Graduate Career Month 2013
Dive Into Careers Outside Academia
BIOS:
Getting What You Want: The Art of Negotiation
Thursday, May 2 | 11:30am – 1:00pm
Jay Allen Hewlin, Esq.
Jay A. Hewlin is an attorney and consultant specializing in managerial effectiveness,
employment law, and leadership. Jay provides training and instruction in a number of
key areas, helping managers of organizations develop the skills necessary to avoid
complaints of discrimination and its associated costs. Jay has extensive experience
counseling corporations on employment law matters arising under Title VII, the FMLA,
the ADA, the ADEA, and the USERRA. In addition, Jay is a Course Lecturer at the
Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where he
teaches Negotiations and Conflict Management. As well, Jay collaborates with
management scholars throughout the US and Canada on research examining employee
satisfaction, retention, organizational culture, managing a diverse work force, and
selection. Much of Jay’s work involves teaching managers how to be effective in a
diverse work force. Jay has counseled and represented the United States Senate
offices in employment law matters, and researched the impact of particular provisions of
the U.S. Constitution on workplace policy. Before working for the Senate, Jay worked in
New York City for Proskauer Rose LLP, one of the nation’s largest law firms with a
national reputation for its Labor and Employment practice. While at Proskauer, Jay
investigated charges of discrimination for private and public sector clients. He
counseled human resource managers and senior executives on a broad range of labor
and employment issues arising under federal and state labor and employment laws.
In addition to his legal experience, Jay is a seasoned manager and entrepreneur,
having worked as an executive in private industry and managed his own corporation in
New York. He has extensive experience negotiating and drafting contracts. He has
taught classes in management and negotiation at the McDonough School of Business
and the Center for Professional Development at Georgetown University. He has also
been a guest lecturer at Howard University’s Business School, and the Robert H. Smith
School of Business of the University of Maryland. Jay participated in a leadership
conference in Singapore where he taught CEOs and senior executives on the topic of
leadership and management. Interestingly, Jay has an extensive background in
performance and production. He is a professional trumpeter, songwriter, and singer;
having performed as a soloist in major concert events in the U.S. and Europe. He has
also had several opportunities to perform live on television. Moreover, Jay has worked
as an “extra” in various nationally broadcast daytime dramas. Additional television
credits include several interviews related to his artistry, and a nationally broadcast news
program on President Obama’s inauguration. As a producer at radio station WQXR,
96.3 FM (New York), he produced numerous radio commercials, live radio broadcasts,
and concert events featuring leading artists in the classical and jazz musical genres. Jay
has won many international and national awards for excellence in broadcasting. Jay
received his Juris Doctorate from Columbia University School of Law and a Bachelor of
Arts in Music from Boston University. He has published in The Corporate Counsellor,
Columbia Law Review, and Ovation Magazine. As well, Jay authored a book titled: The
First Fifteen Minutes (For Those Dating With Marriage in Mind).
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Strategies for a Successful Post Doc
Friday, May 3 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm
How to Build a Career in International Cooperation
Monday, May 6 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Richard Zereik, MEd., Associate Director, Services for Students in the Office of
the Executive Director, Services for Students, McGill University
As Associate Executive Director, Services for Students at McGill University, Richard is
responsible for developing and managing multiple concurrent projects, contributing to
the Services’ strategic direction, plans and objectives, and maintaining partnerships with
other University units and external organizations. Prior to joining McGill, Richard held
senior management positions in organizations concerned with humanitarian
emergencies and international, youth and community development, including 12 years
with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Speed Mentoring Café (Counselling Psychology, Social Work, Psychology)
Monday, May 6 | 3:00 pm – 4:30pm
Leveraging LinkedIn to Win: Be-IN-Valuable!
Thursday, May 9 | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Shelly Elsliger, B.A, B.Ed, PPCC, SME-M Cert.
Shelly Elsliger is a Career Development Specialist, a certified Professional Coach, and
a LinkedIn Trainer/Coach. Over the past 12 years, Shelly has helped individuals to find,
use, and expand their natural talents to allow them to find and settle in a career that is
both meaningful and fulfilling. She currently works as a Career Advisor at JMSB Career
Management Services and is Founder of Skinny Mirror Coaching. Shelly was originally
trained by LinkedIn Canada in 2010 and recently completed her Social Media & EMarketing Certificate from the Carleton Sprott School of Business/Memorial University
Gardiner Centre.
Communications Panel
Thursday, May 16 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Karin Lornsen, Academic Planning & Projects Officer, McGill’s Office of the
Principal
Karin Lornsen is the Academic Planning & Projects Officer in McGill’s Office of the
Principal; she is also the editor of a McGill admin blog called ‘Red’. Before joining the
Principal’s team, she briefly worked in Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Karin’s
academic background is postmodern literature. She has a Master’s degree from the
University of Waterloo, and a Ph.D. from UBC. While she has always maintained ties to
the academic world, Karin decided not to pursue a scholarly career. She obtained
training in communications and quickly got her feet wet in the field of PR, with a special
focus on non-profit advocacy. Prior to joining McGill, she was employed at the United
Nations Foundation in Washington, DC, where she assisted in media outreach
benefitting international development causes. In her spare time, Karin is training for her
first marathon.
Management Consulting: McKinsey Presentation
Friday, May 17 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
MITACS Graduate Internships Program Presentation
Thursday, May 23 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Jesse Vincent Herscovici
Jesse has an academic background in Psychology. His interest in evolutionary; neuro
and organizational Psychology was the principle motivation behind his obtaining a
graduate degree, while keeping one foot in the private sector. His most recent
professional history is in telecommunications and distribution of micro-electronic
components, with previous involvement in wholesale of one of Montreal’s niche haute
couture labels for the North American luxury retail sector.
Under the MITACS mandate to help foster Canadian innovation and the knowledge
based economy, he actively seeks and pairs champions in university research
communities with their counterparts in private enterprise. MITACS then leverages funds
to finance the resulting applied R&D projects, carried-out by graduate and postgraduate interns.
Preventing and Managing Conflict in the Workplace
Monday, May 27 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Engineering Career Panel
Monday, May 27 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Sanro Zlobec, Patent Agent, Smart & Biggar
Sanro Zlobec applies over 15 years of experience in the field of patents to assist both
domestic and foreign clients in the technology sector with establishing and maintaining
effective patent portfolios. Mr. Zlobec advises companies ranging from high-tech startups to multinational enterprises. He has worked with organizations specializing in a
variety of technical disciplines, such as telecommunications, digital imaging,
semiconductor electronics, e-commerce and gaming. His extensive knowledge of the
patent system enables him to assist clients with implementing their patent portfolio
strategies worldwide.
Félix-Antoine Boudreault, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment
Canada
Born and raised in Québec City, Félix-Antoine studied civil engineering (B.Eng from
Montréal and Paris, and M.Eng from McGill). After an exciting, overseas experience
with Canada World Youth, he continued to work in the field of international development
and acquired over three years of project management experience in Central and West
Africa leading bridge construction projects. In 2003, Félix-Antoine was named
Personality of the Year by Forces Avenir, a Québec-based organization that aims to
promote the balance of academic excellence and social commitment of university
students. The following year, he was named Personality of the Year in the Courage,
Humanism and Personal Accomplishment category by La Presse/Radio-Canada, in
addition to being chosen as one of 25 “Leaders of Tomorrow” by Maclean’s magazine.
In 2005, while living in Paris, Félix-Antoine was recruited by the federal government’s
Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL) program, a new professional direction that
launched an exciting career in the public policy world. Following an educational leave to
earn an MBA at HEC Montréal, he joined the Deputy Minister’s Office at Environment
Canada as Climate Change and Clean Energy Advisor, and was promoted to his
present position as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister in 2009. Félix-Antoine
continues to be involved with Forces Avenir and with the Recruitment of Policy Leaders
program, for which he was the co-coordinator from 2009 until 2012.
Laurent-Pierre Scheffer, Supervisor QA, Neuco Image Group Inc
Situational Leadership and Team Dynamics
Monday, May 27 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Project Management Panel
Tuesday, May 28 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Minda Miloff, Project Manager and Coach
With 20 years experience as an instructional designer and project manager, primarily for
large and small scale training programs, she is currently training to become a certified
coach. She continues to provide project management services for businesses and
professional organizations in the fields of healthcare, telecommunications,
transportation, aerospace, human rights and education. Her work includes the design,
development, implementation and evaluation of training and educational programs (Elearning, symposiums, workshops and train the trainer programs).
Policy Analyst & Policy Leader Panel
Wednesday, May 29 | 12:00 pm –2:00 pm
Stephen Tapp, Research Director, Institute for Research on Public Policy ( IRPP)
Stephen Tapp is a research director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy
(IRPP), a think tank located in Montreal. Before joining the Institute, he was a senior
economist and adviser on economic, fiscal and tax issues for Canada's first
Parliamentary Budget Officer. Stephen has worked as an economist in the research
departments of the Bank of Canada and Finance Canada; as a research fellow at the
C.D. Howe Institute; and as an economics instructor at Queen's University. Stephen's
research spans various Canadian public policy issues, and his work has been published
in the Canadian Journal of Economics and Canadian Public Policy, and also by think
tanks and government organizations. He has a PhD and an MA in economics from
Queen's University and a BA from the University of Western Ontario.
Paul Rochon, Associate Deputy Minister, Health Canada
Mr. Paul Rochon was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Health effective
August 7, 2012. Concurrently, he is also Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance on
negotiations for a Canadian Securities Regulator. Prior to his appointment as Associate
Deputy Minister of Health Canada, Mr. Rochon was the Associate Deputy Minister of
Finance and Canada's Finance Deputy at the G-7, G-20, and the Financial Stability
Forum. Mr. Rochon has held a number of positions in the Department of Finance,
including Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of the Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch,
with primary responsibility for maintaining the fiscal framework of the Government of
Canada. Prior to joining the Department of Finance, Mr. Rochon worked for three years
at the Conference Board of Canada. He holds a Bachelor's degree in History from
McGill University and a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.
Matt Boldt, Senior Economist, Finance Canada (International Trade and Finance
Branch)
Matt left his hometown of Winnipeg in 1999 to seek adventure and a McGill B.A. He
graduated with joint honours in political science and economics in 2003. Matt went on to
complete a Master’s degree in economics at the University of Toronto in 2005. From
there, he joined the federal public service through the Finance Canada university
recruitment program in 2005. Matt had never really thought about a career in the public
service, but the Finance Canada pitch sounded interesting, and the $45,000 starting
salary felt like a pot of gold. Two months in at Finance Canada’s financial sector policy
branch, Matt found himself taking notes while Minister Goodale and his provincial
counterparts debated the creation of a national securities regulator. A year later, Matt
was liaising with securities fraud investigators and prosecutors to develop proposals to
improve enforcement against capital market fraud. Matt followed the capital market
fraud file to Public Safety Canada’s law enforcement policy branch in 2007, where he
also participated in international negotiations on a protocol to combat contraband
tobacco. Matt found his way into microeconomic policy in 2009 when he joined the
Natural Resources Canada task force to restructure Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
Most recently, in 2010, Matt returned to his roots at Finance Canada, this time to cover
export finance as part of the international trade and finance branch.
In Matt’s view, the best part of a career in the public service is the opportunity to work
on many different issues and to chart your own career path. Matt also appreciates that
he never stops learning (he recently completed his Financial Risk Manager
designation). Finally, while the work is intense and fulfilling, he leaves the office (almost)
every night in time for 5:30 daycare pickup.
Emotional Intelligence Workshop
Thursday, May 29 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Tina C. Montreuil, Ph.D. (c), OPQ
Clinical Psychologist
Brain Imaging Centre
Douglas Research Centre - MUHC
Dr. Tina Montreuil completed a Bachelors of Arts and a Masters from the Department of
Education and Counseling Psychology from McGill University before receiving both a
Ph.D. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal in
2012. She began her career as a school psychologist for both the English Montreal
School Board and Lester B. Pearson School Board where she performed several
clinical and neuropsychological assessments. Tina is a licensed member of the Order of
Psychologists of Quebec since 2010 and in 2011 she began a private practice, where
she delivers psychotherapy services primarily based on both cognitive-behavioral and
mindfulness approaches. During her doctoral studies she joined the Brain Imaging
Laboratory at the Douglas Research Centre, a McGill University affiliate, where she
received the prestigious CIHR (Canadian Institute of Health Research) 3-year Doctoral
Research Award in the Area of Schizophrenia and Psychosis. As part of her doctoral
work, she devised a manualized cognitive-behavioral group intervention for social
anxiety and stigma in schizophrenia. Tina has published in several peer-reviewed
journals and has been a lecturer as well as a speaker at several international
conferences. She has been offering coaching and supervision to new interns at the
Douglas Institute and the Allan Memorial Institute as well as training at various public
and private organizations in mental health such as CLSC and CSSS. Furthermore, Tina
has acted as a reviewer for various journals and conference abstracts. She also sits on
a number of committees and boards, notably as a member of the “Education and
Training” committee and “Psychopharmacology” section of the Canadian Psychological
Association. Finally, she is expected to begin her postdoctoral training as a Research
Scholar at the New York Psychiatric Institute of Columbia University later this year.
Explore Career Paths in Pharmaceutical Sciences
In collaboration with AAPS McGill Student Chapter
Pharma Careers 101
Tuesday, May 30 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Outlook on the Pharmaceutical Industry
Tuesday, May 30 | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Mentor Me Over Coffee
Tuesday, May 30 | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm