We do ourselves and our junior colleagues a disservice if we fail to REALISTICALLY discuss the academic labour market before we take on new PhD students. This is just one of many recent articles about the situation (in North America at least). http://gawker.com/the-horrifying-reality-of-the-academic-job-market-1776914525 Lawrence — Lawrence D. Berg BA (dist.), MA, DPhil Professor | Critical Geography Leader | Social, Spatial & Economic Justice Research Cluster The Institute for Community Engaged Research Human Geography | Urban Studies | Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Community, Culture, & Global Studies | The University of British Columbia Arts 365-372 | 1147 Research Road | Kelowna, BC, Canada, V1V 1V7 Phone +1 250 807 9392 Email: [log in to unmask]<file:[log in to unmask]> Web I: http://ccgs.ok.ubc.ca/faculty/berg.html Web II: http://ubc.academia.edu/LawrenceBerg Web III: http://icer.ok.ubc.ca/welcome.html Editor: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies http://www.acme-journal.org<http://www.acme-journal.org/> Joint Faculties Representative: Okanagan Senate [cid:2B685DAC-A709-43E9-9628-AFB6985DC3F5@hitronhub.home] UBC Okanagan Campus is located on un-ceded Syilx territories