TheGraduate@Carleton

March 7, 2024 Edition

Graduate Student News

Ravens Win Second Critelli Cup!
The Carleton Ravens women's basketball team are back-to-back Critelli Cup champions after winning the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship game over the Queen's Gaels. Read all the details here. Ravens compete for the national title this weekend in Edmonton!

Vote in the Mental Health Fee Referendum
Health and Counselling Services is proposing a $25 per term mental health fee. The fee will help increase mental health services on campus, including more counsellors, to support students. Vote by online ballot through your cMail on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15.

International Women's Day - March 8
On International Women’s Day, marked annually on March 8, Carleton is celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women across the university. Click here for a list of events.

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.

GSA Carleton Elections! Nominations are Now Open
See posters below and click on the link to the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) website for full election details and nomination form. GSA invites you to nominate yourself or a peer for positions on the 2024/2025 Executive Committee. Mark your calendars for the GSA elections which will be held online on March 20 and March 21.

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Dates & Deadlines!

March 8, 2024
Last day to withdraw from late winter term courses with a full fee adjustment.

March 15, 2024

Last day for academic withdrawal from full winter, late winter and fall/winter courses.
Last day to request Formal Examination Accommodation Forms for April full winter, late winter, and fall/winter final examinations to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities.

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.

Compete at this year's
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition!

The 3MT at Carleton is a competition for graduate students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in 3 minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges. Competition will be held on March 28, 2024.

Participants will compete for prizes! First place: $1,000, Second place: $500, Third place: $250 “People’s Choice” prize: $150.

Check out last year's competition here!

Spring Career Fair on March 20

Graduating this spring or exploring your career options? Attend the in-person Spring Career Fair on Wednesday, March 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is the final Career Fair of the academic year and a chance to think strategically about your future.

Please visit the mySuccess Co-op and Career Workshops and Events calendar to register.

Paul Menton Centre Graduate Writing Group

The Graduate Student Writing Group is for any graduate student working on an independent project (seminar or conference paper, grant proposal, journal article, thesis, manuscript, etc). The group provides a space for accountability for projects without traditional deadlines and the chance for students to set tangible writing goals for the session and for the upcoming week.

Graduate Thesis Virtual Writing Retreat
If you are looking for additional motivation to work on your thesis, register for the March 22 Paul Menton Centre’s Graduate Thesis Virtual Writing Retreat!

Writing Support by CSAS

Join the Centre for Student Academic Support (CSAS) this Winter Term 2024 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 March 13 will review clause combinations. Sessions are available hybrid: in person at 402 MacOdrum Library and on MS Teams.

For questions, email: csas@carleton.ca

Awards and Funding Info

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

2024 Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium - Registration is now Open!

The 2024 Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium - Echoes: Memory, Narrativity, and Dimensions of Historical Discourse will take place in Paterson Hall on March 22.

To register, please fill out this Google Form. Registration will be open until the end of the day on March 15. Please sign up as soon as possible!

In addition to a slate of panels covering many topics that are sure to captivate your interest, the Colloquium will also feature two keynote speakers: Carleton Prof. Audra A. Diptée and author Charles Foran.

Questions? Feel free to contact us at UnderhillColloquium@cunet.carleton.ca.

GSA Carleton Peer Support Wednesdays

The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) is here for you to provide any peer support or conversations about finding resources on and off campus, talking about everyday stresses or any other things. We welcome you to come to 600 Nideyinàn (formally known as the UC) 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.

Prioritizing and Practicing Self-Care in Graduate School Workshop

Join the Paul Menton Centre on March 8 at 11 a.m. for their "Everything is Totally Fine" Prioritizing and Practicing Self-Care in Graduate School workshop.

With many competing priorities in graduate school, staying “well” may not always make it onto your to-do list. Success in graduate school is only possible if you make yourself a priority.

For Details and to Register

Awards for Grad Students by the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans (CPCoE)

The CPCoE has created Capacity Building Initiatives (CBIs) to support research in fields related to Veterans’ chronic pain. The CBIs were created to support individual students completing research at the Master’s or doctoral level. The aim of the CBI program is to support and increase the number of researchers whose research is relevant to Veterans living with chronic pain.

Applications are open until April 12. For details, click here.

A Recipe for Research: Carleton Grad Student Creates Canadian Culinary History Cooking Show

From green corn patties to preserved apples, public history student Holly Benison is teaching people around the world how to cook like a 19th-century Canadian immigrant through her YouTube video series, “The Backwoods Kitchen.”

Half cooking show and half history lesson, the series is actually part of Benison’s master’s thesis project at Carleton University.

Instead of writing a traditional paper, she’s studying women’s work and culinary history in the mid-1800s by creating educational videos in which she recreates recipes and techniques from the 1854 book The Female Emigrant’s Guide by Upper Canada author and naturalist Catherine Parr Trail.

Read the Entire Article Here

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). Please check your TA Training Transcript to ensure your Winter training attendance has been collected (Carleton Central>TA Management>TA Training Transcript). *Note: this transcript pertains only to pedagogical training, NOT compliance/mandatory training. If you notice any trainings missing, please email us TASupport@cunet.carleton.ca.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience Prof. Aguilar-Valles’ Lab Helping Research How Using Psychedelic Derivatives Can Treat Depression

Depression is one of the most significant challenges of our time, with over 280 million people suffering worldwide.

Despite the demand, antidepressants only have a 60 per cent effectiveness rate, and it can take months on daily medication for patients to begin feeling better—a difficult wait for those already struggling with low mood or suicidal thoughts.

Carleton University neuroscientist Argel Aguilar-Valles is part of an international push to explore the therapeutic potential of a provocative subcategory of drugs: psychedelics.

“Psychedelics appear to reverse some of the damage that chronic stress causes, which enables the brain to be more resilient and better respond to the challenges we face in our lives,” says Aguilar-Valles.