The Graduate@Carleton newsletter is typically distributed every Thursday morning. The next newsletter will be sent to you on Thursday, July 7.  If you have any questions, please email us at: fgpa_newsletter@carleton.ca.

Carleton University will be officially closed for Canada Day on July 1 and most offices will be closed today, June 30 for Appreciation Day for Carleton employees. Essential operations, including registration and admissions, residences and safety services, will remain open.

As I mentioned in the last newsletter, today is my (Lin Moody’s) last day at Carleton as I am retiring after 20 years at Carleton. Ellen Tsaprailis is the new Graduate Communications & Strategic Enrolment Officer with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and the new editor of TheGraduate@Carleton. I wish all of you success and a wonderful future!

Carleton has now paused its mandatory mask mandate.  However, we continue to strongly recommend masking when indoors, particularly if physical distancing cannot be maintained. Read more by clicking here.

Though it was delayed by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carleton University’s convocation celebrations came roaring back this June — hosting the university’s largest celebrations ever to honour the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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Recently, FGPA hosted its annual GRADflix contest in which students had to prepare a video that described their research in one minute or less. Here are the final four submissions.

• Melissa Wilk (International Affairs): Food Security in Turbulent Times
• Yuliya Nesterova (Statistics): Probability? Let’s see… with MCMC
• Corina Amarioarei (Architecture): Trash Towers
• Astrid Schetselaar (Geography): Impacts of Permafrost Thaw on Highway Infrastructure

FGPA congratulates all the students who participated in GRADflix and the 3MT this year. Remarkable research!

The fall and winter 2022-2023 class schedule and registration course planning tool are available in Carleton Central. Registration for returning students begins on 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.

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.

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.

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.

Last week, Carleton announced four appointments, including a new Assistant Vice-President, Equity and Inclusive Communities, that will further enhance Carleton’s collective capacity to lead in human rights; equity, diversity and inclusion; as well as Black inclusion and Black flourishing.

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A Carleton University PhD student has been awarded the Canadian Northern Studies Trust Scholarship worth $10,000 from the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Program. Madelaine Bourdages, a PhD candidate in Geography at Carleton, won the award for her research on Microplastic Pollution Along the Mackenzie River.

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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.

• Events
• Travel Planning Support
• FAQs
• News
• Immigration Support
• University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) Information

The Sprott School of Business at Carleton University was recognized for its social impact and sustainability achievements when the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) results were launched recently at the UN PRME Global Forum in New York City. Sprott was one of 45 business schools from 21 countries worldwide that took part in the rating this year and achieved Level 4, making it a Transforming school within the PIR. Sprott ranked the highest among Canadian business schools in the PIR.

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There are tremendous needs to develop diverse Machine Learning-based systems and maintain their performances during operation time. Ericsson Fellow Xinrui Zhang is researching a pattern-driven approach to make ML Operations safer and more secure while maintaining reasonable efficiency.

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At Carleton, since 2014, an active Scholars at Risk (SAR) community has been hosting foreign academics who are facing threats to their lives because of their scholarship. Now, because of the crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine, the SAR committee and an allied initiative are bringing scholars from both countries to Carleton.

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In Canada, nearly 30 per cent of the energy consumed is used to heat and cool our buildings, producing more than 20 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Cynthia Cruickshank, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering researcher at Carleton University, is confronting this challenge head-on as director of the new Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research.

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Emma Hudgins, a Postdoctoral research fellow in Carleton University’s Department of Biology, spends a lot of time thinking about the health of trees. Her work, which is rooted in the impacts of invasive insects with the aim of producing the best pest management strategies for Canada, is increasingly important.

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When Liam O’Brien thinks about sustainable building design, his priority is to research how people use buildings and provide recommendations to prioritize occupant comfort. A professor in The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, O’Brien studies the interaction between people and buildings to simultaneously improve occupant comfort and energy efficiency.

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July 1
Statutory holiday. University closed.

July 4
Late summer courses begin. Full summer courses resume.

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

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).

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.