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Comment on Ljubljana, Slovenia: MICY Colloquium October 14th-18th 2009 by The Postojna cave and more photographs from Slovenia « Joanna Rees Photography

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:22:31 +0000

[...] The Postojna cave and more photographs from Slovenia Jump to Comments Here are photographs of stalactites at the Postojna cave which also house a dinosaur skeleton and other areas of interests in Slovenia [...]

Comment on Provincial and Federal Taxation Rates in Canada by Small Business Tax Guru

Small Business Tax Guru — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:49:39 +0000

I’ve been included in taxes for longer then I care to acknowledge, both on the individualized side (all my employed life story!!) and from a legal standpoint since passing the bar and following tax law. I’ve rendered a lot of advice and redressed a lot of wrongs, and I must say that what you’ve put up makes complete sense. Please uphold the good work – the more individuals know the better they’ll be outfitted to handle with the tax man, and that’s what it’s all about.

Comment on Photographs of bead stores for Discover Taipei magazine by Kris

Kris — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:26:43 +0000

hi, my boyfreind is in taipei right now…can you please send me the adress of this amazing beadshop…maybe he can buy some for me there!

Comment on Bella Carrie’s B-Day Part: 1 by Sherri

Sherri — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:23:50 +0000

Do you have Chinese translation for the Velvet Underground ? and what made it ture bad?

I went to school at Shi-Lin before I came to United State. To read your writing makes me feel good.
Have a great stay at Taiwan.

Comment on I heart Gongguan, Taipei by Roch

Roch — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:29:44 +0000

I love this place too

I’m going to blog about it in a few minutes

Comment on Does anyone know of a good Chinese tutor in Taipei? by Terry Waltz

Terry Waltz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:53:21 +0000

I tutor Chinese; have a Ph.D in teaching Mandarin, certified teacher and national-level Mandarin teaching presenter in the US. I’m no longer based in Taiwan, though, (although I was for about 10 years) so it would be through videoconferencing. I’ve been making my living using Chinese for 25 years now. My e-mail is available on my translation services Web site at http://www.ChineseAndSpanish.com (I don’t post it on the Web for obvious reasons).

Comment on A report on post-secondary teaching salaries in Canada and the U.S. by J

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:48:08 +0000

Yeah I am in a Canadian PhD program right now and I have observed where my colleagues are going. About half of the people I know get jobs in the States and the other half get jobs in Canada. However, I attribute this partially to the fact that there are so many more schools in the states.
Does the U.S. have something like SSHRC? Because I know that makes a big difference for academics who are ambitious vis a vis publishing etc.

Comment on A report on post-secondary teaching salaries in Canada and the U.S. by jorees

jorees — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:26:49 +0000

This is very sobering news J and I have heard that this year things are very bad for American academics.

Believe it or not I am in the process of applying to finish my PhD in the US and have been told that the states is the place to be in terms of money and research. Of course this depends on the job you are to receive and how ambitious you are in terms of research/publications. As my field is in Art Education there is a lot more money in the US than in Canada.

Comment on Photographs of bead stores for Discover Taipei magazine by Jay

Jay — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:06:10 +0000

I have family in Taipei and need the name and address of this amazing bead shop. Really cool pictures.

Comment on A report on post-secondary teaching salaries in Canada and the U.S. by J

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:31:41 +0000

Of course you wouldn’t make very much money at a University College since they are not really considered to be real universities (they are more like community colleges and don’t have very big endowments).

You note that in the U.S:
“By rank, the average was $91,548 for professors, $65,113 for associate professors, $54,571 for assistant professors, $39,899 for instructors, and $45,647 for lecturers”

In Canada, the average assistant professor makes $62 000 (if you teach at an actual university and not a “university college”). The average full professor makes about 90-95 K.Check out this link from Statistics Canada:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/81-595-m/81-595-m2004019-eng.pd

And in Canada your benefits are benefit and you will never have to go bankrupt paying your medical bills (since we have socialized health care).

I know many people who have worked as assistant professors (tenure track) in the states and started with salaries of about $35,000 (before taxes).

Of course there is also the issue that academic jobs are drying up much more in the states than in Canada because of the economic crisis. I know someone who was on the hiring committee for a Maritime university. The hire was last year and they were inundated with applications from the U.S. (far outnumbering Canadians). The job went to a Canadian however.