TheGraduate@Carleton

Nov. 21, 2024 Edition

Graduate Student News

Winter Term Payment Deadline Reminder
Winter term payment is due Nov. 25. Click here for important payment information. Late payment charges and late registration charges apply to the student account on or after this date. Payment is required to complete the registration process.

Fall Convocation: Diploma Pickup
Congratulations to our students who just graduated! If you were unable to attend Fall Convocation, your diploma is available for pickup at Graduate Studies (512 Tory Building) until Nov. 29. Unclaimed diplomas will be mailed to the mailing address listed on Carleton Central. Please review your address on Carleton Central via Carleton360 to ensure it is correct.

SSHRC Storytellers Challenge has Launched!
SSHRC's annual Storytellers Challenge asks postsecondary students to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better. The Challenge is open to all graduate students enrolled at a Canadian postsecondary institution to tell the story of a SSHRC-funded research project—their own or that of a researcher at their institution. A jury will then select 20 finalists. These Top 20 submissions will each be awarded $3,000 and additional training in research communications will be offered. In June 2025, the Top 20 will compete for a chance to place among the Final Five winners and receive an additional $1,000. For more details on this year’s Storytellers Challenge, please click here.

Provide Feedback on a New Human Rights Policy
Carleton invites all faculty, staff and students to comment on a new proposed Human Rights Policy that reflects the Ministry of Colleges and Universities issued ‘Minister’s Anti-Racism/Anti-Hate Directives’ under Bill 166. Share your feedback via the Human Rights Policy Consultation webpage or by emailing equity@carleton.ca. The submission deadline is Dec. 13.

Sexual Violence Policy Review
The Sexual Violence Policy Review is undergoing a broad and inclusive consultation process and Carleton encourages all members of the Carleton community to provide feedback and comments through our consultation website or by email. While some areas have been identified for further consideration, feedback is welcome on all aspects of the policy. For more information on the review process, visit the Sexual Violence Policy website.

Indigenous Winter Market
The Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement is pleased to announce the Sixth Annual Indigenous Winter Market on Nov. 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Atrium located in Nideyinàn. The market will feature the diverse and amazing work of Métis, Inuit and First Nations makers. Browse jewelry, beadwork, paintings, sculptures, mittens, moccasins, crafts, and much more. Come and enjoy the fun!

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Thank Your Favourite Professor!

Nominations are now open for our annual Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards! We love to hear about how a professor has impacted your experience at Carleton and tell others how valuable mentors can be! For more information and how to submit a nomination click here. Nominations are open until Jan. 8, 2025.

Awards and Funding Updates

Applications are still open for several external funding competitions. For full details on all scholarship and funding opportunities, please visit our site.

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

Laura Bassi Scholarship
The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to master's and doctoral students whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. The scholarships are open to every discipline and applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by Nov. 25 for consideration for Winter 2024. The results will be announced on Dec. 11.

International Student Services

Have OHIP? UHIP not required
If you are an international student with UHIP health insurance but have received OHIP health coverage (Ontario provincial insurance) or have other provincial coverage, UHIP is not required. Scan proof to uhip@carleton.ca to have your UHIP terminated and student account credited accordingly. You need to have either UHIP or OHIP but not both.

International Student Alumni Panel
Whether you are looking for advice on academics, career development, or adjusting to life in Canada, our alumni panelists will share valuable insights and tips. Join us on Nov. 28 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at The Wing. Click here for more information about the event.

Upcoming Fall Term Deadlines

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

Nov. 22: Last day for summative tests or examinations or formative tests or examinations totaling more than 15% of the final grade in the full fall or fall/winter before the official December examination period.

Nov. 25: Winter Payment Deadline

Nov. 29:

Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis in examinable form to the department.

Last day for summative tests or examinations or formative tests or examinations totaling more than 15% of the final grade in the late fall before the official December examination period.

Two M.Arch Students Awarded Canada Graduate Scholarships

Two Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism students—currently in their first year of the three-year Master of Architecture program—have each received a major grant for research which will form the basis of their thesis projects.

Kaylee Komatich’s project, Harmony in Chaos: Regenerative Architecture in Urban Contexts, will look at the effects of urbanization on climate and investigate how we might reduce damaging effects. She proposes that a “regenerative architecture” could redefine urban development to address the impacts of buildings on climate change. “A regenerative architecture approach that integrates sustainability, resilience, and ecosystem harmony would be the resulting project,” she says.

Asha Stott calls her project Ghosts in the Garden and the Virtue of the Tender Machine. She hopes her research will “contribute to the ongoing dialogue within architecture that seeks a balanced framework between analogue and digital, nature and machine, and progress and preservation.” She understands the appeal of evolving technologies and simultaneously the intrinsic value of ecosystems. The research will seek a methodology for architecture which honours both as dimensions of life in the urban condition.

Komatich and Stott will each receive $27,000 from the SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships —Master’s Program, which aims to help develop the research skills of students who demonstrate high standards in undergraduate and early graduate studies.

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