The Graduate@Carleton newsletter is typically distributed every Thursday morning. The next newsletter will be sent to you on Dec. 2. If you have any questions, please email us at: fgpa_newsletter@carleton.ca.

This is a final reminder to anyone who wants to acknowledge the amazing mentorship of their favourite professor. Why not nominate him/her for a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award? Nominations close Nov. 30. New this fall, professors who won mentoring awards seven or more years ago can now be re-nominated. You can check out former recipients as well as the nomination process by clicking here.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Storyteller Competition challenges postsecondary students to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better. The Top 25 finalists win $3,000 and the Final Five winners among them win an additional $1,000. The deadline to submit your entry is Jan. 24, 2022. Click here for more information.

The City of Ottawa has passed a motion to provide one month of unlimited no-charge transit on OC Transpo and Para Transpo starting Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Students will not be required to tap their U-Pass at O-Train stations or on OC Transpo buses during the month of December 2021. Eligible Carleton University U-Pass holders will receive a rebate of $54.51 to their student account the week of Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. An email will be sent to eligible students when the rebate has been applied. For more information please visit the U-Pass website.

This is the final week this term in which we are offering some professional development opportunities. To learn more, visit the Graduate Professional Development website.

Coming up this week:

Nov. 25 at 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.  Get Connected! Finding Your Social Media Ecosystem

Nov. 30 at 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Research Data Management: An Introduction

Dec. 2 at 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. NVivo for Comprehensive Examinations (for PhD students)

Find out more about new training opportunities from Mitacs by clicking here. Please note: Time spent in the Mitacs’ workshops does not count toward paid pedagogical training hours for those working as TAs.

Stressed out? Feeling overwhelmed? Anxious? If you are having problems, don’t forget that there are several resources that you can access. Please click here for a list of resources.

As we move into the listening phase of the Carleton Sexual Violence Policy Review Consultation, members of the Carleton community are encouraged to provide feedback through our consultation website, by email or through feedback and information sessions. Click here for more information.

Nov. 30 is Giving Tuesday in which our community joins forces to drive purpose through higher education. Join us by visiting FutureFunder.ca to support a cause that is meaningful to you. Gifts made on Nov. 30 will be matched dollar-for-dollar on a first-come, first-served basis starting at midnight. Together, we can enhance opportunities for tomorrow’s leaders to unleash knowledge and skills that will lead to a more prosperous future for us all.

At 11 a.m. today, Nov. 25, Mitacs is offering a zoom meeting to explain its funding programs for Carleton students. Register here.

Application deadlines are fast approaching for these awards:

• Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Awards: Dec. 1
• MINDS Master’s Scholarships for Indigenous Students: Dec. 1
• Master’s Tri-council: Dec. 1
• Autism Award: Dec. 1
• Polanyi Award: Dec. 1
• Chinese Government Scholarships for Canadian Students and Scholars (2022-23) Jan. 28

Due to COVID, for the fall 2021 competitions, CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC will continue to accept unofficial transcripts if official transcripts cannot be obtained. Students are expected to make every effort to provide official documents and provide true, complete and accurate information. Tri-agencies and Graduate Studies may request official hard copies at a later date.

If you are interested in applying for a 2022-23 Outgoing International Exchange, we strongly recommend that you attend the Exchange Information Session on Dec. 3. Grad students must receive approval from their graduate department in order to be eligible for an exchange placement.

The deadline to apply for an International Exchange is Dec. 10. For more information about the Exchange Program, please visit the ISSO website or email exchange@carleton.ca

The READ Initiative and the Paul Menton Centre are co-hosting an event on Dec. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the PMC’s 30+ year anniversary. You’re invited. The virtual event will be held via Zoom.

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD at Carleton, then you might want to register for one of our final Carleton Community Graduate Info Sessions. Dates and registration info are available by clicking here.

Every week, 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.

The Carleton University Board of Governors will be meeting remotely on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.  Members of the community are welcome to observe the open session which begins at 3 p.m. Those interested in attending, must email the University Secretary (amanda.goth@carleton.ca) by 4 p.m. on Dec. 1.  Meeting materials will be posted on the Board of Governors website a week in advance of the meeting.

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

If you are an international student in the process of applying for Permanent Residence with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and have received documents from IRCC, you may be eligible to pay domestic rather than international tuition fees. The deadline to apply for the fall term is on or before Nov. 26. Click here for more information.

If you will be graduating in February, your University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) will expire on Dec. 31. However, if you are inside Canada, you can extend your UHIP for up to 6 months at a premium of $378 (single coverage) or until such time as you may find you are eligible for Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). If you are taking fall classes from outside Canada, then UHIP is not required and you can opt out for a refund. Click here for more information.

The ISSO will be offering a full lineup of free, virtual information sessions throughout the remainder of the fall semester. Find out more on the ISSO website:

• Events
• Quarantine Planning Support
• FAQs
• News
• Immigration Support
• University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) Information
• ISSO Mailbox Videos

This November, more than 1,300 students received degrees that recognized their dedication to education. For those who have excelled in their studies, Carleton awards numerous medals to honour their work. Find out about the top three medal recipients.

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Meet Philip Mateo, a Sprott School graduate and father of three who completed his Master of Accounting degree while navigating challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about how Carleton helped him launch a career in consulting.

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Sonia Caceres recently completed a master’s research project that focused on a family-based traditional music and dance ensemble from Colombia of which she is a member. She graduated this fall with an MA in Music and Culture.

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For a second year in a row, Environmental Science and Biology Professor Steven Cooke has been named a Highly Cited Researcher for 2021 by Clarivate Analytics. This honour recognizes researchers with multiple publications that rank in the top one per cent of citations in their field in the Web of Science.

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Please be reminded that access to the tunnel system at Carleton University remains restricted to authorized individuals and those with approval to use the tunnels for accessibility purposes.

Anyone coming on campus must complete the COVID-19 screening self-assessment every day through cuScreen. You will also need to use a QR code when you enter buildings. And you also need to complete the vaccination attestation form and submit this as soon as possible. You can find the form in cuScreen after you have logged in.

To find out when departments, including Graduate Studies, are open on campus, click here.

To access FAQs about how Carleton is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, click here. For questions concerning current graduate students, click here. To view FAQs for prospective graduate students, click here. There have been no updates to Graduate Studies’s FAQs this past week.

Any university staff, faculty, or researchers who have cause to access federal government workplaces as a result of a grant or contract held by Carleton, where they may come into contact with public servants, are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please note that this is a mandatory federal government requirement. Government of Canada contracting authorities will be pursuing means to ensure compliance, up to and including contract terminations with those who do not comply with this requirement.

Today, Nov. 25:
Winter term payment deadline. Click here for important payment information. Late payment charges and late registration charges apply to the student account on or after this date. Payment is required to complete the registration process.

Dec. 1:

• Last day for receipt of applications from potential winter (February) graduates.
• Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis in examinable form to their department.

Dec. 10:

• Fall term ends. Last day of fall term classes.
• Classes follow a Monday schedule.
• 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.
• Last day for academic withdrawal from fall term courses (no financial adjustment. After this date, you will no longer be able to drop the course. Academic withdrawals will create no financial change to your fall term fees and will result in a grade of Withdrawn (WDN) appearing on your official transcript. WDN is a permanent notation that appears on your official transcript signifying no academic credit and will not impact your CGPA. The academic withdrawal deadline to drop a full session (fall/winter) course is Tuesday, April 12, 2022, the last day of classes for the winter term.

Dec. 11-23:  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.

Dec. 24 through Jan. 4: The university will be closed for the holiday season and will re-open on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

Jan. 5, 2022: University reopens at 8:30 a.m.

Jan. 10, 2022: 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.