{"id":76634,"date":"2022-02-17T11:46:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=76634"},"modified":"2022-02-17T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:15:54","slug":"input-sought-from-brock-grad-students-for-national-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/02\/input-sought-from-brock-grad-students-for-national-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Input sought from Brock grad students for national survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) is reminding students to complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cags.ca\/cgpss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey (CGPSS)<\/a>\u00a0by Friday, March 11.<\/p>\n<p>In collaboration with the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) and a third-party service, the survey was sent out to qualified graduate students through email on Wednesday, Jan. 19 and more recently on Wednesday, Feb. 16.<\/p>\n<p>The CGPSS is conducted every three years, with most major universities in Canada participating.<\/p>\n<p>The survey will help Brock to gain a comprehensive understanding of the quality of the graduate student experience at the University.<\/p>\n<p>The questions on the survey pertain to a broad range of areas, including students\u2019 educational, personal, social and professional experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-Provost and Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Suzanne Curtin, says the survey is an important tool that can be used to help shape Brock\u2019s graduate student experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strive to create a positive experience for all students by encouraging a safe, professional environment that values inclusion and transparency,\u201d she says. \u201cThe survey results can be used for a multitude of FGS strategies, including finding innovative ways to continue to best support our students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to hear from a diverse group of students to help maintain our long-term goal of removing barriers in supporting under-represented groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students who complete the survey will be entered into draws for an iPad and $50 Amazon gift cards, which will be held after the March 11 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The voluntary survey is completely confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with questions about the survey can contact the Faculty of Graduate Studies at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:graduatestudies@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">graduatestudies@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Survey results from previous years can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/cags.ca\/cgpss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CAGS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) is reminding students to complete the\u00a0Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey (CGPSS)\u00a0by Friday, March 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":76635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,188,55,1,4],"tags":[159,3335,3330,8712],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76636,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76634\/revisions\/76636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}