Now that the autumn leaves are falling and we have all survived our SSHRC applications, the semester is officially in full swing! For many of us, the first couple months at Queen’s was spent getting our bearings on campus and…
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Welcome to the New Gradifying Writers!
I’m so excited to say that we’ve got a few new writers joining us on our team – Hannah Darvin, Chloée C. Godin-Jacques and Jiahui Shen! Over the next couple of days you’ll see their profiles go up on our “Profiles…
A Student Perspective on Human Rights
A number of recent events in my personal life and in the mainstream media have led me to reflect on the importance of being aware of and to advocate for basic rights and laws. I have the misfortune of having…
Posted in Community, General, Kingston, New Students, Orientation, Student Perspective, Women Tagged with: law, new students, orientation, resources, rights, twitter
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
On Celebrating 2018 and Welcoming 2019
With 2018 more than a week behind, I’m sure that most of us are focused on making 2019 our best year to come. I have to admit that I found 2018 to be a difficult year. I had to deal…
Posted in General Tagged with: celebrating 2018, celebrating success, happy new year, new year, reflection, welcoming 2019
Highly Effective Study Habits
This blog is co-authored by our guest blogger Dylan Ermacora. Dylan is currently pursuing his MSc in epidemiology at Queen’s University and has an academic background in both psychology and social work from the University of British Columbia. Dylan is…
Let’s Take Back The Night at Queen’s
Last Thursday September 20th, a large group of individuals from Queen’s University and the wider Kingston community gathered at the Confederation Basin across from Kingston’s City Hall. Despite light rain and dreary weather, the atmosphere was welcoming and hopeful; some were…
Posted in Community, Events, General, Kingston, Staying Well, Student Perspective, Uncategorized, Volunteer Tagged with: community, engagement, sexual violence, take back the night, volunteer
Making Your Own Grad Study Station
Here at Gradifying, our grad student writers know the importance of having a space of their own to get work done, far away from distractions but also an inspiring and reassuring space. The writers have decided to let you into their homes and…
Taking Advantage of Nature In/Around Kingston
It’s beginning to feel more like spring! Exams are done, and hopefully all the marking you have had to do is finished as well. For those of you sticking around in Kingston summer, I’m sure you’ve already noticed the libraries…
Posted in Families, General, Holidays, Kingston, New Students, Overwork, Staying Well, Time off, Uncategorized Tagged with: activities, balance, outdoors, summer, wellness
On my favorite books from 2017
I try to squeeze in time to read books outside of my research area. I read more non-fiction books nowadays, especially those in the self-help and academic writing genre. Here I’m sharing 8 books from my 2017 reading list. These…
Posted in General, Professional Development, Uncategorized, views Tagged with: Grad Student Life, professional development, resources, Student perspective