Happy Reading Week! Hope this week has given you a chance to both catch up and take a break!

The fall 2022 final exam schedule is available. You can find the schedule on the Scheduling and Examination Services website, or on your Carleton Central account (log in through Carleton360 via the Current Students website). The final exam period will take place from Saturday, Dec. 10 to Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. Examinations are normally held all seven days of the week.

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The Through a Global Lens Photography Competition invites students to submit original photographs that showcase their international experiences both in Canada and around the world. The theme of this year’s competition is New Beginnings. Submit your photo online for your chance to win! Contest closes Nov. 1, 2022.

Nominations are now open for our annual Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards! We love to hear about how a professor has impacted your experience at Carleton and tell others how valuable mentors can be!

For more information click here and nomination forms are found here. The Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards will be held in winter 2023 and nominations are open until Dec. 7, 2022. Check out previous recipients here!

Please join us for this event organized by the Institute of European Studies at Carleton University, the Global Centre for Pluralism, the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, and iAffairs. The workshop will take place on Nov. 3, 2022 from 8:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Nov. 4, 2022 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will be in-person at the Global Centre for Pluralism located at 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa. Room capacity is limited, so registration is required.

Join Carleton University and 16 leading industry and government partners at our Women in STEM Career Fair on Nov. 24, 2022 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (ET)!

The event is for women students in STEM who want to establish and grow their professional network. Attendees will get to speak to representatives who work at leading engineering and IT organizations. Participants will learn: what these organizations do, future employment opportunities, and how to establish employability skills. In this safe, exclusive environment, you will have the chance to speak with up to 50 representatives from Trend Micro, CAE, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, CGI, Gastops, Leonardo DRS, Lockheed Martin, Amdocs, Blackberry QNX, CIRA, EllisDon, Ericsson, Fullscript, Nokia, Ross, and Solace.

*BONUS* Attend the event to enter to win one of three prizes – a pair of Air Pods, a Carleton sweater, or a food-related prize.

Register at: https://carleton.ca/engineering-design/career-fair-for-women-in-stem.

A new service to help address food insecurity, called Public Foods — Your Community Fridge and Pantry, has opened in Ottawa’s Centretown in a structure designed and built by students from the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism.

The master’s students designed the small building at 415 MacLaren Street through Assistant Professor Menna Agha’s elective seminar course, Architecture of Community, and built it this past summer.

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Two highly accomplished Carleton University researchers have received major awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) at the annual NSERC Celebrating Excellence Event on Oct. 26, 2022.

Lenore Fahrig, Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Biology, has won the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, which is considered the country’s top science and engineering honour and is given annually to an individual whose body of work has shown consistent excellence and impact.

“We could not be prouder of Dr. Fahrig receiving this extremely prestigious award, which celebrates Canada’s most outstanding natural scientist,” says Carleton President and Vice-Chancellor Benoit-Antoine Bacon. “Dr. Fahrig truly epitomizes the quality of our research at Carleton, and the impact it has on our country and our planet.”

“It feels amazing, almost surreal, to be getting this medal,” says Fahrig, whose trailblazing work on wildlife habitat fragmentation and conservation has reshaped the way that protected areas are designed. “It makes me think about my research path, going right back to my MSc at Carleton 40 years ago. As a young student then, I certainly never imagined it would eventually come to this.”

Sonia Chiasson from the School of Computer Science is the recipient of an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship, given by NSERC to early-stage researchers in the natural sciences and engineering to enhance their research capacity so they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. She is Carleton’s third winner of this award, previously titled the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, which dates back to 1965.

“Dr. Chiasson’s research in cybersecurity will provide a safer online world for society,” said Rafik Goubran, Vice-President (Research and International). “This recognition is a testament to Dr. Chiasson’s achievements and vision as a leader in this field.”

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Join the Centre for Student Academic Support (CSAS) this Fall 2022 term for their Academic Writing for English Language Learners sessions on Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pick and choose the session that works for you or join all of them! Next session on Nov. 2, 2022 will focus on verb tenses and academic writing. For questions, email: csas@carleton.ca

Trevor Andersen is the lead researcher on the Hurricane Alley wind speed project with the Yukon Government. Read more about Trevor’s research in this CBC news piece.

Carleton360 is your complete student experience hub. Carleton360 uses single sign on, providing one-stop, easy access to Carleton Central, cMail and Brightspace without re-entering your credentials. Carleton360 is also home to your Intray – an inbox featuring important messages from the university including dates and deadlines, registration information and more. Inside Carleton360 you can access direct links to important university resources, recent news, and explore timely supports and services. https://students.carleton.ca/2022/09/carleton360-convenient-access-through-single-sign-on/

Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Program (CGSM) – Applications are now open! Students must apply through the Research Portal for all three granting agencies. Full details can be found here. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1, 2022 before 8 PM (EST).

Ontario Graduate Scholarship – Applications are now open! Deadline to apply is Nov. 15, 2022 (11:59PM EST). Referee deadline is Dec. 1, 2022. For full details on eligibility, deadlines and application processes, please visit the Carleton OGS website.

Although the deadline has passed for receiving a financial adjustment when you withdraw from a course, you might decide to drop a course to avoid a failure or a poor grade showing up on your student record and affecting your CGPA. This is referred to as Academic Withdrawal.

Academic Withdrawals will create no financial change to 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.

Please note that Nov. 15, 2022 is the last day to withdraw, with no academic penalty, from full fall and late fall courses.

After these dates, you will no longer be able to drop courses. The Academic Withdrawal deadline to drop a full session (fall/winter) course is March 15, 2023. After this date, you will no longer be able to drop full session courses.

Oct. 29-30; Nov. 5-6
Final examinations in early fall courses will be held.

Oct. 31
Late fall classes begin.

Nov. 11

• Last day to withdraw from late fall term courses with a full fee adjustment. Withdrawals after this date will result in a permanent notation of WDN on the official transcript.
• Last day to request formal exam accommodations for full fall, late fall, and fall/winter examinations to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities. Note: it may not be possible to fulfil accommodation requests received after the specified deadlines.

Nov. 15

• Last day for academic withdrawal from full fall and late fall courses.
• Last day for receipt of applications for admission to an undergraduate degree program for the winter term.

Nov. 18-20
Early fall deferred examinations will be held.

Nov. 25

• Last day for summative tests or examinations, or formative tests or examinations totaling more than 15% of the final grade in the full fall or fall/winter before the official examination period (see examinations regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of the Undergraduate Calendar/General Regulations of the Graduate Calendar).
• Winter Payment Deadline. Click here for important payment information. Late charges may be applied to the student account any time after this date.

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.