Faculty of Graduate Studies

In this week's GRADpost:

Essential Reading

-New: Science Video Education Badge

-Payment Delays

-SSHRC Storytellers competition

-Important Dates

Scholarships

-Graduate Award Competition
-Delta Kappa Gamma, Calgary World Fellowship
-Mackenzie King Scholarships

My GradSkills
-Internships
-Workshops

GRADlife

-Taylor Institute

-Around Campus

ESSENTIAL READING

New: Video Science Communication
Dr. Jeff Dunn, with support from the Cumming School of Medicine Graduate Science Education, FGS and the Taylor Institute Badge program is offering a Video Communication badge, open to grad students and postdocs. Participants will develop skills to produce a short film. The program features professional guest speakers with extensive industry experience and offers the opportunity to be featured in a film festival and win prizes! Learn how to storyboard, use professional equipment and editing software, do sound design, and more. Learn more and register (space is limited)!

Start date: Jan. 11, 2023 (Wednesday) 3-5 pm
Runs every subsequent Wednesday for 6 weeks (until February 15) using Zoom and D2L.
Attendance and one video assignment will be credited towards the UCalgary Badge system. This badge microcredential can be added to your CV.

Payment Delays over Holiday Closure

Online payments made Dec. 21st to Jan. 2nd won't be processed to student accounts until the first week in Jan. 2023. Make sure your payment is initiated with enough processing time before UCalgary closes. Learn more.

CONTINUING RATES FOR FALL 2022
PhD students admitted Winter 2020 or earlier, who have a successful candidacy examination between Sept. 1, 2022 up to and including Dec. 31, 2022 are eligible to have their tuition fees reduced to a continuing rate in Winter term 2023.

Important Dates:

December 23: End of Fall Term Add to calendar

December 31: Course-based students - Last Day to Complete all Requirements to be Eligible for Winter Conferral and Cancel Winter Registration Add to calendar
January 1: New Year's Day Add to calendar
January 3: Start of Winter Term Add to calendar

January 4: Grad Orientation (GradO) Add to calendar
January 9: Start of Classes Add to calendar

SCHOLARSHIPS

Graduate Award Competition
Deadline Feb. 1 to your Graduate Program Administrator, unless your program has an earlier deadline.

Entrance Competition
To be eligible, you cannot have started your doctoral program prior to the November 1 launch of this competition.  Deadline is Jan. 15 to your Graduate Program Administrator, unless your program has an earlier deadline.

External Scholarships

The Roy Hyndman Ocean Observing Award, Deadline: Jan. 15, 2023

Margaret McNamara Education Grants, Deadline: Jan. 15, 2023

London Goodenough Association of Canada 2023-2024 Scholarships, Deadline: Jan. 27, 2023

Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars at York University, Deadline: Mar. 1, 2023

MY GRADSKILLS

Looking for an internship and not sure how to begin? Register today for a free, pre-internship D2L program in Winter 2023. This eight-week asynchronous program, developed in collaboration with Career Services, will introduce graduate students to the TTI program and help identify and prepare for internship opportunities. Registration for the Winter TTI Discovery is open until Jan. 2, with the program commencing Jan. 16.

Featured Internships:

Job ID 103808 Grad Intern – Intern, Queer Calgary
Strengthen Queer community by supporting needs assessments, social landscape analysis, stakeholder engagement, grant applications and more as intern! This four-month, full-time (longer if part-time) opportunity, supported with funding through Transformative Talent Internship seeks a graduate student intern to start immediately instrategic planning and developmentto help Queer Calgary grow. Apply today!

Job ID 103735 Bio Alberta Internship opportunities
BioAlberta has a Work-Integrated Learning job board for postings in life sciences companies. Positions range from science to business to computer programming and app development. If you are seeking an internship with an Alberta life sciences company, bookmark this link and check back regularly.

Workshops

View the MGS workshop calendar

Copyright Guidance for Instruction - Dec. 20
Open Educational Resources Drop-in Session - Dec. 21
Data Visualization & Tools - Jan. 3
Introduction to R syntax: part 1 - Jan. 3
Data Visualization with Tableau - Jan. 3
Research Data Management 101 - Jan. 4
LaTeX and Overleaf - Jan. 4
How to Deposit Your Research Data in PRISM Data - Jan. 4
Digital File Management - Jan. 4
Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis Using NVivo 12 for Windows - Jan. 5
Introduction to R Syntax, part 2: Factors, Matrices, Arrays, Lists, and Data Frames - Jan. 5
Using NVivo 12 for Windows for Literature Reviews - Jan. 5

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Basic Survey Building and Distribution Using Qualtrics - Jan. 3
Introduction to Personal Digital Archiving - Jan. 5

Resume Rescue - Weekly until Dec. 21

GRAD LIFE

Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning

Taylor Institute Workshops - see Course Calendar for full listings

Teaching Assistant Workshop Series (online) - Learn more & register

Classroom management strategies for TAs, Jan. 17, 2023, 10–11 am (MT) - Online
Student assessment and feedback strategies for TAs, Feb. 7, 2023, 1–2 pm (MT) - Online
Professional development of TAs, Mar. 21, 2023, 10–11 am (MT) - Online

International TAs Conversation Series - Learn more & register
The Conversation Series for International TAs invites you to engage in conversations about being a TA in the North American higher education context. There will be two sessions in the series, each dedicated to a particular topic such as providing feedback to students and resolving conflict.

Opportunities and effective strategies, Jan. 5, 2023, 10–11 am (MT) - Online
Fostering a positive learning environment in your class, Feb. 28, 2023, 10–11 am (MT) - Online

Around Campus

Want to get help building your career plan or polishing up your resume/cover letter?

Career advising appointments are available until Dec. 22. Limited spaces are available—book yours through Elevate.

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2023 World’s Challenge Challenge Applications OPEN!

Think you have a unique solution to a global problem? Become an innovator and international change maker through UCalgary’s World’s Challenge Challenge. Undergrad and graduate students are encouraged to apply now!

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A new course survey platform is coming!

UCalgary is updating the platform for course surveys to enhance student learnings across campus and hear more from you. A project steering committee will guide the roll-out of Explorance Blue in the coming months. Stay tuned for more updates!

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AISES in Canada National Gathering (2023) - Travel Scholarships

AltaLink encourages all Indigenous students focused in STEM to attend the American Indian Science & Engineering Society’s Canada National Gathering in Vancouver, March 3-5, 2023. Travel scholarships are available to attend the Gathering.

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Volunteer with the WRC

Develop leadership skills. Build your resume. Make new friends. Increase your knowledge of gender issues and social justice. Strengthen the community. Empower your peers. Become a WRC peer helper. Apply by Monday, Jan. 9 at 3 pm (MT).

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The USpeak Program is returning this winter!

Are you interested in language learning and forming new friendships on campus? USpeak Global - a language sharing program hosted by ISS - is returning for Winter 2023! Registration open until Jan. 8, 2023.

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