Graduate Student Newsletter – Week of April 26, 2021

Announcements:

    1.  Global Opportunities: 
      1. Funding Opportunity: International Virtual Academic Collaboration. The second round of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) program is offering project funding opportunities for virtual cooperation. The current funding period begins on 1 October 2021 at the earliest and ends on 30 September 2022 at the latest. The deadline for applications is May 25, 2021. Application available on the DAAD website (German Only)
      2. Call for Climate Action Case Studies: Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU): The ACU is asking its members to share recent examples of how they have influenced national, regional and global debates through research, education or partnership activity.For more information and to submit your brief project summary (up to 250 words), follow the survey link.
    2. Course: The Graduate Program in Social Anthropology welcomes graduate students from other graduate programs to enroll into

      ANTH 5195 3.00: Matters of Nature: Theories and Politics of Social Natures. This course still has space and may be of interest to students.

    3. Call for Chapter Proposals: This volume of the International Perspectives on Education and Society series. Contact Dr. Alexander W. Wiseman (alexander.wiseman@ttu.edu) with questions or to submit chapter proposals written in English by the deadline: 15 June 2021.
    4. Call for Submissions: International Handbook of Anti-Discriminatory Education. Abstracts due June 30 2021 (maximum 300 words with author bio maximum 250 words). For details contact aeizadirad@gmail.com.
    5. Congratulations to Mikhaela Gray Beerman for being featured in York’s Top 30 Changemakers Under 30
    6. Available Scholarship Opportunities:
    7. Please check FGS Important Dates for registration & enrolment timelines.
    8. Diploma courses will be available each term, but the core courses are usually only available in one of the three terms each year. 
    9. FGS has been assured by Student Financial Services that refunds to graduate students with credit balances are ongoing; however, due to high volume, refunds are currently taking up to 15 business days to be processed. 
    10. Reminder: Please always provide your full name and student number when sending email enquiries to the Graduate Program Office.  
    11. Please submit a completed Course Transaction Form to the Graduate Program Office if you would like to request for a course extension (grade submission deferral).
    12. The Graduate Program in Education and other offices at York University are closed, but operations are continuing online. If you need assistance, please email us directly. Latest updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) can be found at https://coronavirus.info.yorku.ca/.
    13. REGISTRATION and enrolling in courses:
        • Check the FGS – Important Dates website for deadlines, registration/enrolment, or to add and drop courses.
        • Students admitted to a graduate diploma, master’s degree program or doctoral degree program must maintain continuous registration, including payment of applicable fees, in every fall, winter and summer term up to and including the term in which all requirements for their program of study are successfully completed.
        • If a course is full; until the deadline please keep checking back online for empty seats. There is constant movement in courses throughout the terms, and if someone drops a course, a space will open immediately in the system.
        • Please be aware that only the Course Director can provide permission to increase the size of their class beyond the established maximum, and the fire code of the room is also a factor.
    14. Friendly Reminder: All graduate students must maintain continuous registration in all terms — Fall, Winter and Summer — until graduation, subject to the time limits stated in Current Students – Regulations, and must pay the appropriate term fee. You must register and accept your fees before the posted deadline (see important dates); late registration will result in a $200 late fee. Please visit Registrar’s Office – Registration and Enrollment in order to register. You will need to sign into your Passport York account to complete your registration. Note: The Faculty of Graduate Studies does not require an enrolment deposit. By accepting your fees online, you are deemed to be registered. Students are expected to remain in the category of registration to which they are admitted unless a change of status is approved by their Graduate Program Director and the Faculty of Graduate Studies. A change of status for a term must be made prior to the start of term
    15. Students should link their banking information to their student accounts for the ease of refunds on your student account.
    16.  If you have passed your second term and are completing an MRP or Thesis, or if you are a Doctoral student and have passed your sixth term, please be sure to complete a Supervisor & Supervisory Committee Approval form and submit it to the graduate program office immediately. Please find further details on the checklists.
    17. Attention regarding advertisement of final oral exam: Oral exams are normally a public academic event. However, if the student and the supervisor prefer not to have the exam public, they must inform the Graduate Office in Education upon submission of the Recommendation for Oral Examination form.
    18.  Feel free to join our Facebook group and post articles, events and other information that you think is relevant to your fellow students! You can also visit our direct Facebook page.

Convocation & Graduation

  1. The deadline to apply to graduate in June 2021 has passed; the deadline was February 26, 2021. The application to graduate in October 2021 will open on May 3, 2021.  
  • It is the student’s responsibility to be sure they have met all the requirements to graduate prior to applying to graduate but if you are unsure of something please contact us gradprogram@edu.yorku.ca
  • The Graduate Program in Education (GPE) Office will evaluate your eligibility to graduate (degree audit) during Mid-July and into Aug.
  1. Read the “Graduate in October” document on our forms page for additional important details.
  • If you are enrolled in Summer term (May-Aug) courses: You must inform the course director(s) that you have applied to graduate, and request that your final grade (this can be an interim grade) be submitted two weeks prior to the April FGS deadline, in order for the GPE Office to process your graduation on time. The sooner you inform the course director, the sooner we can work together on getting your final grade posted on time.
  1. Read the following “need to know” graduation/convocation information/links and graduating with a diploma information/links.
  • Your status will not be projected anywhere online, and we will only contact you directly if there are issues with your degree audit. 
  • If you have applied to graduate and have not received an email from us during the audit process, you are all set to attend convocation (convocation may be cancelled due to COVID) and must go to the Convocation Website for further information on next steps and how to R.S.V.P.
  • If you are requesting to graduate with a Diploma be sure to follow the steps outlined in the “Graduate in October“ document mentioned above … the “Convocation-Diploma” form and the “Diploma Checklist” indicated in the “Graduate in October” document must be completed and submitted to us, including email approval from the Diploma Coordinator, all together in one single email.
  • If you are not attending convocation (or it is cancelled due to COVID) and want to pick up your diploma after convocation, you can do so at Registrarial Services (W120 Bennett Centre for Student Services) or request that it be sent to you.

Once your eligibility to graduate has been processed (approx. Mid-Sept) by the Registrar’s Office (RO), following our audit of your final Summer 2021 grades, your status will be reflected on your grade report and transcript and your name will appear on YU Verify as having been conferred.

Resources and Updates

  1. COVID-19 response website including Financial Resources, Academic Resources, Completion, Food on Campus, Graduate Wellness, International Travel, and Postdoctoral Studies.
  2. FGS’s GradConnect Wellness is available to help throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Click here for details.
  3. Library Services During COVID-19. 
  4. Click here for more funding/awards opportunities!
  5. FGS’s policy on Graduate Supervision can be found here
  6. Graduate Program Calendar: http://edu.yorku.ca/graduate-program-calendar/
  7. Understanding your student account: The following link takes you through an overview that has been developed to assist you in navigating the various financial processes relevant to graduate studies. It is divided into 3 primary categories accessible through the tabs on the page.
  8. Get specific information about your graduate funding package by scheduling a Funding Advising Appointment. 
  9. Reminder for submission of all forms and to ensure they are accepted and processed:
    • Students are fully responsible for the download, completion, and submission of forms to their graduate program. Students must attach any correspondence that supports their request at the time of submission.
    • The Graduate Program in Education (GPE) office is unable to accept any incomplete forms, so be sure to have all required signatures (emails in lieu of) and required documentation in a complete package before submitting (hardcopy or email) any forms.
  10. Graduate Program in Education Grad Student Guidebook: can be found on our site under current students/graduate
  11. The Office of Research Ethics has published a Frequently Asked Questions page on research ethics submission: https://research.info.yorku.ca/frequently-asked-questions-faq/.
  12. Accommodations for Graduate Students.
  13. FGS Important Dates and Deadlines 

Events, Conferences and Workshops

  1. NEW! Online Event:  BIPOC* Graduate Student Experiences: The Resource Centre for Public Sociology (RCPS) in the Department of Sociology. Co-sponsored by the Black, Indigenous, Non-Binary, Women of Colour (BINBWoC) Graduate Student Collective, and the Harriet Tubman Institute at York. All York BIPOC graduate students are welcome, all disciplines and programs. This event is restricted to BIPOC-identified students only.10 May 2021, 2:30 – 5 p.m. Register by May 5.
  2. NEW! Strategies of Critique: Social & Political Thought (SPTH) Student Conference May 6-8: Presented by the Social and Political Thought Graduate Student Association and the Black Studies and Theories of Race and Racism Implementation Committee. The conference will explore abolition as a category, epistemological frame, and a political vision whose goals are the elimination of enslavement, settler colonialism, imprisonment, policing and surveillance, and the creation of lasting alternatives to violence, punishment and imprisonment. Register here.

 

  1. NEW! Building Research Connections: A Spotlight on New Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows.  The first panel of a speaker series hosted by the Office of the Associate Dean Research. Thursday May 13 between 1-3pm. Zoom meeting:  Contact the Office of the Associate Dean Research for meeting ID and password.
  2. NEW! Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies: 2021 Wolinsky Lectures: The Lives and Afterlives of Yiddish.Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 4pm EDT. Join via Zoom. 
  3.  Global Opportunity: Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC)
    1. The HUC.IO is organizing an online matchmaking event that will take place on June 16, 2021, from 2 – 3:30 p.m. GMT -5, to facilitate the establishment of contacts between professors and students interested in collaborating through virtual research internships. The deadline for faculty applications is May 7, 2021. For more information and details on how to apply, visit the following event website.
  4. Update for CSSE Conference: Keynote update and registration for Black and Indigenous students: Conference scheduled 29 May to 3 June, 2021.
  5. Call for presentations: The 2021 European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) Programme Committee is inviting proposals for paper presentations and discussion starters. Will take place online on 18 and 19 November. The deadline to submit proposals is 26 July 2021.
  6. Roundtable discussion: Embodying Care: Care Work and COVID-19, organized by Drew Danielle Belsky( PhD Candidate, York University). Friday, April 23rd, 2021 • 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Register here 
  7. Critical Conversations in Education: Decolonizing the Curriculum hosted by the Darden College of Education at Old Dominion University:
    1. Decolonization of the Curriculum Workshop – 13 May 2021 at 7:00-9:00pm ET (Washington, DC) Register

  8. Children, Youth, and Performance conference – June 25 to June 27, 2021 Register here

  9. Apply Now: Archive_Counter-Archive Summer School 2021.May 18-June 17, 2021.
  10. Registration is now open for the WES-CIHE Summer Institute! June 9-11, 2021.
  11. EAEC & EACG online virtual event, register by 10 May 2021.
  12. ANGEL Conference 2021, 25, 26 & 27th May 2021. More information and RSVP here. 
  13. Register for the WUSC International Forum.
  14. Faculty of Education Events Calendar.

Employment/Volunteer Opportunities:

  1. NEW! May Career Centre updates: View PDF poster here. 
  2. NEW! Research Assistant: Risk and Insurance Study Centre. View Posting
  3. Assistant Professor, Critical Studies of Education at UCSC.
  4. Teaching Opportunities in Japan with the JET programme and Research Study Opportunities, apply here.

Please note: Information regarding employment opportunities is provided for your information only. York University does not pre-screen, review, endorse or approve employers or employment/volunteer opportunities, and is not responsible for any of the hiring processes or positions. If you have any questions about positions, please work with the employer directly.