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I didn't get anything?!?! Are they only letting successful applicants know first?
 
EDIT: WAIT CHECK YOUR SPAM EVERYONE. I GOT THE AWARD!!!!

Well, I'm betting we won't hear until Friday... 😂😭

In case newcomers to Toronto are starting to lurk on this thread, I'd add to the apartment-hunting comments that www.kijiji.com is also a really important resource. www.viewit.ca also used to be very good, but I didn't find it as helpful in my most recent apartment search; but it's good to look everywhere!

I got a SSHRC CGS! (35k/3 years) Mail arrived 10 minutes ago at my place in Toronto. I'm through the roof with excitement!!!
 
Score: 16/20
MA+PhD Average: A
Publication: 0 (common for anthropology, most don't publish until after PhD3/fieldwork)
Presentations: 4
Fieldwork+research experience
TAships: 2
RAships: 2
Substantial+relevant volunteer experience
Strong letters and strong proposal
Forwarded A-list from department.
Second year applying (wait-listed last year)
Received MA SSHRC
 
Let me know if you would like to know any other stats related things

I just got a (hilariously?) misleading e-mail from my School of Graduate Studies. It had SSHRC in the title, so I opened it immediately without reading very carefully... only to discover that it was a letter informing me that I had won OGS. "SSHRC" was in brackets, presumably because the letter also contained information on what to do if I also receive SSHRC. Uuggggghhhhh... still waitin' on that letter.
 
I guess I should be clear that I'm still pleased about getting OGS.

It is to do with the US J-1 visa. If you get any governmental grants on a J-1 visa, you have to go back to your home country for two years. Tricky part in the OP's situation is that (s)he is already fully funded. So it is very difficult to say if SSHRC will trigger the two-year rule (my hunch is that it will not- it is not like a Fulbright! But US visa processes can be very confounding and arbitrary). But you can still get waivers. Here is a good post detailing the process for a waiver and if you need one (it depends on what it says on your visa). Hopefully, someone who has got a SSHRC on a J-1 visa will have something more useful to say than my post 
 
http://usainternship.com/how-to-waive-your-2-year-home-residency-requirement/

Not funny!!

...that sounds promising for you, if you ask me!

...that sounds promising for you, if you ask me!