Juliana Marulanda
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Fellow that fortunately gets paid a bit more than the Tri-council award. However, I can only survive, pay...
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- Aug 9, 2022
Graduate Student
McGill has the nerve to still charge me tuition "extra-session" fees in the summer of my PhD 6th year - all for the privilege of...
- Aug 9, 2022
Graduate Student
My current stipend barely covers my cost of living, to the point that my partner and I are now subletting the room in our 600sq foot to...
- Aug 9, 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar
My $60,000 salary is sufficient to cover my current expenses, with the major one being rent (34/43% of gross/net income). This is...
- Aug 9, 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar
As a post-doctoral scholar living in an extremely expensive area-Vancouver-I spend almost half of my monthly salary just on the rent....
- Aug 8, 2022
Graduate Student
My supervisor passed away during the pandemic and their funding will be withdrawn in March 2023, and I will soon be out of the funded...
- Aug 8, 2022
Graduate Student
I am fortunate to receive 'top-up' money in addition to the award through TAing and small ($325/month) research stipend. This however it...
- Aug 8, 2022
Graduate Student
Without my partner's income, we would not be able to afford our apartment in Montreal. We have a child and my ability to spend time with...
- Aug 8, 2022
Graduate Student
With a department funding scheme and PGSD top-up totalling $25-30k out of which tuition and life have to be paid, I find it hard to...
- Aug 8, 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar
During my PhD studies I was not eligible for Tri-Council funding as I was an international student. As international Postdoc I was not...
- Aug 8, 2022
Graduate Student
More than teaching, coursework, or any of my other responsibilities as a PhD student, a lack of funding has distracted me from my...
- Aug 8, 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar
I am a senior postdoctoral fellow with more than 2 years of postdoctoral experience in Canada. I am an international citizen and the fact...
- Aug 6, 2022
Jules Poirier-Ostiguy
With the cost of living skyrocketing, especially the cost of rent and food, the income associated with the scholarships is no longer...
- Aug 6, 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar
My current funding is not enough to cover my expenses and I have to use my small amount of savings to pay bills. I have decreased my food...
- Aug 6, 2022
Jonathan, Graduate Student
During my Master's my savings were used up and by my second year had to move into a camper van and live in a parking lot near campus. The...
- Aug 6, 2022
Jessica Gosse
I am fortunate enough to have had PDF opportunities that paid above the minimum stipend, but it is still insufficient considering the...
- Aug 6, 2022
Études Supérieures
STIPEND- $17,500/year TA pay- $33/hour (12 hours per week for 2 semesters). This money doesn't cover all my costs so I also work as a...
- Aug 6, 2022
Graduate Student
Despite being a « well-funded » NSERC student, acquiring adequate income is very challenging. First of all, there are various fees and...
- Aug 6, 2022
Graduate Student
Graduate student/post-doc funding in Canada has made it impossible to build the same financial safety net as non-academic people my age....
- Aug 6, 2022
PhD Holder
I received NSERC scholarships in my Masters and in my PhD. I was a single parent when I started grad school, and we survived by eating...
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