August 2024: Issue 43

Event

Beyond Graduate School

Beyond Graduate School is a unique, 24/7 online platform designed to help graduate students build their careers. Sign in with your U of R credentials to start your professional development!

Additional opportunity:

How to Go into a Career Fair with Confidence

September 9-12, 2024 from 1-1:30 CST

Sign up here: https://institutions.beyondgradschool.com/fall-bootcamp/

News

Grad Career Launch Webpage

Grad Career Launch is a webpage designed to empower graduate students with the tools and opportunities they need for a successful career transition. The program includes support from the Centre of Experiential and Service Learning, the Beyond Grad School 24/7 online platform, and networking events. Sign up today!

News

GATE Centre

Dive in to unlock amazing resources, answer questions, and kickstart your professional and entrepreneurial journey NOW!

A website specially designed for graduate students at the U of R.

Event

FGSR Excellence Awards Call for Nominations

Do you know a graduate student who is doing cutting-edge research or going above and beyond to serve in the community or is a stellar teaching assistant?

Apply now:

• Student Excellence Award
• Community Engagement Award
• Teaching Assistant Award

Diversity

The BIPOC Graduate Student's Association warmly invites all graduate students to join and become part of a supportive and dynamic community dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion. To become a member, please send an email to grad.bipoc@uregina.ca.

Event

Global Institute for Energy, Minerals and Society

The Office of the Vice‐President (Research) is soliciting feedback about the operation of a new provincial research center to be named the Global Institute for Energy, Minerals, and Society. Please share your thoughts by attending a drop‐in engagement session (refreshments provided), completing our survey or emailing liz.vanderlinde@uregina.ca.

Event

Summer Research Poster Presentation Session

Please drop-in to hear the UGRA/USRA/MITACS students present digital poster presentations of their summer research experiences!

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 9:00am - 12:00pm

ED 191

Everyone is welcome.

Reminders

Thesis Submission Deadlines:

Fall term PhD thesis submission deadline: October 25, 2024.

Fall term Master’s thesis submission deadline: November 8, 2024.

Convocation:

2025 Spring (June 2025) Convocation application deadline: January 31, 2025.

For more info:grad.defense@uregina.ca

Opportunities

Opportunities

In the month of August, we will be launching all the Tri-Council Doctoral Competitions! If you are a new Doctoral Student or will be entering your Doctorate next year, then we recommend attending our information sessions to learn more about these awards. Along with informative sessions about each agency’s application, we will also be hosting an in-person session to help students learn to write an effective research proposal for this level of application.

• Tips for Funding and Scholarships
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Scholarships with August Deadlines

Do you have an event that you would like FGSR to help promote? Please email grad.engagement@uregina.ca by August 10 to be in the August mid-month update email scheduled to be sent to graduate students August 15.