Adelaide9216

Let me know if you have any questions about the programs of Social Work at McGill, UQAM and Université de Montréal in Quebec.

Go for it. I'm almost 26 and will be starting a PhD at 26. I don't think about my age at this point. I have the right circumstances, the potential to get funding, an exciting research project, a great advisor, the energy and the motivation and the desire to be an academic. So I go for it!

I think you need to consider all of these aspects, but most definitely the relationship you'll have with your supervisor. I think you need to assess if they can meet your expectations and needs as a supervisor and vice versa. To me, it's crucial to have a supervisor who's an expert, knowledgable but also who has great interpersonal qualities and with whom you can get along and have an open conversation with.

I disclosed publicly my story in a TEDx talk. I do media interviews every now and then about my story and what I have experienced. My TEDx talk was the first time I ever spoke publicly about my MI struggles. It was stressful, but I wanted to do it. But now everyone around me knows, and I don't have to hide and I don't feel the need to hide. I've been in recovery for 8 years, even if I still get high and lows, I don't consider myself to have a disability per say because it doesn't impact my daily functioning and I never needed to go to the Disability Office for accommodations for instance so far. I hope I'll still be okay when I'll start my Ph.D. School is what has helped me the most to get past through this because I have a true passion for what I study and what I do. I get a lot of questions from people asking if disclosing has impacted negatively my professional career. The answer to that is no. So far. In the past three years, I've won community awards, been recognized by my community and it happened twice that I disclosed my past struggles in a job interview and still got hired. However, I still warn people that I heard stories of people who have disclosed and for whom the experience has been a lot more negative. I did experience negative aspects after having disclosed, but mostly on the interpersonal level. I still think other people definitely may have it worse than I did. I think my experience has been so positive because I am involved in the social work field, so people tend to be empathetic towards my story and most of the people I know disclosed to me in private having experienced similar issues.

Oh my, I feel you. My father (who doesn't have a university degree) kinda indirectly tells me 'why are you still in school? don't you want to work?' He accepts what I am doing now because he has no choice (lol) but I definitely felt that judgement at first. I'm turning 26 this year and will be starting a Ph.D at 27. I don't know when I'll have kids and a husband lol

I got an interview to work as a RA in a lab that's directly tied to my master's research topic for 2018-2019. I'll be quite busy next year, but fully involved and committed to my research topic.

I need a bit of help in terms of laying out my schedule in my proposal. Does this sound realistic to the doctoral candidates/students here? 1) Finish my year of seminars and courses (2 semesters) 2) Comprehensive exam (2 semesters) 3) Lit review (one semester?) and then what would be the following steps (research project proposal, ethics, etc.) and what would be the length of each of these steps in the social sciences?

Hello, A bit off topic, but I'd need some advice. I need to fly to Toronto with my sister (we're two adults) on September 15 this year for one time event. When is the right moment to start looking for flights? Thank you,

Hello, so the contest has opened today. Does anyone know what is the font required for the research proposal?

Am I the only one who's really struggling when using Excel spreadsheet for lit reviews? It doesn't seem to be very much user-friendly. Any alternatives?

Browzine (access to academic journals) and PressReader (access to newspapers from all over the world) are pretty useful.

Totally agree with you. He was trying to "test" things

I went outside to have brunch with my sister and my brother today. Paid for them both and myself.

I agree with you. I told him I had no romantic feelings for him also. He needs to leave his partner, he knows he is unhappy and that things won't work.

So a friend of mine who is married (but very unhappy in his marriage) told me this week that about a year ago, he had a dream that he left his wife to be with me. Fuck my life. I was so uncomfortable

At my uni, training is offered to new TAs so I'd look into that as well, maybe it's offered at your uni!

I am sorry.

Hello, Is it common practice to use almost entirely your scholarship research proposal for your application to a Ph.D. program in the social sciences? I know a scholarship research proposal is meant for an multidisciplinary team which isn't the case in the specific department I am applying to, so that's why I am asking the question.

I bought a beautiful black and white dress. Plus I just looked at the program of that conference I am going to in France at the end of August, and it looks incredibly interesting. I am going to learn a LOT to inform my Ph.D. and Master's thesis plus will do a lot of networking. I even have official business cards for the event!

Hello, so my supervisor asked me to suggest her a few names of potential professors who will correct and comment my master's thesis (external or internal examiner in other words). I have a few names in mind of professors that I've come across in my research for my master's, but I still wonder, how do I suggest names of professors that won't be too harsh? What I mean is that, the point of a master's thesis is to learn the basics of the research process and to critically appraise the literature. I think I can accomplish that, but my thesis will still remain imperfect and won't be as extensive as a Ph.D thesis for instance. What I am saying is that I want to suggest a good name of a professor that will consider this factor and be sensitive to it. I'm kinda nervous about the names I will give to my supervisor. Any tips or suggestions?

Five pages for references is the max. Is it okay if we don't fill those 5 pages entirely? I am probably going to have 1 and 1/6 of references.

I got the news today that I am nominated for a youth community engagement award. I will know on August 12 if I got it!

Oh, I am so sorry.

Yeah, only 15 people..I hope more people will have the opportunity to get those. They changed their President recently so that might explain some of the changes.

Hello, so I just saw on their website that there will be significant changes to the Trudeau scholarships. Any ideas what was the criticism about those scholarships in the past?