I filled out an online form making an inquiry to Ontario's Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities..... in March..... for some research assistant work I was doing and just received a response TODAY. Thanks, but no thanks.

I just watched a report on the news about how to help cool your house down during this heat wave. But, I'm opening all of my windows to let the heat IN! Anyone who likes to stay cool should live in a basement. I need to get out in this sunshine soon ( Read more... )

Before I freak out about how it's already Monday (the deadline to submit my thesis) and that the document is full of horrible typos and formatting errors.....

Let me take this brief moment to celebrate the momentous occasion of having just written the last line of my first complete thesis draft!
*grin*
*freak out*
*flailing arms*
AHHHHHH!

Countless ( Read more... )

Today I was reviewing notes from past meetings with my supervisor. From one meeting I found the name of an organization that she had wanted me to look at (and I never did). So I went up the website and was reading about the organization's philosophy, which is based on a book. I went to the university's library catalogue and discovered that yes, the ( Read more... )

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The students I worked with have had lots of life experience - some things they have done and others that have kind of happened around them or to them, such as different scenarios with family and living arrangements. Some of the students have gained insight from their experiences and value what they've learned and others are burdened with regret. I  ( Read more... )

I'm not feeling so great this week. Armed with after-bite, a heating pad, eye drops, pain killers (and chocolate :P) and water, I sit at my computer all day and try to make a thesis magically appear. I'm racing against an impending deadline that I'm not sure I can actually meet and not making much progress. I fall in this trap often while writing ( Read more... )

• Last weekend's conference was great. I've spent a lot of time this week following up on the conference activities by networking, reflecting, and researching relevant careers and training programs. I am hopeful that this group of women will be successful in staying in touch and supporting each other.
• We have been having a bit of a heat wave in BC ( Read more... )

I received some more information about the conference yesterday and I've been reading through everything. There are 20 woman from each group not 30 (community leaders, emerging leaders, grade 11s). There are a few women who have completed Masters degrees in leadership but they were under the category of business. I came across this problem when I ( Read more... )