Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop May 26, 28, 30, 2014.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.  Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW. The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day […]

Dear Graduate Students, I hope you are well and taking care of business, and yourself. We at the GSS are gearing up for lots of fun activities in the summer, but we do hope to see you this Friday! Take time out to hang with us, we’d love to see you! GSS Social & Recreational: […]

Dear Graduate Students, First a warm and heartfelt thanks to everyone who came to help us with our photo shoot last week. It was such a help, and we’re so thankful! GSS Social & Recreational: – The GSS is super excited to host an End of Term Party! We’ll have 3 rounds of FREE Beer Tasting including Spring beers, Dark […]

FIREtalk: Tools of the Trade The Research Commons invites graduate students from any discipline to participate in our next FIREtalk, Tools of the Trade. To be part of the discussion, submit your proposal for a 5-minute presentation by April 16th, 2014. Or, if you don’t want to present, attend as an audience member and join the discussion […]

Registration is now open for: GPS Webinar: Time Management April 08, 2014, 10:00am to 11:30am For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11467-gps-webinar-time-management Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g32a6 GPS Workshop: Building Effective Supervisory Relationships April 09, 2014, 9:30am to 12:30pm For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11451-gps-workshop-building-effective-supervisory-relationships Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g32a7

Registration is now open for: GPS/Mitacs Step* Workshop: Foundations of Project Management I: A Team Based Approach April 02 & 03, 2014 9:00am to 5:00pm (Note: students MUST commit to attending the entire duration of both sessions when registering). For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10769-gpsmitacs-step-workshop-foundations-project-management-i-team-based-approach Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3218

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop April 26, 27, May 3, 2014.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.  Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW. The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a […]

Dear Graduate Students, The hills are alive! Crocuses and snowdrops are out and about, and the leaf buds on the trees (and rose bushes!) are starting to show! We just have to get through the rest of the semester. Let’s do this! GSS AGM: – The GSS is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday March 20, 2014. Open […]

Registration is now open for : Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS)/Mitacs Step* Workshop: Time Management Monday, March 24th, 2014 – 9:00am to 5:00pm Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road, Point Grey Campus For more information on the session, please visit:  https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11295-gpsmitacs-step-workshop-time-management . To register, see https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3159 .

Dear Graduate Students, There’s a lot ado about campus this week! GSS AGM: – The GSS is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday March 20, 2014. Open to all members of the Society, the AGM provides students with the opportunity to receive reports from Council with respect to activities of the preceding year, receive financial statements of the Society, and […]

Three Minute Thesis 2014: Please come out and support your fellow graduate students all while learning about their diverse research programs. 3MT Semi-Finals: Tuesday, March 11th, 1:00 – 2:30 and 3:00 – 4:30 (list of presenters attached) 3MT Final: Thursday, March 13th, 4:30 – 6:00 Graduate Student Centre Ballroom Registration is now open for: GPS/CSI&C […]

Save the date. The next TA/Sessional/Seconded teacher/Instructor Lunch and Learn session is next Wednesday, March 12, from 12:00-1:00 PM in SCARFE (Room to be determined). The topic for this session is “Diverse teaching for diverse learners”. Come join Marny Point, Keith McPherson and Shawna Faber as we explore the University’s policy on diversity and discuss and share methods for teaching […]

The UBC Library has developed a new online cIRcle Non-Exclusive Distribution License, very similar to the current UBC Thesis Licence Agreement which students have been using up to now. The License will be applicable to theses and dissertations as well as to all non-thesis work in cIRcle, and will likely go into effect on Friday […]

Dear Graduate Students, There’s a lot coming up here at the GSS and with our partners over the next couple of weeks, so I’ll just jump right in! GSS AGM: – The GSS is holding its Annual General Meeting on March 20th, 2014. Open to all members of the Society, the AGM provides students with […]

Presented by the Office of Graduate Programs and Research in collaboration with the Graduate Student Council of the Faculty of Education, and the Teacher Education Office. This is a Year of Teacher Education event. May 13th 1:00 p.m. – Opening Remarks and Opening Address “Involving Teachers in Education Research” (Anthony Clarke, EDCP) 2:00 p.m. – […]