Greetings Graduate Students!

Your GSA is proud to present a screening of The PhD Movie on Thursday, February 16 at 7:00pm in Bagnani Hall at Traill College (310 London Street). The film is a live-action adaptation of the popular online comic strip, Piled Higher and Deeper: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php
Check out the movie trailer here: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1433

The film is currently only screening on university campuses so don’t miss this opportunity to check it out! Doors will open at 6:30pm and seating is limited so make sure to get there early. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided during the screening. After the film, we will head over to the Trend to enjoy $4.25 pints or $7.25 pint and hot appetizer combos.

When- Sunday February 26 @ 2pm when the take on the Belleville Bulls
Where- Memorial Center, Lansdowne Street

For the low price of $20.00, you receive very cozy box seats with an excellent view of the game, lots of FOOD, and a guaranteed fun time!!

Afterwards, join us at Gabby’s restaurant (on Hunter Street), where a SIGNED Pete’s jersey will be raffled off!!

Please email Megan Lloyst, meganlloyst@trentu.ca, to secure a ticket. They will go FAST!!!

When you think of the North, what comes to mind? Perhaps you picture a polar bear roaming the sea ice or seemingly endless herds of caribou follow ancient migratory pathways on the open tundra.  Perhaps peoples of the North and their close relationship with their environment or their assertions of sovereignty over Northern lands come to mind, or the complex political, economic and environmental issues that have routinely made headlines in recent years, such as resource development conflicts or climate change.  Whatever your interest in  the North, you are invited to come learn, share, and discuss Northern history, ecology, politics, and culture at the Trent Northern Studies Colloquium (NSC) on February 2^nd, 2012.

The Trent Northern Studies Colloquium is a one-day event run by students for students, with an emphasis on bringing together students from both the Arts and Sciences to share their knowledge of the North.  Trent has a large contingent of undergraduate and graduate students involved in Northern research, and the NSC will feature presentations and posters on a variety of Northern issues.  Some presentations will describe the relationships bird and mammal species have with each other, their habitat, and the Northern people who depend on them.  Other presentations will explore the importance of Indigenous Knowledge and community-based monitoring in understanding species ecology, informing Northern policy, and ensuring the health of Northerners. There is something to interest everyone at this year’s NSC!

The NSC is an interdisciplinary event, where students, researchers, and professors from all faculties can meet, mingle, and share.  Diverse presentations will run in groups of three or four throughout the day, linked by a common theme: Meeting Needs, (Re)Claiming, Flourishing, and Overlapping Spaces. Each session will be followed by the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discourse with the presenters. This year’s daytime event will take place in the Gathering Space on the first floor of Gzowski College, and runs from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, with light refreshments throughout the day.  Registration is not required, and you are free to enter and leave the Gathering Space at your leisure.

In the evening, Udloriak Hanson will be presenting a keynote address. Ms. Hanson speaks nationally and internationally to offer audiences an insight into the realities and concerns of Inuit peoples in Canada. Ms. Hanson is an Inuit advisor working with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which is the national organization that represents Inuit peoples living in Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, and the Inuvialuit region of the Northwest Territories. She is an expert with a distinguished track record negotiating land claims and the devolution of powers from the federal government to Nunavut. Ms. Hanson is also involved in representing Inuit views on Arctic governance, including working with those involved in the Arctic Council. Most recently, Ms. Hanson has co-chaired the Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program, which works to improve public policy in the circumpolar Arctic. The evening event, including the keynote address and a student poster session, will be held at the Peterborough Public Library on Aylmer Street.  The poster session will begin at 6:30 pm, followed by Ms. Hanson’s keynote address beginning at 7:15 pm, and the event will conclude with refreshments at 8:30 pm.  The organizing committee and participants in the Northern Studies Colloquium hope to see you on February 2^nd for a day of learning and sharing about the North! For more information please visit http://trentnorthern.blogspot.com/ or e-mail us at trentnorthernstudies@gmail.com.

Your feedback is important! Thanks for your time everyone!

There are some great events coming up so make sure to check out the Google calender to the right of this post for all the latest info!

A few highlights of what’s to come in January:

If you are interested in signing up for an intramural sport this semester but don’t have a team yet, send an email to katrinanixon@trentu.ca. The sports being offered this semester are indoor soccer (rec and competitive), volleyball (rec and competitive), innertube frisbee, basketball (competitive), snow ultimate frisbee, and women’s shinny hockey. The list and game days can be found here:
http://www.trentu.ca/athletics/campusrec/documents/CampusRecWinter2012Guide.pdf

January 11, Bagnani Hall, Traill College, 7pm-9pm: The fourth Symons Series of the year is this Wednesday. Make sure to attend to hear the latest research from Erica Newton (Environmental and Life Sciences) and Paul Grieve (Sustainability Studies)

January 16, Sr. Common Room, Traill College, 7pm-8:30pm: As there are many exciting things in the new Collective Agreement that will influence your work as a TA, the CUPE 2 Stewards will be holding an info session. We will go over the new agreement as well as give you a refresher on survival strategies you can use to ensure that your paid work does not get in the way of your school work.

January 19, Bagnani Hall, Traill College, 4pm-5:30pm: Presenting your Research, This workshop will provide guidance on how to approach different types of research presentations including class presentations, conference papers, poster sessions, and even the two minute conversational description of what your thesis is about. It will discuss how to isolate main topics being addressed, how to organize presentations, and how to become an effective public speaker.

]]> http://trentgsa.ca/2012/01/09/welcome-back-grad-students/feed/ 0 http://trentgsa.ca/2011/12/21/east-bank-bus-route/ http://trentgsa.ca/2011/12/21/east-bank-bus-route/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:25:49 +0000 admin http://trentgsa.ca/?p=946 Continue reading →]]> In order to address accessibility for Trent students, staff and faculty, the TCSA and Peterborough Transit were asked to incorporate into the East Bank service a stop at the DNA Building. Beginning January 7th, with the weekend service, the new DNA stop will come into effect. The new service route will see the bus travel past Pioneer Road (current route to Gzowski) and continue instead on Nassau Mills Road to East Bank Drive (Otonabee College entrance). The bus will continue along this road up to the DNA Building stop before continuing to Gzowski.