And so it is we’ve found ourselves again in the last week of classes for the Winter semester, which means that, although grad school is a year-round affair, the comparative lull called Summer is upon us. The current weather suggests…
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Graduate Student Roundtable Part 2
Ed Note: I originally posted this on my blog Mr Epidemiology, but given that we’re in the midst of grad school application season, I thought it would be relevant to our readers. I posted Part 1 last week, and this is…
Tagged with: comprehensive exams, degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, thesis, time management
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Graduate Student Roundtable Part 1
Ed Note: I originally posted this on my blog Mr Epidemiology, but given that we’re in the midst of grad school application season, I thought it would be relevant to our readers. I’ve included the first part of the roundtable…
Tagged with: degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, student-supervisor relationship
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
What my students taught me about theory
I just finished a half-term teaching fellowship in the Department of Philosophy. It was my first time instructing a course and I’m already looking forward to the next opportunity. I expected that it would be an intense learning curve –…
Tagged with: essay writing, humanities, philosophy, teaching, theory
Posted in General, New Students, Thesis
Posted in General, New Students, Thesis
New Year’s Resolution: Get Involved!
Gradifying’s first post back from the winter break is a timely one for any of you who are thinking of the new calendar year and the new semester as the time for fresh starts. Amanda Tracey, PhD Candidate in the…
Letters from the Half Way Point: Or, Three Things I’ve Learnt So Far.
Friend of the blog Travis has done regular thesis updates, and I think that updates from those in their PhD can be helpful for those considering or starting out with their graduate education. It gives you a a bit of a…
The Pressure to Publish
It seems that the old ominous dictum “publish or perish” needs little updating to remain relevant to today’s emerging scholars. As many of us may have become keenly aware with the recent grant-writing season, there’s a lonely spot on our…
Tagged with: e-journals, journals, knowledge transfer, publish, research dissemination
Posted in New Students, Thesis
Posted in New Students, Thesis
Project vs. Thesis: Choosing A Route For Your Academic Journey
This post is dedicated to all of those first year masters students who will come to that fork in the road at some point this year, when a decision must be made on which route to take on this academic…
Reference Letters: Who to ask and how to ask for them! Liz Lemon helps us out
At some point in your graduate education you’ll have to ask for a letter of reference. It might be for a funding application (see my previous post) or it might be for another program (med school, law school, PhD programs…
So you’re about to become a Teaching Assistant…
Last week we had a great guest post about the TA union PSAC 901, so this week I thought I’d keep the theme going with some thoughts about things to consider from the perspective of working as a TA. This…
Posted in Finances, New Students