ACADEMIC DEADLINES
November 25: Winter 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 to graduate 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 6: 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 7 – 8: No classes or examinations take place.
December 9 – 21: 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 15: Deadline to apply to be an Out-of-Priority TA.
December 24: Deadline for course outlines to be made available to students registered in winter term courses.
December 24, 2019-January 2, 2020: University closed. Re-opens on Fri. Jan. 3.
January 6: Winter term classes start
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
Check out our final Grad Navigate listings. Please note that online training modules or workshops advertised outside of Grad Navigate do not count towards paid training hours for TAs. TAs, your training hours must be completed by Nov. 30 for a fall-only TAship and by March 30 for a full academic year TAship or a winter-only TAship.
November 25: Media Training
AWARDS & COMPETITION DEADLINES
November 27: Deadline to apply for a 10-week research opportunity in Japan
November 30: Revised deadline to submit nominations for the Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards
December 1: Deadline for master’s students to apply for a Tri-Council award
December 1: Deadline to apply for a Women’s Health Scholars Award (scroll down)
December 2: Deadline to apply for an Autism Award (scroll down) deadline
December 18: Deadline to apply for a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation i2020 Scholarship
January 28: Deadline to enter the SSHRC Storyteller competition
Mitacs offers several funding opportunities for graduate students. 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 ($57,500 annual grant for two-year postdoctoral fellowships with industry or non-profit partners).
(c) Mitacs Globalink Research (Travel funding for research projects with international universities)
Note: For information about Carleton awards, go to our awards and funding website.
EVENTS
Now-March 13, 2020: FPA Research Series
Now-November 29, 2019: Shannon Lecture Series
November 26: Michel’s Den
November 27: Science Café: A Retrospective Look at the Power of Natural Products – 50 years of Chemical Dabbling and Some Stories
November 29: Register now for the next Azure Bootcamp
November 29: Moving Towards Trauma-Informed Physical Activity
December 3: Giving Tuesday
December 4: Indigenous Winter Market
December 5: European Funding Opportunities for Students, Postdocs and Researchers of All Nationalities
December 7: Holiday Skate
March 9-10: Emerging Perspectives: FPA Graduate Conference
March 11: Kesterton Lecture
For other events, please check out the University Events Calendar.
TA DEADLINES
The deadlines to apply for a Leave From Duties are: Dec. 31 (winter term), April 30 (summer term) and Aug. 31 (fall term). You can access the form via Carleton Central.
Deadlines 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).
“Pedagogical” training hours must be completed by Nov. 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.
