TheGraduate@Carleton

April 6 Edition

Graduate Student News

CUPE 4600 Strike
For updates, please check your CMAIL and carleton.ca/bargaining

University Closed
April 7, 2023

Reminder
Summer 2023 registration is open and the class schedule is available in Carleton Central

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

Three Minute Thesis 2023 Competition - Third Place Winner Video

Jennie Siushansian, student in Master of Arts in Communication presents, I Just Can’t Stand Seeing and Hearing It: A Critical Examination of Non-Autistic Actors Portraying Autistic Characters On-Screen.

Dates & Deadlines

April 7, 2023
Statutory holiday. University closed.

April 12, 2023

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. An account balance may delay summer 2023 course selection.
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, with the exception of those conforming to the examinations regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of the Undergraduate Calendar/General Regulations of the Graduate Calendar.

April 13-14, 2023
No classes or examinations take place.

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.

When Will I Find Out if I Have Won a Tri-Council Award?

Students will be informed of their scholarship application status by the following approximate dates:

NSERC, SSHRC & CIHR PhD: End of April
Vanier: End of April

If you are a successful recipient, please ensure you pay close attention to the details on how to accept your award.

Student EDI Research Award Applications Open

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) is now accepting applications for the Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Research Award, valued at $15,000 for one graduate student.

Students from all faculties are invited to submit a proposal for an EDI-related research project that they intend to work on during the summer in collaboration with a faculty member. The application deadline for this award is Monday, April 10, 2023.

Don't Forget to Accept Your Scholarships!

External awards application results will be released in the coming weeks. Please pay close attention to details on how to accept your award:

OGS
If you are successful, and you originally completed a paper application submission, you need to fill in this acceptance form and return to jenna.mcconnell@carleton.ca as soon as possible. If you submitted your application online and received a successful result, the acceptance form will be located in your Carleton Central application. If you experience any issues accepting your award, please reach out to Jenna McConnell immediately.
Note: If you have a pending decision from SSHRC, NSERC or CIHR and have been successful in the OGS competition, please accept your OGS offer. If you then receive a positive result regarding a different external award, your funding can be revised.

CGS Master’s
If you are successful, you need to fill out this acceptance form and send to jenna.mcconnell@carleton.ca as soon as possible.

FGPA Offers Professional Development

As a graduate student at Carleton, you have access to a wide range of professional development resources, including transferable-skills workshops, writing and career consultations, public engagement competitions, and alumni interviews.

We’ll help you establish your career narrative, so that you can enter the job market with confidence.

For more information, visit the Graduate Professional Development website.

International Student Services Office Info

Legal Rights: Online Safety and Security on April 13 at 1 p.m.
https://carleton.ca/isso/cu-events/legal-rights-online-safety-and-security-april-13-2023/

Coffee with Campus Safety Officers on April 14 at 1 p.m.
https://carleton.ca/isso/cu-events/coffee-with-campus-safety-officers-april-14-2023/

CRIW's 2023 Early Career Researcher Conference: Call for Proposals

The Early Career Researcher Conference is an online, multidisciplinary conference hosted by the Centre for Research on Inclusion at Work (CRIW) to be held on June 19, 2023. Scholars exploring workplace inclusion-related issues among traditionally underrepresented populations, will come together to present their research and exchange ideas.

The deadline for proposal submission is April 26, 2023. Submissions should be sent to criw@carleton.ca with the subject line “Early Career Conference submission.”

Submission Requirements

Unissued Diplomas Exhibit Now on Display

The Carleton Ukrainian Students’ Club are honoured to present the Unissued Diplomas exhibit at MacOdrum Library.

Unissued Diplomas commemorates the memory of Ukrainian students who will never graduate because their lives were taken by the Russian invasion. This exhibition reminds the world about the ongoing war in Ukraine and the price Ukrainians pay daily in their fight for freedom. It was organized by students for students and has been held in 45+ universities worldwide since February 24, 2023.

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FIGHTING AN INVASION

Scientists and Policy Experts Work to Stop Spread of Invasive Species

In the early 1990s the mountain pine beetle outbreak began in British Columbia, wiping out more than half of the province’s commercial pine trees. The insect has continued its destructive advance eastward, breaching the Rocky Mountains into Alberta and now threatening the boreal forest in Saskatchewan and beyond.

Sustained by a string of winters that weren’t cold enough to effectively reduce its numbers, the small, wood-boring insect — about the size of a grain of rice — has laid waste to approximately 20 million hectares of mainly lodgepole pines in B.C. and Alberta.

To counter the challenges faced by forest ecosystems and industries amid this climate change-fuelled infestation, a group of Carleton University researchers are playing leading roles in a $6.4 million project with a pair of intertwined goals.

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