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.
January 19: Last day for registration for winter term courses and the last day to change courses or sections (including auditing) for winter term courses.
January 19: 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 Winter 2018 (February) and must register for the Winter 2018 term.
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
A reminder that Fall-only TAs must submit their pedagogical training hours by November 30.
There are still a few Grad Navigate workshops posted for the fall term. Register now! There are sessions listed under the following subject headings:
Research & Writing
Professional Skills Development
Wellness
There is a Media Training Workshop on November 21 that can be counted towards paid pedagogical training hours for TAs.
November 27. Strategic Writing for Second-Language Learners: Basic Structures. Writing clearly and with purpose can be hard work, especially if English is your second language. Participants will learn strategies for creating sentences, paragraphs, and longer documents that communicate their ideas effectively. Please note that this workshop does not count towards paid TA training hours (unless otherwise specified). You need to register.
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.
AWARDS & COMPETITION DEADLINES
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
February 1: Deadline to apply to the Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s International Youth Fellowship Program
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 17: International Education Week events continue at Carleton
Now-November 28: Ottawa Writer’s Festival
November 16: The Goals of Mindfulness: Traditional Asian Life-cultivation and Mind-body Practices
November 17: Colonel By Classic (Carleton Ravens vs. uOttawa Gee-Gees hockey team)
November 21 The Globe & Mail’s Financial Survival Guide with Rob Carrick and Roma Luciw
November 22: Science Café – Protein communications within a cell; what makes a cell “tick”?
November 27: READi Launch and Symposium
November 27: CU in the City: A Bigger Jail for Ottawa or Community Alternatives
November 28: 2017 Quality Showcase
December 1: Shannon Lecture Series with Janine Marchessault: “The Missing Archive of Expo 67”
December 8: Disability, Technology, Inclusion: A Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research, History Exhibits and Pedagogy
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.