Music Graduate Student Resources at the University of Alberta

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.

Note: the Fine Arts Building is different from the Old Arts Building.  Music has facilities in both.  Please see this Google map for details.

UPDATES: Please fill out the Music Graduate Student Form (http://bit.ly/mgsf-ua) if you haven't done so already.  If you have done so, please revisit the link to update your information every semester.

Current graduate student deadlines

Grad student orientation

Here's a map for many places on campus you'll need to know about.

Graduate Student Orientation sessions for 2023-24

Orientation 1: General (including all program requirements)

Department of Music Orientation for Graduate Students, 31 Aug 2023 (Google Slides presentation)

Orientation 2: Proposals, Scholarships and Awards

Google slides presentation: research proposals, scholarships and awards

Graduate Student Orientation sessions for 2022-23

Orientation 1: General (including all program requirements)

• Fine Arts combined grad orientation for NEW graduate students: Wed Aug 31, 1 pm - 2:15 pm, in Fine Arts Building (FAB) 2-20
• Dept of Music orientation for NEW graduate students: Wed Aug 31, 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm, room TBD (meet up with all students in Dewey's at 3:30).
• GSA Orientation: Thur Sep 1, 10 am-1 pm

Orientation 2: Proposals, Scholarships and Awards

Google slides presentation: research proposals, scholarships and awards (live Zoom session Friday September 9, 2pm)

Graduate Student Orientation sessions for 2021-22

Orientation 1: General (including all program requirements)

Our meeting took place Monday, August 30, 10 am. Please find all relevant materials below.

Orientation Agenda (contains lots of useful links!)

Program Overview Slide Presentation (Google slide presentation; more links) UNTIL OUR WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED PLEASE USE THIS PRESENTATION FOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS! (e.g. Language, Ethics, etc.)

Orientation 2: research proposals, scholarships and awards (including SSHRC scholarships)

Google slide presentation on research proposals, scholarships, and awards

GPS SSHRC CGS - Doctoral fellowships: workshop (slides)

click here! (sorry they seem to have (re)moved them)

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• Music Library Orientation

• Orientation documents are in Google Drive...see in particular:
  • Arrival Handbook
  • Orientation Summary
  • Speaker list (contact information)

• Orientation videos:
  • Graduate Student Association (GSA) welcome video
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (GPS) welcome video
• GSA Orientation e-Class

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

URGENT SUPPORT. Here's a summary of Graduate student support for a range of issues (personal, health, financial, academic...)

General

Medical, police, fire emergency - call 911.

Alberta Health Link - call 811. A Nurse will give you health advice over the phone.

University Health Centre. Walk ins welcomed during open hours.

Graduate Students Association services

Where to go when you have concerns?

Some resources on campus: Need Help Now! A listing of supports for all students, all circumstances: mental health, physical health, international student services, office of safe disclosure and human rights, sexual assault, ombuds office...

• Ombuds office. "The Office of the Student Ombuds is a confidential service that strives to ensure that university processes related to students operate as fairly as possible. We offer information, advice, and support to students, faculty, and staff as they deal with academic, discipline, interpersonal, and financial issues related to student programs."
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. "Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are key institutional priorities as we transform into the University of Alberta for Tomorrow. In 2022, the U of A increased its capacity to advance its EDI activities at the leadership level through the creation of a Vice-Provost (EDI)."
• Office of safe disclosure and human rights. "The University of Alberta is committed to providing a safe work, study and living environment for all staff, students, faculty, and members of our volunteer community. To ensure the university meets this commitment, the university created the Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights (OSDHR) to support students, faculty, and staff at the U of A."

Academic wellbeing

Tips for Time Management

Resources for Student Wellbeing

Beware of scammers!!!

Reference

Printable card containing GPS's support links and numbers

Advising

Your primary sources for advising are:

1. your (interim) supervisor and
2. the Graduate Advisor for Music.

The GSA and GPS offer virtual advising; 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 GPS Virtual Counter (open from 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, M-F) can be accessed here.

Courses

Graduate course offerings: 2022-23 (http://bit.ly/mgsr-ua-courses). Note: this listing is not yet complete. More courses will be added as instructors supply descriptions. A complete list should be available on beartracks, though some courses are not listed there yet either. Stay tuned!

Problems registering? Contact Music grad studies.

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 [2] can be properly updated.

Note: the Fine Arts Building is different from the Old Arts Building.  Music has facilities in both.  Please see this Google map for details.

UPDATES: Please fill out the Music Graduate Student Form (http://bit.ly/mgsf-ua) if you haven't done so already.  If you have done so, please revisit the link to update your information every semester.

Current graduate student deadlines

Grad student orientation

Here's a map for many places on campus you'll need to know about.

Graduate Student Orientation sessions for 2023-24

Orientation 1: General (including all program requirements)

Department of Music Orientation for Graduate Students, 31 Aug 2023 (Google Slides presentation)

Orientation 2: Proposals, Scholarships and Awards

Google slides presentation: research proposals, scholarships and awards

Graduate Student Orientation sessions for 2022-23

Orientation 1: General (including all program requirements)

• Fine Arts combined grad orientation for NEW graduate students: Wed Aug 31, 1 pm - 2:15 pm, in Fine Arts Building (FAB) 2-20
• Dept of Music orientation for NEW graduate students: Wed Aug 31, 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm, room TBD (meet up with all students in Dewey's at 3:30).
• GSA Orientation: Thur Sep 1, 10 am-1 pm

Orientation 2: Proposals, Scholarships and Awards

Google slides presentation: research proposals, scholarships and awards (live Zoom session Friday September 9, 2pm)

Graduate Student Orientation sessions for 2021-22

Orientation 1: General (including all program requirements)

Our meeting took place Monday, August 30, 10 am. Please find all relevant materials below.

Orientation Agenda (contains lots of useful links!)

Program Overview Slide Presentation (Google slide presentation; more links) UNTIL OUR WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED PLEASE USE THIS PRESENTATION FOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS! (e.g. Language, Ethics, etc.)

Orientation 2: research proposals, scholarships and awards (including SSHRC scholarships)

Google slide presentation on research proposals, scholarships, and awards

FGSR SSHRC CGS - Doctoral fellowships: workshop (slides)

Note: FGSR is now known as GPS

click here! (sorry they seem to have (re)moved them)

---

• Music Library Orientation

• Orientation documents are in Google Drive...see in particular:
  • Arrival Handbook
  • Orientation Summary
  • Speaker list (contact information)

• Orientation videos:
  • Graduate Student Association (GSA) welcome video
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) welcome video
• GSA Orientation e-Class

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

URGENT SUPPORT. Here's a summary of Graduate student support for a range of issues (personal, health, financial, academic...)

General

Medical, police, fire emergency - call 911.

Alberta Health Link - call 811. A Nurse will give you health advice over the phone.

University Health Centre. Walk ins welcomed during open hours.

Graduate Students Association services

Where to go when you have concerns?

Some resources on campus: Need Help Now! A listing of supports for all students, all circumstances: mental health, physical health, international student services, office of safe disclosure and human rights, sexual assault, ombuds office...

• Ombuds office. "The Office of the Student Ombuds is a confidential service that strives to ensure that university processes related to students operate as fairly as possible. We offer information, advice, and support to students, faculty, and staff as they deal with academic, discipline, interpersonal, and financial issues related to student programs."
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. "Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are key institutional priorities as we transform into the University of Alberta for Tomorrow. In 2022, the U of A increased its capacity to advance its EDI activities at the leadership level through the creation of a Vice-Provost (EDI)."
• Office of safe disclosure and human rights. "The University of Alberta is committed to providing a safe work, study and living environment for all staff, students, faculty, and members of our volunteer community. To ensure the university meets this commitment, the university created the Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights (OSDHR) to support students, faculty, and staff at the U of A."

Academic wellbeing

Tips for Time Management

Resources for Student Wellbeing

Beware of scammers!!!

Reference

Printable card containing FGSR's support links and numbers

Advising

Your primary sources for advising are:

1. your (interim) supervisor and
2. the Graduate Advisor for Music.

The GSA and FGSR (GPS) offer virtual advising; 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.

Courses

Graduate course offerings: 2022-23 (http://bit.ly/mgsr-ua-courses). Note: this listing is not yet complete. More courses will be added as instructors supply descriptions. A complete list should be available on beartracks, though some courses are not listed there yet either. Stay tuned!

Problems registering? Contact Music grad studies.

Funding: awards, scholarships, assistantships, grants for research, travel, and creative arts

• Preparing a Research Proposal
  • Conventional academic research: answering questions about the world by doing things (thinking, experiencing, experimentation, fieldwork, archival work...)
  • Research Creation: Add "creating" to that list. Research Creation combines conventional research with creative activities. Read the SSHRC definition, and browse University of Alberta Research Creation resources. Note that Research Creation is still research and must
    • "address clear research questions
    • offer theoretical contextualization within the relevant fields of inquiry
    • present a well-considered methodological approach and creation process"
• Federal Tri-Council funding: General information. Tri-council comprises SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR. For the most part, Music students are eligible only for SSHRC.
• Tri-council funding for master's and doctoral students, including SSHRC.
  • Eligibility: must be Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and for the most part Music students will only be eligible for SSHRC awards.
  • Here is the official government listing for SSHRC graduate scholarships.
  • Note that deadlines are much earlier than stated here, since your applications need to wend their way through the UofA system first. We will be running a workshop to prepare you.
• SSHRC application instructions
  • Instructions for doctoral awards
  • Instructions for master's awards
• University of Alberta listings of awards and funding: Tri-council and beyond...
  • FGSR listing: awards and funding
  • Faculty of Arts list of scholarships and awards
  • Music awards and funding
• Grants specifically for travel
  • GSA travel grants
  • FGSR travel grants
  • Department of Music travel grants for graduate students
  • Green and Gold Grant Student Leadership and Professional Development Grant
  • China Institute travel grants for specific areas of research.
• Grants from Arts funding organizations. Read the eligibility conditions carefully for each grant. Note that some of these grants cannot be applied towards a thesis project, and others may have citizenship requirements.
  • Edmonton Arts Council
  • Edmonton Downtown Business Association
  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts
  • Canada Council for the Arts

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

Setting up a Bank Account

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

• Orientation Agenda (contains lots of useful links!)
• Program Overview (Google slide presentation; contains lots more useful links!)
• Department of Music technology tips for online lessons

Graduate Programs in Music: definitions and requirements

• Official descriptions of Music graduate programs and requirements from the UofA Calendar (http://bit.ly/muscal)
• Additional requirements that must be met prior to graduation:
  • FGSR requirements:
    • Ethics training requirement Update: June 2022
    • Professional Development requirement
  • Departmental requirements:
    • Language requirement are in place for certain programs; speak to your supervisor
    • Music 505 (Bibliography) may be required for students who require this training; speak to your supervisor
• Music Department's Graduate Student Resources page (now undergoing revisions)

University and FGSR (GPS) resources

• Health and Wellness resources
• University Academic Regulations, applying to all programs (including evaluation, examination, academic standing, and appeals)
• FGSR graduate program manual (handbook) (with links to the Calendar for many policy issues) New FGSR examination rules now in place (Sep 2023)
• On Examining Committees
• FGSR virtual counter for all questions
• FGSR regulations, including specific regulations on academic standing, and program extensions
• Leaves of absence
• Office of the Ombuds: a confidential service to ensure fairness in university processes, they offer information, advice, and support to students as they deal with academic, discipline, interpersonal, and financial issues related to student programs. They can advise on "...grade appeals, student and applicant discipline, academic standing (e.g. required to withdraw, probation, appeals, etc.), student-supervisor conflicts, breakdowns in graduate programs, conflicts between students and/or professors, intellectual property issues, professional practice concerns, and residence disputes."
• Writing services

Research and Writing

• Writing Services
• Library's Music research guide
• Chicago Manual of Style
• MLA
• Zotero
• Strunk and White's 'Elements of Style'
• Academic Phrasebank, a very useful compendium of academic language for everyone (and especially for non-native speakers).

Field research

Note that to perform field research with human subjects you need:

• approved Ethics application (consult the Research Ethics Office)
• Follow current UofA guidelines for field research under covid

Need-based financial support (bursaries...)

• FGSR financial support
• FGSR Emergency funding
• International supplementary bursary
• GSA Emergency Bursaries

Library

Lucinda Johnston is our Music librarian. She also serves departments of Drama and Linguistics.

• Music Library Orientation
• Library announcements
• Lucinda's blog
• Music subject guide
• Audio and video guide
• Digital Scholarship Centre

Office space

Music has three shared office spaces for Music graduate students. ART3-34/3-42, ED433A and ED451A. There are also carrels available in Old Arts. Please contact the Music office for access.

Booking classrooms

Locate open classrooms here.

Academic Integrity

It is your responsibility to know about academic integrity, both

as a student

Code of Student Behavior

Plagiarism

and

as a teacher

see this guide to academic integrity for instructors and TAs

Collective Agreement

This agreement between the GSA and the University determines many parameters of your academic life, including financial. Note rates of pay on p. 21.

Finding a job

Graduate student career guidance

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[3]

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.

Grad Handbook (UNDER DEVELOPMENT!)

Music Graduate Handbook

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
• FGSR resources for faculty and staff

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

Setting up a Bank Account

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

• Orientation Agenda (contains lots of useful links!)
• Program Overview (Google slide presentation; contains lots more useful links!)
• Department of Music technology tips for online lessons

Graduate Programs in Music: definitions and requirements

• Official descriptions of Music graduate programs and requirements from the UofA Calendar (http://bit.ly/muscal)
• Additional requirements that must be met prior to graduation:
  • GPS requirements:
    • Ethics training requirement Update: June 2022
    • Professional Development requirement
  • Departmental requirements:
    • Language requirement are in place for certain programs; speak to your supervisor
    • Music 505 (Bibliography) may be required for students who require this training; speak to your supervisor
• Music Department's Graduate Student Resources page (now undergoing revisions)

University and GPS resources

• Health and Wellness resources
• University Academic Regulations, applying to all programs (including evaluation, examination, academic standing, and appeals)
• GPS graduate program manual (handbook) (with links to the Calendar for many policy issues) New GPS examination rules now in place (Sep 2023)
• On Examining Committees
• GPS virtual counter for all questions
• GPS regulations, including specific regulations on academic standing, and program extensions
• Leaves of absence
• Office of the Ombuds: a confidential service to ensure fairness in university processes, they offer information, advice, and support to students as they deal with academic, discipline, interpersonal, and financial issues related to student programs. They can advise on "...grade appeals, student and applicant discipline, academic standing (e.g. required to withdraw, probation, appeals, etc.), student-supervisor conflicts, breakdowns in graduate programs, conflicts between students and/or professors, intellectual property issues, professional practice concerns, and residence disputes."
• Writing services

Research and Writing

• Writing Services
• Library's Music research guide
• Chicago Manual of Style
• MLA
• Zotero
• Strunk and White's 'Elements of Style'
• Academic Phrasebank, a very useful compendium of academic language for everyone (and especially for non-native speakers).

Field research

Note that to perform field research with human subjects you need:

• approved Ethics application (consult the Research Ethics Office)
• Follow current UofA guidelines for field research under covid

Need-based financial support (bursaries...)

• GPS financial support
• GPS Emergency funding
• International supplementary bursary
• GSA Emergency Bursaries

Library

Lucinda Johnston is our Music librarian. She also serves departments of Drama and Linguistics.

• Music Library Orientation
• Library announcements
• Lucinda's blog
• Music subject guide
• Audio and video guide
• Digital Scholarship Centre

Office space

Music has three shared office spaces for Music graduate students. ART3-34/3-42, ED433A and ED451A. There are also carrels available in Old Arts. Please contact the Music office for access.

Booking classrooms

Locate open classrooms here.

Academic Integrity

Plagiarism

Collective Agreement

This agreement between the GSA and the University determines many parameters of your academic life, including financial. Note rates of pay on p. 21.

Finding a job

Graduate student career guidance

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[4]

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.

Grad Handbook (UNDER DEVELOPMENT!)

Music Graduate Handbook

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: GPS, 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
• GPS resources for faculty and staff