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Hello, I live in Canada so what I am about to say is applicable to what I have observed in my city (others, feel free to jump in if you have more precisions or nuances to make). I've seen a couple of students from other fields join the social work It's not that unusual. Usually, they do a qualifying year (a year with a few undergraduate courses from the BSW program so they can get a foundation of what social work is without having to do a full BSW) and then join the MSW the following year. Maybe it's different elsewhere but that's what I've seen so far in my city. Your volunteer work counts. Most social work programs are looking for "well-rounded" individuals, so grades aren't always the only thing that matters. Also, there is a major difference between social work and psychology in my opinion. Social work has a macro understanding of social issues while psychology is more of a one-on-one typical counseling aspect to it. However, a lot of social workers decide to go in clinical practice or work at both levels (micro AND macro). I also know that it depends on the type of school you're going to, some schools are more focused on developing clinical skills while others focus on the macro and socio-political aspects of social problems. It depends on the kind of analysis you make of these things. I personally was hesitating between social work and psychology for a long time prior to doing my BSW and then decided to go for social work mainly because of its analysis of social problems that resonates a lot more with me. Good luck!

Yes, it's possible to do this. I've seen people do it in the mental health field.

Hello! I am doing a graduate option in gender and women's studies. Feminism was not part of my undergraduate studies, but I learned the basics through my involvement in feminist circles. I have begun to do some readings for my feminist class and I struggle with the level of language employed. First of all, English is my second language but I've always managed throughout my undergraduate studies. Is it normal that I only understand like 70-80% of the texts that I am reading? I have no exams on them but I want to understand them for the sake of being in graduate school. Any advice?

How many conferences in a year do master's and doctoral students take part of as presenters?

Hello everyone, I found this for gender and women's studies. Sharing the info. https://conferencealerts.com/topic-listing?topic=gender studies

Agreed.

I agree but to me networking and making friends are two different things.

Hello, first of all, I am really sorry about this. It must be difficult. I have never experienced such a thing at the university level (and if I have, I have not noticed it or payed attention to it because I see university as a job. My priority is to get my diploma, not make friends. I have friends outside of school. If I make friends along the way, good. If not, I don't really care because that's not my priority while being there). You know, while these people are being bullies, you're walking forward and are successful at what you do. Keep walking forward. I can say though that I have experienced bullying in high school and elementary school so I empathize with you. But I still had the same approach. My goal was to succeed at what I do and to get where I wanted to go in life. I want to have friends but if I am not being respected and accepted as I am as an individual, I'll just walk away and remain on my own. I have no compromises on that. There are plenty of people who are willing to accept you and love you, but they might be outside of academia or school. That was the case for me. I don't know if this is helpful but this was just my 2cents.

LOL. I am currently reading on all of these philosophical theories in research and those big terms (ontology, epistemology and so on) and even if I've encountered those words before without really knowing what they meant, I kinda feel like an idiot that I don't fully understand what they actually mean because I cannot attach a concrete example to those words for me to understand them better. Wow.

So it's going to be a challenging semester for sure, but I think I can do it. I've managed before, I don't see why I can't this time.

How was your first day?

When you apply to these types of scholarships and you only get a two page proposal (plus one page for bibliography), how detailed does your methodology section needs to be?

Hello, so I am currently working on this part. I mentioned her 20+ years of experience in the field, the fact that she is the director of a research center that focuses a lot on my research topic, that she has research chairs, that I've been an RA for her, etc. I also justified the program that I've chosen as being the perfect fit for my research project in terms of courses and course content.

Out of curiosity, what are the most community oriented/macro advocacy schools of social work in Canada?

Hello! Is there some sort of database of all international conferences and research congress in the social sciences?

I am also starting on the 5th. Have a happy back to school

I hate the fact that we do not have access to our syllabus before class at my uni.

I believe that feminist studies that integrate an intersectional approach to coursework and program would maybe be a good fit for you.

Do we usually get our first payment on the September 1st or is it a few days later?

I see that the form is online, but we cannot access it. We can only access it 24 hours before the deadline (which I find weird, it must be a bug.) Also, for my CV and other experiences, I've got a lot of volunteer experience and I don't know if it's worth it to put it all in there. I already cut a lot of the non-relevant stuff, but I would like to include everything else that's left because there were a lot of major volunteer experiences, even if they aren't "research-based". But I am attending a workshop at the end of next month at my uni and hopefully I'll get even more feedback, just like I did when I applied for SSHRC.

That's amazing advice. Is jstor the equivalent of Scopus?

I met with my class colleagues yesterday and everyone is very friendly.

I went to the library today and borrowed the Powner's book you recommended.

You're not too old for this. You're actually respecting yourself, your values, your interests and your life goals by going back to school to study something that you love despite your age. I respect you for that choice. In my opinion, it takes a lot of courage to follow one's heart to pursue our true goals in life.

I have to miss class in October, and I hesitate to email my professors now about it. I am starting class next week. I don't know if they'll think I'm weird for contacting them now. I'm just anxious because I don't know if there are exams or assignments during the week I'll be away from campus. EDITED : I sent them. I will come across as weird but anyway. Also this fall is going to be so busy. I have a lot of extracurricular activities this term and I hope I will be able to make it through. I've always been able to manage workload pressures because I have always been involved in my community despite going to school, but this semester is going to be quite intense.