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Input: Post-graduation plans 

On November 13, hundreds of graduates attended convocation at Place des Arts to collect their degrees and to close a momentous chapter in their lives. As the wide-open road of the future lies ahead, the Journal asked: What now?

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I have a few contracts in web design, so I’ll be doing that for a while. There’s the possibility of teaching at a CEGEP, but I’m not sure I want to do that yet. But I do know for sure, I want to stay in Montreal.

- Rami Nuseir, MA Media Studies

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Seeing all the people with master’s and doctorates made me very much want to pursue my education. But for now, I’ll just be looking for work […] and live one day at a time until my next opportunity comes around.

- Mark Bonneville, BA Psychology/Sociology

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I’m doing my PhD right now at Concordia in the special individualized program. I’m hoping to get through it in three or four years. I hope to come out with some comprehensive ideas for organizational management so I can work in health care.

- Terry Kyle, MA Human Systems Intervention

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I take receiving my doctorate as a big responsibility, coming from a small Indian community [Kahnawake]. I’m now a role model for the young people in my community. I want to show them what is possible and what one can achieve. I plan to teach, probably at Concordia, in the First People Studies program, and work with my community. I will also continue researching and writing so I can bridge the Mohawk world to the outside world. I want to let people know who we are, where we come from and what we’re all about.

- Kahente Horn-Miller, PhD Humanities

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I’m going to do a lot of artistic directing. Our program taught us dance technique and choreography. I'm going to go to Melbourne because that’s the capital of dance in Australia. I want to get into their scene and see what’s up there.

- Lauren Weisz, BFA Contemporary Dance

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I did my bachelor, master’s and PhD at Concordia. I’ve been here 12 years. Now I’m off to Queen’s University to do a post-doc in civil engineering, examining the fire resistance of fibre-polymer composites.

- Duncan Cree, PhD Mechanical Engineering
(See Journal Sept. 27, 2007.)

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Right now, I’m looking for a job, but the French thing is an obstacle here in Quebec. I might go to Ontario to pursue a one-year program in education.

- Isabelle Kapiga, MSc Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies

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I’m planning to study theological studies in Islam at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, England.

- Fardin Azizada, BA Poli Sci/Theological Studies

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Right now, I’m doing my PhD at the University of Pennsylvania at the Annenberg School of Communication. I’m researching the history and policy implications of local television. After that, back to Canada, hopefully back to Concordia for a teaching job.

- Christopher Ali, MA Media Studies

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I’m going on a big trip to New Zealand for four months. I think it’s a good opportunity between graduating and entering the real career world. When am I going to have a chance like this again?

- Helena Vassiliou, MA Creative Arts Therapies

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