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Hello, Two questions. 1) How common practice is it in qualitative interviews to provide interviewees questions ahead of time? 2) I am conducting focus groups. I read that the ideal size of a focus groups is 6-8 people. However, due to scheduling issues, I may have to reduce the size of focus groups or literally conduct individual interviews with some participants. Is it "bad" research practice if I decide to conduct focus groups of 3-4 people instead and have more total focus groups at the end for the project? ps: I will discuss that with my supervisor after Labor Day, when I get back to school. Thanks

Yes, but it depends on the uni. In my program, doctoral students have priority. However, I did get a TAship for this fall and I am a MSW student, but that's because a spot has opened and I was next on their priority list.

I sent them the reminder through ResearchNet. If in two days, the letters are still not there, I'll send them another reminder by email. I've been working on my application since early 2018 I can't miss the boat because of them.

wow, super stressful!

I did it. It went okay (I believe), I had only a little data to show them, not much... At the panel, I got zero questions at the end of my presentation

Ok, 6 days left and still nothing. I'll send a reminder when there is three days left. Those LOR are pretty lengthy, I don't think it's something that can be done the day before..

Hello, I am sorry things have not gotten better for you. We are in the same boat. And I totally understand what you mean when you talk about "almost relationships". It's the story of my life. It's very frustrating but I have given up on this. I feel better when I tell myself that I don't want to be hopeful anymore and want to start looking at other options. To be honest, I am considering having a family on my own at this point. Not tomorrow, but I am on a waitlist to adopt in a couple of years. Additionally, I recently found an Internet forum of single women in my region who have decided to have a kids on their own either through adoption or medical procedures. Most of these women started their journey at the end of their 20s, a lot of them are mothers already. It's a resource where we support one another no matter what stage we are at in our journey. Some who had their children and were older when they did said they would've started the process earlier if they knew it was possible (so around my age basically). Finding this forum really helped me to realize that I am not insane or being ridiculous for wishing to be in a stable relationship at almost 26. One woman said that she finds it ironical that when a single woman in her mid-twenties wants a family, everybody says "oh you're young, you're worried for nothing, you've got plenty of time." But tons of people are in committed relationships in their mid-twenties and have kids at that age and nobody says anything negative about that. The fact that I am single doesn't change anything to the fact that I'd like to have these types of experiences as well.

I usually just have a notebook with key points I want to address/talk about. It really depends. In terms of my actual thesis, we just communicate by email most of the time.

I'll be joining a peer writing group next year to be working on my first scientific article in which I'll be the sole author

Academic! And yes!

So, I am only missing two LOR and there are 11 days left to the institutional deadline of uOttawa I'll be away in another country until the deadline. When is it reasonable to email the profs about this? I had asked them to submit their letters this week

She really is.

Turns out I have 3 students in my Facebook friends (another one is also someone I took a class with as a undergraduate). One of them told me "Yay, you're going to be TAing my class!". She seemed happy. But yeah, I need to discuss that with the instructor

My supervisor said I should apply to any scholarships I am eligible for. If I can't accept the ones that I get, I can put them in my CV with the "declined" mention in them. She also said that I could write portions of my LOR to help her out with this task.

That's a good option. I should have done that earlier though, because I think I need to submit that proposition to REB before I can do it. But I have already recruited 6 participants out of my 12 (which is my goal). So maybe it's too late for now, but I'll definetely keep that in mind for future research! Thanks!

I can't as I am not the admin of those FB groups

Many things. 1. My mood seems to get better since a couple of days. I'm happy about that. I feel less sad. 2. I had my training for new teaching assistants today. 3. I wanted to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians tonight with two friends, turned out it was sold out. So we went to have ice cream instead and started talking about doing a trip together in summer 2019 to Spain and/or Italy before I start my PhD. 4. The recruitment campaign for my research project is going well. I now have 6 potential participants that have shown interested out of 12 in total. And that's within a few days of advertising my project. Great. 5. I'm excited for back to school. 6. I am leaving for France on Friday (for a conference). 7. I feel good about my makeup today (hahaha, happens every once in a while!)

I'm not sure I understand your point, tbh. Could you clarify what you mean? I've always been supported by my department for the work I do outside of the classroom as it is seen to align with the values of my profession. Even my professional order in my province has my back on the work that I do.

I speak publicly on a lot of issues since a couple of years (including my mental health as I am an advocate in my country for this cause). So if students google me, they will find a lot a of stuff about me. But it's all positive stuff, I don't think anything can be turned against me but maybe I am being naive. Either way, I absolutely am comfortable with my digital footprint and this is something that I spent years thinking about before going ahead down that path. However, I have emailed my instructor to see what she will say to me but I don't think it'll be a major issue. Thanks people for your input!

Hello, congrats on having your health under control. That's a big achievement. I also live with MI (another diagnosis than schizophrenia however), and have disclosed it publicly. So far, it's going well. It is also not impacting my studies for now but I have done steps to get my situation under control. I am in the social work field, so it's different and people tend to be more accepting of these type of things. However, stigma is still a thing. I wouldn't fully disclose your situation. I would avoid talking about the specific diagnosis that you have. I think what's been said above is good advice.

Hello, so I just took a look at the list of registered students for the course I am a TA for. Turns out, one of "my" students is a previous fellow classmate that I took a sociology course with two years ago. She is also in my Facebook friends. I don't think there will be an issue with this and I don't post anything on FB that I am not comfortable sharing publicly anyways, but do you think I should worry or be concerned about this? How do you navigate situations like this? (I took the course I am TAing two years ago).

I feel like I have zero chance for Trudeau. Everyone on their website has founded an organization or is the CEO of an organization or of a business.

Yeah, I get contradictory answers from McGill, SSHRC and UOttawa. Not fun.

Whats that ?

I am recruiting workers who work with this client population. Not victims themselves. I am still worried about confidentiality of participants though.