Current Students

Guide for New Graduate Students

• Guide for New Graduate Students

Current Graduate Courses

• General information
• Courses offered in 2025-26

Graduate Awards and Scholarships

Students are strongly encouraged to seek out scholarships and other sources of funding independently. Consult CGPS's graduate awards database. Students can also contact Gen Clark for help developing competitive scholarship applications.

A $750 travel award is available to each student once during their program to present their research at a professional meeting or conference.

Advisory Committees: Guides and Forms

General information

Quick reference guide

Program of Studies (POS) - General Information 

• POS Meeting Report Form
• POS Project Description Form
• PN-200 POS Form
• Student-Supervisor Agreement

Proposal meeting

• Proposal meeting report form

Research progress meeting

• Research progress report form
• Research progress meeting yearly update form

Entry into PhD from Master's or Transfer from Master's to PhD

• Entry to PhD report form (contact grad office)

PhD candidacy assessment

• Written paper rubric
• Oral presentation rubric
• Report form

Permission to write meeting

• Permission to write report form

Thesis preparation, defence, and final submission

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Contact Information

For general inquiries, contact Simone Downer, Graduate Programs Administrative Assistant 

For funding and professional development opportunities, contact Gen Clark, Manager, Research Development and Graduate Affairs

Associate Dean, Research, Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs: Dr. David Blackburn
Graduate Program Chair: Dr. Roy Dobson

 

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Other Graduate Supports

• College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
• USask Student Services
• Graduate Students' Association