Year: 2022
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Graduation Thoughts
After my graduation day, my friend Gabriel Tao asked me an intriguing question – “Do I feel proud of what I have accomplished or where I reach today? Research or academic wise?” It took me some moments to think through – there is something so immersed that couldn’t be wrapped into some simple adjectives, proud,…
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Climate change impacts Prairie Agriculture
Climate change, generally perceived as rising global temperature and changing rainfall patterns, has a large impact on crop production. Canada is a high-latitude country in Northern Hemisphere, whose major croplands originated from the three Prairie Provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Thus, climate effects, potentially, could have significant opportunities and challenges to the crop production in…
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Ask the right questions
Zhe Zhang, Ph.D. of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan After the five-year journey of struggles, happiness, and achievement, I finally defended my Ph.D. thesis in Oct 2021. When all excitements, thrills, nerves, and anxieties faded away in the next few days, I started to reflect on this journey and asked myself: what did I…
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Running a PhD Marathon
Zhe Zhang, University of Saskatchewan This is my first post and it is about running (of course) – some of my personal thoughts about running experience during my PhD journey, that I cherish this memory so much. Set a goal and run to get it I arrived in Saskatoon, Canada on a dark, winter night…