ACADEMIC DEADLINES
December 9: Fall term ends. Last day of fall-term classes. CLASSES FOLLOW A MONDAY SCHEDULE!!! Last day for academic withdrawal from fall term courses..
December 9: 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 10-22: Final exams
December 23 (noon)-Jan. 2 (inclusive): The University and FGPA will be closed for the holidays, re-opening at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 3.
December 31: Deadline for TAs to apply for a Leave From Duties
January 1: Deadline to apply to be an “out-of-priority” TA
January 2: University and FGPA re-open
January 5: Winter term classes begin
January 9: Deadline to apply to be a Residence Fellow
January 18: Last day for registration for winter term courses. Last day to change courses or sections (including auditing) for winter term courses.
January 18: Graduate students who have not electronically submitted their final thesis copy to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs will not be eligible to graduate in Winter 2017 and must register for the Winter 2017 term.
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-January 10: New Subway Outlet in Athletics
Now-Summer, 2017: O-Train Construction Work
December 10: Holiday Skate on campus
January 5: Deadline to apply to the Carleton Community Art Exhibition
January 9: Training for the SSHRC Storyteller Competition
January 13: Winter Orientation for new TAs and graduate students
January 17: Information session about the upcoming Carleton Three Minute Thesis Competition
January 20: Deadline to enter the Green Revolving Fund competition
February 10: Deadline to enter Digifest Student Showcase
March 15: Carleton’s Three Minute Thesis competition
February 6: Deadline for papers “Pathways & Intersections: Navigating the Social”. 5th annual Sociology/Anthropology Grad Student Caucus.
For information about Carleton events, go to the university events calendar. For information about events targeted at or promoting graduate student research, go to Grad Research Link.
TRAINING & CAREER WORKSHOPS
Grad Navigate workshops are now over for this term. New postings for next term will go up by the holiday break. You can always access online training through MyGradSkills.ca. Please note that these online training modules workshops do not count towards paid training hours for TAs.
AWARDS & COMPETITION DEADLINES
Note: Students and departments will be notified in mid-December of the status of their application for a donor funded award.
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)
(d) Mitacs Step (Professional development workshops facilitated by industry leaders
December 7: Deadline to apply for a Gates Cambridge scholarship
December 31: Deadline to enter the Chief Statistician of Canada Infographic Challenge
January 31: Deadline to apply for the ThinkSwiss scholarship program
February 1: Deadline to apply for a Mackenzie King Scholarship
March 6: Deadline to apply for the Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program
March 10: Deadline to apply for a Dan David scholarship
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) (access form via Carleton Central) and Aug. 31 (fall term).
Deadline to apply to be an “out-of-priority” TA for the winter term is Jan. 1, 2017 and for the fall term 2017 is Sept. 1.
“Pedagogical” training hours must be completed by March 30 for a full academic year TAship or a winter-only TAship and by Nov. 30 for a fall-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.
