Nick Fast

It still doesn’t feel real, but I’m happy to announce that I’ve been published in the more recent edition of @BCstudies!

With all of your support, @BonitaZarrillo was able to read our petition in the House of Commons demanding an increase in funding for graduate students! Thank you to all 640 signatories!

I usually avoid Twitter notifications, but today was a good day

Probably this one

Bit of a weird feeling this morning as, for the first time since 2009, I did not pack these two pieces of gear into my equipment bag. Today is their official retirement from hockey after almost 14 years — 15 years for the blocker — of loyal service.

Graduate school can reduce students' value to only their projects, but I have learned that Grad Students are so much more! Therefore, I present the Behind The Project Podcast, where I highlight the cool projects that students are doing, along with their life outside academia 1/2

And finally, here he is the first time I met him at 4 months old, asleep on my lap.

Here he is last week helping me write my dissertation. He was unhappy that Jess was in the office that day, so he settled for second best.

I’m a #Canucks fan and a grad student so Twitter is always a doom scroll, but it’s this guy’s fourth birthday today so I am legally obliged to share a picture of Buddy.

I’m assuming one of the assigned texts is the Rules of Acquisition?

No caption needed

Normally I don’t share personal/non-academic news on my feed, but I think this is more important.

A little follow-up on my drone photos involving the deindustrialization of Winnipeg’s neat packing industry. This probably classifies as “Ruin Porn” per @WCPerspectives

In a first that I never imagined happening when I started my program, I used my drone for my dissertation research! I hope I can use the photos in the final version. Absolutely wild.

*reporter encountering an existential crisis mid-interview, 2022, colourized*

Immediately thinking of TNG’s season 6 finale but with historians…