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• Obtain a map of the campus, which is available . Most labs, lecture halls and professorial offices related to the Department of Earth Sciences are located in the Biological & Geological Sciences Building (B&GS) and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â Science Centre (WSC).
• Visit the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â Student Services (WSS) building to obtain your student card.
• Access to the B&G buildings is done by swiping your student card at the door. For certain graduate offices and laboratories, you will need keys. Your supervisor can provide a list of keys you will require, and you can . There is a $25 refundable deposit per key.
• Payroll is done monthly on the second-last banking day of each month; you must enter your banking information on  in order to get paid. You must also present your original Social Insurance Number (SIN) card at Human Resources, Support Services Building, Room 5300, at some point during your first term of residence.
• Obtain your bus pass. The  provides a City of London bus pass to all graduate students, which is provided through your student fees. You can collect your pass starting in late August in the SOGS office, UCC Rm. 260. See  for information about buses.
• Ensure that your personal information in the  online is up to date, including your local address and telephone number. You must also provide next-of-kin information to the Department.
• Register for courses. The  is posted online every August. Registration is done on the Student Centre. You should speak to your supervisor about courses before registering. Make sure you consult the degree requirements page for your program.
• See the  to be assigned a personal desk space in the Department. Grad students share common office space in B&GS and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â Science Centre.

• Review the International Student Centre's  for information about life in Canada, obtaining a student visa, and other important issues.
• When you first arrive at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â, your record will be locked until you show your Study Permit to the School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies, International & Graduate Affairs Building, Room 1N07. You must do this first in order to activate yourself as a student. Please also provide the Academic Program Coordinator with a copy for our files.
• If you are going to be working as a Teaching Assistant, you must obtain a Social Insurance Number (SIN) from . You will need a letter from the Department advising you are working in order to obtain one; see the Academic Program Coordinator. Once you have this letter, visit Service Canada at 457 Richmond St. (at Queens Ave., take #6 Richmond bus) in downtown London. A SIN card is a legal requirement for earning any income in Canada. Once you have your number, you must show the original document or card to Human Resources, SSB 5100.
• Check out the Student Development Centre website to learn about . You may wish to take the , though it is not required.
• Ensure you are registered in UHIP () and pay the appropriate fees, which are included in your tuition. The card can be picked up at the WSS Building along with your student card.

•  - located in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â Student Services Building
•  - Please make sure all your online information is correct and kept up-to-date.
• All graduate students are covered by the . Students with pre-existing alternate coverage may opt out and receive a refund of their premium within the first month of registration.
• The  is our grad student club.

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1. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â’s Employee Health and Safety Orientation – Work Safely at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â

2. NEW Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

3. Safe Campus Community - Preventing Harassment, Violence, and Domestic Violence at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â

4. Accessibility at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â (AODA): Accessibility in Teaching (for Faculty, Graduate Teaching Assistants,  Archivists, and Librarians)

If you will be working in any lab other than a computer lab, you also need to take the Laboratory Safety - Hazardous Wastecourse.

Depending on your research, you may also be required to take other health & safety courses, such as Radiation, Biosafety, X-Ray, etc. Ask your supervisor if any of these apply to you.

How to Access OWL for the above training sessions:

• Log on to OWL at 

• Go to membership on the left, select “joinable sites” and then select the appropriate course.

• Once in the course module, use the tool bar on the left to navigate the different sections of the course.

• If you have trouble accessing OWL courses or forgot your password, you will need your name, student ID and username, and contact Matt Mills in OHS (scimjm@uwo.ca), or the ITS Helpdesk at ext. 83800 or helpdesk@uwo.ca

When you have completed your training, please send the a PDF of your certificates for our department records. Your supervisor will also need a copy for the lab files, or if you are in the Stable Isotope Lab group, give the certificate to Grace Yau (gyau@uwo.ca). If you will be working in the field, you are required to read and understand the .

As part of a successful graduate student experience at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â, we encourage students to make their health and wellness a priority. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â provides several on campus health-related services to help you achieve optimum health and engage in healthy living while pursuing your graduate degree. For more information regarding health and wellness related services available to students may be found at  or the here on campus.

Students seeking help regarding mental health concerns are advised to speak to someone they feel comfortable confiding in, such as their faculty supervisor, their graduate chair, or other relevant administrators in their unit such as the academic program coordinator or administrative officer. Campus mental health resources may be found at