What were the incentives to attend the workshop?
• To meet old friends, interesting colleagues, and senior researchers • To hear personal experiences on the topic from senior researchers and leaders • To enjoy Western Canada • To learn and hear other perspectives and new ideas about mentoring • To learn about the career paths of successful individuals, in particular women • Relevance of the content of the workshops • To network • To listen about other people’s experiences • To share knowledge, successes, failures about mentoring and mentoring programs. • To watch and learn from senior faculty • To recognize opportunities for mentoring • To learn how to formulate strategies on how to be a better mentee and mentor • To understand if “subconscious bias” really existed • Because it was recommended/suggested by a mentor (or professor) • To learn about what criteria define a good individual candidate for academia I recognize that I have greatly benefited from informal mentoring from people more senior than myself. While I have been fortuna
