Join us for the Graduate Students Information Night!

Who: Faculty of Education Graduate Students
When: Monday, September 25th, 2017 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Where: ED 114

Door prizes and light refreshments!

We want to answer your questions:

Who should I talk to about my program?
How do I choose a route?
What does it mean to be practicum, project or thesis?
Can I switch routes?
When do I register for courses?

Ask us your questions!

Learn how to navigate our website, what library resources are available to you, how to find out more about scholarships and meet fellow students!

See you there.

Grad Info Night Poster

Fall Convocation

Deadline July 31 Application for Fall Convocation

As you may be eligible to graduate at the Fall 2017 convocation ceremonies please print out and complete an “Application for Graduation” form: http://www.uregina.ca/student/registrar/assets/docs/pdf/forms/ApplicationForGraduation.pdf

To complete your application for graduation, please note the following sections of the form:

SECTION 1 GRADUATION INFORMATION:

Name of Degree, Certificate, or Diploma:
Master of Education: MEd
Maîtrise en éducation: Med
Master of Adult Education: MAED
Master of Human Resource Development: MHRD
Doctor of Philosophy: PhD
Master’s Certificate: MC

Major 1:
Educational Administration: EADM
Curriculum and Instruction: EC&I
Educational Psychology: EPSY
Adult Education: AED
Human Resource Development: HRD
PhD Students: EDUC
Master’s Certificate of Human Resource Administration in Education: HRA in ED
Master’s Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: TESOL

Campus or Federated College: Check “U of R”

Faculty: Check “GS” (for Graduate Studies)

SECTION 2 GRADUATE RETENTION PROGRAM:

Graduate students aren’t eligible for the Graduate Retention Program, so leave Section 2 blank.

Remember to sign and date your form in the last section!

Please return your completed form by 4:30 pm on July 31 to:

Fax: 306.337.2444

attn: Amy Pledger, Convocation
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, PT 110.2
University of Regina
REGINA SK S4S 0A2

The application MUST BE SUBMITTED whether you plan to attend the ceremony or not.

Dates for future convocations see this link: http://www.uregina.ca/student/registrar/convocation/upcoming.html

To be eligible for Fall convocation:

– If you are in the thesis route all degree requirements (thesis defence and final corrected copies of thesis) must be met by July 31.

– If you are in the course, project or practicum route, all courses and/or project seminar and final corrected practicum or project report must be signed off, complete and submitted to our office (and transcripts received for transfer credit courses) by August 31.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail or phone the office (306-585-4502).

Angela Kampert, Assistant To the Associate Dean Faculty of Education

Hello Graduate Students,

RE: Spatial and Numeric Data Services (SANDS), University of Regina Library

SANDS
provides access to quantitative computer-readable research data and digital spatial data from many disciplines. SANDS assists with identifying, locating and retrieving data files in the collection, as well as identifying, locating and acquiring data from external sites. The Canadian Census (Statistics Canada), CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) and the [U.S.] National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development are a few examples of datafiles available to you.

N.B. some data files are subject to specific licence agreements restricting use to current U of R students, faculty and staff. Please note and observe any restrictions which may apply. Please direct any questions pertaining to licences to datalib@uregina.ca.

SANDS – Spatial and Numeric Data Services – Why data is important – and fun! (Video)

As Data Librarian, it is my goal to inform graduate students about the Spatial and Numeric Data Services (SANDS) section in the University of Regina Library and its services.

To this end, I announce, among other things, new and important social science (and other) data releases, webinars, events, training, etc. Typically, I send announcements to the Research Listserv
. This may be a list you already subscribe to or, perhaps, you have never even heard of it. Note: you do not have to sign up for the listserv to read the messages; you can always search the archives whenever you choose. However, should you wish to subscribe to this list (or any other U of R listserv), click here
.

I am creating a SANDS distribution list with names of graduate students who indicate to me that they would like to receive messages from SANDS for the purpose of keeping abreast of social science (and other) academic research data, as well as, related information. If this is of interest to you, please send a message to marilyn.andrews@uregina.ca with your name and email address. If ever you wish to unsubscribe to my list, let me know.

You are very welcome to contact me if you have any questions or would like to know more about SANDS collections and services, or how to search for data. I will be most happy to meet with you. You may also “drop in” – my office is in the Library, main floor (south side) — LY 107.23. However, if you don’t find me “in”, you can contact me by email
.

I look forward to meeting you.

Regards,

Marilyn Andrews
Data Librarian
DLI Official Contact
Official Representative to the ICPSR
Spatial and Numeric Data Services
University of Regina Library

Esri Canada Webinars

Students Mobilizing Against Cuts (SMAC) is holding a rally and march on March 30th at 12:00 (Noon) from Victoria Park to the Legislative Building. The aim of this march is to highlight the budget cuts. We as SMAC, are encouraging students, community members, faculty to all be part of our campaign.

However, as this event may impact classes, students are advised to let their professor know ahead of time if they are planning on attending.

Link to additional information to this event https://www.facebook.com/smacsask/

Dear graduate students, faculty members and staff,

Please be advised of the following changes to our normal office hours during reading week (February 20-24):

Monday, February 20: Family Day holiday (closed all day)
Tuesday, February 21: open 8:15-9:00 am and 1:00-4:30 pm (closed 9:00-1:00)
Wednesday, February 22: open 8:15-9:00 am and 1:00-4:30 pm (closed 9:00-1:00)
Thursday, February 23: open 8:15-9:00 am and 1:00-4:30 pm (closed 9:00-1:00)
Friday, February 24: open 8:15-9:00 am and 1:00-4:30 pm (closed 9:00-1:00)

We will review emails and telephone messages daily. If the email and telephone messages are time sensitive we will respond. Otherwise we will respond to email and telephone messages the following week.

Sincerely,
The EdGrad Office

_______________________________
Faculty of Education
Research & Graduate Programs
University of Regina
Education Building, ED 236
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, SK S4S 0A2

p: 306.585.4502
f: 306.585.5387
e: edgrad@uregina.ca
http://education.uregina.ca/edgrad/

Dear colleagues,
A few of us in our hallway have decided to start a reading group for March – June – for everyone: faculty, staff, and grad students.

For the first text we have selected The Politics of Aesthetics by Jacques Ranciere.
If you are interested in studying with us, let us know by March 1, and then we’ll figure out together what the best times and places might be for our weekly meetings. We think it will be fun!

https://www.amazon.ca/Politics-Aesthetics-Jacques-Ranci-re/dp/1780935358/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Valerie, Jesse, Alayne, Gale, Michele

We are welcoming students at any stage of their doctoral journey from any discipline to our

4th Canadian Doctoral Nursing Network Conference; Global Invitation
June 14, 15 & 16, 2017
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

NEW Promo page 2017 CANADIAN DOCTORAL NURSING NETWORK CONFERENCE

This conference provides support, encouragement, and mentoring; in addition to, the opportunity to
submit your abstract and present. Please know that abstracts submissions and registration
for the conference is now open.

We are very excited to announce that our Keynote speakers this year will be

Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy RN, Phd and
Dr. Marlen Smadu RN, EdD, LLD (h.c.)

Registration
Early bird $300 (ends March 31, 2017)
$350 (after March 31, 2017)

For full conference details, online registration, and how to submit your abstracts
please go to http://www.uregina.ca/nursing/cdnnc/index.html

Accommodation Options:
Rooms have been held for the conference more information
can be found at https://www.uregina.ca/nursing/cdnnc/registration.html

Look forward to seeing you in June,

Cara Wilkins
Faculty of Nursing
Administrative Support
Dean’s Office
University of Regina
Phone: 306-337-3344
Fax: 306-337-8493
Cara.Wilkins@uregina.ca
Nursing.Research@uregina.ca

Thank you SO MUCH for your time regarding this matter.

Effective immediately, the deadline for EPSY students to request a route transfer (e.g. from course to practicum, see attached form)Program-Transfer-Request is February 15.

The EPSY Subject Area will no longer accept requests for route transfer throughout the year. Instead, the EPSY Subject Area has decided to consider requests for route transfer annually at the same time as they review the new applications (and program transfers). If a route request is received prior to February 15, 2017 then the request will be reviewed/considered for 2017 Spring/Summer. However, if a route transfer request is received after February 15 the student will be notified that the request form will be held for the next annual deadline.

If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail or phone our office (306-585-4502).

Tania Gates, Graduate Program Co-ordinator

_______________________________
Faculty of Education
Research & Graduate Programs
University of Regina
Education Building, ED 236
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, SK S4S 0A2

p: 306.585.4502
f: 306.585.5387
e: edgrad@uregina.ca
http://education.uregina.ca/edgrad/

Spring Convocation

Deadline January 31 Application for Spring Convocation

As you may be eligible to graduate at the Spring 2017 convocation ceremonies please print out and complete an “Application for Graduation” form: http://www.uregina.ca/student/registrar/assets/docs/pdf/forms/ApplicationForGraduation.pdf

To complete your application for graduation, please note the following sections of the form:

SECTION 1 GRADUATION INFORMATION:

Name of Degree, Certificate, or Diploma:
Master of Education: MEd
Maîtrise en éducation: Med
Master of Adult Education: MAED
Master of Human Resource Development: MHRD
Doctor of Philosophy: PhD
Master’s Certificate: MC

Major 1:
Educational Administration: EADM
Curriculum and Instruction: EC&I
Educational Psychology: EPSY
Adult Education: AED
Human Resource Development: HRD
PhD Students: EDUC
Master’s Certificate of Human Resource Administration in Education: HRA in ED
Master’s Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: TESOL

Campus or Federated College: Check “U of R”

Faculty: Check “GS” (for Graduate Studies)

SECTION 2 GRADUATE RETENTION PROGRAM:

Graduate students aren’t eligible for the Graduate Retention Program, so leave Section 2 blank.

Remember to sign and date your form in the last section!

Please return your completed form by 4:30 pm on January 31 to:

Fax: 306.337.2444

attn: Amy Pledger, Convocation
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, PT 110.2
University of Regina
REGINA SK S4S 0A2

The application MUST BE SUBMITTED whether you plan to attend the ceremony or not.

Dates for future convocations see this link: http://www.uregina.ca/student/registrar/convocation/upcoming.html

To be eligible for Spring convocation:

– If you are in the thesis route all degree requirements (thesis defence and final corrected copies of thesis) must be met by March 31.

– If you are in the course, project or practicum route, all courses and/or project seminar and final corrected practicum or project report must be signed off, complete and submitted to our office (and transcripts received for transfer credit courses) by April 30.

If you have any questions please contact me at 306.585.4502 or by email.

Angela Kampert
Assistant to the Associate Dean Research & Graduate Programs
Faculty of Education
University of Regina
p: 306.585.4502
f: 306.585.5387
follow us on: @UREdgrad
http://www.uregina.ca/education/offices-centres/edgrad/index.html

This is the first in a series on busting common myths and misconceptions about graduate programs in Education.

Myth:
I’m a Master of Education student; a friend in my class told me that I can get my Master of Education and a Master’s Certificate at the same time!

Busting:

No, you can’t get both a Master of Education and a Master’s Certificate at the same time. You can get a Master’s Certificate and SUBSEQUENTLY get a Master of Education degree, but not both at the same time.

The process is designed to work like this: Students apply to the Master’s Certificate first, complete all the Master’s Certificate classes, graduate, and THEN apply for the Master of Education – this process is known as “laddering up”. There is no “laddering down” (i.e. completing the Master of Education, with most or all of the Master’s Certificate courses included, and then completing the Master’s Certificate) and there is no “lateral ladder” (i.e. completing the Master of Education and Master’s Certificate at the same time).

What does this mean for you?

If you are currently in a Master’s Certificate, you simply complete all the courses in your certificate and then apply to graduate. After you’ve graduated, you can decided if you subsequently want to take a Master of Education degree program. Make an academic advising appointment with us in the EdGrad office and we can help you apply to the appropriate Master of Education degree (e.g. Master’s Certificate in TESOL courses fit into the Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction degree program and Master’s Certificate in Human Resource Administration in Education courses fit into the Master of Education in Educational Administration degree program).

If you are already in a Master of Education you have two choices:

1. Stay in your Master of Education degree program and take whatever courses fit your program of study and will best assist you with your current and future professional development. And if some of those courses happen to be in the Master’s Certificate program, they will simply be part of your Master of Education degree program. When you graduate, your transcript will list all the courses you took and your degree will be a Master of Education.

OR

2. If you are in a Master of Education degree program and you feel that you really must have the Master’s Certificate appear on your transcript then you must make an academic advising appointment to come talk to us in the EdGrad office. We will look at your specific situation, determine (depending on the number of courses you have already taken) if what you want is possible, explain the process of voluntarily withdrawing from your Master of Education, what you will need to do to apply for the Master’s Certificate, what courses (and only those courses) you can take for the Master’s Certificate, and how to graduate. And then, finally, after you have graduated from the Master’s Certificate in about two years, how to reinstate to your Master of Education degree program, and what courses you can “ladder up” from the Master’s Certificate into your Master of Education degree program. Because this process is complicated and specific to each student, we can’t discuss it by e-mail or over the telephone, however, we would be more than happy to schedule a face-to-face academic advising appointment to discuss your individual situation.

Sincerely,

Tania Gates, Graduate Program Co-ordinator

_______________________________
Faculty of Education
Research & Graduate Programs
University of Regina
Education Building, ED 236
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, SK S4S 0A2

p: 306.585.4502
f: 306.585.5387
e: edgrad@uregina.ca
http://education.uregina.ca/edgrad/