The Graduate@Carleton newsletter is typically distributed every Thursday morning. The next newsletter will be sent to you on May 26.  If you have any questions, please email us at: fgpa_newsletter@carleton.ca.

On the recommendation of Ottawa Public Health, Carleton will be maintaining its COVID-19 Mask Policy until further notice. Masks are required to be worn in all indoor university facilities including shared offices, meeting spaces, athletics facilities, classrooms and labs.

This news post summarizes the COVID-19 measures that will be in place for the summer 2022 term. Note we strongly recommend that all members of the Carleton community get subsequent booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible. At this time, cuScreen can only accommodate the third-dose booster. We are working with the vendor to implement the ability to allow individuals to add a fourth-dose booster.

Join us on May 27 for the GRADflix 2021 showcase. All are welcome. GRADflix is a research video competition for graduate students. We have lots of great entries, and they are only one minute each! Get your popcorn ready and register here.

Today, we feature the final four videos from the graduate students who entered Carleton’s Three Minute Thesis competition.

• Jacqui Ballantine took second place in Carleton’s competition and recently represented our university at the Provincial 3MT Contest. Her topic? Autistic University Students and the Double Empathy Problem

• Heather Holden, Improving Canadian Port Resilience

• Elizabeth Farrell, The Tao of Home

• Jeremiah Bell, How do Paramedics Communicate in Training and on the Road?

Each May, Canada celebrates Asian Heritage Month which provides an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the diverse contributions of Asian Canadians to the growth and prosperity of Canada. Carleton University is proud to highlight and celebrate the stories, research contributions and impact made by people of Asian descent on campus. Check out this story entitled Student Leaders Driving Social Change and Inclusion for Asian Canadians.

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The vote is in. Meet the new executive of the Graduate Students’ Association. Their bios are posted on this website. The GSA Executive Committee represents 4,000 graduate students at Carleton. Members meet regularly with the administration, Graduate Studies and other groups in service of graduate students. The Executive also plans and collaborates on a variety of  events and campaigns.

Meet the five outstanding teaching assistants (TAs) and three honourable mentions for the 2021-22 Outstanding TA Awards. The awards celebrate the support TAs give to the undergraduate and graduate programs in their disciplines, their roles in establishing a positive learning environment, and their work in implementing innovative teaching practices.

AGE-WELL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging provide funding to highly qualified master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral candidates and provide them with access to training and mentorship opportunities through the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence. For more information and how to apply, see their awards web page. Applications are being accepted until May 31. For application questions please contact training@agewell-nce.ca

This summer, FGPA’s Professional Development team is offering some PD workshops, including:
May 25 at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Writing Reports
June 10 at 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Managing the Writing Process

To view all of the summer PD offerings, please click here. Also, you can sign up for a one-on-one writing consultation to assist you with writing-related challenges, or to discuss the effectiveness of your research and writing strategies. To request a consultation, please fill out and submit this web form.

The Paul Menton Centre (PMC) is offering weekly virtual writing support for graduate students with disabilities over the summer. The Graduate Student Writing Group provides grad students with a space for accountability for their writing projects and a chance to set writing goals for the session and for the upcoming week. The group meets every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. until August 16. Please register for the Graduate Student Writing Group to receive a Zoom link for the weekly meetings. Before attending, you need to review the PMC group meeting guidelines.  Registration with PMC is not essential for participation in this group.

PhD students! Do you have a little extra time this summer? 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.

There are several health and counselling resources that you can access. Please click here to see these resources. There are lots of other resources available to you.

Following an extensive year-long consultation process, Carleton is pleased to share with you the revised and updated Student Mental Health Framework 2022­–2026.

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Are you an international student and have OHIP provincial health insurance (green card)?  If so, then UHIP might not be required. Please email OHIP proof to uhip@carleton.ca for review and for termination of UHIP and refund/credit on your student account.

Check out ISSO’s Preparing for the Fall 2022 Term post. And you might be interested in this workshop: Ottawa Housing Search 101 – May 25 at 8:30 a.m.

The International Student Services Office (ISSO) can also answer questions about study permits, travel and quarantine plans, or health insurance, and more. isso@carleton.ca

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The 2022-23 Carleton University Graduate Calendar is now published and may be found by clicking here. The Web edition of the Carleton University Calendar is the University’s official statement. From time to time, after initial publication of the Calendar, errata and post-publication updates do occur. Everyone is encouraged to visit the updated pages regularly for reference and advising purposes.

The Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement is currently seeking to hire three Graduate students to facilitate weekly workshops for the Indigenous Enriched Support Program (IESP) for the 2022-23 academic year. The IESP is an alternative pathway program for Indigenous students interested in pursuing post-secondary studies in a culturally-responsive environment, who may not meet the traditional requirements for entrance into a degree program. The seminars are mandatory for IESP students to attend and will cover a range of topics designed to build skills in the areas of reading, writing and research at the post-secondary level. Please click here to see the attached job posting for additional details and how to apply. Deadline to apply is May 24.

Carleton is updating its Campus Master Plan and we want to hear your ideas and advice about how you would like to see our beautiful campus evolve in the future. In collaboration with our consultant, Brook McIlroy, we are pleased to offer you opportunity to contribute, using the interactive Bang the Table platform. Please click here. The link will be live until May 27. If you have any questions or would like to provide us your thoughts about what the Carleton campus could look like in the future, please contact BMI at carletonucmp@outlook.com

Carleton’s new secure storage compound for students, staff, or faculty cycling to campus is officially open. This new compound is located between Dunton Tower and Azrieli Pavilion on Library Road. Spaces at the Dunton Tower compound are available for rental. Like the other secure bicycle compounds, it requires card access to enter and is protected by CCTV camera coverage. A Bike Compound permit allows you to secure your bike in any of the campus bike compounds, at your convenience. Registration and administration of these bike storage areas are managed by Parking Services.

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In affiliation with the STAR (Stress Trauma and Resilience) working group, the CHAIM Centre is pleased to be hosting its inaugural live audience symposium on Friday, May 27. This event will bring together academics from a range of disciplines to address topics in climate change and health. The event program is available by clicking here. For more information on the event and to register, visit this web page.

Carleton is creating a new space to bring educators and students together to share, research and design thanks to $1 million in funding from the Government of Ontario and a matching contribution from the university. This investment will support the transformation of the fourth floor of the MacOdrum Library, including the Discovery Centre, into a newly designed space called the Future Learning Lab. The Lab will be a physical space and a set of programs designed to foster innovation and incentivize student-centred ways of teaching.

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COVID-19 represents a watershed moment, changing forever how and where people work. As companies and organizations attempt to figure out whether staff should continue working at home full-time or part-time, or if everybody should be back onsite, they need data and direction to make the right decisions. “We’re at a demarcation point,” says work-life balance and change management expert Linda Duxbury, a Chancellor’s Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business. “The whole system has been destabilized and everything is possible now.” Watch the video.

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Every four years the world is introduced to new Olympic heroes, as athletes who have worked for years to master their craft come into our lives in a wave of patriotism. However, in an instant, the spotlight is gone again. How can athletes connect with businesses to develop value-based partnerships in the rapidly shifting landscape of the 24-hour news cycle? Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver and former Carleton Ravens student-athlete Nate Behar has developed a tool that may help.

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Virtual reality can take students to the edge of an erupting volcano—or into the inner workings of the human body. “We can create all kinds of immersive environments that are difficult or impossible to have in the physical world,” says Ali Arya, an associate professor in Carleton’s School of Information Technology. Arya is part of the School of Information Technology’s Interactive Media Group, and has been studying virtual reality as a medium for education since 2010.

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As the space industry moves towards reusable spacecraft, additional spacecraft must be launched to service vessels already in orbit. Docking one spacecraft to another is a very challenging procedure, which is why a pair of Carleton University engineering graduates started Obruta Space Solutions, an Ottawa-based company whose goal is to simplify the process of servicing a spacecraft.

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Carleton PhD Student Ben Earle is trying to find the ideal mathematical representation using Machine Learning to reconstruct channels to better transmit 5G signals. ML is a branch of artificial intelligence based on the idea that systems can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions with minimal human intervention.

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New immigrants looking to join Canada’s labour market face a myriad of challenges. Vivi (Hui) Zhang, a PhD in Management candidate at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, is examining the barriers they face, as well as the support available, with the goal of improving the professional integration of newcomers to Canada.

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TODAY May 19
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) for full summer courses.

May 20
Last day to withdraw from early summer and full summer courses with a full fee adjustment (financial withdrawal). Withdrawals after this date will result in a permanent notation of WDN on the official transcript.

May 23
Statutory holiday. University closed.

June 17

• Last day of early summer classes. (NOTE: full summer classes resume July 4.)
• Classes follow a Monday schedule.
• Last day for academic withdrawal from early summer courses.
• Last day for handing in term assignments, subject to any earlier course deadline.

June 18-19
No classes or examinations take place.

June 20-26
Early summer final examinations and full summer mid-term examinations may be held. Examinations are normally held all seven days of the week.

July 8-13
Carleton Central opens for registration for returning undergraduate students and 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.