Hi, I’m a serial procrastinator! I have been procrastinating ever since I started school. It’s a lot easier to do in highschool, harder to do in undergrad, but it’s impossible during grad school. Trust me, I’m a seasoned procrastinator and I know what I’m talking about: I wrote full 20-page essays the night before during … [Read more…]
Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well! Around here, time is flying! I forgot how crazy the Fall semester was, but I’m feeling the weight on my shoulders way lighter than last year. I think I got used to the fact of being busy, so instead of freaking out all the time, I’m just … [Read more…]
Hello lovely readers! It seems like yesterday that I wrote my last blog post. It is crazy how time flies. It seems that this semester only has one speed: breakneck. One moment ago it was Thanksgiving break and now final exams are only about one month away. Time passes so quickly and the days can … [Read more…]
Hello everyone!! It’s been a while since I last wrote a blog post, or at least it feels like it has been. This summer was super busy, and now that the fall semester has started up again, it’s gotten even busier. On top of all the research that I want to get done, I have … [Read more…]
As I write this, I am in the fall semester of my third year of the program. I’m pretty well on track as right now I am in the midst of the second draft of my proposal. This is a very exciting stage as I am creating my research design. It is a very thoughtful … [Read more…]
Hi All! Life is a little crazy right now, my to do list is long (finishing up my theses, applying for NSERC, preparing to move), so I am going to keep this short. The last time I posted, it was summer and I was longing to leave my desk and go out to my field … [Read more…]
Hi folks, I am a PhD candidate in the Wildlife Evolutionary Ecology Lab in the Biology Department at MUN. I’ve been in my program for three years, but it is my first fall actually in St. John’s. Until last February, I was tracking wolves in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba. You can read a … [Read more…]
Hi everyone! I’m Dave, a violin student at MUN, and I’m taking my Master’s degree in Music (Violin) Performing and Pedagogy. If you could see the second person from the bottom left, with a grey pants, yes, that’s me! Could you see how cheerful we were?! It was a bonfire night at The Logy Bay … [Read more…]
The oceans are in peril. Acidification threatens planktons’ ability to produce shells vital to their survival, corals are dying from excess acidity, and rising sea levels threaten coastal communities (Hoegh-Guldberg, Mumby, Hooten, Steneck, Greenfield, Gomez, & Knowlton, 2007). Despite the arm waving of the climate change deniers, these threats are anthropogenic in origin (Hoegh-Guldberg et … [Read more…]
Hi! This is my first blog post, so I ought to introduce myself. I’m Shannon and I just started my Master’s in Sociology at MUN in Fall 2018. I drove out here from southern Ontario on an epic 3-day journey with all the worldly possessions that could fit in my car. My dad and my … [Read more…]