For most of academia, the pandemic has been a trial by fire, as researchers grappled with the question of how to do science without ready access to labs. Last spring, Katie McKearney was no exception.
A master’s candidate and psychology researcher-in-training at Saint Mary’s University, she was fulfilling the research requirements of her degree program by working as an electroencephalography technician, using small, metal disks attached to a patient’s head to measure electrical activity in their brain.
But when the arrival of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia brought with it sweeping lockdowns and