As a nice follow up to my previous piece on the magic of saying yes, let’s talk about the ability to say no, especially in an academic setting. I’ve had this conversation with plenty of my colleagues, as I’m sure many others have had as well. It follows along the lines of comparing how tired … [Read more…]
Last year Conservation Scientist Aerin Jacob with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative visited Memorial to give a talk to the Geography Department. While she was here, she offered a storytelling workshop to graduate students. Being a busy student, I nearly decided against attending, but only five minutes into the workshop I knew I had … [Read more…]
I am enjoying my first Newfoundland winter with the snow up to my neck! Happy New Year and new semester everybody! As someone who is from Southern Ontario, I thought I had seen a lot of snow in my life but it turns out I was wrong! With all this snow, my mind drifts more … [Read more…]
SGS and our graduate student bloggers would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays! We will resume in the new year. ~The School of Graduate Studies
Graduate school and research is hard; enough difficulty and failure can squelch even the brightest people. I am one of the many I know that have experienced burnout in grad school but it goes beyond academia, it is an experience that is emblematic of our generation. The winter break is a good time to recover … [Read more…]
Welcome to the end of term! I just finished marking a bucket-full of take-home exams with a short turnaround. It is stressful on your professors and marking TAs to churn grades out quickly – so I thought I’d offer some advice on how to make it easier on your marker. As a bonus, making it … [Read more…]
(Warning: This is just a cute picture of my dog with his friend and has absolutely nothing to do with my blog post this week.) With the phrase “reading is writing” Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega started his workshop, and there is no better way for me to start my blog post this week. Dr. Pacheco-Vega is … [Read more…]
Autumn, to me, is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. While everyone loves to go out, take pictures of the landscape with trees that look like multi-colored works of art, it reminds me of the old grey shovel in my backyard. It’s mostly that transition phase when the trees undress as the leaves start to … [Read more…]
Hello Fellow readers! My fourth winter in Newfoundland (NL) is just a few weeks away and I am so looking forward to it! I hope everyone is making the best of the Fall offerings while they last (Pumpkins, the yellow green hues around and a little sun). I still remember how the fall of 2016 … [Read more…]
(A male Ruby-crowned Kinglet.) The cognitive and behavioural ecology (CABE) program is a good fit for those who are intrigued by how animals interact with their environments. I was introduced to animal behaviour during my undergraduate studies at Memorial by Dr. David Wilson (the current chair of the CABE program). I had the privilege of … [Read more…]