TheGraduate@Carleton

April 11, 2024 Edition

Graduate Student News

2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners and all our grad students who spent the time figuring out how to explain to us their research in three minutes or less! To view the finalist presentations and see who won the top prizes, click here.

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

Dates & Deadlines!

April 11 to 12, 2024
No classes or examinations take place.

April 13 to 25, 2024
Final examinations in full winter, late winter and fall/winter term courses will be held.

April 25, 2024
Summer Term Payment Deadline

May 6, 2024
Summer Term Begins

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.

International Student Services Office

INFO SESSIONS

All About Post-Graduation Work Permits: April 12 at 11 a.m. For international students who will be applying for a Post-Graduation Work-Permit (PGWP) so you can remain in Canada after graduation and get Canadian work experience.
Permanent Resident (PR) Pathways: April 12 at 1:30 p.m. For international students who are thinking about remaining in Canada permanently after graduation, we encourage you to attend our info session to learn about Express Entry / Canadian Experience Class and Ontario Immigrant Nominee Programs.

University Health Insurance Plan – Expiry Date
For international students enrolled in a degree program, your University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) will expire August 31. Should you enrol for classes in Fall 2024, UHIP will reactivate for that term. If you have questions about UHIP, please contact uhip@carleton.ca.

Awards and Funding Info

When Will I Find Out if I Have Won an OGS or Tri-Council Award?

OGS: Results have been released in Carleton Central. If you were successful, you need to provide your decision to either accept or decline your award. If you originally completed a pdf application, please complete the Notice of Decision Form and return to jenna.mcconnell@carleton.ca as soon as possible. If you originally completed your application online through Carleton Central, the Award Acceptance Form will be available there.
NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR CGSM: Results have been released in the Research Portal. If you were successful, you need to complete the Tri-Council MA Acceptance Form and return to jenna.mcconnell@carleton.ca as soon as possible.
NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR CGSD & Vanier: Expected end of April, direct from agency.

Full details on awards and funding opportunities are available on FGPA's grad student site.

Personnel Awards for Black Scholars Competition Now Open

The Heart & Stroke's Personnel Awards for Black Scholars aim to promote strategic growth in heart and brain health science with Black communities by supporting Black students pursue their post graduate studies.

Applications are to be submitted via Heart & Stroke’s online grants management system, CIRCUlink.

Doctoral awards guidelines (3-year awards worth $90K per award)
Master’s award guidelines (2-year awards worth $50K per award)

These awards will be offered to students accepted to or enrolled in master’s or doctoral programs in Canada who identify as Black and who are studying in an area specific to heart or brain health. These multi-year awards will function as salary stipends intended to enable trainees to focus on their studies and advance in their chosen field.

Competition closes May 22 at 3 p.m. ET.

Graduate Students' Association (GSA) Updates

GSA Carleton Peer Support Wednesdays
We provide peer support or conversations about finding resources on and off campus and talking about everyday stresses. We welcome you to come to 600 Nideyinàn on Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., but please reach out to peersupport@gsacarleton.ca if those times do not work for you.

GSA Carleton Study Sessions!
Come to study sessions at the GSA Lounge at 600 Nideyinàn every Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can study or work on whatever you like in a welcoming environment. Snacks and juice will be provided during these times and feel free to email peersupport@gsacarleton.ca for more information. Study sessions from now until Tuesday, April 23.

Sign Up for our Softball Team!
If you are looking for something fun and social to do outdoors this Spring and Summer, the Carleton GSA Grad Student Recreational Softball League is resuming, after a very fun season in 2023. The free league is very casual and fun for players of any skill and experience level. Beginners are encouraged. Please send us an e-mail noting your interest to: aaron.doyle@carleton.ca.

Research
Bulletin Board

MeWeRTH has developed a Community Research Bulletin
Board.

Carleton researchers doing health-related projects and looking to recruit community members can post their (REB approved) recruitment notice.

If you are interested in participating in research, please check our website for available studies. For more information, please contact Noah Bennell
or Prof. Joanna Pozzulo.

Get Your Voice Heard: The Conversation

The Conversation is a unique digital journalism platform designed to boost the visibility of Canada's academics and researchers. If you are a doctoral candidate, you are welcome to contribute. If you are a master's student, you can co-author articles with a faculty member. Editors will help coach you through the writing process.

Most recently, Carleton’s Jeffrey Bradley, a Ph.D. Candidate in Legal Studies at Carleton University wrote this article on Tackling the Causes of Crime, Not Sending More People to Jail, Is the Only Way To Fight It.

If you have any questions, please contact Steven Reid.

The Bell Lecture with Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party

The Bell Lecture with Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, will be held on Tuesday, April 30 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.

Free to anyone to attend. Please register here.

2024 Recipient of the John Adjeleian Graduate Scholarship in Structural Design

Gerald Rafael-White is the 2024 recipient of the John Adjeleian Graduate Scholarship in Structural Design for his master’s thesis, Structured Roots, Fibres, and Flows: A Structural System Rooted in Cultural Anthropology, and Material Phenomena.

“Gerry’s thesis demonstrates a high level of craft and structural invention, and is tested rigorously across scales, from the column prototype to the structural bay,” says a statement by the internal selection jury at the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism. “The wider positioning of structural concerns within a Philippine craft-based vernacular cultural context makes the research particularly noteworthy,” wrote the jury members. “The writing is critical and nuanced. Combined with visual supporting material, the thesis demonstrates a high level of competency of the subject matter.”

The annual John Adjeleian Graduate Scholarship in Structural Design goes to an outstanding graduate student pursuing research in structural design and recognizes excellence in the art of structural design.