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A Reading Week Well Spent at Boot Camp

Group of grad students in the library

My posts are typically dedicated to experiences or issues pertaining to accessibility and disability. I am switching themes this week because I participated in an event that shifted my perception of being a graduate student. I recently attended the Dissertation

Posted in Accessibility, Disability, Events, Productivity, Professional Development

Fun, Fancy, Close By, and Cheap?

As graduate students, its easy to get caught up in all the work and lose the sense of the work-life balance. The Isabel Bader Centre is the perfect spot to do something fun or even to just do your work

Posted in Community, Events, Kingston, Staying Well, Time off, Uncategorized, views Tagged with: , , , , ,

Trails in Kingston

As the temperature drops and snow begins to fall, winter is finally here. Time really flies this semester, and I’m sure people are busy with exams and can’t wait for the Christmas holiday! As someone who was born in a

Posted in Community, Events, Families, General, Holidays, Home, Kingston, Staying Well, Uncategorized

Art Galleries in Kingston

It’s finals season!! While I’m incredibly overwhelmed thinking about all the work I have to do, as I’m sure you are too, let’s not talk about that today. If you get a chance to take a break, or even after

Posted in art, Events, Kingston Tagged with: , , , ,

Be Inspired by Women to be All You Can Be

International Women’s Day was on March 8th. It was a day to engage in conversations on matters of importance to women, and to support, feel inspired by, and to acknowledge the strong women around us. As Queen’s graduates, this day

Posted in Community, Events, Families, International, leaders, Skill Development, Staying Well, Student Parent, Student Perspective, Uncategorized, views, Women Tagged with: , ,

Healthy Eating on a Budget

I find it ironic and unsettling how we can be such academics and so brilliant, yet time and time again we give into poor eating habits and find ourselves mindlessly savouring pre-packaged highly processed low nutrition food while studying and

Posted in Community, Eating Healthy, Eating on a Budget, Events, Food, General, Kingston, New Students, Staying Well, Uncategorized

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