Orientation Week

Welcome to all the new students starting this. New and seasoned students are welcome to all our activities happening during our Orientation Week. Don’t miss the opportunity to know more about FGSR, colleagues and your faculty!

• Drop In-Session with Grad Studies staff - Thursday, January 5 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. In-person
• Drop In-Session with Grad Studies staff - Friday, January 13 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Online
• Establishing a Great Relationship with your Supervisor - Friday, January 6 from 11:00 a.m. to12:00 p.m.
• Understanding Academic Integrity - Wednesday, January 11 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Social Innovation Summit

Have you ever wondered how you can apply your research to benefit the community you live in or identify with? Are you aware of the numerous career opportunities in the non-profit and voluntary sector? Could you use some help in refining your research question for your thesis or dissertation in a way that will have community impact? The Social Innovation Summit aims to support the development of research proposals with social impact, in collaboration with the non-profit and voluntary sector. If you think your research can have an impact on society, discuss this summit with your supervisor. The deadline to register is January 23, 2023.

Graduate Advanced Training & Entrepreneurship (GATE) Centre

Entrepreneurship Mentorship Opportunities

Kickstart Program

If you have a start-up or an innovative business idea and would like mentorship to turn that idea into reality, apply for the Kickstart program. This program is open to graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines. The six successful student groups will be mentored over a 12-week period that will conclude with a pitch session in April. Come learn more about the Kickstart program at our information session on January 5 at noon. The deadline to submit your proposal via the online portal is January 12th.

Build your own Tech Startup Workshop

The workshop will be run by David Crossman, Co-Founder of Citrus and Hack Regina, and Ryan Serbu of Cultivator - Regina's tech. business incubator. Students will learn how to take their idea and build a high-growth company out of it, including: how to develop a product, becoming a storyteller, creating value for customers, making effective decisions, building a team, and much more.

Coffee with the Dean

Every month, FGSR Dean Dr. Aziz Douai meets graduate students to discuss issues important to graduate student success. Our upcoming “Coffee with the Dean” meeting will look at graduate supervision and will feature Dr. Mark Brigham, winner of FGSR's Excellence Award in Graduate Supervision and professor in Biology. Come join us on January 16 at 3:00 pm in CK 226. We will have coffee, tea and donuts. Register here. 

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a national competition where you translate your research for a general audience. You will receive training, mentorship and cash prizes. The U of R sends our winner to the Western Regionals for the chance to participate in the national competition. We have workshops to help you prepare such as the Information Session on January 17 at 3:30 p.m. Heats are in February to select who makes it into the finals in March. There is $3500 in prize money available. Watch out for more information.

Diversity Graduate Student Society

A new student-led group is starting. The Diversity Graduate Student Association is for Black, Indigenous, and racialized graduate students. The hope is to provide community, support, education, and mentorship while making the University of Regina a more welcoming environment. There is an online coffee for all interested students on Jan 11 at noon. If you can't make the coffee but would like to be notified about future events, you can sign up here.

Interdisciplinary Series for Professional Intellectual and Research Engagement (INSPIRE)

INSPIRE is a graduate student-led initiative, supported by the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGSR), to promote interdisciplinary collaboration amongst different departments and faculties at the University of Regina. The goal of this initiative is to provide graduate students the opportunity to engage with and learn from one another, and to facilitate collaboration amongst students and faculty members. Beginning in the Winter 2023 semester, INSPIRE will be hosting several events, including lightning research talks, which will allow students to share their research amongst their peers in a comfortable setting. A writing workshop will also be hosted, where students can actively engage and cultivate their writing skills with the support of other students and faculty.

INSPIRE is in early stages of development and we are looking for motivated graduate students to get involved as executive members. Additionally, should you be interested in joining one of the upcoming Winter 2023 events as a participant, email INSPIRE to express your interest. Once the dates are finalized for the events you will be able to select a position before it is opened to other graduate students. If you would like to join the INSPIRE team and/or be a participant in one of the events, email inspire.uregina@gmail.com. We look forward to collaborating with all of you!

Grad Night at the Owl

After much anticipation, Grad Night returns. You now have the choice between free nachos, free veggie platter or free fried pickles. Come join us at the Owl on Wednesday, January 11 between 4:00 – 6:00 pm. The Owl will be open and will be there.

Thesis Submission & Convocation Deadlines

Winter term PhD thesis submission deadline: February 3, 2023.

Winter term Master’s thesis submission deadline: February 17, 2023.

2023 Spring (June) Convocation application deadline: January 31, 2023.

For more information about thesis submission, defense or convocation email: grad.defense@uregina.ca

Research Ethics Approval is Moving Online

The Office of Research Services launched on December 23, 2022 the Research Ethics Module of the Converis Research Information System. This will be a soft launch until January 11, and until then researchers will have the option to submit new Research Ethics Board Applications using either the old PDF form or the new Research Ethics Module of Converis. After January 11 applications MUST be submitted using Converis, as the old PDF application will no longer be accepted.

Once the system goes live, a link to Converis will be added to the Human Ethics Forms Page.

Graduate students will need to request access to the platform. This can be done using a link in the student tab of UR-Self Service. Click on the "Student" Tab --- Click on "Student Records" --- Click on "Converis Access Request" This is currently active and requests take 24 hours to process, including during university closures. Please note, if there are issues, these will need to be resolved during business hours.

Please direct any questions to: Research.Ethics@uregina.ca 

Graduate Teaching Enhancement Certificate (GTEC)

This one-semester (8 sessions) course is open to all graduate students and postdocs at the University of Regina to learn about effective teaching techniques, classroom management skills, and inclusive teaching practices. It is designed for Teaching Assistants but all are welcome. 

The online orientation is on January 16 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Digital Research Skills Certificate

The non-credit Certificate in Digital Research Skills for graduate students formally recognizes graduate students who have taken DRS workshops designed to develop their digital research skills. The Certificate is offered to all graduate and postdoctoral students who are interested in developing their digital research skills and engaging in the graduate professional development community at the University of Regina.

Entrepreneurship Mentorship Opportunities

Start a Start-up: Kickstart Information Session - Thursday, January 5 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Build your startup - Thursday, January 12 from 11:30 to 12:30 pm.

Deadline to register for Social Innovation Summit - Monday, January 23, 12:00 p.m.

iGPS & Grad Community Workshops

Orientation Week Events

In-person Drop-In Session with FGSR Staff - Thursday, January 5 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. 

Online Drop-In Session with FGSR Staff - Friday, January 13 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. 

Establishing a Great Relationship with your Supervisor - Friday, January 6 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Understanding Academic Integrity - Wednesday, January 11 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Coffee with the Dean - Monday, January 16, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Information Session - Tuesday, January 17 from 3:30 to 4:00 p.m.

Diversity Graduate Student Association Online Coffee - Wednesday, January 11 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Grad Night at the Owl - Wednesday, January 11 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Associate Deans Office Hours – Every Wednesday, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Thesis Supports

How to Submit and Defend Your Thesis - Tuesday, January 17 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Thesis Thursdays

Thursday, January 12, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 19, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 26, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

U of R Career Webinars - Centre for Experiential and Service Learning

Job Search, Resumes, Interviews, Educational/Career Planning - For U of R Students

Seeking summer, part-time or full-time work? Re-evaluating your educational/career direction? Get inspired! See their schedule for free career webinars

Mitacs EDGE Training

Education, Development, Growth, Engagement (EDGE) by Mitacs Training offers professional training to complement your education and enhance your research experience by providing you with skills that are in-demand from today’s workforce. 

The following workshops are available:

• Applying the principles of sound leadership and team building
• Building your project network map
• Framing your project in a masterful presentation
• Incorporating reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion into your project
• Mastering the elevator pitch
• Project and time management
• Refined project communication plan

To register, students need to create an account or log in on EDGE. For any questions, please contact us at training@mitacs.ca  

Find out more information about upcoming scholarship reminders and deadlines at the links below:



• Tips for Funding and Scholarships
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Weston Family Awards in Northern Research – Masters Level – application deadline Jan 24^th
• Weston Family Awards in Northern Research – Doctoral Level – application deadline Jan 24^th
• Soroptomist Foundation of Canada - Opens for Application Nov 1st. Application deadline Jan 31st
• Mackenzie King Open Scholarship - application deadline Feb 1st
• Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarships - application deadline Feb 1^st
• Winter GAP Competition – GAP opens for applications Feb 1^st with a deadline for applications Feb 28^th
• Scholarships in Food Insecurity – application deadline Feb 10^th

Remember that there are many more scholarship opportunities on our Scholarships web page. Please go through each and every link to find what you are fully eligible for.

Culture and Diversity Calendar

Culturally significant dates and celebrations include: 

1 – New Year’s Day

4 – World Brailled Day

7 – Orthodox Christmas (Christianity)

8 – Bodhi Day (Buddhism)

14 – Maghi (Sikhism)

14 – Makar Sankranti (Hinduism)

22 – Lunar New Year

For more information on other culturally significant days, please visit FGSR Diversity Calendar.

Subsurface Energy Resources Lab

PhD students' research work are attracting world-wide attention. Supervised by Dr. Fanhua (Bill) Zeng, the students are developing technologies to safely store CO2 underground, while recovering subsurface energies and resources. PhD students Chen Shen, Bo Wang (CSC funded PhD student) and Jinyuan Liu (CSC funded visiting PhD student) have presented their research at the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s GHGT(Green House Gases Technology )-16 conference in Lyon, France. They were also invited to present at the IEA EOR TCP workshop, on Stavanger, Norway. Furthermore, their work have been accepted for presentation on the Canadian Energy Technology Conference to be held in March 2023, and World Petroleum Congress to be held in September 2023, both in Calgary. 

Research in Action

Got a photo of research in action? Send it to grad.studies@uregina.ca with a description and win a prize. 

Please join us in congratulating fellow graduate students who have successfully defended their PhD dissertations: 

April Chiefcalf, PhD in Education

Thesis Title: “Who did I get to be?” Racialized and gendered discourses and the shaping of Indigenous girls’ subjectivities in a northern Saskatchewan high school

Supervisor: Dr. Michael Cappello

Arifur Rahman, PhD in Petroleum Systems Engineering

Thesis Title: A novel scaling approach for micro-optical analysis of nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 foam flooding for enhanced heavy oil recovery

Supervisor: Dr. Ezeddin Shirif

Dandan Xia, PhD in Industrial Systems Engineering 

Thesis Title: Experimental and numerical investigations on wind characteristics and wind induced vibrations of bridge structures

Supervisor: Dr. Liming Dai

Huiwen Xiao, PhD in Environmental Systems Engineering

Thesis Title: Improvement of weakly compressible moving particle semi-implicit method and its application

Supervisor: Dr. Yee-chung Jin

Jared Suchan, PhD in Environmental Systems Engineering 

Thesis Title: Determination of evaporative flux from water and soil surfaces

Supervisor: Dr. Shahid Azam

Neha Joshi, PhD in Mathematics

Thesis Title: Fusions of association schemes

Co-supervisor: Dr. Allen Herman & Dr Karen Meagher

Payam Sarkhosh, PhD in Environmental Systems Engineering

Thesis Title: MPS modeling of cross-sectional averaged shallow-water equations: development and application

Supervisor: Dr. Yee-chung Jin

Yinghui Wu, PhD in Environmental Systems Engineering

Thesis Title: Development of high-resolution climate projections over Canada in the 21st century

Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Huang

NSERC's Science, Action! Video contest and Science Exposed Photo Contest

The Science, Action! video contest offers graduate students a chance to win cash prizes for their video about NSERC or FRQNT-funded research. Working with a professor who holds or has held an NSERC or FRQNT grant, graduate students are challenged to film or animate short, creative videos that tell a simple story about fascinating science. The video must show the benefits of research in the natural sciences and engineering fields and make the connection between basic sciences and the Sustainable Development Goals. There are six prizes of $4000 available!  

Science Exposed is a contest organized by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and devoted exclusively to images of scientific research, in all fields of study. You could win one ($2,000) of three jury prizes or the People’s Choice Award. Submission deadline: All images for the 2023 contest must be submitted no later than Monday, January 30, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. (ET).

Net-Zero Food Systems Challenge

The University of Guelph is seeking graduate students currently studying in Canada to participate in the Loblaw Net-Zero Food Systems Challenge. Twelve graduate students will be selected for this unique 10-month program. Students will work in groups to investigate strategic levers that will drive Canadian adoption and demand for net-zero agricultural products along the value chain, from farmers to consumers. Selected students will also receive a $2000 stipend. Applications close January 13, 2023. Learn more: www.arrellfoodinstitute.ca/net-zero-challenge 

For questions, contact thechallenge@uoguelph.ca. 

Mitacs, Open Projects Request for Graduate Researchers

Open Projects or (Request for Researchers (RFRs) service at Mitacs is dedicated to Businesses and not-for-profit organizations looking for the right researcher to support them in their innovation projects. Mitacs works with domestic and international partners to circulate your opportunity throughout our post-secondary networks to find you candidates who are the best fit and put their skills and knowledge into practice. If you find the right project, Mitacs will connect you to the company to discuss and develop the Mitacs research proposal. If you are a researcher (undergrad, grad student or postdoc), explore the available projects using the filters, and apply using the link at the end of the project description. For more information, please contact Fatima Dargah fdargah@mitacs.ca

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