Important information to help you along your graduate journey. 

Interactive Orientation Symposium

September 7 to 11
Start Navigating Your Graduate Journey

The Fall 2015 term is nearly upon us; sign up now for the Fall 2015 uLethbridge Interactive Graduate Student Orientation Symposium!

See the SGS website for more information about the all Interactive Orientation Symposium events during the week of September 7 to 11, 2015 as well as the schedule of events for the Graduate Student Orientation on September 8. 

Register Now

All new and continuing graduate students are required to register online via the Bridge every semester. See the Registration Guide for detailed information about how to register.

Teaching as a Professional Responsibility

Plan to attend one of these workshop sessions in September if you are a new Graduate Teaching Assistant or were unable to attend one of the previous sessions of this workshop. More

Fall 2015 EndNote Instruction

Endnote is a "bibliographic citation management software" used to manage and organize your research literature. It integrates with Microsoft Word (and selected other word processing software) so that you can "cite-while-you-write" using any of a number of built in citation styles.

Register now for the one of the two two-part sessions during the Fall 2015 term.

ULSU Health and Dental Plan

All full-time students are automatically enrolled in the ULSU Health and Dental Plans. If you have alternative insurance benefits, you may choose to opt-out. To opt-out  online click here.

U-Pass Program

The GSA, in partnership with Lethbridge Transit, offers all graduate students reduced transit fares through a U-Pass program. If you have questions regarding the U-Pass and its distribution, please see the GSA website

2015 SSHRC Insight Grant webinar workshop

The Office of Research and Innovation Services is pleased to facilitate a webinar and application workshop for faculty interested in applying for a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant.

This webinar and application workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in W646. For more information, please visit the Notice Board.

Proposal Writing for TriCouncil Scholarships workshop

September 15 at 2:30 p.m. in W646

This workshop will go over the details on writing a research proposal, focusing on the requirements for the TriCouncil Scholarships. Dr. Paul Vasey sits on one of the National TriCouncil Adjudication Committees, and will go over the requirements of the Vanier, Doctoral and Masters level proposals.  He will provide you with hints and tips to help you put together a strong proposal that will give you a greater chance of success. 

This workshop will only be covering the proposal itself; other workshops are set up for the various scholarships to over the application as a whole.

Vanier Application workshops

September 14 at 10 a.m. in AH113, and
September 17 at 2 p.m. in AH113

This Vanier Workshop will go over how to apply for this prestigious scholar as well as go through the details of Common CV and the online application.  A good companion workshop for this workshop is the TriCouncil Proposal Writing workshop (above).

Register now for one of these two workshops:

SPOR 2015 Fall Studentship Competition

The Career Development in Methods and Health Services Research Platform is pleased to announce the first competition for the SPOR Graduate Studentship in Patient-Oriented Research. The program will fund up to eight (8) awards. The application deadline is October 1, 2015. 

Alberta Innovates- Health Solutions (AIHS) will host the studentship competition for the Alberta's Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) SUPPORT Unit

Coming Up in the SGS

Looking for information about upcoming events in the SGS, including Final Thesis Examinations and award/funding application deadlines? Check your inbox on Tuesday mornings or have a look at the SGS Events Calendar any time to see what's happening in the SGS.