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The New Grad on the Blog…

June 20, 2019 by Ivan Carlson

(Me in the middle with my supervisors Dr. Peter Whitridge (Left) and Dr. Veronique Forbes (Right) after my successful thesis proposal defense) Hello everyone! My name is Ivan and this is my first blog post. I am from upstate New York and began my MA in Archaeology here in the Fall of 2018. I study … [Read more…]

Posted in: Student blog Tagged: Archaeology, grad life, grad school, grad student, master's degree

Positively Purposeless…

June 13, 2019 by Christina Prokopenko

(My favourite summer activity is running through the woods and swimming in the lake with Hugh) Hi friends – just a brief post inspired by ~*~*summertime vibes*~*~. As everyone in my lab left for fieldwork (literally everyone) and regular obligations wound down for the semester, I suddenly found myself with free time. Over the past … [Read more…]

Posted in: Student blog Tagged: biology, fieldwork, grad school, graduate students

Communications skills in graduate studies

June 7, 2019 by Juliana Vidal

Hello everyone!!! I am super happy and excited to write to you all again! I hope you are having a wonderful time and preparing for the summer! Next week, I will be performing an oral presentation at a conference in Quebéc. While I was preparing my slides – and thinking about all the poutine I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Student blog Tagged: chemistry, communication, grad school, grad student, PhD

Taking Risks and Trying New Things

March 29, 2019 by Shannon Pearson

Going to grad school is a big moment of transition in your life. Just as the transition from high school to university makes room for big changes in your life, so does the move from undergrad to grad. A lot of us move to a different university, different city, different province, different country. Being in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Student blog Tagged: grad school, Hiking, Master's, Sociology
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