TheGraduate@Carleton

March 28, 2024 Edition

Graduate Student News

3MT Competition Today!
Watch grad students compete for prizes in our annual 3MT Competition today, March 28! Finals will be held from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Richcraft Hall second floor conference rooms.

Registration for Summer 2024 Term is Open
Log into Carleton Central to register for Summer 2024 courses.

University Closed
The university will be closed on Friday, March 29 for the Statutory Holiday.

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

Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award Winners!

Congratulations to James Casteel, Robert Coplan, Catherine Cullingham, Francine Darroch, Nafiseh Kahani and Isaac Otchere for winning a 2023-2024 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award! Missing from photo is Francine Darroch.

Click here to read more about the FGMAs and quotes from student nominations.

Dates & Deadlines!

March 29, 2024
Statutory holiday. University closed.

April 1, 2024

Last day for receipt of applications from potential spring (June) graduates.
Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis, in examinable form to the department.

April 10, 2024

Last day to pay any remaining balance on your Student Account to avoid a hold on access to marks through Carleton Central and the release of transcripts and other official documents.
Winter term ends.
Last day of full winter, late winter and fall/winter term classes.
Classes follow a Friday schedule (full winter and later winter courses).
Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for full winter term and late winter courses.
Last day for take home examinations to be assigned.

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.

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.

PhD Student is one of two winners of the The Adrian D.C. Chan Award for Volunteer & Community Service

Ankita Dey is a fourth-year PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She completed her masters at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar in India and came to Carleton with a scholarship.

She was interested in biomedical signal processing and image processing as well as machine learning and systems engineering and she wanted to work with Prof. Sreeraman Rajan as her supervisor. She currently works at NRC Canada on a project led by Rajan.

Graduate Students' Association (GSA) Updates

Sculpture Workshop Today!
Unleash Your Creativity with Clay on Thursday, March 28 at 4 p.m. in the GSA Lounge (600 Nideyinàn). Join us for a hands-on workshop led by a passionate artist and skilled potter. Unwind and de-stress: discover the calming effects of working with clay.

GSA Accessibility Grant Applications Due Today by 4 p.m.!
Make sure that your grant application is submitted by March 28 at 4 p.m. as the deadline is firm! Any questions can be answered at gsa@gsacarleton.ca or occ@gsacarleton.ca for form questions! Visit gsacarleton.ca and go to the services section to find the Grants and Awards.

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.

Greenshield Canada Strike and Access to Online Health Services Update
Greenshield Canada is currently on strike. Your health plan is accessible online during this time. For more information please consult the letter here.

Awards and Funding Info

When Will I Find Out if I Have Won an OGS or Tri-Council Award?
Students will be informed of their scholarship application status by the following approximate dates:

OGS – April 2 via Carleton Central
NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR CGSM – April 1 via the Research Portal
NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR CGSD & Vanier – End of April, direct from agency

Tri-Agency Doctoral Award Annual Progress Report
If you hold a SSHRC or NSERC doctoral multi-year award, make sure to submit your annual progress report to jenna.mcconnell@carleton.ca to receive the next three terms of your award. Forms can be found here: NSERC, SSHRC. The timing of the report is based on the start date of your award:

April 1 – May anniversaries
July 1 – September anniversaries
December 1 – January anniversaries

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

International Student Services Office

SOCIAL EVENTS

Global Café: April 2 at 1:30 p.m.

Vanier Sugar Shack / Cabane à Sucre Visit: April 5 at 12 p.m.

INFO SESSIONS

Ask an Advisor: Immigration Q&A: April 5 at 11 a.m.

All About Post-Graduation Work Permits: April 12 at 11 a.m.

Permanent Resident (PR) Pathways: April 12 at 1:30 p.m.

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 James Deaville published an article in The Conversation on the musical score of the movie ‘Poor Things.’ If you are interested in writing for the Conversation, sample ideas can be found here. If you have any questions, please contact Steven Reid.

MeWeRTH Lunch and Learn Living Well Presentation

MeWeRTH is hosting a Lunch and Learn Living Well presentation on April 10 from noon to 1 p.m.

Assistant Professor Chad Danyluck will be presenting, “Harmonizing Mind and Body: Simple Strategies for Stress and Wellness.”

The event can be attended either in-person (Dunton Tower, Rm 2017, Carleton University) or virtually. Please register here.

Note: a light lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to noon for the in-person audience.

Teaching Assistants Official Info Site

Please visit the official Teaching Assistants site by the Office of the Deputy Provost to keep informed of duties and processes. Highlights include:

Updating Your TA Profile in Carleton Central
Extending Priority Terms for Priority Teaching Assistant
Info for New TAs
Accepting Your TA Assignment
Payroll Information

Official Site for Teaching Assistants

TA Central Hub - Teaching and Learning Services

The TA 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 Sam Shortt.

Pedagogical Training Deadline Reminder - April 2
The last day for TAs to complete any pedagogical training (voluntary) for Winter 2024 is April 2. This includes access to the quizzes for the recorded videos found here under Recorded Workshops (Pedagogical Training).

For questions, please email us at TASupport@cunet.carleton.ca.

MSc Grad Helping Biology Adjunct Professor Study Sea Birds and Oil Spills

MSc Graduate, Yasmeen Zahaby, studied in the Cooke Lab and graduated in 2023. She and Biology Adjunct Professor Jennifer Provencher are featured in this article: Seabirds and Oil Spills: Using DNA to Track Health Impacts.

Using genetic code to monitor the impacts of oil spills on surviving seabirds, former master’s student Yasmeen Zahaby developed a tool called a ToxChip which measures the health impacts of seabirds at a DNA level.

Carleton University Art Gallery Exhibit: The Art of Faye HeavyShield

On until April 21, The Art of Faye HeavyShield exhibit is the first touring retrospective of HeavyShield’s work that spans four decades of her practice and occupies all of CUAG’s gallery spaces. It presents a powerful selection of the artist’s drawings, paintings, sculptures and installation works, which are grounded in the deep art history of the prairies and in her personal and communal experiences. HeavyShield’s approach as an artist centres relationality, in an aesthetics of humility and in poetic visual articulations of Blackfoot language—all rooted within her specific cultural context.

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