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, Hope you’ve had a moment to take in the lovely weather we’re having, and with it all the signs of life coming back to Vancouver. And now, today’s random musical interlude (to accompany the newsletter):  Stop and Take The Time To Smell The Roses. 🙂 GSS Opportunities: The GSS is seeking a passionate Advocacy […]

  Invitation to register 2014 HISTORICAL THINKING SUMMER INSTITUTE Museum of Vancouver & UBC Vancouver   July 7­-12 | pdce.educ.ubc.ca/htsi2014   Stunning vistas from the Museum of Vancouver meet with critical perspectives at our Historical Thinking Summer Institute, from July 7-12. Bursaries are available to help participants join us for this unforgettable experience.   Historical […]

Approaching the Past 2014 Vancouver The next Approaching the Past event in Vancouver will take place Thursday, May 8, 2014 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This free public event sponsored by The History Education Network/Histoire et éducation en réseau (THEN/HiER) will be discussions about the history of policing in Vancouver’s Aboriginal and Chinese communities with special guests from the Vancouver […]

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 […]

Cindy Sherman meets Dzunuk’wa: From the Michael and Inna O’Brian Collection Tour with Michael and Inna O’Brian Saturday, March 29 at 2:30 pm Satellite Gallery 560 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor. Vancouver, BC Join us for an inside look at Cindy Sherman meets Dzunuk’wa in a special tour with Michael and Inna O’Brian at Satellite Gallery. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Approaching the Past 2014 Vancouver The next Approaching the Past event in Vancouver will take place Wednesday, April 2, 2014 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This free public event sponsored by The History Education Network/Histoire et éducation en réseau (THEN/HiER) will be a Vancouver Police Museum Tour and Kidnapping Forensic Workshop.  Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to admin@thenhier.ca or (604) 822-6915 to […]

My partner is the Chief Fundraiser at BC Women’s Hospital Foundation, and they are looking for a new Development and Research Coordinator. The position is attached [Development & Research Coordinator June 2013], and I know the Foundation is eager to fill this position, so please pass this around to possible candidates, including former and current […]

UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #658 February 28, 2014 The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver   For more information on any of the items below or copies of previous NewsFlashes, please e-mail: educ.ogpr@ubc.ca, or call: 604-822-5512, Fax: 604-822-8971.  Please visit http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/newsflash for all new […]

Dear Graduate Students, Snow wafted in, thick and heavy. Snowpersons were made, some pinocchio-esque, some playing table tennis, some prim and proper. And now they’re dying in the sun. It’s the circle of life (Insert full South African choir)  GSS Social & Recreational: – Let’s go Ski at Whistler on March 9th! The Deadline to register […]

From: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo [mailto:communications@gss.ubc.ca] Subject: GSS Weekly Newsletter Dear Graduate Students, I trust you’re finding the extra time this Reading week useful. If you meant to watch any of the games at the Winter Olympics and haven’t, you have until this weekend to do so, and then that’s it for four years. Just so you […]

FIREtalk: Frameworks of Power: Wednesday February 26th 4-6 pm We would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming FIREtalk: Frameworks of Power to be held on Wednesday February 26th 4-6 pm. Submit your proposal for a 5 minute presentation by February 19th. http://bit.ly/FrameworksofPower The Research Commons invites grad students from every discipline to examine the frameworks of power that […]