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Congratulations Gillian!

June 12, 2017
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Gillian is headed to Ottawa this fall, she has accepted a co-op work term at Spartan Bioscience. According to their website, “Spartan brings complete sample-to-result DNA testing systems to medicine. Spartan’s technology fully integrates DNA collection, extraction and analysis, with an intuitive interface that is easy to operate. For the first time, healthcare providers and their patients can get DNA results on demand“. It also says “There is such a thing as a free lunch after all.” There is a company lunch every Friday.

First Day of University and High School

September 6, 2016
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Today was Gillian’s fourth 1st day of university and Angela’s first. They met up at the #SelfieWithTheSenator bench on campus to take their photo with William McMaster.

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Here is Claudia with Susan on her way to her first day of Grade 11 (13th first day of school).

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Off She Goes…

August 27, 2016
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We dropped Angela off at University today. It was her move in day for Brandon Residence, the same one Gillian lived in in first year. Here she is with all her stuff.

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A sign on campus for students, maybe they should have had a beer bottle in the guys hand.

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This one’s a little blurry, we were being rushed out of the building, she got most of her things settled. Her roommate had already arrived. She has a week of orientation before classes start on the 6th. She is enrolled in the Kinesiology program.

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Congratulations Angela!

May 31, 2016
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Angela has accepted her offer to McMaster’s Kinesiology program starting in September. Exciting times are ahead for her. Susan and I are very proud of the choice she has made.

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Congratulations to the Girls!

February 13, 2016
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Congratulations are in order for Gillian on getting a co-op job with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada this summer. Thanks for Grandma and Papa for driving her to the interview last week. The job is in Vineland.

Angela received another university offer, this one is from the University of Guelph in the Bachelor of Science Human Kinetics program.

Claudia received all A’s on her first semester report card. Another job well done!

Congratulations Angela!

January 5, 2016
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Angela received her first conditional offer from Wilfrid Laurier University. She was accepted into the Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) program.

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University Application Time

November 22, 2015
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Angela completed her university applications this weekend. After campus visits to Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier, Guelph and McMaster, she has submitted her applications to a few programs. Most of her programs won’t make decisions until the new year.

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University Fair

September 25, 2015
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We headed down to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Friday with Angela and Claudia for the annual University Fair. When we got down there around 10:45 the line-up was pretty long. We managed to by-pass most of the line and got in quickly. Angela has narrowed down her options of which universities and programs that she is interested in. The next step is to visit some of the campuses over the next couple of months.

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University Fair

September 19, 2014
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Susan and I took Angela down to the University Fair at the Metro Convention Centre to get her thinking about post secondary education. This year we took the day off work and went down on the Friday in hopes the crowds would be smaller. The year we took Gillian, we went on the Saturday and it was packed. We got there for the 10:00 opening and were able to walk around and not fight the crowds.

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Move In Day

August 31, 2013
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It was move in day for first year students, Gillian’s allocated time was between 12-4 pm. It’s a lot different than 28 years ago when Lori and Dale dropped me off on Labour Day monday. You drive right up to the residence, all the belongings have to be labelled with name, residence and room number. You get out and they have student reps carry everything up to your room. Gillian and Susan went to get her key while Angela and I parked the car. Angela wouldn’t get out of the car with all the crazy students swarming it. Gillian is in a double room in Brandon Hall, it was an all girl residence when I attended, but like almost all of the residences now, it is co-ed.

Gillian all unpacked, kind of, she’ll need to go through what we unpacked for her and sort it out for herself.

Her room is at the end of a corridor and has a view of  the forest. The rooms have a wired internet jack, as well as wifi.

Angela planking on the roommates bed.