ACADEMIC DEADLINES
October 5: Deadline to opt in or out of the GSA’s medical, dental and accident insurance plan.
October 5: December examination schedule (fall term final and fall/winter mid-terms) available online.
October 8: Statutory holiday. University closed.
October 15: Deadline to apply for funding to support conferences run by graduate students on campus.
October 22-26: Fall break. Classes are suspended.
November 25: Winter term payment deadline. Click here for important payment information. Late payment charges and late registration charges applied to the student account on or after this date. Interest charges begin to accrue on January 1.
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.
EVENTS/OTHER
Now-October 7: Annual Carleton Live Butterfly Show.
October 3: Ingenious Talks: Better Roads, Fewer Potholes – The AMIR Technology
October 3: Bagels & Banter – What is PhD Career Development and What Are We Doing About It? (for faculty and senior graduate students)
October 4: India: Questions & Answers. An interactive session with India’s High Commissioner to Canada and the author of Q&A/Slumdog Millionaire
October 10: The Writing Café (for international students)
October 10: Fall Career Fair
October 10: (For senior PhD students) Shari Graydon, founder of Informed Opinions, will present Smart Women Speaking Up. Register by October 3.
October 12: Warming up to Winter (for international students)
October 17: Scams and How to Protect Yourself
October 18: FPA’s Author Meets Readers – Diaspora and Media in Europe
October 18: Psychology Mental Health Day
October 25-26: (For senior PhD students) Scott White from The Conversation will address faculty and PhD students. There are five sessions to choose from.
November 7: Immigration Workshop: Study Permit Renewal (for international students)
November 13: Career Workshop: Marketing Your International Experience
November 15: FPA’s Author Meets Readers – A Family Matter
For information about Carleton events, go to the university events calendar.
TRAINING & CAREER WORKSHOPS
Check out media training sessions for this fall.
Click here for list of mandatory health and safety workshops
Grad Navigate workshops for the fall term are now posted. You can always 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
October 12: Deadline to apply for a SSHRC doctoral award
October 25: Deadline to apply for the IBM PhD Fellowship
November 15: Deadline to apply for a Fulbright award
November 15: Deadline to apply for an OGS
November 15: Deadline to apply for the Richard Van Loon Scholarship
December 1: Deadline for master’s students to apply for a Tri-Council award
July 1, 2019: Deadline to apply for a bursary from the Centre for Research and Education on Women & Work
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.
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) (access 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.
