TheGraduate@Carleton

Oct. 3, 2024 Edition

Graduate Student News

Go on an Exchange!
For students planning to go on an exchange for the 2025-2026 academic year, get more details at an Exchange Information Session! Graduate students can study full-time in a partner institution and earn credits towards their Carleton degree. Applications open Oct. 7 to Dec. 8. Register for an upcoming information session here.

Fall Career & Networking Fair
All Carleton students are invited to attend the in-person Fall Career & Networking Fair on Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For full details and to register, visit the mySuccess Co-op and Careers Workshops and Events Calendar.

If you have any questions, please email: thegraduate@carleton.ca.
To view previous editions of TheGraduate@Carleton, click here.

Grammar Foundations

The Centre for Student Academic Support (CSAS) is offering Grammar Foundations, a program designed to review key grammar points and provide tips and strategies for effective grammar use in academic writing contexts.

Virtual sessions via MS Teams will be held on Fridays from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Upcoming Sessions
Oct. 4: Passive vs. Active Voice in Academic Writing

Oct. 11: Verb Tenses and Academic Writing

Distinguished Speaker Series - Big OLAP Data Cube Compression Algorithms in Column-Oriented Cloud/Edge Data Infrastructures

Big data is gaining momentum in the research community, due to the several challenges posed by managing such kind of data. Big data are relevant not only in the academic context, but also in the industrial context, where they play the major role.

Event will be held on Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 5345 Herzberg Laboratories. RSVP here!

Upcoming Fall Term Deadlines

For the complete list of dates and deadlines, please bookmark and refer to the Registrar's Office website.

Oct. 11: December examination schedule available online.

Oct. 14: Statutory holiday. University closed.

Oct. 18: Last day of early fall classes.

Oct. 21-25: Fall break. No classes.

Awards and Funding Updates

Applications are now open for a number of internal and external funding competitions. For full details on all scholarship and funding opportunities, please visit our site.

The 2024-2025 Richard J. Van Loon Scholarship application for an outstanding international student from an African country is available. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1, 2025. For details, click here.

Donor-Funded Awards – Fall 2024 competition deadline is Oct. 4, 2024 at 12 a.m. Midnight EST (e.g. You must submit prior to Oct. 3, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.).

Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s Program (CGSM – Deadline to apply is Dec. 1, 2024 before 8 p.m. EST

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) – Deadline to apply is Nov. 19, 2024 at 12 a.m. Midnight EST. Referee deadline is Dec. 1, 2024.

International Students: Navigating Your New Life in Canada

Are you new to Canada and looking to navigate your new life with confidence? We invite you to join us on Oct. 8 for one of our Information Sessions to learn more about important settlement topics, including housing, employment, childcare, and volunteering. There are two sessions: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Register here!

Graduate Students' Association

The GSA Food Hamper has Joined the Unified Support Centre
The GSA will be providing food hamper services through the Unified Support Centre. If you are in need of a hamper, please fill out out this form.

We are Hiring!
The GSA is hiring a part time Peer Support Coordinator, Office Administrator, Sexual Assault Support Coordinator and Mike's Place Pub Part-Time Staff. Click here to learn more and apply!

Opt In/Opt Out of Greenshield Health Plan by Oct. 7
If you are a Graduate student, your health plan is with Greenshield. If you are a part-time student, co-op student, or wishing to opt in your spouse or dependents, you have until Oct. 7 to opt in! Click here. If you have any question see our FAQ page, Opt in/Opt Out page or contact gsa@gsacarleton.ca.

Executive Drop-In Hours Below at 600 Nideyinàn:

TA CENTRAL HUB

Join TA Central Hub!
The TA (Teaching Assistant) Central Hub is a portal for TAs to watch pre-recorded training videos, access resource materials and share resources related to teaching.
If you are a TA and would like to enrol in the Hub, please contact: TASupport@cunet.carleton.ca.

Training
Check out the Compliance vs. Pedagogical TA Training section.

Follow TA Central Hub on our
Instagram account!

TEACHING ASSISTANTS (TA) OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Pedagogical Training
All TAs have access to five hours of pedagogical training. You are strongly encouraged to complete this training as to gain important skills for your role as a TA at Carleton. Training must be completed during the term(s) in which the student is working as a TA and must be completed before the deadline, Nov. 30 for a fall-only TAship, and March 30 for a full academic year TAship or a winter-only TAship. Unsure about how to earn your pedagogical training hours? Check out the FAQs on the TLS website or contact:
DeputyProvost@cunet.carleton.ca .

Update Your TA Profile!
All Priority Teaching Assistants (TA) can update their TA Profile immediately after accepting their TA award through the TA Management System in Carleton Central.

English PhD Candidate Archiving the Women's Movement

A fifth-year doctoral candidate in English, Meghan Tibbits-Lamirande researches the relationship between militant protest tactics and the radical media, broadly defined, throughout the U.S. War in Vietnam. She reads activist performances, such as Alice Herz’s 1965 act of self-immolation, as expressions of political knowledge premised on activists’ refusal to engage with state-sanctioned codes of public discourse. Anti-war protest actions such as Herz’s repudiated biopower’s right “to make live and to let die.”

Read the Article Here