TheGraduate@Carleton
February 1, 2024 Edition
Graduate Student News
Celebrating Black History Month
February is Black History Month. Members of the Carleton community mark this month annually in a variety of ways. Stories and event information can be found here.
Funding Opportunities for Indigenous Graduate Students
We are now accepting Winter 2024 applications for the Media Style – Work for Good Bursary and New Sun Graduate Bursaries. Click here for details.
Conduct Research Abroad with Mitacs GRA
Looking to enhance your education with an international experience? The Mitacs GRA awards $6,000 in travel funding for a 12-24 week research visit to any of the eligible countries outside of Canada. Whether it’s for your thesis or a faculty-led project, this is an
incredible opportunity to work on your professional development, gain critical intercultural skills, and elevate your career prospects. There are only 15 spots available so act fast! Please contact the International Projects Coordinator as soon as you intend to apply. Application deadline: March 31, 2024.
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. An info session will be held on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 over Zoom at 10 a.m. (register here). 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!
GRADflix 2024: AI Unleashed Edition
The GRADflix competition is back! GRADflix is a research video competition for graduate students in which each contestant submits a one-minute video about their research. This year, you are free to use any AI tools you like and submissions must be made by April 5, 2024.
Prizes! First place: $750, Second place: $500, Third place: $250, Honourable Mention: $250, People's Choice: $250.
Find out more here.
Scheduled Web Services Outage
Software upgrades will be made on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. For a list of the service disruptions, please refer to ITS website.
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Feb. 19-23, 2024 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. |
Awards and Funding InfoFull details on all scholarship and funding opportunities are available on FGPA's grad student site. Funding Opportunities for Indigenous Graduate Students |
International Student Services Office (ISSO)Upcoming Events Ask an Advisor: Immigration Q & A: Feb. 5, 2024 from 11 a.m. to noon. All About Post-Graduation Work Permits: Feb. 5, 2024 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Global Café: Feb. 6, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. Winterlude Snowflake Kingdom: Feb. 8, 2024 at 1:15 p.m. Study Permit Renewal Tips |
CUAG Winter Exhibition Launch PartyCarleton University's Art Gallery invites you to a party on Feb. 4, 2024 celebrating the launch of our winter exhibition: The Art of Faye HeavyShield. Admission is free and everyone is welcome! From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., join Faye HeavyShield, Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow, Victoria Henry and Louise Profeit-LeBlanc in an informal conversational walk-through of the exhibition. From 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., join us for the launch party, which features light refreshments and tunes by MusicByJayel. |
Writing Support by CSASJoin 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 Feb. 7, 2024 will review verbs and complements. Sessions are available hybrid: in person at 402 MacOdrum Library and on MS Teams. For questions, email: csas@carleton.ca |
Teaching Assistants Official Info SitePlease visit the official Teaching Assistants site by the Office of the Deputy Provost to keep informed of duties and processes. Highlights include:
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TA Central Hub - Teaching and Learning ServicesThe 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. We are now on Instagram! One-on-One TA Consultations Have a question/issue? |
Maintaining the Rideau Canal Skateway… with Robots?
Robot’s Construction Led by a Cross-Disciplinary Group of Carleton Graduate Students and a Postdoctoral Fellow
In 2023, for the first time in its history, the Rideau Canal Skateway never opened, as warmer temperatures and higher-than-normal snowfall prevented a thick-enough layer of ice from forming.
This resulted in huge loss of revenue for the city of Ottawa, as tourists hoping to experience the world’s largest skating rink were left disappointed. For many locals with fond memories of brisk winter days spent sipping hot chocolate and looping along the canal, it was a startling example of how climate change can affect even the most seemingly unshakable traditions.
“When we compare to the climate normal over the last 30 years, we had about two thirds more snow than we usually expect to see,” says Shawn Kenny, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University. Managing all that snow coverage on the canal was one of the big issues last year.”
To help ensure that future skating seasons don’t melt away, Kenny is working with a team of Carleton researchers and the National Capital Commission (NCC) on a unique solution: a fleet of snow-clearing robots designed to promote ice growth on the canal. This is one possible adaptation strategy in the toolbox that may address climate change effects and improve the resilience of the skateway.
These “snow bots” will diligently tend to the canal overnight and assess the ice’s condition when it is not accessible by conventional equipment, all to help the NCC get the iconic skateway rink-ready as early in the season as possible.
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