The Graduate@Carleton newsletter is typically distributed every Thursday morning. The next newsletter will be sent to you on Oct. 7. If you have any questions, please email us at: fgpa_newsletter@carleton.ca.

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.

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. You can get vaccinated at Carleton’s on-campus COVID-19 vaccine clinics. Appointments are available until Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.

To find out when departments, including FGPA, 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 FGPA’s FAQs over the past week.

Today, Sept. 30, Carleton is commemorating Orange Shirt Day. This national day of remembrance is held annually to mark the devastating history and intergenerational impacts of residential and day schools and to honour their survivors. Carleton community members are encouraged to wear orange shirts to commemorate the day, attend the From Truth to Conciliation: Reflections from Residential School Survivors event today, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and to take time to meaningfully reflect on truth and conciliation in Canada – on Orange Shirt Day and beyond.

The new Ānako Indigenous Research Institute at Carleton builds upon the foundations laid from 1993 onwards by the Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language and Education at Carleton. It will bring together researchers, students and Indigenous communities to foster dialogue and understanding of ethical, balanced and respectful research with Indigenous peoples and in Indigenous territories.

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Why not nominate your favourite professor for a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award? Nominations open Oct. 1 and remain open until Nov. 30. New this fall, professors who won mentoring awards seven or more years ago can now be re-nominated.

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Applications for OGS and Tri-council competition awards are open. For full eligibility details and application processes, please click on the relevant hyperlink. Some deadlines to note:

• Oct. 1: SSHRC PhD (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)
• Oct. 1: CIHR PhD (The Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
• Dec. 1: Master’s Tri-council
• Dec. 1: Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Awards
• OGS: Applications: Nov. 15; Referee deadline: Dec. 1

Please note that the deadline for an NSERC PhD (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) has now passed.

Check out our Donor-funded awards listed on this website. The deadline to apply is today, Sept. 30.

The Indigenous Graduate Student Award is available for Canadian First Nation, Metis or Inuit Master’s or Doctoral graduate students. Recipients will be selected based on demonstrated financial need and academic merit. Applicants will be required to provide supporting documentation to verify ancestry. This “proof of ancestry” documentation should be uploaded in their application as a supporting letter. Applicants need to go to Carleton Central (under “financial aid and awards” and then “online graduate award applications”), and search under the correct name. The application deadline is today, Sept. 30.

Interested in Space? Check out the Canadian Student Participation in the NASA International Internship (summer 2022, fall 2022 & spring 2023). Canadian graduate students are invited to submit their application. The application deadline is Oct. 13.

International students from an African country are encouraged to apply for the $5,000 Richard J. Van Loon Scholarship. Applicants must be full-time students proceeding from one year to another in any Carleton program. Applications are due by Nov. 15.

Due to COVID, for the fall 2021 scholarship and fellowship competitions, CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC will continue to accept unofficial transcripts if official transcripts cannot be obtained. Submission of an application will continue to serve as a formal attestation that the applicant has provided true, complete and accurate information in the application and its related documents. Where possible, students are expected to make every effort to provide official documents. Tri-agencies may request official hard copies at a later date and students may be required to submit official hard copies to FGPA if they are successful recipients of an award. Students will be contacted at a later date if needed.

If you are eligible to receive a scholarship balance, you can request your balance through Carleton Central by clicking on “Refund or Scholarship Balance Request”.  Students will also be able to request a refund of the RA amount applied to their account in excess of their tuition fees. Depending on the amount of your scholarship balance, you will have up to four options: campus card transfer, e-transfer, cheque or donate to Carleton. If you have any questions, please contact Student Accounts by phoning 613-520-2600 ext. 3626 or emailing student_accounts@carleton.ca.

Carleton grad students have access to a variety of professional development resources. These include skill workshops, one-on-one career and writing consultations, career-oriented events, and even structured programs. Challenge yourself by acquiring new skills that can help you boost your employability. To learn more, visit the Graduate Professional Development website.

Coming up this week:

• Today, Sept. 30 from 12 to 1 p.m. Alt-Ac and Beyond: Higher Education Management
• Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Adjusting to Life After Lockdown: Changes and Challenges

If your graduate program has a Co-op option, December 31, 2021 is the deadline to apply for admission to Co-op for the winter 2022 term (this means a 1^st work term in summer 2022). BUT – we strongly encourage you to apply ASAP as the earlier your application is received, the earlier you will have access to resources and assistance from a Co-op Student Advisor. Students who apply by October 31 – and are admissible – will qualify for access to the Co-op job board as soon as summer positions are posted. Submit your application via mySuccess (through Carleton Central) today. Find out how to apply here.

The 2022-2023 Outgoing International Exchange applications will open on Oct. 11, 2021. Students who are interested in applying for exchange are strongly recommended to attend one of the Exchange Information Sessions. Grad students must receive approval from their graduate department in order to be eligible for an exchange placement. For more information about the Exchange Program, students can visit the ISSO website or email exchange@carleton.ca.

Join us every Wednesday for our Webinar Wednesday info sessions where you will find out about the graduate school experience at Carleton, the application process, program requirements, and award and funding opportunities. Connect with other Ravens looking to pursue Graduate School at Carleton by registering for our Carleton Community Graduate Info Sessions. Dates and registration info are available by clicking here. This week only, the sessions will be held on Thursday.

We offer many health and wellness services to assist graduate students at Carleton. Please click here for a list of resources you can access. We are here to help.

For questions about study permits, travel and quarantine plans, or health insurance, please email the International Student Services Office at isso@carleton.ca

Find out more on the ISSO website.

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

Click here to find out the latest opportunities for PhD students who want to write for The Conversation. These are updated on a regular basis.

Are you a student employee with lived experience as a person with a visible and/or non-visible disability? If so, you are invited to share your perspectives on how Carleton can continue to improve workplace accessibility for employees who navigate disability-related barriers. To share your thoughts: (a) Provide feedback through the Online Feedback Form or (b) Participate in a one-on-one interview by emailing mandi.crespo@carleton.ca.

You will be asked to share your thoughts on your experiences as a Carleton employee with a disability, your reflections on current policies, processes and practices, and your ideas on improvements that could be made to services and supports related to attracting, hiring, onboarding, developing and retaining employees with disabilities. Feedback will be used to enhance the accessible and inclusive work environment at Carleton.

The first edition of Inside Senate  for 2021-2022 is now available. Highlights include updates on the Strategic Integrated Plan implementation and Carleton’s inaugural Digital Strategy. Senate also welcomed 25 new members, including Prof. Elinor Sloan as its new Clerk of Senate.

Arielle Kayabaga is a Carleton graduate student, a mother and now a new member of Parliament. She was recently featured in a story on the CBC website.

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Can rats feel empathy? Find out by listening to CU Neuroscience PhD student Eliza Ali who spoke with Alan Neal on CBC Radio last Friday about her research on this topic.

Listen to the Interview →

PhD English student Simon Turner is researching how the pandemic has restructured our lives, our social relations, our media intake, and how we engage with the media.

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It was a late-night text that let biologist and Carleton Scientist-in-Residence Shane Gero know that his work had garnered Hollywood accolades. Secrets of the Whales took home this year’s Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, and much of the show’s subject matter comes from Gero’s research on the intricacies of whale culture and social structures.

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Global cybersecurity firm Trend Micro announced it has partnered with Carleton University to launch the Women in Engineering and Information Technology program to support women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As part of the program, women students at Carleton University will benefit from direct access to leading tech professionals at Trend Micro, who will help these students establish connections and set their tech careers up for success.

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In honour of Orange Shirt Day, the Centre for Indigenous Initiatives and the Department of Social Work invite you to attend From Truth to Conciliation Reflections from Residential School Survivors – a conversation with residential school survivors to reflect on truth and conciliation in Canada. Everyone is encouraged to join us virtually, today, Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Register online.

Throwback is Carleton’s homecoming when the university opens its virtual doors to celebrate our shared past, present and future. Find out about events scheduled taking place until Oct. 2 by clicking here.

The Department of Biology’s 2021 Biology Butterfly Show will consist of live, virtual guided tours presented by Let’s Talk Science Ottawa, a STEM storytime session, and other fun online activities. Follow along with the Butterfly Show on Instagram at @cuButterflies, where you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a butterfly art challenge.To register, click here. The show runs from Saturday, Oct. 2 to Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021.

The Department of Psychology is partnering with the Mental Health and Well-being Research and Training Hub to host Psychology Mental Health Day, 2021 virtually on Thurs. Oct. 7 from 2:30 – 4 p.m. The event features former Olympic skater Elizabeth Manley talking about Resiliency…Getting Through Uncertain Times and keynote speaker Dr. Lara Aknin, from Simon Fraser University talking about Mental Health and Well-being During the First Year of Covid-19. You can register for this virtual event by clicking here.

Carleton is hosting the 53^rd Algonquian Conference (Oct. 14-17) and you are invited to attend. This conference is an international meeting for Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers and community members to share research papers, workshops, engagement circles and story-telling activities related to Algonquian peoples. Find out more about this by clicking here.

Today, Sept. 30: Last day to withdraw from fall term and fall/winter courses with a full fee adjustment (financial withdrawal). Withdrawals after this date will create no financial change to fall term fees and will result in a permanent notation of WDN appearing on your official transcript.

Oct. 8: December examination schedule (fall term final and fall/winter mid-terms) available online.

Oct. 11: Statutory holiday. University closed.

Oct. 25-29: Fall break. Classes are suspended.

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.