{"id":17287,"date":"2017-11-02T21:49:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?page_id=17287"},"modified":"2024-08-30T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:53:29","slug":"victoria-hawkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/student-stories\/victoria-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Story &#8211; Victoria Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Student Story &#8211; Victoria Hawkins\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Victoria-Hawkins-grad-profile-2017-400x267.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Victoria-Hawkins-grad-profile-2017-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Victoria-Hawkins-grad-profile-2017-160x107.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Victoria-Hawkins-grad-profile-2017-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Victoria-Hawkins-grad-profile-2017-360x240.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Victoria-Hawkins-grad-profile-2017.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"when-a-history-degree-leads-to-an-unexpected-career\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">When a history degree leads to an unexpected career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Susan Hickman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victoria Hawkins had no idea what type of career she might land when she enrolled in Carleton\u2019s history program in 2011, but realizes now that the skills she honed during her studies effectively prepared her for her current job.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through a research assistantship with History Department Chair Dominique Marshall, a practicum placement at the Canadian Public Affairs Channel, a project for Prof. Bruce Elliott\u2019s Canadian Urban History course and her thesis about Wonderbra, the 25-year-old history graduate developed an interest in archives. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome of my coursework necessitated visits to archival institutions,\u201d recalls Hawkins, \u201clike the Archives of Ontario, the City of Ottawa Archives, the McCord Museum and Library and Archives Canada (LAC). The close proximity to LAC was a luxury from a historian\u2019s point of view. I loved the environment of these archives and thought I might like to be an archivist.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She went on to study a Master of Information program at the University of Toronto, concentrating in archives and records management. After graduating, she landed a job with BlueDot, a company that analyzes data on infectious disease outbreaks around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a knowledge and information management specialist, Hawkins looks for management solutions for the organizational knowledge BlueDot creates. Her work relies on research skills, critical analysis and communication proficiency she polished at Carleton.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI find myself using other skills I learned as a history student, such as the ability to detect and account for bias and a capacity for empathy. I have brought this empathy to my work to understand what motivates people who are . . . from different worlds than mine.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a history degree leads to an unexpected career By Susan Hickman Victoria Hawkins had no idea what type of career she might land when she enrolled in Carleton\u2019s history program in 2011, but realizes now that the skills she honed during her studies effectively prepared her for her current job. 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