MBPCDA Presents: How to Sell Your Story - Fellowship Writing 101
The MBPCDA is honoured to host a two-part workshop series by Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai, Director of Research and Chief Inclusion and Accessibility Officer for the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind), on grant and fellowship writing.
Details:
Part 1 will take place on August 30 from 5:00-6:30 pm where Dr. Sukhai will cover tips on how to craft the perfect personal statement and research statement for applications such as the OGS, CGS-M, and CGS-D.
Part 2 will be a smaller workshop on September 1 from 5:00-6:30 pm and is open to students who would like share a writing sample and engage in personalized feedback sessions with Dr. Sukhai.
Dr. Sukhai's Biography:
Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai is the world’s first congenitally blind biomedical research scientist. Mahadeo is Director of Research and Chief Inclusion and Accessibility Officer for the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind), having previously served as a researcher at the University Health Network in Toronto. Dr. Sukhai also holds adjunct faculty appointments in the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Queens University (Kingston, ON, Canada), and in the Faculty of Business and Information Technology at Ontario Tech University (Oshawa, ON, Canada). Dr. Sukhai is the Chair of the Employment Technical Committee for Accessibility Standards Canada. In his role at CNIB, Mahadeo leads a significant research program focused on social determinants of health and inclusion for people living with sight loss in Canada. Dr. Sukhai is the Principal Investigator for and co-author of “Creating a Culture of Accessibility in the Sciences,” a book based on his groundbreaking work on access to science within higher education, and serves as the principal investigator for national projects to understand the student experience for persons with disabilities, and to examine accessibility and inclusion within science education and healthcare. Dr. Sukhai co-founded IDEA-STEM, an organization dedicated to accessibility in science education, and INOVA, the international Network of researchers with Visual impairments and their Allies, a new professional society with the mission to improve accessibility and inclusion in the biomedical sciences for researchers with vision loss.
Questions? Email us at mbpcda@gmail.com
