ACADEMIC DEADLINES.
November 18: Fall Convocation
November 25: Winter term payment deadline. Click here for important payment information. Late charges may be applied to the student account any time after this date.
December 1: Last day for receipt of applications from potential winter (February) graduates.
December 1: Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis in examinable form to the department.
December 8: Fall term ends. Last day of fall-term classes. Classes follow a Monday schedule. Last day for academic withdrawal from fall term courses. Last day to pay any remaining fall tuition fees to avoid a hold on access to marks through Carleton Central and the release of transcripts and other official documents.
December 9: No classes or examinations take place.
December 10 – 22: Final examinations in fall term courses and mid-term examinations in fall/winter courses may be held. Examinations are normally held all seven days of the week.
December 25-January 1, 2018: University closed
January 2: University re-opens at 8:30 a.m.
January 8: Winter term classes begin.
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.
TRAINING & CAREER WORKSHOPS
There are still some Grad Navigate workshops posted for the fall term. Register now! There are sessions listed under the following subject headings:
Research & Writing
Professional Skills Development
Teaching Skills
Wellness
One more full-day Mitacs workshop on Networking Skills will be held on November 6. Register soon while space is still available!
There is a Media Training Workshop on November 21 that can be counted towards paid pedagogical training hours for TAs.
Students working on theses or dissertations may also be interested in attending the last of the Library’s Thesis Jumpstart workshops, which covers research data management.
You can also access online training through MyGradSkills.ca. Please note that these online training modules do not count towards paid training hours for TAs.
There are two mandatory training workshops for all students volunteering or working in a lab at 9 a.m. and also Noon on Nov. 7.
AWARDS & COMPETITION DEADLINES
November 3: Carleton deadline to apply for a Trudeau Foundation doctoral scholarship
November 15: Deadline to apply for a Carleton OGS
November 15: Deadline to apply for the Richard Van Loon scholarship to an outstanding international student from an African country
November 15: Deadline to apply for a Fulbright award
December 1: Deadline for Master’s students to apply for a Tri-council award (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC)
December 1: Note NEW DEADLINE for the Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Awards for 2018-19
December 6: Deadline to apply for a Gates Cambridge scholarship
Mitacs offers several funding opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. 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 ($55,000 annual grant for two-year postdoctoral fellowships with industry or non-profit partners, plus a customized research management training program valued at 7,500)
(c) Mitacs Globalink Research Awards (Funding to support research collaborations with international universities.)
Note: For information about Carleton awards, go to our awards and funding website.
EVENTS/OTHER
Now-November 28: Ottawa Writer’s Festival
November 1: Career Fair for Indigenous Students
November 1: Herzberg Lecture: Signalling through DNA
November 4: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Behind The Scenes
November 3: The Ethics of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Human-centric Science (featuring Carleton Prof. Jim Davies)
November 6: 2017 Peeter Kruus Lecture TSES- Dr. Steven Cooke
November 7: CUAG Afternoon Intersections: Re-thinking “alternative” histories
November 8: Beneath the Waves – Dr. Austin Gallagher
November 27: READi Launch and Symposium
December 1: Shannon Lecture Series with Janine Marchessault: “The Missing Archive of Expo 67”
December 9: Holiday Skate
For information about Carleton events, go to the university events calendar.
TA DEADLINES
The deadlines to apply for a Leave From Duties are: December 31 (winter term), April 30 (summer term) and August 31 (fall term) (access form via Carleton Central).
Deadline to apply to be an “out-of-priority” TA are as follows: December 15 (Winter term), April 15 (Spring/Summer term) and August 15 (Fall/Winter term). You can apply once you are registered as a full-time student in the respective term (For fall, registration opens June 23).
“Pedagogical” training hours must be completed by November 30 for a fall-only TAship and by March 30 for a full academic year TAship or a winter-only TAship.
TAs – Please note that it can take up to two weeks before your attendance at workshops is recorded. You are strongly encouraged to track your progress independently of the TA Management System in order to ensure its accuracy. In the event of a discrepancy, you are responsible for ensuring your training is captured in Carleton Central.
