Category Archives: Academic

Research Opportunity: Mammalian Ecology

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Tyler

I got sent a poster about this and was told to forward it to interested students, so I’ve taken the text and put it here. MAMMALIAN ECOLOGY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY WITH THE VANCOUVER RAT PROJECT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ECOLOGY HONOURS PROJECT? MASTER’S PROJECT? RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP? What are the goals of the project? The overarching [...] Continue reading →

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End of Term Wrap Up

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Tyler

This is my End of Term Wrap Up for term 2 of Winter 2010 (following last term). BIOL 201 – Biology 201 – Introduction to Biochemistry Dr. Sunita Chowrira Tuesday / Thursday 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM (TTh) So BIOL 201 went better than expected. I picked up on much more material this year than [...] Continue reading →

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Education Survey Results: Bloggers, Teachers, & Alumni

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Tyler

As part of my series On Education, I obtained the opinions of many people (via this survey, which is still open if you wish to contribute) as to their opinions on the following questions: In your opinion, what is the purpose(s) of a Bachelor’s degree? Do you think that Bachelor’s degrees today are awarded appropriately [...] Continue reading →

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Education Survey Results: Undergraduate Students

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Tyler

As part of my series On Education, I obtained the opinions of many people (via this survey, which is still open if you wish to contribute) as to their opinions on the following questions: In your opinion, what is the purpose(s) of a Bachelor’s degree? Do you think that Bachelor’s degrees today are awarded appropriately [...] Continue reading →

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Education Survey Results: Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Tyler

As part of my series On Education, I obtained the opinions of many people (via this survey, which is still open if you wish to contribute) as to their opinions on the following questions: In your opinion, what is the purpose(s) of a Bachelor’s degree? Do you think that Bachelor’s degrees today are awarded appropriately [...] Continue reading →

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Education Survey Results: Professors

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Tyler

As part of my series On Education, I obtained the opinions of many people (via this survey, which is still open if you wish to contribute) as to their opinions on the following questions: In your opinion, what is the purpose(s) of a Bachelor’s degree? Do you think that Bachelor’s degrees today are awarded appropriately [...] Continue reading →

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On Evaluations

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Tyler

This is the third instalment in my series On Education. My previous posts have included On The Current Education System and Knowledge and Intelligence. Again, I would like to discuss two of the questions I had asked in this survey on education (which is still open, by the way, if you would like to fill [...] Continue reading →

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On The Current Education System

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Tyler

This is the sequel to my blog on Knowledge and Intelligence in my series On Education. In this post I would like to discuss two more questions that I had asked in my survey. Those two questions are: In your opinion, what is the purpose(s) of a Bachelor’s degree? Do you think that Bachelor’s degrees [...] Continue reading →

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Knowledge and Intelligence

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Tyler

Reading break has finally arrived and I now have time to complete what I have been putting off. That is, I finally have time to enter my blog series On Education. I’m quite excited about this because I got to read quite a few responses and now I can share my opinions. However, before I [...] Continue reading →

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Notices of Interest

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Tyler

Here are some interesting events/notices that have recently come to my attention. Hopefully they’ll be of interest to you guys as well! Learning, Memorization, & Education – TN, JG, NP, NF 12:30 pm :: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 @LSK 464 Last week, NF, NP, JG, and I gave a presentation on the microscopic/biological aspects of [...] Continue reading →

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