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I'm glad to hear that! I'm in the second year of my PhD now which definitely gives an advantage, hopefully you can add to your CV for the next round. One thing that I think helped me was using the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement to do a research trip, if that's something that interests you I'd highly recommend looking into it. It only took a couple months from the date I applied to receive it!

probably true, i just got cgs-d committee 201.. i have 1 publication (first author) and at time of applying had a second publication being reviewed.

just got notified of result for committee 201, rank 11/95 cgs-d

Congratulations on your achievement! Was there a date for when you need to response to the offer by? I am currently on the waiting list and am curious about what the timeline could be like.

It is my understanding that for Vanier you had to apply to the competition on research net in the first place? However the steps are to go to the "My Applications" tab, then the "Check Application Status" subtab, then you should see "Doctoral: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships", click on that, it will take you to a page where you can click on "View Results/Review".

It's extremely competitive at the national level, your scores are far from anything to be ashamed of. I graduated my engineering undergrad top of my class with only 3 As after first year, the rest A+, and only have received A+ in all graduate courses I've taken. I was given an 8 for academic excellence, meaning lots of rooms for improvement in this category and many nominations above me. Obviously there is more to academic excellence than grades alone, but this gives a sense of the competitiveness we're dealing with.