As graduate students, we commonly receive emails about submitting an essay to present at a conference. But how do we respond? What are conference organizers looking for? How do I present at a conference?

The CGSA is hosting a seminar for graduate students on Thursday, February 4^th at 6pm, in KED B004. Professor Peruvemba Jaya will be discussing how to respond to call for papers (CFP) and conference presentation skills.

If you have a call for papers you are thinking of responding to, bring a copy and Professor Jaya will answer your questions about that specific CFP.

Where: KED B004

(585 King Edward Avenue, building across from Department of Communication)

When: Thursday, February 4^th 6-8pm

Refreshments will be served.

CGSA Wine & Cheese Invitation

Please join us at Nostaligica on January 26th between 5-7 for a welcome back Wine and Cheese with professors and students to help us celebrate the launch of our new logo.

The Details:

Who: students and professors in the communication program

What: Wine & Cheese

Where: Nostaligica

When: January 26th 5-7 pm

Why: Meet the new students! Talk to a professor! Celebrate the new CGSA logo! Have a glass of wine and some food on the CGSA!

Dear Graduate Students,

On December 8th, the University announced a new comprehensive open access program that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research.

Open access publishing represents a new way of disseminating research, and provides scholars with an opportunity to extend the reach of their research and to increase its impact.

As part of this program, an Author Fund has been established to help authors defray open access fees charged by some publishers. This Fund is available to all members of the university community, including graduate students.

If you submit a research article to a journal and it is accepted for publication through peer-review, you can request funding to pay any fee associated with making the article openly accessible.

For more information on the Fund and on open access, consult our new Web site at http://oa.uottawa.ca/. You can now submit an online application for funding via this Web site.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Patrick Labelle, Scholarly Communication Librarian, at plabelle@uottawa.ca or at 613-562-5800, ext. 4563.

The CGSA is happy to invite you to our weekly sociable at FATHER AND SONS (112 Osgoode Street, at the
corner of King Edward) every Tuesday night starting at 8 pm. Our first
gathering will take place tomorrow, January 12th 2010. Come out and meet
other students in the communication program and take advantage of our food and beverage discounts.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Stay tuned for lots of events! Including a wine and cheese with the professors, new location for Tuesday nights and more academic sessions!