{"id":12,"date":"2015-10-18T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/graduate-student-opportunities\/"},"modified":"2015-10-29T16:49:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T16:49:24","slug":"graduate-student-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/graduate-student-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not accepting any new graduate students for admission in 2015. &nbsp;I will consider new students in autumn 2015 to start in autumn 2016.&nbsp;When I do look for students, assets for positions are above average grades (GPA of 3.6\/4.0 or better), relevant experience on wildlife, and good quantitative skills (courses in advanced statistics, mathematical modelling, and\/or GIS skills). Preference may be given to students with NSERC support or other graduate scholarship but this is not mandatory and student teaching positions are usually available for students with a strong GPA. Most of my research is based in the Canadian Arctic and any openings will likely be in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut or Yukon Territories. &nbsp;Potential students are welcome to contact me with a CV, unofficial transcripts, and a statement of research interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not accepting any new graduate students for admission in 2015. &nbsp;I will consider new students in autumn 2015 to start in autumn 2016.&nbsp;When I do look for students, assets for positions are above average grades (GPA of 3.6\/4.0 or better), relevant experience on wildlife, and good quantitative skills (courses in advanced statistics, mathematical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/derocher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}