Excellence Awards

Do you know a grad student doing cutting-edge research? Who's going above and beyond to serve in the community? Is a stellar Teaching Assistant? FGSR invites you to help us recognize students across these categories each year. The deadline to nominate a student for the Excellence Awards is August 31. Find out more here.

Thesis Submission & Convocation Deadlines

Thesis submission deadlines:

Spring/Summer term PhD thesis submission deadline: June 2, 2023.

Winter term Master’s thesis submission deadline: June 30, 2023.

Convocation:

2023 Fall (October) Convocation application deadline: July 31, 2023.

For more information, email: grad.defense@uregina.ca.

iGPS & Grad Community Workshops

Advanced Library Searching – Monday June 12 from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

CIHR Info Session – Tuesday June 13 and Thursday June 15 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Thesis Thursdays – Thursday June 15, 29; July 13 and 27 from 2-4 p.m.

Associate Deans Office Hours – Every Wednesday from 12-1 p.m.

Take Your Project Management Skills to the Next Level with the PMP Prep Course (via CCE)

Register for the FREE Business Analysis Planning Webinar coming up on June 29

PMP PREP COURSE

Remote: June 13 from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.   

In-Person: Sept. 21 from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.  

FUNDAMENTALS OF INNOVATION                                                            

In-Person: June 21-22 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Remote: Oct. 2-4 from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.                                                                    

(Can be applied toward the Change Management and Innovation Certificate)

FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ANALYSIS

In-Person: June 20-21 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.             

Remote: Sept. 13-15 from 1:30-4:30 p.m.                                                    

(Required course for the Business Analysis Certificate)

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

In-Person: June 15-16 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.  

In-Person: Oct. 26-27 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.   

(Required course for the Professional Leadership Certificate)

How to Build a Successful Business Analysis Plan – With Tips & Tricks for the Hybrid Workplace

In this free webinar on June 29 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m., we will cover the crucial information required and helpful techniques and tips that support developing a Business Analysis plan and efficiently carrying it out – including in a hybrid work environment.

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 .

As we head into the summer, prep sessions for Tri-Council awards begin. First up in June is the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). If you want more information about upcoming Doctoral funding opportunities from CIHR sign up for this event here:

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

• Tips for Funding and Scholarships
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Kathryn Huget Leadership Award - application deadline June 30
• Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence Capacity Building Initiatives funding opportunities - application deadline June 30

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

June is National Indigenous History Month. Also taking place this month is National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, which is a day to “recognize the history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.” Let’s take a moment to learn about, reflect on, and celebrate history, ingenuity and ways of knowing of Indigenous peoples. You can find out more here.

Culturally significant dates and celebrations in June include: 

Indigenous History Month

Pride Month

4 – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

4 to 6 – Shavout (Jewish)

5 – World Environment Day

12 – World Day Against Child Labor

15 – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

16 – Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikhism)

20 – World Refugee Day

21 – National Indigenous Peoples Day- Canada (First Nations, Inuit Metis)

24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Christianity – East. Orthodox and Western)

27 – Multiculturalism Day

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

If there is an event, celebration or milestone you would like to see highlighted in upcoming issues of the Grad Digest, please let us know! You can contact us via email: grad.engagement@uregina.ca.

History Grad students edit essay compilation

Congratulations to Kelsey Lonie, Corey Safinuk and Jonathon Zimmer, graduate students from History, for being invited to served as the editors of the book, “Canada and the Challenges of Leadership: How Canadian Prime Ministers have Responded to Crises at Home and Abroad.”

This book is a collection of student essays from Dr. Raymongd Blake’s course on Canadian Political History. Lonie, Safinuk and Zimmer provided suggestions for revisions, upload the papers, manage the formatting, design the cover of the book and deal with issues of copyright pertaining to photographs

Read it here: https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/primeministersandcrisis/.

Please join us in congratulating fellow graduate students who have successfully defended their PhD dissertations from April 15 – May 14: 

Lori Latta, PhD in Kinesiology and Health Studies

Thesis title: A narrative exploration of the right to health in the lives of Indigenous women

Supervisor: Dr Larena Hoeber

Billea Jo Marie Ahlgrim, PhD in Experimental and Applied Psychology

Thesis: Impact of race on police officer's use of force decision making

Supervisors: Dr Katherine Arbuthnott and Dr Gregory Kratzig

Listen up! The University of Regina has a new limited-series, research-focused podcast

Go far, Together will introduce you to some of our University’s brightest thinkers. From outer space to Reconciliation, from first-responders’ mental health to the connection between cannabis and the NFL, it explores how these researchers are changing the world and how we understand it, right here on the Prairies!

Cultural Creativity Session at the ta-tawâw Centre

Please come out to the ta-tawâw Student Centre (RIC 108) to learn some Indigenous bead-work skills and create some simple projects (or more advanced if you wish). We will provide instructions and materials for you. The Cultural Creativity sessions run each Tuesday from 4-6 p.m. and Friday from 1-4 p.m., with our instructor Connie Mussell.

2023 VIRTUAL CANADIAN DOCTORAL NURSING NETWORK CONFERENCE

On June 5, 6, & 7, 2023, the University of Regina Faculty of Nursing is hosing the 2023 Virtual Canadian Doctorial Nursing Network Conference. It's open to students from any discipline at any stage of their doctoral journey; masters students are welcome to attend. For more information, including on pricing and registration, visit this website or email Nursing.Research@uregina.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 at fdargah@mitacs.ca.

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