TheGraduate@Carleton

Oct. 10, 2024 Edition

Graduate Student News

Thank Your Favourite Professor!
Nominations are now open for our annual Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards! We love to hear about how a professor has impacted your experience at Carleton and tell others how valuable mentors can be! For more information and how to submit a nomination click here. Nominations are open until Jan. 8, 2025.

Sexual Violence Policy Review
As we move into the listening phase of the Carleton Sexual Violence Policy Review Consultation, members of the Carleton community are encouraged to provide feedback through our consultation website, by email or through information and feedback sessions. An information and feedback session for graduate students is Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Carleton Emergency Notification System Test - Oct. 15
A test of Carleton’s upgraded Emergency Notification System (ENS) will be conducted on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at approximately 11:15 a.m. This test will include three successive messages being sent to campus computer screen messages, emails sent out to all Carleton University addresses, and push notifications through the Carleton Mobile app. To ensure you receive ENS alerts on your mobile device, please download the Carleton Mobile app on the Apple App Store or Google Play and ensure you enable notifications under your mobile device settings. For more information about Carleton's emergency procedures, please visit Carleton’s Emergency Management website.

Mike's Place Pub is Open!
For the Fall Term, Mike's Place Pub is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

University Closure - Statutory Holiday
Carleton will be closed on Monday, Oct. 14 for Thanksgiving Day.

If you have any questions, please email: thegraduate@carleton.ca.
To view previous editions of TheGraduate@Carleton, click here.

Grammar Foundations

The Centre for Student Academic Support (CSAS) is offering Grammar Foundations, a program designed to review key grammar points and provide tips and strategies for effective grammar use in academic writing contexts.

Virtual sessions via MS Teams will be held on Fridays from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Upcoming Sessions
Oct. 11: Verb Tenses and Academic Writing

Oct. 18: *No session because of Fall Break

Oct. 25: Nouns: Articles - a, an, the?

Awards and Funding Updates

Applications are now open for a number of internal and external funding competitions. For full details on all scholarship and funding opportunities, please visit our site.

The 2024-2025 Richard J. Van Loon Scholarship application for an outstanding international student from an African country is available. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1, 2025. For details, click here.

Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s Program (CGSM – Deadline to apply is Dec. 1, 2024 before 8 p.m. EST

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) – Deadline to apply is Nov. 19, 2024 at 12 a.m. Midnight EST. Referee deadline is Dec. 1, 2024.

International Student Services

UHIP coverage for dependents
UHIP health insurance is mandatory for your dependents who are inside Canada with you. More details and online enrolment form can be found here.
Have OHIP? If you or your spouse has OHIP (Ontario provincial insurance - green card) or other provincial health insurance, UHIP is not required. Email: uhip@carleton.ca for more information.

Warming Up To Winter
Feeling nervous about life in Canada during the colder months? This is the perfect event for you to learn how to prepare for the change in season while enjoying a hot chocolate! Learn how to dress for the winter weather and meet staff ready to speak with you about Canada, the winter, and share with you their favourite winter activities to help you get the most out of our colder months. Click here to register for this event on Carleton360!

Carleton University Art Gallery Exhibit

Until Dec. 14, the exhibit, Jane Martin: The Ties that Bind will be displayed which is the first retrospective of Jane Martin's work spanning 50 years. For more details, click here.

Distinguished Speaker Series - Big OLAP Data Cube Compression Algorithms in Column-Oriented Cloud/Edge Data Infrastructures

Big data is gaining momentum in the research community, due to the several challenges posed by managing such kind of data. Big data are relevant not only in the academic context, but also in the industrial context, where they play the major role.

Event will be held on Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 5345 Herzberg Laboratories. RSVP here!

Reading for Well-Being!

Join MeWERTH's Community Club to improve your well-being and be part of a community! Did you know that reading has been associated with several health benefits including stress reduction, improved well-being, and better sleep quality. Being part of a community supports well-being, decreases social isolation, and increases connectedness.

Reading for Well-Being Community Book Club
Each month Prof. Joanna Pozzulo select an evidence-based book focused on a dimension of well-being, selected as Professor Pozzulo’s Picks. You’ll receive a monthly newsletter with my book selection and review. Everyone is welcome to join. Sign up here.

Reading for Well-Being Podcast
Prof. Pozzulo interviews the authors of the selected books from the book club. Check out the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Libsyn.

Graduate Students' Association

Mike's Place Pub is Open Two Days Per Week
Mike's Place Pub is now open Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Stop by at 209 Nideyinàn.

We are Hiring!
The GSA is hiring a part time Peer Support Coordinator, Office Administrator, Sexual Assault Support Coordinator and Mike's Place Pub Part-Time Staff. Click here to learn more and apply!

Executive Drop-in Hours
Feel free to drop by to see our execs at 600 Nideyinàn:

Monday: President from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday: VP Operations from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; VP Academic from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; and VP Finance from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: VP External from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The GSA Food Hamper has Joined the Unified Support Centre
The GSA will be providing food hamper services through the Unified Support Centre. If you are in need of a hamper, please fill out out this form. Let the GSA know about your Food Hamper experience and ways we can improve the transition to USC, please fill out this survey.

TA CENTRAL HUB

Join TA Central Hub!
To enrol in the Hub, please contact: TASupport@cunet.carleton.ca.

Training
Four new workshop recordings are available which can be found under Recorded Workshops (Pedagogical Training): Brightspace for TAs: Introduction, Assignments & Gradebook; Brightspace for TAs: Quizzes & Discussions; Wooclap: Take Student Engagement to the Next Level; and Zoom for TAs.

These recordings count towards pedagogical training hours; please follow the instructions and take the quizzes linked at the bottom of each video page. It will take up to a few weeks for the training to show up on your TA Training Transcript (located via Carleton Central>TA Management>TA Training>TA Training Transcript).

TEACHING ASSISTANTS (TA) OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Pedagogical Training
All TAs have access to five hours of pedagogical training. You are strongly encouraged to complete this training as to gain important skills for your role as a TA at Carleton. Training must be completed during the term(s) in which the student is working as a TA and must be completed before the deadline, Nov. 30 for a fall-only TAship, and March 30 for a full academic year TAship or a winter-only TAship. Unsure about how to earn your pedagogical training hours? Check out the FAQs on the TLS website or contact:
DeputyProvost@cunet.carleton.ca .

Update Your TA Profile!
All Priority Teaching Assistants (TA) can update their TA Profile immediately after accepting their TA award through the TA Management System in Carleton Central.

Upcoming Fall Term Deadlines

For the complete list of dates and deadlines, please bookmark and refer to the Registrar's Office website.

Oct. 11: December examination schedule available online.

Oct. 14: Statutory holiday. University closed.

Oct. 18: Last day of early fall classes.

Oct. 21-25: Fall break. No classes.

Carleton Butterfly Show Celebrates a
Quarter Century of Natural Wonder

The butterfly effect is a phenomenon whereby a small action has a profound impact on a large, complex system. Such as that fateful day back in 1998 when Carleton University greenhouse manager Ed Bruggink and his wife Joanna decided to go see an exhibit featuring flying butterflies in Montreal.

As they watched a couple hundred of the colourful insects flutter around the greenhouse, Bruggink realized that Carleton had the expertise and facilities to host a similar event. In spring 1999, with help from Carleton entomology researcher Jayne Yack, he pulled together the university’s first Biology Butterfly Show in one of the Nesbitt Building’s greenhouses, an exercise in organized chaos that has continued to evolve and expand.

This fall, as the annual tradition celebrates its 25th birthday, Bruggink is reflecting on the thousands of students, volunteers, faculty, staff and community members who have been drawn to these delicate creatures over the years.

“It takes a huge team effort,” he says about all of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into hosting the show. “Up to 1,200 or 1,300 people attend each day. They come because it’s free, fun and educational, and because they get to have an intimate experience with a beautiful insect.”

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