AUGUST | 2016
FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN, MICHELE JACOBSEN:
I am thrilled to share several big highlights this month! A huge success
story in the Graduate Programs in Education office this month is visible
on our GPE Examinations Notice Board. Since the end of July, graduate
students, supervisors and GPAs have scheduled 29 oral exams for
thesis-based students! If this was February in a leap year, that would
be ONE PER DAY! Thank you to Sylvia Parks, Edith Mandeville, Stacy
Gooliaff, Shelley Enderton, Brenda Tschanz and Cheryl Ohly for their
extraordinary support of students. Thank you to all of my academic
colleagues who have contributed to the success and achievements of
our students through quality supervision and on supervisory and
examination committees.
In Graduate Programs in Education, we invest in developing a strong
research and teaching culture and in creating increased scholarship,
award and funding opportunities to support student engagement and
success. A key achievement in Graduate Programs in Education in the
past year has been a significant increase in the number and type of
scholarships, awards and funding achieved by and awarded to our
students. In 2015/16, our graduate students were awarded over 2.3
million dollars in funding across the different types of internal and
external scholarships, awards, teaching assistantships and
appointments administered through Graduate Programs in Education,
which constitutes an approximate increase of 30% over the previous
year. Additionally, a large number of our graduate students work
alongside academic faculty on grant research. In 2015/16, over 70
students had opportunities to work with faculty and receive research
funding as a Graduate Assistant Researcher (GAR). Thank you to our
academic staff for providing these mentorship opportunities!! Given
the scholarship funding awarded to incoming students, and the grants
and awards already awarded, GPE is well on the way to matching this
success rate in 2016/17.
IMPORTANT DATES TO
REMEMBER
September 5 – Labour Day Holiday
(University of Calgary closed)
September 8 – GPE Student
Orientation
September 9 – GradO. Faculty of
Graduate Studies Graduate
Student Orientation
September 12 – Fall term lectures
begin
September 15 – Deadline to apply
for Fall 2016 graduation
September 30 – Fall fee payment
deadline
CONGRATULATIONS
On behalf of Graduate Programs in
Education, Congratulations to the
following graduate students who
successfully defended their
Candidacy or Thesis Orals as of
August 30, 2016:
Heather Craig
Riana Mian
Harriet Winterflood
Rina Goukon
Edie Heavin
Jenna Young
Theresa Jubenville
A highlight this summer has been working alongside our top notch
Graduate Program Directors, Dr. Kim Lenters, Dr. Jim Field, and Dr. Sal
Mendaglio, to adjudicate the applications for the Werklund Doctoral
Fellowship, a $25,000 award for emerging doctoral scholars. This is the
third year for the Fellowship and the first year that there are two
Werklund Doctoral Fellowship awards. Congratulations to the top
two doctoral students who tied for the 2016/17 Werklund Doctoral
Fellowship, and our honorable mention: 1) Sandra Becker, 2 year PhD
student, Learning Sciences (Supervisor, Michele Jacobsen): Design
based research in the Canadian Elementary school context to better
understand makerspaces and substantiate claims about learning, and to
develop makerspace design prototypes for use in formal public school
settings. 2) Sarah Nutter, 3rd year PhD student, Counselling
Psychology (Supervisor, Shelly Russell-Mayhew). Weight Bias and
Deservingness: Outcomes, Justice Reactions and Social Hierarchy;
Proposal A three part, experimental design that brings together
counselling psychology, social psychology, health psychology and social
justice literatures to address a gap in the literature on understanding
underlying causes of weight bias. 3) Honorable Mention: Jon
Woodend, 3rd year PhD student, Counselling Psychology (Supervisor,
Nancy Arthur) in recognition of the strength of his proposal to study
International Students’ Perspectives of their University-to-Work
Transition.
A gargantuan highlight for me this August was bringing words of
welcome on behalf of the Graduate Programs in Education team at the
Welcome Lunch on August 9th for all of our first and second year
Master of Counselling Students who participated in the Werklund
School of Education Summer Residency! Thank you to the many
students and instructors who have sought me out to share feedback
that the new format used this year was a huge success. A major thank
you goes out to Tom Strong for his academic leadership of the Master
of Counselling program. We acknowledge the considerable support
provided by GPE Team members: Alicia Baudais, Candace Ford-Taperek,
and Ashleigh Locke. We thank our student representatives –
Konstantinos Chondros and Patricia Pedraza – for the way they made
the Summer residency students feel welcome and at home! Thank you
to Suzie Bisson, Caroline Buzanko, Monica Sesma Vazquez and Don
Zeman, who instructed for us, and GATs Jon Woodend, Theresa
Jubenville, Helia Jafari, and Lauren McCoy who shared their deep
expertise, experience and wisdom! Thanks to Vice Dean Dr. Sharon
Friesen for her support and for bringing kind words of welcome. Finally,
thank you to Dr. Dennis Sumara, Dean of Werklund School of Education,
Lisa Fedoruk
Tanya Surette
Rita Atake
Yvonne Machuk
Christina Gray
Kaleigh Pelletier
Laura Flanigan
Shaily Bhola
Setareh Shayanfar
Felecia Hoey
Jonathan Woodend
Meghan Wick
Eliana El Koury
Tanya Hutchinson
Congrats to Jodi Latremouille on
being awarded the Werklund
School of Education Endowment
Graduate Scholarship.
Congrats to Xiaoli Liu on being
awarded the China Scholarship
Council - FGS Scholarship.
Congrats to Venise Bryan on being
awarded the Faculty of Graduate
Studies Travel Award.
Congrats to Lake Yeworiew on
being awarded the Eyes High
Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship.
Congrats to Tiffany Beks on being
awarded the John D Petrie QC
Memorial Graduate Scholarship.
THINGS TO DO AROUND
CALGARY
Calgary Pride Parade and Festival
Dates: August 26 to September 5
who welcomed the cohort and also engaged in some hands-on
recruitment of future graduate students!!
PEER MENTORING CORNER
I hope each of you had a wonderful and restful summer!
Thank you to all our graduate students who have signed up to be a peer
mentor for the 2016-2017 school year! If you have not yet completed
your training session please let me know! Mentoring is a fantastic way
for you to be involved in Werklund and you are providing an invaluable
service to our incoming graduate students!
Welcome to all our new graduate students! If you are interested in
joining the peer mentoring program as a mentee, consider attending
the information session on September 8th at noon. If you join the
program, you will be matched with a more experienced graduate
student as a mentor and as well, be invited to participate in peer
mentor program mixers throughout the year. Having a mentor will not
only help provide you with a smooth transition to graduate studies, but
also you will have someone that can help you navigate graduate life.
We have a wonderful group of peer mentors looking forward to
connecting with you soon!
Mark your calendar!
SESSION
DATE
Mentor Training*
September 8
Mentee Information Session September 8
Mentor-Mentee Mixer
October 7
Mentor-Mentee Mixer
November 14
Mentor Semester Wrap-Up
December 2
* Mentors need to attend one session
TIME
1:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Celebrate Calgary's LGBTQ
community and attend events
during the Calgary Pride Festival.
This year, the 26th annual Calgary
Pride Parade will take place on
September 4 with Rae Spoon as
the Parade Grand Marshal and
featured performer. After
watching the parade, head to
Shaw Millennium Park for the free
Pride In the Park festival — there's
live music, beer gardens, food and
plenty of entertainment.
For more information, visit
http://www.calgarypride.ca/
Calgary Highland Games
Date: Saturday, September 3
It doesn't matter if you're not
Scottish and have no connection
to Scotland whatsoever. Anyone
can come out to the Springbank
Park For All Seasons for a day of
highland dancing, piping, heavy
lifting and plenty of tartan. The
annual event is organized by the
Calgary United Scottish Games
Association and showcases a few
traditional events. Cheer for
Scottish heavy athletes competing
in the open stone, the sheaf and
the caber events, watch Scottish
dancing including the Highland
Fling, Sword Dance and Scottish
Lilt, and hear different piping
bands play.
For more information, visit
http://calgaryhighlandgames.org/
Beakerhead
If you have any questions about the program please email Teresa
Fowler, Director, Peer Mentoring Program [email protected].
Dates: September 14 to
September 18
SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Science and engineering meet art
and design when Beakerhead
takes over the city for its fourth
year. During the course of the fiveday event this year, there are
going to be more than 60 events
that combine science, engineering
and art. Expect to admire multistorey art installations, see
mechanical creatures roaming the
streets, participate in a fine dining
event in a construction zone in
Ramsay, and join in the return of
Beakernight, the festival’s annual
nighttime spectacle that has
everything from rocket ship crane
rides to 3D-projection musical
parties.
Congratulations to Tiffany Beks, MSc student in Counselling Psychology
who had two papers published in journals this month.
Beks, T. (2016). Walking on eggshells: The lived experience of partners
of veterans with PTSD. The Qualitative Report, 21(4). 645-660.
Retrieved from http://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/ vol21/iss4/4
Beks, T. (2016, in press). The need for culturally relevant
psychotherapies for veteran men with PTSD. Journal of Military and
Government Counseling, 4(3).
SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARD INFORMATION
Preparing for the upcoming scholarship application season:
The Faculty of Graduate Studies provides a ‘Tips for Success’ site for
students preparing to apply for scholarships and awards:
http://grad.ucalgary.ca/awards/tips_for_success
The Faculty of Graduate Studies scholarship workshops are an
important resource for applicants. Be sure to monitor the Graduate
Studies event calendar
(http://wcm.ucalgary.ca/mygradskills/workshops)
as well as the GradPost (http://grad.ucalgary.ca/current/newsletter)
newsletter for notifications of upcoming workshops.
Tri-Council Doctoral Scholarships: SSHRC
Deadline to submit Notice of Intent (NOI): Monday, September 12
Student workshop offered through the Faculty of Graduate Studies:
Wednesday, September 14, 2 – 4 pm, KNB 214
FROM THE GPE
GPE Fall on campus orientation for MA, MSc, and PhD students,
September 8, 2016 in EDC 388: Graduate Programs in Education will be
welcoming newly admitted MA, MSc, and PhD students Thursday,
September 8 for a full day orientation. A range of speakers, seminars
and events are being planned, along with the much anticipated, 2016
Click and Tweet Race!
Most events are free. Ticketed
events include the Rock 'n' Roll
History of Space Exploration, the
Love Lab and Industrial Arts
Culinary event. Tickets go on sale
in August.
For more information, visit
http://beakerhead.com/
DID YOU KNOW?
Since the July newsletter, GPAs
have scheduled 29 exams for
thesis-based students! Way to go
GPAs and Students.
The full agenda is available on the GPE Upcoming Events page.
8:30-9:00
Coffee & Muffins
9:00-10:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:30-10:45
Body Break
10:45-12:00
Graduate Student Support Network
12:00-1:00
Lunch provided by GPE, Peer Mentee activity
1:00-2:30
Education Specialization Area (EDSA) Meetings
2:30-3:30
2016 Click and Tweet Race –
Prizes will be awarded to the top winning teams!
3:30-4:30
Scholarships, Awards, & Funding
light snacks and refreshments will be provided
Continuing MA, MSc, PhD students are welcome to attend the
afternoon events. Contact your Specialization Chair to confirm your
attendance.
Graduate Student Seminar Series 2016-2017: Thank you to Kim
Lenters, Graduate Program Director for her leadership and
collaboration across Werklund School of Education on the development
of this year’s GSS Series! The Fall and Winter GPE seminar series
schedules is finalized and updated on the GPE Upcoming Events page.
2017 Admissions: GPAs are gearing up for upcoming 2017-2018
admission cycle, September 1 kicks off our six month admission cycle
with applications opening for 7 of our programs. We welcome all
inquiries from prospective students and staff. Feel free to contact the
Academic Coordinator or the assigned GPA listed on each individual
program webpage. For a full list of programs and application deadlines
visit the GPE website.
MED Interdisciplinary Program offerings will be finalized by October and
applications will open November 1.
Application deadlines for 2017-2018 programs
Photo courtesy of Dr. S. Mendaglio
As of the first week in August,
most UCalgary staff have been
able to retrieve e-mail data that
was lost during the Malware
attack in May. The recovered data
is still slowly populating in inboxes
and calendars so, if you haven’t
received a timely response from
us, please be sure to follow-up.
We cannot guarantee that your email found its way to the correct
inbox!
FUN FACT!
Calgary has officially recorded
206.10 mm of rain for the month
of July, more than three times the
monthly average of 65.5 mm.
There were only eight dry days in
July. With August being the third
wettest month of the year, don’t
put away your rain gear just yet!
Changes to GPE English Language Proficiency Requirements: Effective
2016-2017 University of Calgary calendar publication, the English
Language Proficiency admission requirements for GPE have been
changed to align minimum score requirements across all acceptable
tests to ensure they represent similar proficiency levels. The individual
program pages have been updated to reflect changes where
appropriate.
The Versatile PhD: Career guidance for grad students! Discover your
career options: concerned about the academic job market? Thinking
about non-academic careers? Help is here! The Versatile PhD is an
online resource to help you identify, prepare for, and succeed in
exciting career paths outside of academia. Open to all grad students,
log in with your UCalgary ID, create a VPhD account, and check out the
community forums, real jobs and the resumes that got PhDs hired.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
Space is still available for the following research seminar, which is open
to all masters and doctoral students.
Fall 2016
EDER 603.05 (L13) / EDER 701.11 (L05) Research Design and Statistics I
On Campus: Monday from 1:00-3:50 pm
Room: EDC 353
Instructor: Dr. Man-Wai Chu
This course serves as a first step in the graduate-level research design
and statistics sequence at the Werklund School of Education – EDER
603.05/701.11 (Research Design and Statistics I) and the subsequent
EDPS 609.01 (Research Design and Statistics II). The purpose of this colisted course is to present masters and doctoral students with an
introduction to basic univariate statistical methods commonly used in
social science research. This course will focus on descriptive and
inferential univariate statistics, sampling distributions, hypothesis
testing, and a variety of statistical techniques (e.g., t-tests, analysis of
variance, correlation, categorical data analysis, and non-parametric
analysis). A thorough understanding of the topics covered in this course
will prepare students for more advanced graduate work in research
design and statistics which aims to prepare them for their own data
analyses.
WEB CONNECTIONS
Desire2Learn (D2L) is the learning management system that is used at
the University of Calgary. D2L gives you the ability to manage courses,
email students, collect assignments, participate in online discussions,
keep track of student grades, and more. D2L is available for all of your
online, blended, or classroom courses.
Below is an image overview of all the D2L supports available to
University of Calgary Faculty, Staff and Students:
OUR COMMUNITY
GPE Welcomes Master of Counselling Students to Campus: On August
9, GPE held our first annual welcome lunch for over 50 course-based,
Master of Counselling (MC) students during their Summer Residency.
Although the MC program is primarily delivered in an online format,
students entering their second and third years get the opportunity to
come on campus for an intensive two weeks to gain practical skills,
network, and to meet faculty and support staff who are an integral part
of their student success. On hand to personally welcome and greet the
students were key members of the Werklund School of Education, the
Dean, Dr. Dennis Sumara, Vice Dean Dr. Sharon Friesen, Drs. Michele
Jacobsen (Associate Dean), Dr. Sal Mendaglio (Graduate Program
Director), Dr. Tom Strong (outgoing program coordinator), Dr. Erica
Makarenko, incoming program coordinator.
Calling current and former GPE students who are also University of
Calgary employees!
Betty Rice in Werklund Communications is working on a story about the
number of UCalgary employees (academic or support staff) who are
taking part in any of our graduate programs. Because your
employment information is confidential, we’d like to ask you to send
Betty an email directly ([email protected]), letting her know if you
are an employee—no further details needed—just a “yes, I am an
employee”. If you aren’t currently employed at UCalgary, no need to
respond. Thanks much, in advance, for your cooperation!
WHO’S WHO IN THE GPE
Graduate Programs in Education Graduate Program Director (GPD)
Dr. Jim Field
• oversees the EDSAs: Adult Learning, Curriculum & Learning, and
Learning Sciences
Dr. Sal Mendaglio
• oversees the EDSAs: Counselling Psychology and School &
Applied Child Psychology
Dr. Kim Lenters
• oversees the EDSAs: Languages & Literacy and Leadership
The Graduate Program Director is responsible for the overall direction
of the graduate program, and through the GPA for the day-to-day
operations of the graduate program. The GPD’s responsibilities include
interpreting and implementing University and FGS policies and
regulations as they may apply to the graduate program and its students
and staff. GPDs are voting members of FGS Council.
The GPD’s responsibilities to the Dean of Graduate Studies and the
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in Education include the
following:
• Working (with supervisors) to ensure students complete degree
requirements in a timely manner;
• Serving as the first resource in cases of disputes between
student and supervisor;
• Assisting applicants and students to identify appropriate
supervisory committee members;
• Mentoring students to apply successfully for external and
internal scholarships;
• Ensuring the graduate student support funds provided by FGS
are fully spent each year in accordance with FGS guidelines;
• For thesis programs, reviewing annual student progress reports
and supervisors’ comments on these, and acting on the reports
as needed;
• Promoting the graduate program within and beyond the
University of Calgary;
• Ensuring the graduate program courses and requirements are
reflected accurately in the Graduate Calendar;
• Service on FGS Council committees as requested
EVENTS ON AND AROUND CAMPUS
Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning
Conference 2016
Dates: September 1 -3
Location: Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary campus
The LPP2016 conference is around the corner and there
is still time to register for this event, which will take
place on campus at the Rozsa Centre. The link to the
conference homepage where you will find information
about the plenary speakers and how to register is:
http://werklund.ucalgary.ca/lpp/
KICKOFF 2016 - Dinos vs UBC Thunderbirds
Date: Friday, September 9
Time: 5:30 pm (Doors open at 4:30 pm)
Location: McMahon Stadium
The University of Calgary community is invited to take part in an annual
tradition to end Orientation Week and ring in the academic year by
attending KICKOFF. The rivalry heats up again as the Dinos host the
Vanier Cup Champions, UBC Thunderbirds.
http://godinos.com/sports/2013/8/22/kickoff.aspx
GO DINOS!
2016 Dino Dash 5/10km Road Race
Date: Saturday, September 10
Time: 12:00 pm
McMahon Stadium
The Dino Dash was conceived in 2004 by two University of Calgary
Students as a way to increase funding for the Dinos cross-country and
track and field teams. $50,000 has been contributed to help provide
scholarships, competition opportunities and uniforms. It is a great
success, back to school community event and it continues to grow
under the Calgary Marathon Society.
Event features:
• Fast and flat course
• Unique finisher's medal and t-shirt
• Free mini-track meet for kids
• Beer garden
REGISTER ONLINE:
https://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=13096
Cultivating a Contemplative Approach to Teaching, Learning and Life:
A non-residential mindfulness retreat
Dates and times: September 9, 6:00 pm; September 10, 9:00 am to 4:00
pm; September 11, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
This 2 1/2 day non-residential retreat is for University of Calgary
instructors, faculty and teaching assistants who want to cultivate a
more intentional, present-moment approach to living, learning, and
teaching.
Dress comfortably - the workshop includes meditation and yoga
practice, so bring your yoga mat if you have one; I have extras to share.
Register at https://contemplativeteachingandlearning.eventbrite.ca
Graduate Seminar on Mixed Methods Research course offered
through the Faculty of Nursing
NURS 701.61 will provide an introduction to mixed methods research to
graduate students who are already familiar with quantitative and
qualitative methods.
This course will provide Werklund PhD students an opportunity to
explore an interdisciplinary perspective and contribution in mixed
methods research.
For more information students can contact the instructor Dr. Eloise Carr
at [email protected].
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EDUCATION (GPE)
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