I was in middle school, and the teacher was explaining what a diary is, highlighting the total freedom we have when we write on our personal diary: we can write, draw, use some slang, attach pictures, have a spontaneous handwriting, and choose the cadence of our entries. Someone raised the hand and asked, in a… Read More That yearly diary entry
I never realized how social grad school actually is until I started writing my thesis. It’s a silly thing not to have thought about before, but never the less, these past few weeks have brought to mind how much I usually get to interact with people at the lab, and how essential that is to… Read More The Writing of a Thesis: The Isolation
Too much and not enough, that is the sentiment that seems to sum up my thesis so far. For the past few weeks I’ve been focusing mainly on my introduction, though I have the unfortunate tendency to jump around a little. My dilemma du jour is deciding what to include in my introduction; I keep… Read More The Writing of a Thesis: Too Much and Not Enough
“The time has come, the Walrus said. To talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax. Of cabbages and kings.” And like Lewis Carroll’s Walrus, I too have many things to talk (or write) about and sadly my thoughts are just as scattered. And thus begins my final series for the GradLife… Read More The Writing of a Thesis: Musings of a Confused Grad Student
Dreams of NaNoWriMo I first found out about NaNoWriMo – short for National Novel Writing Month – just over a decade ago. I was in high school, and secretly dreamed of writing novels about all kinds of strange situations and characters (some examples: a society living on the branches and roots of a World Tree in… Read More From NaNoWriMo to #AcWriMo: learning from failure
Well maybe panic is a bit strong, but you gotta love alliteration. In any case, it’s that time again when my boss pops by almost daily to ask me where we are on my current paper. In many ways it’s a good thing, meaning that this one part of my research is almost ready to… Read More Paper Prep Panic
So, this it. The last blog entry for me. I have had an incredible year, and writing this blog has been an important part of the year. Writing this blog has given me an opportunity to take a moment and reflect on the highs and lows that I experienced in the moment. In the moment.… Read More The Last Post
Having a crazy amount of writing to do this weekend, I have decided to start things off in the most productive way I can think of: intensely procrastinating. My plan is to check emails – maybe every 15 minutes, while watching CNN (I don’t even like CNN). Maybe eat a box of chocolates until I… Read More Procrastination
As I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, as one does on a cold and windy night, I came across this interesting event for Concordia Write Nights. These events are a chance for writers of any sort to gather and write in atypical locations. Their next event is on April 7th from 2-5pm at the… Read More (Write) Night at the Museum
Conference season is approaching, which provides grad students with many opportunities to travel, meet new people, and share their research. As a grad student, whether or not you want to end up in academia, attending and presenting at conferences helps to hone transferrable skills which are important in the research world and the workplace. To… Read More Why you should be presenting at conferences
The graduate student experience at McGill
The graduate student experience at McGill
The graduate student experience at McGill
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