Registration and Enrolment PhD Orientation 2016 Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences

Overview  Obtain your TCard, activate your UTORid and create your UTmail+ account: June 6 th  Logon to ACORN (ROSI)  Registration  Deferral or payment of fees to meet registration deadline: Friday, August 31 st  After Friday, September 16, 2016 late registration fees will apply  Enrolment  Course enrolment opens for PHS courses: August 10, 2016  Course enrolment deadline for Fall courses: September 26, 2016  CHL5004H: Intro to Public Health Research begins: Tuesday, September 6, 2016  Fall courses begin: September 12, 2016  Funding 2

Tcard, UTORid, UTmail+  Serves as your student photo ID and library card  Issued at Robarts Research Library, 130 St. George St., Room 2054A  Bring your Offer of Admission, valid photo ID and proof of citizenship  Get your TCard during the summer to avoid line-ups in September  For information and hours of service: or  Activate your UTORid and create your University-issued (UTmail+) account at  Record your UTmail+ address in ACORN 3

ACORN/ROSI 4  ROSI = Repository of Student Information  stores your personal and academic information  ACORN = Accessible Campus Online Resource Network  student access to your personal and academic information  Logon to ACORN -  UTORid and password  spend some time familiarizing yourself with ACORN

ACORN 5  View/update address, telephone number, address  View financial account information and print invoices  Defer your fees  Enter bank information for direct deposit of award funds and refunds  Request/Drop courses and view status of courses  View academic history  Order transcripts  And more…

Registration 6  Fees are assessed and billed to student accounts in late July. Logon to ACORN to review and print your invoice – ‘Financial Account‘  PhD students in the Funded Cohort should defer their fees in ACORN. This will allow you to become Registered without making a fee payment.  Fee payments are made at your financial institution  It is the student’s responsibility to ensure all fees (tuition, incidentals, other charges) are paid before the end of the Winter session - April 30  Service charges begin to accrue on outstanding balances:  If fees have been deferred: May 2016  If fees have NOT been deferred: October

Registration 7  Defer your fees: Tuition Fee Deferral

Enrolment  Determine your program requirements  CHL5005H: Introduction to Public Health Research  program specific courses  information on website and during orientation  talk to your Division Head/Program Director/Supervisor(s)  Review Timetable on the website:  Logon to ACORN to Request your courses  all course enrolments made through ACORN are added as Requests to be approved by the Graduate Office by the enrolment deadline. 8

Funding  Funding Policy for PhD Students in the Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences assistance/funding-policy-for-phd-students/ assistance/funding-policy-for-phd-students/  Funded cohort: Full-time PhD students in years 1-5  Funding package (minimum): tuition + $15,000 9

Funding Opportunities: Major External Awards 10 Award Announcement Date Normal Deadline Date Federal Tri-Council Awards (CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC) Doctoral and Vanier CGS Early SeptemberSeptember/October Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)OctoberJanuary Trudeau Foundation Doctoral ScholarshipsSeptemberOctober Ontario Women’s Health Scholar’s AwardOctoberNovember

Funding Opportunities  Award announcements are communicated to students via and the DLSPH website  Review announcements CAREFULLY for:  eligibility criteria  application materials and deadlines  PHS Student Awards &Funding Opportunities:    SGS Scholarships & Awards:  (External, Government-funded, International Students, Travel & Conference)  Teaching Assistantships:   Research Assistantships:  11

Public Health Student Association (PHSA)  The representative body of the students enrolled in the Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto  Watch for PHSA orientation events in September 12

Contact Us  Graduate Office  Program Support 13 Vanessa Joan Ellen Diane Marianne Matilda Agatha BlancasOccupational & Environmental Marija VasilevskaSocial and Behavioural Health