I'm not sure. I had emailed Tabbatha a while back to inquire about my status, and she sent me the unofficial acceptance on Friday. Got the FGPA offer yesterday.
Received my official offer today, with some funding! I had already accepted GSPIA's similar offer with funding, so will now have to back my way out of that one. Nonetheless, excited!
I believe they will send you an email just with a heads up before you get an official offer, or before anything changes on carleton central. Hopefully those come on Monday!
I heard from Ottawa first on Tuesday, then my official offer yesterday, the 25th. I submitted my final for both Ottawa and Carleton back in January, but had to email Tabitha my preference form again due to a technical issue last week, which is why I think i haven't switched to Recommended for Assessment yet.
I have somewhat of the same issue, having already been accepted to uOttawa's GSPIA. Fingers crossed I hear from NPSIA during the first round so i decide by GSPIA's March 23rd deadline.
I was waiting for a thread like this to appear for this year. My status switched from 'preliminary review' to 'review in progress by department' sometime late last week.