July 7

Current Grad Students Newsletter

Graduate Student News

The Graduate@Carleton newsletter is typically distributed every Thursday morning. If you have any questions, please email us at: fgpa_newsletter@carleton.ca.

Update on Summer 2022 COVID-19 Measures

Carleton University has updated its COVID-19 Measures.

Registration Reminder

The fall and winter 2022-2023 class schedule and registration course planning tool are available in Carleton Central. Registration for returning students begins tomorrow, Friday, July 8 based on pre-assigned time tickets. Your exact time ticket will be available on Carleton Central (log in through Carleton360) approximately one week preceding the registration time period.

The 2022-23 Carleton University Graduate Calendar can be found by clicking here. You can view Special Topics on this web page.

Support Services

There are several health and counselling resources that you can access. Please click here to see these resources. Check out these other resources available to grad students.

The Paul Menton Centre (PMC) is continuing to offer weekly virtual writing support for graduate students with disabilities over the summer. The Graduate Student Writing Group meets every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. until August 16. Please register here. Before attending, you need to review the PMC group meeting guidelines. Registration with PMC is not essential for participation in this group.

PhD Students!

Want to try your hand at writing an article? On a regular basis, The Conversation puts out a list of possible story ideas for PhD students and faculty to write about. Click here to find out about the latest opportunities.

International Students - Free Mini-Course Starts July 11!

I-Start Orientation is a free, online mini-course designed for new international students studying at Carleton University. Through this course, new students will learn the information needed to help you transition to student life at Carleton and in Canada. Registration is now open with course launching on July 11. Register here.

Check out ISSO’s Preparing for the Fall 2022 Term post.

Graduate Students with Disabilities: A Survey of Experiences at Carleton

The Paul Menton Centre (PMC) would like to learn about your experiences as a graduate student with a disability at Carleton University. The PMC intends to use the results from this survey to:

Identify existing accommodations and supports for graduate students with a disability;
Identify gaps and systemic barriers limiting access and participation; and
Collaborate with campus partners to improve accommodations and supports that are more tailored to the needs of graduate students with disabilities at Carleton.

Please tell us how the PMC can better support your needs by completing this survey by Friday, July 22 to be entered into a draw to win a $50 campus gift card.

If you have any concerns or questions about the survey, please contact Somei Tam at SomeiTam@cunet.carleton.ca

Institute of Political Economy Graduate Danielle Saj

Danielle Saj recently won the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work at the Masters level. After successfully defending her thesis, Saj will be working for the Canadian Union of Public Employees Manitoba and the International Trade Union Confederation.

Kinàmàgawin 2022 Progress Report

In May 2020, Carleton launched its revitalized Indigenous initiatives strategy, Kinàmàgawin, marking the culmination of an 18-month broad and consultative process. We are pleased to offer this progress report to the Carleton community as a way to communicate and showcase the collective work that has been undertaken to address the 41 Calls to Action outlined in Kinàmàgawin.

GSA Survey

The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) is carrying out a survey to assess the experience of Graduate Students with regard to services offered at Carleton University. Based on feedback received from this survey, the GSA intends to help develop future programming and support for the Graduate Student community. They have asked that you kindly fill out the survey here.

Important Dates and Deadlines

July 8-13
Carleton Central opens for fall/winter registration for new and returning graduate students (be sure to visit Step 1 of Registration in Carleton Central to view your registration start time).

July 11
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) for late summer courses.

July 22
Last day for a full fee adjustment when withdrawing from late summer courses (financial withdrawal).

July 22-24
Early summer term deferred final examinations to be held.

July 25
Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis in examinable form to the department.

July 29
Last day to request Formal Examination Accommodation for August examinations to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities. Note that it may not be possible to fulfill accommodation requests received after the specified deadlines.

Aug. 1
Civic holiday. University closed.

Aug. 9
Last day for summative tests or examinations, or formative tests or examinations totaling more than 15% of the final grade for late summer and full summer courses before the official examination period (see Examination Regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of the Undergraduate Calendar).

Aug. 16

Last day of late summer and full summer classes
Last day for academic withdrawal from late summer and full summer courses
Last day for handing in term assignments, subject to any earlier course deadline

Aug. 17-18
No classes or examinations take place.

Aug. 19-25
Final examinations in late summer and full summer courses may be held. Examinations are normally held all seven days of the week.

Aug. 25
All take home examinations are due on this day, with the exception of those conforming to the Examination regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of the Undergraduate Calendar/General Regulations of the Graduate Calendar.

Aug. 25
Fall payment deadline. Late charges may be applied to the student account any time after this date.

Aug. 31
Deadline for course outlines to be made available to students registered in full fall, early fall and fall/winter term courses.

Sept. 1
Last day for receipt of applications from potential fall (November) graduates.

Sept. 1-4
Residence Move in – students will be provided with a designated move in date in their information package emailed at the end of July. More information regarding move in can be found at the Housing and Residence Life Services website.

Sept. 5
Statutory holiday. University closed.

Sept. 6

Academic orientation (undergraduate and graduate)
Orientation for Teaching Assistants
Class and laboratory preparations, departmental introductions for students and other academic preparation activities will be held

Sept. 7

Fall term begins
Fall and fall/winter classes begin

Sept. 13
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) in early fall courses.

Sept. 14
OSAP deferral deadline. Late payment charges and late registration charges applied to the student account on or after this date for eligible OSAP students.

Sept. 20

Last day of registration for full fall, late fall term and fall/winter courses
Last day to withdraw from early fall courses with a full fee adjustment. Withdrawals after this date will result in a permanent notation of WDN on the official transcript
Last day to change courses or sections (including auditing) for fall term and fall/winter courses
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 2022 and must register for the fall 2022 term

Sept. 23-25
Late summer and full summer term deferred final examinations will be held.

Sept. 30

Last day to withdraw from full 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
Last day to request Formal Examination Accommodation Forms for Oct/Nov final examinations to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities. Note: it may not be possible to fulfil accommodation requests received after the specified deadlines.

Oct. 1
Last day for academic withdrawal from early fall courses.

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.