I recently attended the Canadian Society of Ecology Evolution (CSEE) conference in Victoria, BC, and as I’ve been reflecting on my experiences at this conference (and others) I thought about sharing them in a blog post. To start: conferences are hard! Not only do we present our research as oral or poster presentations to experts … [Read more…]
Hello all! Hope you are as excited as me to be moving closer and closer to the summer. After visiting warm and uncharacteristically sunny Vancouver in early April and being welcomed back to St. John’s by a wonderful winter storm that left me stranded in Toronto for two days… summer can’t come soon enough. The … [Read more…]
Hey everyone! Spring has officially arrived, marking the end of the Winter semester! Although on some days, the actual weather still has remnants of the Winter season, but that is not all too surprising in St. John’s. Regardless of the weather, however, the start of Spring – or, rather I should probably say the start … [Read more…]
Well, the Winter semester has ended and the Spring semester has just begun. This picture is of my cat who is my constant writing companion. He curls up next to me anytime I sit at my desk to begin writing. He and I have settled into a nice routine, he naps while I write. It … [Read more…]
Well the end of my Master’s course work is finally here and I won’t lie, I am so looking forward to it (although let’s see if this feeling holds true next year; I might be yearning for the concrete schedule course works provides). It’s been a funny semester filled with snow days, driven by some … [Read more…]
Hey everyone! It may not have been that long since my last blog post but a lot has definitely happened. For me, the last few weeks were actually pretty stressful (…and by pretty stressful, I mean VERY stressful). This was largely because of my thesis proposal, which I submitted to the Archaeology department on February … [Read more…]
For this blog entry I wanted to discuss an interesting ‘Science-Twitter’ phenomenon called March Mammal Madness. While this is the fifth annual event, this is the first year I’ve participated and I couldn’t be happier to share this event with other wildlife enthusiasts! March Mammal Madness (MMM) is curated by some clever folks at Arizona … [Read more…]
Natasha’s eyes flutter awake. Turning over to look at her phone, she sees 7:30 a.m., March 1. The first day of March. Her brain, which has been awake for some time, jolted to attention and immediately sprang to action, seeing an opportunity to torment her host. The Brain (in a condescending voice): Did you think … [Read more…]
Hello! I hope that everyone took the time to either relax or catch up on their studies/readings during the break. I write the latter part of that sentence with a bit of a smirk because that sentiment is often filled with good intentions at the start of the break for many students (“I will get … [Read more…]
It feels like a lifetime since my last blog post! In re-reading that post, I remember feeling overwhelmed by how much of an adjustment it was to get into student mode. Now, here I am. I feel settled in my program and settled in as a student. I have found my routine and am really … [Read more…]