TheGraduate@Carleton

October 5, 2023 Edition

Graduate Student News

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 click here and nomination forms are found here. Nominations are open until Dec. 8, 2023. Check out previous recipients here!

University Closed Oct. 9
The university will be closed for the Statutory holiday on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.

TheGraduate@Carleton newsletter is typically distributed on Thursdays.
If you have any questions, please email: fgpa_newsletter@carleton.ca

Dates & Deadlines!

Oct. 6, 2023
December examination schedule available online.

Oct. 9, 2023
Statutory holiday. University closed.

Oct. 13, 2023
Last day for summative tests or examinations, or formative tests or examinations totaling more than 15% of the final grade, in early fall term undergraduate courses, before the official Oct/Nov final examination period.

Oct. 20, 2023
Last day of early fall classes.

Oct. 23, 2023
Deadline for course outlines to be made available to students registered in late fall courses.

Oct. 23-27, 2023
Fall break. No classes.

For a complete list of all official academic and financial dates and deadlines, please go to the Registrar’s website. For all financial matters, go to Student Accounts.

Neuroscience Colloquium Series

The Neuroscience Colloquium Series is an opportunity for both students and faculty members to attend a lecture from a researcher to learn about the groundbreaking advances being made in field. Lectures will take place in-person on Fridays, starting at 11:30 a.m.

Oct. 6, 2023 - Hosted by Prof. Alfonso Abizaid
Dr. Patricia Rulfo Silveira, Douglass Hospital Research Center, McGill University
Title: Neurometabolic signals, early adversity and the co-morbidity between psychiatric and metabolic diseases.

Oct. 20, 2023 - Hosted by Prof. Shawn Hayley
Dr. Amanda Kentner, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Title: TBA

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Awards and Funding Info and Deadlines

Applications are now open for a number of internal and external funding competitions. For full details on all scholarship and funding opportunities, please visit: https://gradstudents.carleton.ca/awards-and-funding/

Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Program (CGSD)
SSHRC PhD deadline: We are aware the SSHRC online portal is down. Applicants and referees are unable to access the site at this time. The application should be available in the portal again by Oct. 5, 2023. Due to this outage, we will be extending the deadline to Oct. 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST.

Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Program (CGSM) Deadline Dec. 1, 2023 before 8:00PM EST

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Deadline Nov. 15, 2023 at 12:00AM EST (midnight).

Fall Career Fair on Oct. 18

All Carleton students and alumni are invited to attend the in-person Fall Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Raven's Nest (Alumni Hall)

The Career Fair will give you the opportunity to:

Establish and grow your professional network.
Explore full-time, part-time, and co-op opportunities with 75+ employers. Check out the list alphabetically and by degree, or view the Employer Cheat Sheet.
Discover a range of organizations – small, medium, and large – to see if you would be a good fit.
Practice your networking skills and identify employers that interest you.

International Student Services Office

International Exchange for 2024-2025: Applications Now Open!

Carleton University offers an exchange program with approximately 110 partner institutions in more than 30 countries around the globe. This is an opportunity for students to study full-time at a partner institution for a single term (fall or winter) or for a full academic year. For more information and to apply for the 2024-2025 academic year, visit the International Student Services Office website.

Upcoming Events

Warming up to Winter
Oct. 13, 2023 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Fall Rhapsody in Gatineau
Oct. 14, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Ānako Indigenous Research Institute Hosts Free In-Person Talk on Oct. 19

Workshop: Boost Your Visibility with The Conversation

Are you interested in sharing your research with the broader public or in writing opinion pieces to impart ideas? The Department of University Communications invites faculty, instructors, and PhD candidates to attend a workshop to learn more about writing for The Conversation, a unique digital journalism platform designed to boost the visibility of Canada's academic community

New TA Centre Opens at the School of Computer Science

The School of Computer Science opened its newly renovated Teaching Assistant (TA) laboratory during their Open House on Sept. 19, 2023. Read all about it here.

Writing Support by CSAS

Join the Centre for Student Academic Support (CSAS) this Fall 2023 term for their Academic Writing for English Language Learners sessions on Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pick and choose the session that works for you or join all of them!

Next session on Oct. 11, 2023 will focus on passive vs. active voice in academic writing. Sessions are available both virtually and in person at 402 MacOdrum Library. For questions, email: csas@carleton.ca

TA Cafes!

Hosted by Teaching and Learning Services, TA Cafes are informal spaces for TAs to ask us any questions they may have, meet other TAs, connect, and socialize. Please note: TA Cafes are not eligible for paid pedagogical training hours. The links can also be found in the TA Central Hub Brightspace Calendar. For any questions, please email: TASupport@cunet.carleton.ca

Upcoming Cafes:

Oct. 17, 2023 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/93972210695
Meeting ID: 939 7221 0695

Oct. 25, 2023 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/92805506065
Meeting ID: 928 0550 6065

TA Tool Kit 2023-2024

More than 40 Campus Locations Designated
as Smudge-Friendly

Carleton now has 42 smudge-friendly spaces on campus, including the entire Architecture Building and Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.

Smudging is a tradition common to many First Nations and Métis communities which involves the burning of one or more medicines gathered from the earth. The four sacred medicines used in First Nations and Métis ceremonies are tobacco, sage, cedar and sweetgrass.

As per Calls 7, 9, 17, 24 and, more specifically, 28, from the Kinàmàgawin Report, and The Indigenous Spiritual Practices subsection of the Ontario Human Rights Code, it has been a priority for Carleton to reduce the barrier of engaging in Indigenous spirituality and ceremony on campus.

To ensure the use of traditional medicines does not trigger smoke and heat-detecting alarms, various locations on campus have been assessed and have been designated as pre-approved spaces by Environmental Health and Safety. This means that in these spaces, there is no longer a pre-approval process requirement for smudging. For all other spaces on campus, please continue to request approval at least one week in advance.

On September 27, Carleton’s Senior Management Committee approved an updated policy that formally recognizes the unique relationship that many Indigenous cultures have with traditional and sacred medicine. Over the next week, Facilities and Management Planning will install signage in all smudge-friendly locations to indicate where smudging can occur without pre-approval.

If you would like to know more about the practice of smudging, please reach out to the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement.