tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post4178844686728922331..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Stipends for Graduate StudentsLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-22025981555801500232012-08-20T15:59:20.316-04:002012-08-20T15:59:20.316-04:00The Biochemistry Department at the University of T...The Biochemistry Department at the University of Toronto pays its graduate students a stipend plus tuition? Is that right? <br /><br />My experience as a graduate student at other Canadian universities has not included that feature. As a M.Sc. student at Simon Fraser University (Department of Biological Sciences), I was paid approximately $18,000 / year, and had to pay tuition (around $3000, if I remember correctly) out of that. At the University of Guelph as a PhD student (Department of Integrative Biology) I was paid a little more (somewhere around $21,000) and again paid tuition out of that. Now I'm at the University of Saskatchewan (Department of Soil Science), where I started at $20,000 (paying about $3000 in tuition) but I was fortunate enough to be awarded an NSERC CGS-D scholarship, so I am currently paid by NSERC $35,000 plus $3000 to cover tuition (actual tuition + other fees each year runs to around $4500).<br /><br />I'm curious how many science departments across Canada completely or partially cover the tuition costs for their graduate students, and under what circumstances - my $3000 / year "tuition cover" is only because I am receiving a Tri-Council award.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-23183208440611539002012-08-17T15:22:48.217-04:002012-08-17T15:22:48.217-04:00I expect that the text you had copied was written ...I expect that the text you had copied was written by somebody younger than either of us, and I was making the observation that—for some people—conventions are changing, that the 's was intentional, and not viewed as a typo by the original writer.<br />Ted Powellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-61478539151486263892012-08-17T08:26:28.671-04:002012-08-17T08:26:28.671-04:00I didn't write "fee's," I copied...I didn't write "fee's," I copied it from an email message and didn't notice the typo.<br /><br />I appreciate it when people notice spelling mistakes and typos in my posts but I'd prefer if you just draw my attention to a typo rather than imply that I don't understand fundamental English grammar and spelling conventions.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-34930921953098406992012-08-16T22:29:58.111-04:002012-08-16T22:29:58.111-04:00Just as Greek writes sigma as σ in the middle of...Just as Greek writes sigma as σ in the middle of a word, and as ς at the end of a word, it's getting so people are using s and 's respectively.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-28760084613660432572012-08-16T18:52:52.809-04:002012-08-16T18:52:52.809-04:00Why do you write "fee's"?Why do you write "fee's"?Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.com