ACADEMIC DEADLINES
August 23: Contract Instructor Orientation.
August 25: Fall term payment deadline. Click here for important payment information. Late charges may be applied to the student account on or after this date. Interest charges begin to accrue on September 1. OSAP entitlements must be available by August 25 in order to be eligible for the OSAP deferral.
September 1: Last day for receipt of applications from potential fall (November) graduates. You can apply in Carleton Central.
September 1-2: Residence move-in weekend.
September 3: Statutory holiday; University closed.
September 4: Orientation for new graduate students and TAs.
September 5: Fall term begins. Fall and fall/winter classes begin.
September 12: OSAP deferral deadline. Late payment charges and late registration charges applied to the student account on or after this date for eligible OSAP students.
September 14-16: Full and late summer deferred final examinations held.
September 14: (For those who are eligible to opt out of the U-Pass) For a full refund, the U-Pass must be returned by this date.
September 18: Last day of registration for fall term and fall/winter courses. Last day to change courses or sections (including auditing) for fall term and fall/winter courses.
September 18: Graduate students who have not electronically submitted their final thesis copy to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs will not be eligible to graduate in fall 2018 and must register for the fall 2018 term.
September 30: Last day to withdraw from fall term and fall/winter courses with a full fee adjustment (financial withdrawal). Withdrawals after this date will create no financial change to fall term fees and will result in a permanent notation of WDN appearing on your official transcript.
October 5: December examination schedule (fall term final and fall/winter mid-terms) available online.
October 8: Statutory holiday. University closed.
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.
EVENTS/OTHER
August 15 (TODAY): Workshop entitled “Planning to Finish Your Dissertation This Year”
August 17: EDC’s Open House
August 20: Supporting Individuals Who Disclose Sexual Violence
August 31-September 7: Orientation for new International graduate students
September 4 (afternoon): Orientation for all new graduate students (including International students) and new TAs
September 4 (morning): Some departments will host their own orientation sessions for new grad students
September 10-17: Throwback
September 13: Science Student Alumni Mixer
September 13: Economics Alumni Reception at Throwback
September 13: Annual Attallah Lecture “Media Forensics: Reading the Canadian Culture Commodity
September 15: Raven’s Rally
September 15: Heritage Campus Walking Tour
September 16: Annual Terry Fox Run
September 17: Carleton University Art Gallery Opening Party for Fall Exhibitions
For information about Carleton events, go to the university events calendar.
TRAINING & CAREER WORKSHOPS
August 29: Laser Safety Training
Grad Navigate workshops for the fall term will be posted shortly. You can always access online training through MyGradSkills.ca. Please note that these online training modules do not count towards paid training hours for TAs.
AWARDS & COMPETITION DEADLINES
September 7: Deadline to apply for a Rhodes scholarship.(return to leslie.main@carleton.ca)
September 17: Deadline to apply for a scholarship from the Migration and Diaspora Awards Committee
September 28: Deadline to apply for an NSERC doctoral award
October 1: Deadline to apply for a CIHR doctoral award
October 12: Deadline to apply for a SSHRC doctoral award
November 15: Deadline to apply for an OGS
December 1: Deadline for master’s students to apply for a Tri-Council award
Mitacs offers several funding opportunities for graduate students. You can apply any time, except there are two deadline dates each year for the Mitacs Elevate program. Check out:
(a) Mitacs Accelerate (Funding starts at $15,000 for research internships with industry or non-profit partners)
(b) Mitacs Elevate ($57,500 annual grant for two-year postdoctoral fellowships with industry or non-profit partners).
(c) Mitacs Globalink Research (Travel funding for research projects with international universities)
Note: For information about Carleton awards, go to our awards and funding website.
TA DEADLINES
The deadlines to apply for a Leave From Duties are: Aug. 31 (fall term), Dec. 31 (winter term) and April 30 (summer term) (access form via Carleton Central).
Deadlines to apply to be an “out-of-priority” TA are as follows: Today, August 15 (Fall/Winter term), December 15 (Winter term) and April 15 (Spring/Summer term).
“Pedagogical” training hours must be completed by Nov. 30 for a fall-only TAship and by March 30 for a full academic year TAship or a winter-only TAship.
