SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have an International Student Identification Card (ISIC)? If not, our office is now equipped to distribute ISICs upon request, and the printing process only takes a few minutes. To request your free ISIC, bring your lovely self and your student card to UCC 260 during regular office hours.

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

Scholarships & bursaries

• Childcare & travel subsidies due (April 29)
• Canadian Derivitives Exchange Scholars Program

Research & workshops

• Weekly Thesis Writing Time at The Chu Centre (April 6, 11, 20, 29)
• FIMS Research Day: Virality and The Digital Shadow (April 14)

In the headlines

• SOGS Council Summary
• Federal budget commentary

Get involved

• Nominations open for several SOGS Executive positions
• Help recognize great TAs by joining the GSTA Committee
• CFS StudentSaver solicitation summer job

Grad Life at Western

• Western Goes Global: Cultural Showcase (April 6)
• Income Tax Information Session for International Students (April 7)
• SOGS members invited to Columbia Sportswear Employee Store (March 21 – April 24)
• Board Game Night (April 20)
• Calling all creative writers
• Coming this summer — Graduate Peer Support Weekly Drop-In (May 4)

At the Grad Club

Monthly giveaways: Photo contest & trivia

Continue reading “April 2016: Newslettter”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have an International Student Identification Card (ISIC)? If not, our office is now equipped to distribute ISICs upon request, and the printing process only takes a few minutes. To request your free ISIC, bring your lovely self and your student card to UCC 260 during regular office hours.

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

Scholarships & bursaries

• From your Society

Research & workshops

• Western Research Forum [THIS Friday, March 4]
• Sexual Violence Forum: Engaging Men at Western [March 11]
• Practicing Transgender-Inclusive Health Care: A panel discussion [March 17]
• 2016 Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference [June 21-24]

In the headlines

• Ontario budget commits to free tuition for low-income families
• SOGS President Tamara Hinan acclaimed for a second term

Get involved

• Talent search
• Calling all students who wish to be a part of the Graduate Student TA Awards Committee
• SOGS Orientation Committee Call for Members

Grad Life at Western

• Grad students, are you satisfied with your program?
• We want to know how YOU feel about London’s Rapid Transit plan
• The Grad Club Presents… The Liquid Education Series [March 9, 16, & 30]
• Pedometer challenge [March 9]
• Weekly Thesis Writing Pilot Project [March 11, 14, 25, & 31]
• Dueling Pianos 4 Epilepsy [March 12; early bird tickets until March 7]
• Hot yoga event [March 13]
• Board Game Night [March 16]
• Post-St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast [March 18]
• Women’s Empowerment Dinner [March 24]
• London Knights Playoff Event [tentative dates include March 25, 31, & April 1]
• International graduate students are cordially invited to an End of Year Party [March 28]

At the Grad Club

Monthly giveaways: Trivia & NEW photo contest

 

Continue reading “March 2016: Newsletter”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

• Travel and ChildCare Subsidies [due April 29]
• OSOTF & OOP Bursaries Closed for the Term
• Upcoming Referendum and Senate/Board Elections [February 8 & 9]
• SOGS Annual General Meeting [February 11]
• Clara Hughes: Free Event and SOGS Contest Winners [February 9]
• Immigration Seminar with Elizabeth Long [February 19]
• Thesis Writers’ Program
• Now accepting submissions for the 2016 Robert Macmillan Graduate Research in Education Symposium [due February 19]
• Graduate Orientation Focus Groups [TBD; first notice]
• Call for Submissions – Visual Research Exhibition: Energizing Communities Visually [due March 1]
• Free movie Night: Warm Bodies [February 12]
• Board Game Night [February 17]
• VIP Oscars Party [February 20]
• International Students Bowling Night [March 1; tickets available as of February 8]
• At the Grad Club
• February Trivia

 

Continue reading “February 2016”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relfevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

In this month’s Update: 

• Upcoming SOGS opt-in/opt-out and bursary deadlines (January 29)
• Deadline for nominations to the University Senate and Board of Governors (January 21)
• Appeals Review Commission – Call for members
• Grad Club Committee – Call for members
• ISIC distribution (January 27 & 28)
• Community Conversation on Poverty (January 26)
• Graduate student mentorship and presentation opportunity (February 25)
• Welcome Back / New Year Party (January 28)
• Board Game Night (January 20)
• At the Grad Club
• January trivia Continue reading “January 2016”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relfevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

In this month’s Update: 

• Winter bus pass distribution
• SOGS office holiday hours
• Call for papers — 2016 Western Research Forum: Advances at a Crossroads [Jan 8 | Mar 4]
• Western ranked #1 in sexual assault prevention
• Public Information Centre (PIC) for the Rapid Transit Master Plan
• Canadian Obesity Network at Western
• SOGS monthly queer discussion group [Dec 7]
• Ugly Sweater Party [Dec 10]
• Board Game Night [Dec 16]
• At the Grad Club
• December trivia
  Continue reading “December 2015”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

In this month’s Update: 

• Health and dental claims 2014-2015 [Nov 16 | Nov 30]
• Welcome to our new SOGS Councillors
• Call for papers — 2016 Western Research Forum: Advances at a Crossroads [Jan 8 | Mar 4]
• GradCast wants to hear from you [Nov 6]
• Disordered Eating Support Group
• On the Goudge Report and the governance model at Western
• Call for Campus Police to cease the practice of carding and better support rights literacy
• Grad Club and Finance Committees looking for new members
• Graduate Students’ Issues Committee is looking for new members
• SOGS monthly queer discussion group [Nov 9]
• What is Feminism Part III: Graduate Studies and Parenthood [Nov 17]
• Ugly Sweater Party [TBA]
• Board Game Night [Nov 18]
• At the Grad Club
• November trivia
  Continue reading “November 2015”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

In this month’s Update: 

• On-campus early polling open through Thursday
• Request for feedback on the Goudge Report
• Congratulations to Summer 2015 SOGS subsidy recipients
• SOGS health plan refunds
• Graduate Student Resource Fair (Oct 14)
• The Open Access Movement: Implications for Scholarship (Oct 19)
• Consent & Compassion: a forum on preventing and responding to sexual violence at Western (Oct 26)
• F-Word Fridays
• New SOGS Council year starts Oct 29
• Nominations open for all SOGS Commissioner positions
• Graduate Students’ Issues Committee is looking for new members
• Columbia Sports Employee Store Discount
• Oktoberfest (Oct 29; tickets available as of Oct 13)
• Board Game Night
• At the Grad Club
• October trivia
  Continue reading “October 2015”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

 

Items in this month’s newsletter: 

• Important Term Deadlines (Sept 30)
• Temporary Change to SOGS General Inquiries Email (until Sept 30)
• Post-residency & Post-funding Fees Survey (open through Sept 15)
• Equity Resource Fair (Oct 14)
• Call for SOGS Executive and Officer Nominations (due Sept 15)
• Call for New Members for SOGS Policy Committee
• Call for Volunteers for Child Minding Program for SOGS Council & Committee Meetings
• “What is Feminism” Discussion Group Series & the Women’s Concerns Commission

• ISIC Cards (Sept 16-17)
• Household Item Raffle at the International Students Social (Sept 23)
• Queer Caucus Social (Sept 23)
• Healthy Living with Dr. Shauna Burke (Sept 23)
• Columbia Sports Employee Store Discount (Sept 21-Oct 25)

• Orientation and Social Committee (OSC) Public Events
  • Fall Orientation (Sept 16-18)
  • London Knights (Sept 26)
  • International Students Fall BBQ (Sept 23)
  • Board Game Night (every third Wednesday of the month)

• At the Grad Club
  • Fall Hours of Operation
  • Get Your VanHoutte Coffee Card
  • Entertainment
  • Lunch Specials
  • Book the Goblet

• September Trivia

Continue reading “September 2015”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

You can also follow SOGS on twitter and facebook to get updates on events and issues relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter.

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email  external@sogs.ca for more information!

Items in this month’s newsletter: 

• Post-residency & Post-funding Fees Survey
• SOGS Travel & Child Care Subsidies
• IGSIC & WCC Drive for Household Items for International Students
• What is Feminism Pt 2: In the Workplace & Classroom
• International Graduate Student Issues Committee (IGSIC)
• PSAC 610: Collective Agreement Negotiations
• Naked Heart, The LGBTQ Festival of Words — Call for Submissions
• Orientation and Social Committee (OSC)
  • Orientation events, Sept 16-18
  • London Knights, Sept 25
  • Homecoming Mustangs Football Game, Sept 26
  • Board Game Night
• At the Grad Club
  • Summer Hours of Operation
  • Get Your VanHoutte Coffee Card
  • Entertainment
  • Lunch Specials
  • Book the Goblet
• August Trivia

Continue reading “August 2015”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

You can also follow SOGS on twitter and facebook to get updates on events and issues relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter.

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

Items in this month’s newsletter: 

• Post-residency & Post-funding Fees Survey
• SOGS Bursaries
• SOGS and PSAC 610 are Proud to Sponsor London Pride

• IGSIC & WCC Drive for Household Items for International Students
• Seeking Co-chairs for SOGS Free Childcare Program
• Accessibility Update
• SOGS Queer Discussion Group

• Orientation and Social Committee Events
  Open to all SOGS members.
  • Board Game Night @ The Grad Club (July 15)
  • Let’s Go to the Beach! (July 18)
  • Canada’s Wonderland (July 22)
  • Canoe / Beach Trip to The Pinery (August 22)
  • Homecoming 2015 – Western vs. Carleton (September 26)

• International Graduate Student Issues Committee Events
  • Toronto Zoo Trip (July 11)
  • Upcoming Events

• At the Grad Club
  • Summer Hours of Operation
  • Get Your VanHoutte Coffee Card
  • Entertainment
  • Lunch Specials
  • Book the Goblet

• SGPS “The Wire”
  
• GMCA Management Consulting Info Night
• Sustainability and Education Policy Network Survey
• July Trivia

Continue reading “July 2015”