A lot of big things happened at Queen’s this year- donations, new buildings, the revitalization of old buildings, and more. The Queen’s Gazette has captured these events well in it’s recent year-in-review. But to me, it’s not the buildings or…
Life doesn’t always happen the way you’d expect. Life doesn’t ever happen the way you’d expect. When I wrote my last update, the year was half over, and I was hoping that I could regroup for the next six months….
Whenever it occurs to me that something is halfway over, I can’t help but think: “ohhh, we’re halfway there, oh, oh…” Every. Single. Time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk] More practically, whenever a year is halfway over (and surprise! It is.), I can’t…
Sometimes, I wonder if there are other student affairs professionals in Canada. I mean, I know they exist. I see the job postings, and I meet them at conferences. But in between these in-person sightings… are they out there? I’m…
Last month, I fired myself after determining that I had made limited progress towards any of my goals. After sharing the post online, an internet friend of mine commented that I may actually be doing more than I’m giving myself…
I called my brother for the first time in 11 months last week. The last time I phoned him was on his birthday last June. Up until that phone call, I hadn’t talked to him at all since Christmas. Not…
This post was originally written for the Student Leader Collective, a community of student leaders sharing ideas on how to become more awesome, in May 2014. The Student Leader Collective no longer exists, so I am reposting this here. If…
Occasionally I come across a TEDx talk that’s just too good not to share. Keith Edwards’ talk about ending rape is one of those talks. I shared it, but that just didn’t seem like enough, so I’m posting it here,…
Our summer student staff started in the office this week, so a lot of my time has been dedicated to training. We’ve talked about our office in general, about office culture and expectations, and about their specific programs. We’ve also…
March was a month that had a lot going on. I headed to Montreal for 5 days for the ACPA conference. I interviewed dozens of students for what seemed like dozens of different positions. I headed to Boston for 5…