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Holiday Party 2011


December 16, 2011




Dear CSB Grads,
CSBGU is organizing the Holiday Party on 6th December, 2011 at RW 010. All CSB members are welcome to join us for the party and wish everyone a very happy holidays.
Sincerely
CSBGU staff

Halloween Party 2011


October 28, 2011




Dear CSB Grads,
CSBGU is organizing the Pumpkin Carving and Halloween constume Contest on 28th October, 2011 at RW 010. All CSB members are welcome to join us for the event
Sincerely
CSBGU staff

CSB Sweaters


ATTENTION all CSB Grad Students! We are now selling CSB american apparel hoodie sweatshirts. Available in all colours and sizes! Cost: 42$ Contact Gabrielle or Arun at gabrielle.goldenberg@mail.utoronto.ca and a.shipstone@utoronto.ca for an order form. Please respond ASAP
Sincerely
CSBGU staff

Orientation BBQ 2011


September 6, 2011




Dear CSB Grads,

The CSBGU is happy to inform that we are hosting our first Orientation BBQ of academic year 2011-2012 for new grad students this September!
All CSB members are welcome to join us on this event.
Sincerely
CSBGU staff

CSBGU Retreat ! - May 28th-29th


May 5, 2011




Dear CSB Grads,

The CSBGU is happy to inform you that we are planning a CSBGU Retreat for grad students this May!
Must RSVP at http://rsvp.tc/zjdh5v before Tues May 3rd to come along!

When: Saturday May 28th afternoon - Sunday May 29th afternoon

Where: Hart House Farm (HHF) (Northwest of Brampton - 1 hr drive from downtown toronto) - 15911 Creditview Road, Caledon, ON, L7C 3G8

Who: CSB Grads, Post-docs, Lab techs,,, (AND their significant others!)

Activities: Hiking, Co-ed Outdoor Soccer, Board Games, Drinking, Music + Other legal yet crazy things (open to suggestions)

(check out this website for some ideas - http://wilderdom.com/games/IdeasSummerCampActivities.html)

Fee: non-refundable $20 deposit if you can bring your vehicle. $25 if you need a ride. CSBGU is covering Food and Accomodation expenses.

Transportation - Car pool. Gas money will be covered.
(We looked into busses, but they are waaaay to expensive. We may rent a van if we need to)

Accomodation - Beds available at HHF. + Your own sleeping bag.

Food - BBQ, etc. Feel free to bring more yourself! vegetarian options upon request.

Yay, our department will finally have a retreat for students! We will be pushing this as an annual event for graduate students. We are seeking your support as participants! We booked for 25 people in total. We may increase number to 35 ppl if we get a good response.

Please RSVP! :D
http://rsvp.tc/zjdh5v

Cheers,

Your CSBGU



Career Development Seminar 2


March 25, 2011



Greetings CSBGU grads,

We're pleased to inform you all that we will be hosting our second career development seminar on April 1st from 3:30 to 5:30 pm in RW432.

People speaking at the seminar will be:

Dr. Tony Harris - Taking the academic track in research
Dr. Jayson Parker - Employment tips for life sciences
Hana El Kaissi M. ed - Preparing an effective CV

Not only is there an excellent line of speakers this year, if you are the fist to RSVP, you can win a free prize!

Click here to RSVP now!

To see the poster and for more information, click here!

All the best,
CSBGU



New Promotional Deals from TekniScience


March 21, 2011



Greetings CSBGU grads,

We're pleased to share with all of you a set of excellent deals and promotions from our friends at TekniScience. These deals include multivortex-genies, 25% off all Cytostep Family models, and 2 for 1 deals for Wheaton CryoELITE Cryogenic Vials, Wheaton Media Bottles, and Wheaton Liquid Scintillation Vials.

Tell your coworkers, tell your lab tech, tell your supervisor, just be sure to get these deals while they're still on!

Follow on to the coupons page for more information!

All the best,
CSBGU



Chinese New Year Pictures


February 15, 2011



Greetings CSBGU grads,

We'd just like to start off by wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! To make things sweeter, we've uploaded the images from Friday's Chinese New Year party. A great big thank you goes out to Julie Chih-yu Chen and Felix Gunawan for organzing the event and to Daryl David for being our photographer for the evening. You can check out his pictures (and humourous comments) below:

Chinese New Year Pictures

We hope everyone had a great time. Some general reminders, Daryl will be organzing the next Pub night, which is on February 25th at 7 pm. There will be both free drinks (hard and soft) and food, so please remember to contact Daryl at d.david@utoronto.ca!

All the best,
CSBGU



Christmas Raffle Updates


UPDATE: December 13 2010



Greetings CSBGU grads,

We have recently updated our list of prizes for this year (click on thumbnails below to view).
You can still see some featured items through our Flickr account

Please click on the following images to view the prizes

A message from our president, Donghoon Lee,

Just a friendly reminder that Holiday Charity Raffle 2010 is still going, which supports a local charity, Pathways to Education.

Our grand prize this year is a Netbook[MSI Wind U160-006US].
Some superb distinguishable features include:
Bluetooth / 6-cell lit battery / 250GB hard drive / stylish & slim design (2010 netbook design award-winner) / light weight / webcam res 1.3MP
We have several new entries since the last announcement, including a BBQ set and a Sports package, in addition to the beer fridge and the beer glass sets mentioned earlier.

Our volunteers are coming around your offices and labs to sell tickets until next Tuesday.
If our volunteers weren't able to reach you by then, you can buy tickets on Wednesday Dec 15th in the following locations:

RW: Julie Chen - Mitchell lab (RW 532) 416-978-6715 or chihyu.chen@utoronto.ca
ESC: Joseph Skaf- Campbell lab (ESC3058) 416-978-3543 or joseph.skaf@utoronto.ca

For UTM and UTSC, our volunteers will come around next week, or you can find the following contact persons to get tickets.

UTM Contact person: Soaleha Shams - Gerlai lab (SB 1075A) 905-569-4277 or soaleha.shams@utoronto.ca
UTSC Contact person: Sherri Thiele - Nash lab (S 529) 416-208-4833 or mailto:sthiele@utsc.utoronto.ca


Student/postdoc rate: $3 / ticket, $5 / 2 tickets
Faculty/Staff/Lab techs: $4 / ticket, $10 / 3 tickets
The raffle draw and prize presentation will take place on Thursday Dec 16 during the departmental gathering.

See you soon at the party on Thursday Dec 16th!

Seasons Greetings,
CSBGU



Christmas Raffle


UPDATE: December 6 2010 UPDATE AGAIN! December 9, 2010



Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are pleased to share with you the available prizes for this year's Christmas Raffle.
To see pictures of some of the prizes, please click here

Please click on the following images to view the prizes

A special thanks goes out to all of our sponsors as well as those who worked hard to collect the prizes.

Seasons Greetings,
CSBGU



CSBGU Skip Trip


UPDATE: November 29 2010



Greetings CSBGU grads,

A message from our sports director, Andrew McKinley:

The CSBGU is planning a ski/snowboard day trip to Blue Mountain on January 29th. The plan is to leave UofT (St. George Campus) campus in the early morning and be in Collingwood when the hill opens at 9:00am. We will ski/snowboard for the entire day until 4:30pm and then return to UofT (St. George Campus).

The transportation for this trip will be partially subsidized by CSBGU. Also If we can get more than 20 grad students interested, we will receive a substantial discount on lift tickets. The three costs for the trip: transportation (~$28 dollars per person, and will vary depending on the number of individuals), lift ticket ($40 dollars), and if you need to rent skis or snowboard($40-45 dollars). Total cost per person will be either ~68 dollars or ~108 dollars.

Here is a link to the bus we are going to rent:
http://pacificwesterntoronto.com/HighwayMotorCoach.htm

In order for this trip to happen we need at least 20 people interested with a maximum of 30 people. Also, we need to know by Friday December 3rd so we can reserve transportation. So if you are interested please reply.

Should be an awesome trip so reply quickly to andrew.mckinley@utoronto.ca!!!!

Andrew McKinley
CSBGU Sports Director
andrew.mckinley@utoronto.ca



New Coupons for December


UPDATE: November 26 2010

Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are happy to announce that Daddyo's restaurant has been generous again to offer us a coupon for December. The deal gives us $5.00 off when purchasing a $25.00 gift certificate from the restaurant. CSB grads should take advantage! Thermo Scientific also has an exciting list of offerings. Please check the coupon page for more details.

Be sure to check the website frequently for more coupon deals!

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.



Picture Updates


UPDATE: November 4 2010



Greetings CSBGU grads,

We want to thank you all for coming to the Halloween party and having a making it a big success! We've uploaded a bunch of pictures onto our Flickr account, so check it out here:

Halloween Pictures
Pumpkin Carving Contest

Be sure to check the site regularily, as pictures of new events will be posted often through the gallery link. Or, bookmark our flickr account:

www.flickr.com/photos/csbgu/

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.



New November e-Coupons




UPDATE: November 2 2010

Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are pleased to announce new coupons for November. Deals include discounts on equipment, plastics, and reagents. Please go to the coupon section for more details.


Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.



Lunefeld Vendor Show




UPDATE: October 26 2010

Greetings CSBGU grads,

TekniScience will be sponsoring a vendor show on October 27, 2010.
Location: 18th floor in the auditorium of Mount Sinai Hospital.
Time: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
This could be an interesting opportunity to meet some of the vendors that your lab may commonly deal with.


Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.



Halloween party and contest




UPDATE: October 19 2010

Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are proud to announce that the Halloween party is next week!
On top of that, there is also a pumpkin carving contest that will be held.

Pumpkin Carving Contest Rules
1) Maximum 4 Adults per team (feel free to include more kids or forms a kid team).
2) Prepare your own knifes and carving tools
3) There will be limited teams in total. Teams will be first comes first serves base. RSVP asap (follow the RSVP steps below). You will be notified if all the slots are filled.
4) The contest will be an hour and half in length (starts at 6:10pm sharp).

RSVP for your TEAM
1) ONLY ONE PERSON of the team need to RSVP (in other words you rsvp for the whole team)
2) RSVP through rsvp.tc/mdt1wq
3) Enter your TEAM NAME as the NAME
4) Enter your team's main contact's email as the EMAIL
5) Enter the number of team members under Number of Guests (Adult or Children)
6) Enter your team members' names under SPECIAL REQUESTS/Notes (feel free to change members =P this is just to make CSBGU staff's life easier)

RSVP Details:
Register at: rsvp.tc/mdt1wq


Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.



Career Development Seminar




UPDATE: October 7 2010

Greetings CSBGU grads,

Get ready for the upcomming Career Development Seminar! This year, we will have six excellent speakers. RSVP below and receive a free, mysterious gift at the seminar!

RSVP Details:
Register at: rsvp.tc/hk8kd4
Be early in registration, and you may receive a free prize at the seminar!


Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.



Coupons Have Arrived!




UPDATE: October 5 2010

Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are pleased to announce the launch of several new October coupons for your disposal. Please head over to the Coupons section for more details.
Coupons range from great deals at restaurants to bargains for various scientific instruments!

Stay tuned for more in coupons !

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.


Special Job Talk


UPDATE: September 29 2010

Casual Advice about Serious Employment: Applying for jobs with the Canadian Government on Thursday, September 30th, 12pm, ES3056

Greetings CSBGU grads,

The speaker is Liz Nelson, she’s finishing her PhD on dendrochronological and dendrochemical approaches to quantifying effects of rising carbon dioxide on boreal forest dynamics. She’s accepted a position working on science policy in Ottawa, beginning very shortly. The title of her talk is “Casual Advice about Serious Employment: Applying for Jobs with the Canadian Government”. This (very informal) talk will be on Thursday, Sept. 30th at noon in ES3056 (round room). Bring your lunches.

Stay tuned for more in Career Development!

Reminder: Career development seminar is coming on Monday, October 18th, 2-5pm @RW432!

External Speakers
Dr Shawn Rhind (Defence Scientist, Defense research and development Canada)
Mr. Doug Saunders( Senior Technician, Defense research and development Canada)
Dr. Nicole Husain ( Educational software developer, Spongelab)

Internal Speakers
Dr. Jimmy Fraigne (Peever lab)
Jaffer Shahab(Ringuette lab)
Geoff Fucilie (Christendat lab)

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.

New Forum Boards!


UPDATE: September 22 2010

Forums

General Discussion- Talk about anything!
Science Discussion- Talk about science matters!
Event Discussion- Talk about upcoming events!
Image and Video Thread- Post fun and interesting pics and videos!

Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are pleased to announce four new forums to the CSBGU site. Be sure to check out our new Science, Event, Image, and Video threads!

Enjoy!

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.



Fall CSB Grad Student Talks Schedule


UPDATE: September 17 2010


Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are pleased to announce the new fall term schedule for CSB Grad Talks. They run once every two weeks from 12 pm to 1 pm starting September 23rd. Attendance will be held in Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432. Please support your fellow peers by attending their talks. Pizza will also be served!

Be sure to follow the CSBGU calendar to keep updated of upcoming Grad Talks!

For more information, please contact Honour McCann at gradtalks@gmail.com

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.


Let's Talk Science Collaboration


UPDATE: September 14 2010


Greetings CSBGU grads,

The Let's Talk Science Partnership Program (LTSPP) is a national science outreach program run by Let’s Talk Science that partners graduate students with elementary/secondary school teachers and community groups to deliver hands-on science activities.

Each of the University Toronto campuses- Scarborough, Mississauga and St. George- runs a Let's Talk Science Partnership Program. Together these sites have over 200 volunteers and reach over 2500 children and youth per year across the Greater Toronto Area and in rural areas of Ontario.

For more information, please visit their website:
http://letstalkscience.sa.utoronto.ca/

Grad students can learn more about the program by attending their Volunteer Info Session and Orientation on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 12:30-3pm.

If CSB students would like to sign up to be on our mailing list, they can do so by going to http://login.letstalkscience.ca/register.php and using the registration code snau56

For more information, please e-mail them at lts.grad@utoronto.ca

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.

Upcoming Fall Events for CSBGU


UPDATE: September 14 2010


Greetings CSBGU grads,

We are pleased to announce new events for this fall:

Pub Night - Friday, September 23rd
Career Development Seminar 1 - Monday, October 18th
Ghost Party - Friday, October 29th
Dodgeball - Thursday, November 25th
Ginger Bread Competition - Friday, December 10th

To keep up to date with all upcoming events, be sure to follow the events calender!

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.

2010 Orientation BBQ


UPDATE: August 14 2010


Hello CSBGU members,

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our annual orientation BBQ. It will be held on September 7th from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm. All CSBGU members are welcome. And please, bring an empty stomach!

Sincerely,
CSBGU staff.

Major Website Updates


UPDATE: June 24 2010


Greetings CSBGU members,

We on the executive board are proud to announce some major updates to the site, which are:

CSBGU.com - A new site address

It should be easier now to connect to the website, rather than having to type in the long domain name of:
csbgu.csb.utoronto.ca

Social Networking Integration

Coming soon, you'll be able to share CSBGU events and topics on your Facebook and Twitter accounts

Contests

Lastly, we will soon be implementing prize contests on the website, and you'll be able to facebook and tweet your contest entries

All in all, it's a very exciting time to be a CSBGU member. We hope in the coming months that we'll be able to captivate your interests and have more successful events like the Spring BBQ.

Sincerely,
Joseph Skaf
CSBGU IT Director
joseph.skaf@utoronto.ca

CSB End-of-Year BBQ!



UPDATE: June 1 2010



Dear all CSB members,

We would like to inform everyone that our "*END-OF-YEAR BBQ*" will take place on *Friday June 18th (3:30-7:30pm*) *in RW010 (+ patio)*! All are welcome, so please join us to celebrate the previous fruitful 2009-2010 fiscal year and to cheer for all those who worked hard.

Thanks for your support, and we hope to see everyone at the BBQ!!

Sincerely,
CSBGU

Brought to you by: Tekniscience, proud sponsor of the 2010 End-of-Year BBQ.




2010-2011 CSBGU Executive Members



UPDATE: June 1 2010

Dear all CSB members,

please welcome our new executive members for 2010-2011:

CSBGU Executives for 2010-2011

Jessica Yang (Guttman’s Lab) and Donghoon Lee (Harris’s lab) for Co-president
Anandi Bhattacharya (Mitchell’s lab) for Treasurer
Julie Chen (Mitchell’s Lab) for Secretary
Felix Gunawan (Godt’s lab) for GSU rep
Brooke Acton (Woodin’s Lab) for Career and Professional Development Director
Andrew McKinley (Harris’s Lab) for Sports Director
Joseph Skaf (Malcolm’s Lab) for IT director
Sherri Thiele (Nash Lab) for UTSC Rep
Trupti Panchal (Godt Lab) for Ombudsperson
Daryl David (Harris’s Lab) for Ombudsperson

Call for UTM Representative
We are still in need of someone to fill the position for UTM representative. If you have any interest in applying for the position, please contact either Jessica Yang (jessica.yang@utoronto.ca) or Donghoon Lee (dh.lee@utoronto.ca).
UPDATE: March 27 2010

The CSBGU are glad to announce that the first annual Lab Olympics that took place March 12 2010, was a complete success!

Overall Olympic Champions:

Gold Medalists: Team SmoArabidopsis
Silver Medalists: Team Arabidopsis
Bronze Medalists : Team Drosophila


Honourable Mentions: Team Rat and Team Flying Zebrafish

Congratulations to all individual winners, teams and all participants and volunteers that helped organise this event!

For photos and other shenanigans see the newly updated Gallery page.



Career Development Seminar Series Success!

Hi Grads,

On behalf of the CSB graduate students union, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for coming out on Wednesday afternoon and listening to some fantastic talks by Nellie, Vince, and Cory! Personally, it was a great pleasure listening to their experiences and tips on their respective topics and I hope you had equally enjoyed it! Our next Career Development Seminar Series will take place on Wednesday February 17th and will feature talks on topics such as networking, conflict resolution, and further career planning, and it will also include wine and cheese for your enjoyment.

Once again, thank you all for coming out and we hope that you enjoyed this informative and enjoyable event!

Cheers,
George Zivkovic
Career Development Director, CSBGU



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