Graduate academic calendar 2012 - 2013 - Trent University

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THE GRADUATE COLLEGE
Named in honour of the noted author, botanist and pioneer settler of the Peterborough area,
Catharine Parr Traill College is one of the founding colleges of Trent University. An integral part of the
academic and social life of Trent University as a whole, Traill College is an active community, beautifully
situated on a drumlin overlooking central Peterborough.
Traill College is the home of most of Trent University’s graduate programs in the Humanities and
Social Sciences including the M.A. programs in English, in History, and in Theory, Culture & Politics; the
M.A. and Ph.D. program in Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies, and the Ph.D. program in Cultural
Studies. In 2008, Traill became the University’s graduate studies college, serving all graduate students
in all disciplines. Undergraduate students currently affiliated with the College maintain that affiliation
through to graduation.
As part of the evolution of Traill College, space within the college’s historically significant buildings
and the modern Wallis Hall has been converted into office space for graduate students and faculty,
and accommodations for graduate students. The new Bagnani Hall provides state-of-the-art teaching
facilities as well as the elegant Bagnani Room for small academic and social functions. The ground
floor of Scott House has also been renovated to provide facilities in support of the graduate programs
and undergraduate teaching. Other College facilities include Junior and Senior Common rooms and
The Trend, a College café and pub.
As a graduate studies college, Traill College retains some of its undergraduate roots. Several
undergraduate courses continue to be offered and taught at the College and the offices of the
undergraduate programs in Canadian Studies, Cultural Studies and English continue to be located
there.
The intellectual life of the College is supplemented by a thriving visitors program organized by
students and faculty. The program gives members of the College the opportunity to meet informally
with writers, artists, politicians, musicians and scholars. Recent guests have included writers Yann
Martel, Barbara Gowdy, Charlotte Gray, Jane Urquhart, Frances Itani, Lawrence Hill, Alistair MacLeod,
Charles Foran and Douglas Glover; Toronto Star columnist Linwood Barclay; historian Dr. Margaret
MacMillan; international development economist Dr. Amiya Kumar Bagchi; former Principal Dancer
with the National Ballet of Canada, Frank Augustyn; and editor, publisher and educator, Dr. Cynthia
Good.
Traill is also home to the Thomas H.B. Symons Graduate Seminar Series and the Alan Wilson
Reading Room. The excellent facilities and quiet atmosphere of the College offer a comfortable
working environment for both students and faculty. Regular and frequent bus service connects the
College with the Symons Campus, and Traill’s close proximity to downtown Peterborough provides
easy access to the Peterborough Public Library, art galleries, movie theatres, live concerts, churches,
restaurants, pubs and more.