jobs from summer 2009 posted below:

Investigator Title of Project Research Program

Dr. Yigal Dror The role of SBDS in hematopoiesis Cell Biology

Dr. Cecil Hahn Clinical research on the utility of continuous EEG monitoring for seizure identification among critically ill children in the intensive care unit.

Neuroscience & Mental Health, Neurology

Dr. Clifford Lingwood Regulation of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis by use of exogenous alternative substrates.

Molecular Structure & Function

Dr. Brian H. Robinson Isolation of genes responsible for mitochondrial defects using single chromosome transfer.

Genetics & Genome Biology

BIOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES

•Research Practicum

•Hospital Volunteering

RESEARCH PRACTICUM Zero credit course

BIOL 1601 (Fall) or BIOL 1602 (Winter)

Student must make arrangements with a

faculty member before enrolling in this course

Submit personal essay/report on what you did

Good chance to get “your foot in the door”

VOLUNTEERING

Hospitals

Rehab clinics

Retirement Homes

Charity Organizations

York Organizations Check for

opportunities on the Career Centre’s online posting system: http://www.yorku.ca/careers/onlinesystem/

HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERING

BEFORE YOU START VOLUNTEERING...

Make sure you’re up to date with all your immunizations, see your family doctor GET YOUR TB SHOT ASAP!!!

YORK CENTRAL HOSPITAL

Orientation in August for the school year program and one in April/May for the summer program

Attend the orientation & Complete the forms

www.yorkcentral.com

Visit the volunteer services department on the second level

Be prepared to talk briefly yourself and the reasons why you would like to volunteer

Bring a resume and one reference letter

Once accepted as a volunteer, you will be required to attend a 2-hour orientation session

http://www.mountsinai.on.ca/patients/volunteer/volunteer-

services

Throughout the year, Volunteer Resources posts

opportunities that become available (link below)

http://www.sickkids.ca/CareersVolunteering/Vounteer-Resources/volunteer-opportunities/volunteer-opportunities.html

Application process occurs in 3 steps (link below)

http://www.sickkids.ca/CareersVolunteering/Volunteer-Resources/how-to-apply/index.html

Three hospitals: Etobicoke general hospital, Brampton civic hospital and Peel Memorial hospital

Pick up an application form available from the

Volunteer and Community Resources department at the hospital

Require 1 reference letter

http://www.williamoslerhc.on.ca/body.cfm?id=61

For winter session must attend information session on January 13, 2010 and February 18, 2010 from 5 pm to 8 pm

Application form available online

Require 2 reference letters and completion of

health clearance form

For more information visit : http://www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/volunteers/oppor

tunities.html

CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL

Must attend information session to pick up student application packages

Please contact 905-813-1585 for upcoming dates and times

For more information visit: http://www.cvh.on.ca/admin/volunteers.php

KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES

Muscle Health Research Centre Physiotherapy/Chiropractic clinics

Nursing Homes

Muscle Health Research Centre

Research focused on the importance of skeletal muscle on overall health and well being Effects of exercise on: Diabetes Cancer Aging Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)

http://www.yorku.ca/mhrc/

PHYSIOTHERAPY/CHIROPRACTIC CLINICS

Call clinics nearby and ask if they have volunteer opportunities

Visit in person and drop off your resume

York Lanes Chiropractic Clinic (416) -736 -5414 Hospitals

NURSING HOMES

Nursing Homes

Leisureworld http://www.leisureworld.ca/jobs/volunteer.asp

Oakwood Retirement Communities http://www.oakwoodretirement.com/contact-us

Great opportunity for 1 on 1 care, developing

empathy, and even research (RIA).

CHEMISTRY

•Research Practicum

•Pharmacy Opportunities

•Volunteer Opportunities

•Sanofi Pasteur

RESEARCH PRACTICUM

Research Practicum in Chemistry

SC/CHEM 2200 0.00 Research Experience

Similar to other research practicum courses

PHARMACY OPPORTUNITIES

Shoppers Drug Mart

Zellers

Wal-Mart

Rexall Pharmacies

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Good opportunities to get involved with clubs on campus

Chemistry Society at York http://www.yorku.ca/csy

Biochemistry Association at York: http://www.yorku.ca/bchm

• The largest company in the world devoted entirely

to vaccines • Sanofi Pasteur seeks to protect and improve

human health through vaccines and increasing access to immunization

• Located at the corner of Steeles & Dufferin

HOW TO APPLY Summer Student Opportunities are available and

can be further explored at:

http://www.sanofipasteur.ca/sanofi-pasteur2/front/index.jsp?siteCode=SP_CA&codePage=PAG_51_1202904820734&lang=EN&codeRubrique=51

Currently none are available but check back during summer time

Also try calling them at: 416-667-2700 (local) or 1-800-268-7263

IN SUMMARY There are plenty of opportunities available

Use the time now to get your resume, cover

letters and reference letters ready

Start searching for projects that interest you

Approach professors early to see if they have positions available

Get good grades!

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

Contact Information:

Andrei Szigiato andreisz@yorku.ca

Hardik Bhatt hb25@yorku.ca