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Revision as of 16:20, 1 September 2021
Short and memorable link for this page:
https://bit.ly/mgsr-ua (music grad student resources - uofa)
This is a temporary page, providing information to supplement the official Music Department Graduate Student Resources page
Please use it until the official page [1] can be properly updated.
WARNING: PHISHERS ON THE LOOSE...I just received a phishing email, apparently (but NOT!) from the UofA asking me to verify my email (who knows what would happen if I clicked...). Everyone please be very careful; these scoundrels know that classes are starting!
Grad student orientation
Graduate Student Orientation
Our meeting took place Monday, August 30, 10 am. Please find all relevant materials below.
Orientation Agenda (contains lots of useful links!)
Program Overview (Google slide presentation; more links)
- additional orientation documents are in Google Drive...see in particular:
- Arrival Handbook
- Orientation Summary
- Speaker list (contact information)
Note: you won't get access to Google Drive and other documents unless you're logged into Google using your UofA CCID! So if you're not getting in, please check that first.
Additional resources
More orientation materials
- Orientation videos:
- GSA Orientation e-Class
Advising
Your primary sources for advising are your (interim) supervisor and the Graduate Advisor for Music.
The GSA and FGSR offer virtual advising, so graduate students can chat with a live agent from either office:
- The GSA's Virtual Front Desk will be available on the GSA website
- The FGSR Virtual Counter (open from 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, M-F) can be accessed here.
Financial support (beyond awards and scholarships)
Finances: banking and SIN
Please remember to set yourself up for automatic deposit in BearTracks. If you have difficulty, please try again in a few days. Once HR sets you up, it should work. Alternatively you may send the Electronic Banking/Direct Deposit form to the Graduate Advisor.
Instructions and link to the direct deposit form
Getting a Social Insurance Number (SIN)
General references (Orientation, Programs, Funding, Library)
- This page: http://bit.ly/mgsr-ua (Music Grad Student Resources - UofA)
Orientation overviews:
- Orientation Agenda (contains lots of useful links!)
- Program Overview (Google slide presentation; contains lots more useful links!)
Programs:
- Official descriptions of Music graduate programs from the UofA Calendar (quick and memorable link: http://bit.ly/mgp-ua (Music Grad Programs - University of Alberta)
- Music Department's Graduate Student Resources page (now undergoing revisions)
- FGSR graduate program manual (handbook)
Funding:
- FGSR awards and funding
- Music awards and funding (overlaps with FGSR site)
Library:
- Music Library Orientation
- Lucinda's blog
- Music subject guide
- Audio and video guide
- Digital Scholarship Centre
Note: the Fine Arts Building is different from the Old Arts Building. Music has facilities in both. Please see this Google map for details.
COVID updates
Please note this COVID checklist. Note that masking indoors is mandatory when physical distancing cannot be assured (as in this Orientation) and that anyone on campus must either be fully vaccinated or else undergo regular testing[2]
The policy response to COVID is evolving rapidly. We will continue to update this site as information comes in.
- Latest campus COVID updates
- Declaring covid status
- Travel to Canada during COVID, including Quarantine and isolation information
- Modified exam guidelines
Student Health and Counseling Services
- 24/7 Distress Line (780-482-4357) - provides support at any time of the day to those in distress or considering suicide. Also online crisis support.
- Graduate Student Assistance Program: https://www.ualberta.ca/human-resource-services/index.html: 780-428-7587 - provides a wide variety of free services such as counselling and advice, crisis support, legal services, financial services, lifestyle services (personal trainer, nutritional counselling, smoking cessation). Students will need to specify they are a graduate student at the U of A and provide their One Card # to receive free services.
- Counselling and Clinical Services: https://www.ualberta.ca/current-students/counselling/index.html provides high quality, accessible and compassionate psychological and psychiatric services to students to improve their personal, social, and academic well-being. Call-in and in-person drop by may be suspended, but here are the coordinates: telephone 780-492-5205, or drop by at 2-600 SUB for an initial consultation (M, R, F 8am-4:30pm and T, W 8am-7pm). Their website also has excellent resources (https://www.ualberta.ca/current-students/counselling/resources)
- The University Health Centre: https://www.ualberta.ca/services/health-centre/index.html provides a wide range of professional, friendly and compassionate medical services to students and staff, including doctor appointments. They offer walk-in service and are located in 2-200 SUB
Safety Basics
https://www.ualberta.ca/protective-services/information-safety/basics-for-students
Smoke or Fire: Evacuate the area, direct your students to evacuate the building, activate the fire alarm, evacuate the building using the stairs, and proceed to your building muster point. If you have anyone in the class who cannot evacuate, call 780-492-5050 (Muster points can be found here: http://goo.gl/QmpMxP)
Fire Alarms: Evacuate the area, direct your students to evacuate the building using the stairs and proceed to your building muster point. If you have anyone in the class who cannot evacuate call 780-492-5050.
Medical Emergency: Render first aid assistance if trained, call 911 and follow instructions. Any situation that involves respiratory distress or arrest, cardiac arrest, large amount of blood loss, a casualty who cannot be moved, or any loss or change of consciousness should be considered a 911 emergency
Severe Weather: Direct your students to stay indoors, stay away from the windows, and check local media for instructions.
Water, Power or Heat emergencies: Edmonton Campuses: Call Facilities and Operations at 780-492-4855. Augustana Campus: Call Facilities and Operations at 780-679-1523.
Large Hazardous Materials Release or Spill: Evacuate the area, call 911, direct your students to evacuate the building using the stairs and proceed to your building muster point. If you have anyone in the class who cannot evacuate call 780-492-5050.
Suspicious Person, Package, or Unusual Activity: Be alert, avoid confrontation, call Protective Services at 780-492-5050, and follow their instructions.
Miscellaneous
- Map of music-relevant places on campus.
- Concert Passes: available at the Department office.
- Proximity ONEcard Access Form for New Students: Please review instructions for the prox card access in FAB after-hours and weekends
- Mailboxes (in 3-82 FAB, collective mailbox sorted by alphabet. Please check your mail during office hours.)
- Photocopying: free scanning; TAs have a set number of pages for photocopying; please ask Satoko Nemoto.
- Music Notes listserv: Please read listserv emails for grants, job opportunities, important dates (contact the Office to sign up)
- Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology: http://cce.ualberta.ca. We will be holding weekly meetings on Wednesdays at noon. Please sign up for the listserv at our website if you’re interested in receiving updates.
- Learning and Professional Development: FGSR, Centre for Teaching and Learning, and Student Success Centre.
- Beartracks user guide
- Campus Computing ID (CCID)
- Information on health insurance coverage available through your student plan: http://www.studentcare.ca
- International students (https://www.ualberta.ca/why-ualberta/international/)
- Transit pass - U-Pass
- Edmonton Transit System (ETS) schedule