University of Manitoba

Student Weekly Graduate Edition
 
December 9 - 15
 
Upcoming Awards
 
Research Manitoba
Various Amounts - For Master's & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Health related fields
Deadline: January 29, 2015
 
 
MACKENZIE KING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP
$8,500 (approx.) - For Master's & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Unrestricted
Deadline: February 1, 2016
 
 
MACKENZIE KING TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP
$10,500 (approx.) - For Master's & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Law, Social Sciences and Humanities
Deadline: February 1, 2016
 
 
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3MT Application OPEN!
The online application is open for 3MT 2016! First place takes home $5000! Start thinking of different ways to consolidate your thesis and present your research to a non-specialist audience.
Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
 
 
Getting to Know our 2015 Vanier Scholars
Ifeanyi Nwachukwu is a dedicated researcher, volunteer and role model. Using a blend of biochemistry, molecular biology and food chemistry, his doctoral studies involve the development of food protein-derived peptides from flaxseed that could be used to produce functional foods and nutraceuticals to help manage cardiovascular disorders.
 
 
Happy Holidays - Joyeueses fetes!
This year we accomplished great things together. Take a look back at all we have to celebrate.
 
 
Competition Open for Canadians: Commonwealth Scholarship Plan – India
Two scholarships are available to Canadians who wish to study or conduct research in India. The scholarships, which are tenable as of September 2016, provide funding for the full length of academic programs in India at the undergraduate, Master's or PhD levels.
Application Deadline: December 21, 2015
 
 
The Storytellers
Great research matters! How you tell its story is just as important - SSHRC’s annual Storytellers contest challenges postsecondary students to show Canadians how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better.
Submission period: January 5, 2016 to January 29, 2016
 
 
Rising Up
Rising Up is a conference that invites all graduate students across all disciplines to gather together, rise up, and present their knowledge and research on international compact: the colonial edifice. It is a new era of Indigenous scholarship.
Please RSVP by February 1st, 2016
 
 
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Upcoming Awards
 
Working Well With Relationship Challenges
December 11, 2015 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
Thesis: Structure and Organization
December 15, 2015 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
How to Assert Yourself
January 12, 2016 | 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
Maximizing Your Research Identity and Impact
January 12, 2016 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Bannatyne Campus
 
 
Understanding Your Rights as a Graduate Student
January 12, 2016 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Bannatyne Campus
 
 
E-books: Locating, Navigating, Annotating
January 12, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
More Workshops
 
Dates and Deadlines
 
December 11 - 23
Fall term final exams for most students (includes tests and midterm exams for fall 2015/winter 2016 spanned courses).
 
 
December 24 - January 5
Winter holiday, university closed.
 
 
January 5
University re-opens, no classes.
 
 
January 6
Start of winter term. This is the first day of fall term classes for most students, including winter/summer spanned distance and online courses.
 
 
January 6 to 19
Registration revision period. January 19 is the last day for most students to drop a Winter 2016 or Winter/Summer 2016 course, receive a refund and avoid a Voluntary Withdrawal (VW) notation on their transcript.
 
 
January 13 @ 4:30 pm
Winter Term Fee Payment Deadline - Late payment fees will apply to students with an outstanding balance after this date. Sponsored students and government loan recipients must ensure each term that their arrangements are in place; late fees will be applied if they are not made by this deadline.