PhD Candidate (History) @UWaterloo, MSS, BA(H), BA(H)
Joined February 2010
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Over the past few weeks, @ActiveHist has run a series of posts on different aspects of the @CndHistAssoc's Task Force on the Future of the History PhD. Here they all are for your consideration! 1/n
My final Active History post on the Future of the History PhD - thinking about program design and bringing the various recommendations of the @CndHistAssoc report together.
@CHAgradstudents
Read @samhossack's new series entry on the @CndHistAssoc's Future of the History PhD in Canada report.
activehistory.ca/2022/11/def…
Sam Hossack retweeted
"Creating multiple pathways to meet a dissertation’s core learning objectives and outcomes is not easy work for departments, but it is necessary work."
@ProfWalsh2003's post on "Reforming the History Dissertation" is up today.
activehistory.ca/2022/11/ref…
Check out this short piece I wrote on grad student perspectives on the future of the History PhD.
The full @CndHistAssoc report is available online: cha-shc.ca/_uploads/633ee467…
Lots of work to be done but also lots of possibilities for meaningful improvement!
@CHAgradstudents
Today @samhossack continues our series on the Future of the History PhD Task Force with a piece on graduate student perspectives activehistory.ca/2022/11/gra…
Hey @cityoftoronto folks- The @EastYork_TO bike lanes along Danforth have been there for >2yrs. Your “I didn’t know it was there” excuse no longer applies. You have the ability to learn &adapt you’ve even done it in the last 2yrs.
Bike lanes are not dangerous to you in your car
Jaywalking across three lanes of traffic and then not checking the last lane of traffic (bike lane) is a dangerous behaviour. Period. So is stepping out into any lane of traffic without looking.
That choice doesn’t make the bike lane more dangerous than the car lanes.
Sam Hossack retweeted
I learned so much from my fellow committee members working on this report - we have a lot of recommendations for how to improve the PhD experience. @LooTina @samhossack cha-shc.ca/_uploads/633ee467…
.@blogTO are you sure "a dumpster fire of traffic" is how you want to report on a fundraiser for women's mental health??
Surely, opening roads to activities that raise $ & awareness for causes like cancer & mental health can be reported in a less incendiary way...
Sam Hossack retweeted
Our Special General Meeting will take place on 16 June at 1pm Eastern Time. Please email our chair [email protected] for the Zoom link or if you have any questions!
Only a few hours left to nominate yourself for a position on the @CHAgradstudents Committee for 2022-23.
This is an awesome opportunity for history grad students to get involved with the CHA
Check out this great series on careers for PhDs in History happening this month. If you're graduating soon like me or even just starting out in grad school this is the perfect time to consider all the career possibilities. @CHAgradstudents
Thinking about what you're going to do when you finish your PhD in history? Attend these sessions for exciting careers in government, consulting, museums and more! @CndHistAssoc cha-shc.ca/english/publicati…
Sam Hossack retweeted
Thinking about what you're going to do when you finish your PhD in history? Attend these sessions for exciting careers in government, consulting, museums and more! @CndHistAssoc cha-shc.ca/english/publicati…
I spent January actively defending my weekends, refusing to give in to the urge to "just do that one bit of work". It was great for my mental wellness.
Now I'm ~4 days behind on work.
Which is less great for my mental wellness. Not sure what to do about my Feb weekends...
Normally, I would spend the last week of Nov prepping for an early-Jan trip to the archives. Last year...well...
This year I'm not because traveling to YOW for possible & limited access is not feasible but still jeopardizes my work.
Ask LAC to reconsider:petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/P…
Sam Hossack retweeted
I've talked about access to archives before and how decisions to limit access to archives such as LAC restrict our ability to conduct research. This decision has enormous implications, esp for grad students/precarious researchers. Please consider signing the petition
Please sign and circulate this petition by the Graduate Student Committee to the House of Commons calling on the GoC to reverse LAC’s decision to limit access hours! petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/P…
I've talked about access to archives before and how decisions to limit access to archives such as LAC restrict our ability to conduct research. This decision has enormous implications, esp for grad students/precarious researchers. Please consider signing the petition
Please sign and circulate this petition by the Graduate Student Committee to the House of Commons calling on the GoC to reverse LAC’s decision to limit access hours! petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/P…