We would like to welcome Thinking Historically first visiting doctoral student, Laurie Pageau, who arrived in Edmonton last night (November 16th) just in time for Winter! Laurie is a PhD candidate at the Laval University (Québec) under the supervision of Prof. Jean- François Cardin (U.Laval) and Prof. Catherine Duquette (UQAC). Her doctoral research aims at understanding the influence students’ epistemological comprehension of history on their potential success on the provincial examination. In the following two weeks, Laurie will work with researchers in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta to discuss and validate her interpretation of a part of the data for her doctoral dissertation.