SFU Graduate Studies

As an SFU graduate student, you are encouraged to register in the free MITACS Step workshops. These professional development workshops will be invaluable to you immediately and upon graduation with your degree. International students and recent graduates (within the last three years) are eligible to attend.

Workshops are offered on:

• Basics of the Business Environment (includes etiquette, time management, networking)
• Communication (includes presentation skills, technical writing)
• Project Management
• Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property

Check the calendar of upcoming workshops and click on the “Register Here” link to register for each workshop.

Please note: Workshops are free but you will be charged a $50 cancellation fee if you do not cancel within the designated cancellation period.

For more information please contact Fiona Fu at fionaf@mitacs.ca

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MITACS-Accelerate is a national internship program managed by MITACS (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems).

This program provides internship opportunities for graduate students pursuing collaborative research with an industrial partner. SFU Masters and PhD students, as well as Postdoctoral Fellows, are eligible to apply for a 4-month research-based internship valued at $15,000.

You are encouraged to first contact your academic supervisor and potential industry partners before applying.

Complete applications are due by April 15, 2011.

If you have specific questions about this award, email Laurence Meadows: lmeadows@mitacs.ca or Fiona Fu at fionaf@mitacs.ca.

• Call for MITACS-Accelerate applications
• About MITACS-Accelerate
• MITACS-Accelerate Applications

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Applications are now open for the 2012-13 International Fulbright award in Science and Technology. The award includes tuition at a top US university for three years, a monthly stipend, travel support, and many other benefits.

Applicants must be Canadian citizens planning to complete a PhD in science or technology. More information for Canadians is available at the Fulbright Canada website. More information on the award is available through the Fulbright Science and Technology Awards website.

Apply online at the Foreign Fulbright Program application page. Application deadline: May 31, 2011.

• Full list of Fulbright awards for Canadian Master’s students
• Full list of awards for Canadian PhDs

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The Vancouver Foundation is inviting qualified graduate students to apply for two Public Health Bursaries, the Dr. Ken Benson Memorial Bursaries and The Isabel Loucks Foster Public Health Bursary Fund.

Applicants must be full-time students engaged in post-graduate study in a field of public/community health practice within an applicable discipline.

Application form | Application Deadline: September 2, 2011
Value: Up to $3000

• Public Health Bursary Application Package (pdf)
• Full list of Vancouver Foundation Community Grants

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When Laura Byspalko graduated from SFU’s Master of Publishing Program, she moved to India and formed Idefix & Co.

This January, her company worked with Teamwork Productions on the Jaipur Literature Festival in January.

She’s delighted to be partnering with them again this summer to organize an Indian cultural festival in Vancouver. The festival, Indian Summer, will take place at SFU Woodward’s from July 7-17, 2011, with programming highlighting both the contemporary and traditional sides of modern India.

The festival will take advantage of several cultural confluences: 2011 is the Year of India in Canada, as well as Vancouver’s 125th anniversary. It will celebrate the city’s diversity by showcasing top Indian performance artists, across dance, theatre, music, literature, food, film, visual arts and yoga and wellness.

She says, “My husband is Indian and I’m Canadian, so we find ourselves in an exciting position to be able to build dialogue between our two native lands. There is so much cultural richness the countries have to offer each other, and yet there is too little cultural traffic, poised as they are at opposite ends of the globe. As a graduate of the MPub program at SFU, I of course thought of my alma mater, and with the lovely new Woodward’s Centre now open, partnering with SFU was an ideal relationship. It’s wonderful to be able to return home and bring with me some of the incredible talent that I’ve been introduced to in India since my first visit here in 2003.”

• Announcement of the festival in the Province
• Province: “World-class performers set for Indian Summer“
• Festival Press Launch photos on Facebook

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The Association of Moving Image Archivists has announced two awards for graduate students.

1. 2011 Scholarship Program
   Four awards for students accepted into or enrolled in a full-time, graduate-level or other advanced program in film or television studies or production, library or information studies, archival administration, museum studies, or a related discipline.
   Value: $4000
   Downloadable application form | Application deadline: May 1, 2011
2. 2011 Kodak Fellowship in Film Preservation
   For students who are US citizens and who are accepted into or enrolled in a graduate-level or other advanced program in moving image studies or production, library or information studies, archival administration, museum studies, or a related discipline.
   Value: $4000, a conference, and an internship in Los Angeles
   Downloadable application form | Application Deadline: May 1, 2011

Specific eligibility requirements, selection criteria and applications are available on the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) website.

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The Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF) has announced the Dobbin Scholarships 2011-2012. The scholarships fund short periods of exchange, usually one month, between the universities of Canada and Ireland.

The awards are designed principally for scholars and academics who are currently engaged at or commencing graduate level research in a discipline which is, or has potential to be, related to both Ireland and Canada.

The value of the award is $7,000. Application deadline: April 29, 2011

• Dobbin Scholarships: Eligibility and Assessment
• Dobbin Scholarships: Awards, Application & Dates
• FAQ: Dobbin scholarships

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The Vancouver Campus Students’ Committee, in conjunction with the SFU Graduate Student Society and International Studies Student Association are pleased to present our first downtown social!

The event will be on Monday, March 28, 2011, from 5-8 pm, at Steamworks Restaurant and Brew Pub, at 375 Water Street (beside the Waterfront station). (See Facebook page for more info.)

All current SFU graduate students are welcome! (SFU id will be required at the door. Sorry, no guests!) Food and drink will be provided but capacity is limited, so admission is first-come, first-served.

We hope that you’ll come out and mingle with your fellow classmates and the undergraduate students from the International Studies Program in a fun, relaxed setting.

For more information, email Kelly or info@sfugradsociety.ca.

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The Canadian Foundation for Governance Research has announced the 2011 Robert Bertram Doctoral Research Awards for PhD candidates studying corporate governance issues.

The award is valued at $15,000 over 12-18 months.

Application deadline: April 26, 2011

• Download the 2011 Call for Proposals, which details the submission process
• News Release about the foundation of the award in 2008
• Institute of Corporate Directors

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The SFU Graduate International Community Program invites all grad students out to an afternoon of friendly conversations, snacks and some Latin music and dance at the Burnaby campus.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
4:30–6:30 pm: Snacks and mingling
5 pm: Brief salsa lesson and demonstration

Location: AQ 2013 (next to Simon C’s Convenience Store), SFU Burnaby
Cost: Free

To ensure that enough refreshments are ordered, please RSVP to intl_community@sfu.ca by Monday, March 21, 2011. Please include your full name and number of attendees.

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