Kim has had an extremely busy autumn. It began at the end of September with a trip back to Ontario, first to Hamilton for meetings with professors and some research, and then to Toronto for dissertation fieldwork. While she was in Ontario she stayed with her friends Alisha and Joe (thanks guys!!) and managed to fit in a gig with Swimming to Vegas (1 October, pictured above) as well as a visit with her sister, Hilary in Milton.
Next was a trip to Vancouver in mid October. In fact, Kim spent her birthday presenting a paper at a conference on Buddhism in Canada at the University of British Columbia (see this link: http://ubcbuddhism.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/901/ ). This was a fun conference for Kim because she got to spend time with her growing circle of friends and colleagues and meet more amazing people. Last was another conference trip to Atlanta, Georgia at the end of October/beginning of November for the American Academy of Religion. Kim presided over a panel of presenters (how's that for alliteration!) and met some amazing people, from publishers to highly esteemed professors. She also got a chance to hang out with her McMaster friends and go to the Coca-Cola headquarters and the Atlanta Aquarium (see pic). 
In between all of Kim's travel, Dave was traveling too. He went back to Royal Military College for the Class of 1990 20th Reunion (1 - 3 October) and then a couple of weeks later he flew home to Ontario on a cross country trip with students to be with his brother Jay who turned the big 4-0. Dave is also continuously traveling to Winnipeg for work meetings, which makes for some interesting scheduling around all of our various activities. **** Kim's autumn finished up with some great news . . . she has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship. A SSHRC is a Canadian scholarship at the federal government level that is extremely competitive and one of the best things to have on an academic curriculum vitae. Kim is thrilled to have been chosen as a SSHRC recipient! ****
