A Road Well Travelled The Practical Guide to Grad Psych at McGill By gasp. Graduate Association of Students of Psychology Revised Fall 2013 gasp. Handbook 2013-2014 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 4 gasp. ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 What We Do ................................................................................................................................................ 4 A Little About The Psychology Department ................................................................................................. 5 Stewart Biology Building ........................................................................................................................... 5 Graduate Program Secretary – Giovanna LoCascio (W8/33A) ................................................................. 5 Graduate Program Director – Bärbel Knäuper (N7/12) ............................................................................ 5 Announcements ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Mail Room/Xerox Room/Fax Machines (W8/1) ....................................................................................... 6 Phones ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Computers ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Keys .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Obtaining Participants for Research ......................................................................................................... 6 What if I Have Questions About… ............................................................................................................... 6 Email ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 MINERVA .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Student Card ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Photocopying & Printing ........................................................................................................................... 7 Teaching Assistantships and Materials ..................................................................................................... 7 Paychecks ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Tuition & Fees ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Student Loans/Student Aid ....................................................................................................................... 8 Transcripts ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Libraries .................................................................................................................................................... 8 Health ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Dentist ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Traveling ................................................................................................................................................... 9 General Graduate Program Issues ............................................................................................................ 9 Joining in on Committees ......................................................................................................................... 9 Other Important Information .................................................................................................................... 10 Food ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 2 gasp. Handbook 2013-2014 Athletics .................................................................................................................................................. 11 Bookstore ............................................................................................................................................... 11 PGSS and Thomson House ...................................................................................................................... 11 Living in Montreal! ................................................................................................................................... 11 Transportation ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Eating/Drinking – In Montreal you’ll spend most of your time doing at least one of these things... .. 12 Other Entertainment .............................................................................................................................. 15 3 gasp. Handbook 2013-2014 Introduction You’re about to embark on a five (or so…) year journey in the graduate Psychology Program at McGill University. Welcome! Being new to a university is accompanied by the daunting task of figuring out where everything is. This handbook can help guide you in making the most of your experience in grad school and also, when time allows, on the streets of Montreal. Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a general information overview. It in no way is a replacement of the Psychology Graduate Student Handbook nor the Graduate Calendar. Both can be obtained from the following links: http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/grad/program/overview.htm http://www.mcgill.ca/students/courses/calendars/ gasp. All psychology graduate students are automatically members of gasp. gasp. is guided by the Executive committee who are here to help graduate students. 2013-2014 gasp. Committee Committee Member Position Contact Dana Hayward President-outgoing [email protected] Anna MacKinnon President-elect [email protected] Samara Perez Vice-President [email protected] Michele Morningstar Secretary [email protected] Sara Quinn Treasurer [email protected] Nida Ali Class Rep, Holiday Party Coordinator [email protected] Synthia Guimond Class Representative [email protected] Molly Moroz Class Representative [email protected] Laura Cuttini Class Representative [email protected] Zhen Xu Class Representative [email protected] Anna Zamm PGSS Representative [email protected] Gilla Shapiro PGSS Representative [email protected] Karim Bouayad Gervais PGSS Representative [email protected] Nora Hope PGSS Representative [email protected] Régine Debrosse PGSS Representative [email protected] Andrew Abela AGSEM representatives [email protected] What We Do • Organize orientation week activities such as the BBQ and the Hebb showcase/wine & cheese! • Organize other fun events throughout the school year (e.g. coffee hours) • Oversee the planning of the Psychology Holiday Party (*new this year!) • Creators of the Practical Guide to Graduate Psych at McGill • Represent psychology graduate students’ particular concerns to the appropriate committees in the Department of Psychology and to the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) 4 gasp. Handbook 2013-2014 • Function as liaison between graduate students and the department • Pursue funding opportunities for special activities for graduate students If you have any concerns, complaints, or brilliant ideas that you want to act on, contact any one of the executives. We are here to help, and we need your input. Members have the right to speak at any gasp. meeting. A Little About The Psychology Department Stewart Biology Building • 3 wings (North, South, West); 8 floors (Psychology is located on the 6th, 7th, and 8th floors of the North and West wings and also on the 3rd floor of the South block) • Room numbers: e.g. W7/10 = wing & floor/room • Indoor access between South and West wings on 4th floor; tunnel between South and North wings on first floor (basement); also between North/West and South wings on 2nd floor across the courtyard • Indoor tunnel access to McIntyre building in North wing on the 2nd floor OR go to the 4th floor – go down half a flight of stairs – there’s an exit at the rear of the building that leads directly to the McIntyre building • Indoor access to the law building is possible through the shared parking garage accessed by going to the end of the 2nd floor North hallway, going