October 31st, 2018 by irena trebic | Comments Off on Thrive at UBC
Thrive UBC is a weeklong series of events focused on helping everyone at UBC explore their path to mental health. This year’s Thrive Week is happening October 29 to November 2. Visit Thrive UBC to learn more about how you can attend a Thrive event, as well as other resources available to you. We also […]
October 31st, 2018 by mmlam | Comments Off on MOV completes BC Bird Taxidermy and Product Packaging digitization project
Project title: BC Bird Taxidermy and Product Packaging Digitization Project
Institution: Museum of Vancouver (MOV)
Description: The Museum of Vancouver (Mov) has completed digitization of two cateories of artefacts with significant British Columbia stories to tell. The collections selected are bird taxidermy and product packaging. The artefacts selected includes 206 taxidermied birds and 1236 pieces of product packaging for a grand total of 1442 artefacts digitized.
“Due to the toxicity of these specimens, it was required that the technician handle the objects with gloves, a respirator, and a lab coat with additional daily and weekly decontamination of the work station.”
The product packaging collection comprises a variety of product types and packaging materials such as canned goods, wooden crates, glass milk bottle and pharmaceuticals.
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October 31st, 2018 by Education Library | Comments Off on UBC Education Library resources supporting Teaching Physical Education
If you are interested in these or other books on this topic, try doing a search with the terms “physical education” and “teaching” If you require more assistance, please ask at the Library Service Desk or contact ed.lib@ubc.ca We’re here to help!
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October 29th, 2018 by s_armond | Comments Off on Business Events BC – November 2018
Whether you’re looking for help with business plans, marketing, finance or more, we’ve gathered a selection of free and low-cost business events for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Please note details are accurate at time of publication, all summaries have been reproduced from host descriptions.
Mastering Social Media to Grow Your Business
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 1 November 2018
Time: 1.00pm – 4.30pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $39+GST
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: Just because you know what social media is, does not mean that you necessarily understand how to use it to grow and develop your business. This workshop focuses on understanding social media, what is it and how it’s connecting people.
Using Statistics Canada to Start and Grow Your Business
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 2 November 2018
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Richmond
Cost: Free Register
Summary: S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Youth BiiS and Statistics Canada would like to invite you to join this exclusive workshop. This event will highlight various data products and resources targeted at small and medium businesses, as well as those wanting to start a business, featuring resources related to retail, wholesale, import & export, Canadian business counts, household spending, financial statistics, and 2016 Census results on population, demography, income, education and labour force status.
Small Business Library Tour
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 3 & 29 November 2018
Time: 10.30am – 12.00pm
Location: Central Library, Vancouver
Cost: Free
Host: Vancouver Public Library
Register: Registration not required, but more details are available here
Summary: Thinking of starting a small business? Already running a business, but need more information? Learn where to find help with small business planning, market research, financial assistance and more.
RBC Get Seeded - Pitch Night
Target audience: UBC students
Date: 5 November 2018
Time: 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Location The Gallery, Nest Building, UBC Vancouver Campus
Cost: Free
Host: AMS eHub Register
Summary: Pitch night for the RBC Get Funded program, come along to hear the 90 second pitches, vote for your favourites and the top 10 will get seed funding. Support fellow students, hear from recent graduate entrepreneurs and meet like-minded people. Plus attendees get access to the RBC Start Up 101 Post Event Workshop (more details coming soon).
How to Apply for a Business Loan with Women’s Enterprise Centre
Target audience: Female entrepreneurs
Date: 6 & 20 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: Phone in session
Cost: Free
Host: Women’s Enterprise Centre Register
Summary: Learn how to apply for a loan from Women’s Enterprise Centre. In this FREE session, the facilitator will review our lending criteria, answer your questions, advise you on how to apply and provide you with a resource package. At the end of the session, your Advisor will work with you to determine if you are eligible for a loan with us and ensure that you receive an application.
Starting a business - information session
Target audience: Female entrepreneurs
Date: 8 & 22 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: Phone in session
Cost: Free
Host: Women’s Enterprise Centre Register
Summary: If you think you are ready to start a business, we encourage you to participate in one of our FREE phone-in Starting Your Business Information Sessions. The session is broken into 2 parts. In Part 1, we explain how to write an effective business plan. We cover each section of the business plan and provide strategies and resources to ensure your plan is well organized and consistent. In Part 2 we uncover how to make your business official.
Trademarks, Copyright, Patents and more
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 8 November 2018
Time: 1.00pm – 4.00 pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $39+GST
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: Do you know if the work you create belongs to you? Or how to prevent others from copying your ideas? Attend this seminar and hear from an intellectual property lawyer on the various forms of intellectual property protection and how they can safeguard your business.
Starting your Business: What’s the Plan?
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 13 November 2018
Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $59+GST
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: What is a business plan? What do I include in it? How do I organize my plan so that lenders and investors understand my ideas? In its simplest form, a business plan is a roadmap for your business. This roadmap will outline your goals and how you will achieve them. In this seminar you will learn the key components of a business plan and leave with a framework for developing your ideas on paper.
Tackling the B2B Sale
Target audience: UBC students
Date: 13 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: Robert H Lee Alumni Centre, UBC Vancouver Campus
Cost: Free
Host: Entrepreneurship@UBC Register
Summary: You’ve developed a ‘product’ that would be great for other businesses to hop on board. Now, how do you get them to engage and buy it? What’s the difference between selling it to a regular consumer? B2B is short for “business to business.” It refers to sales made to other businesses, rather than sales to individuals. Selling B2B requires a different mindset that selling to consumers. Yet, many business owners don't know how to customize their sales approach to a business customer.
Market research for your business
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 22 & 29 November 2018
Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm (22 Nov) & 10.30am - 4.30pm (29 Nov)
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $119+GST (for both sessions, or $69 each)
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: This package is designed for new and existing business owners who want to develop their business strategy by gathering information about current and potential customers, industry trends and competition. In this two part seminar series, Small Business BC’s Market Research expert, Mark Eversfield will teach you the important steps of gathering both secondary and primary market research. You will learn how ask the right questions, collect key data and interpret that information to help you make strategic business decisions.
The 4P’s of Strategic Selling
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 28 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: SFU VentureLabs, Vancouver
Cost: Free
Host: SFU Venture Labs Register
Summary: Is your start-up “Sales Ready?”
Building a sales program from scratch is a daunting task for any founding entrepreneur. Leaders of tech ventures commonly boast advanced technical skills, but often lack a similar level of business development expertise, or practical experience in strategic selling. And yet the single most critical success factor for of any venture is its ability to sell. Sales means cash. And cash means growth.
VanFUNDING 2018
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 29-30 November 2018
Time: 8.00am – 6.30pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $250 - $300 +GST (please note these are current early bird prices. Student discounts available on request.)
Host: National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA), TODA Network, Vanbex Group, Northern Block, FrontFundr, FintruX and partners Register
Summary: An expanded 4th Annual leading financial technology and capital conference in downtown Vancouver that explores explosive growth in blockchain, AI, fintech & funding innovations, global market developments and alternative investment opportunities.
October 29th, 2018 by s_armond | Comments Off on Business Events BC – November 2018
Whether you’re looking for help with business plans, marketing, finance or more, we’ve gathered a selection of free and low-cost business events for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Please note details are accurate at time of publication, all summaries have been reproduced from host descriptions.
Mastering Social Media to Grow Your Business
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 1 November 2018
Time: 1.00pm – 4.30pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $39+GST
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: Just because you know what social media is, does not mean that you necessarily understand how to use it to grow and develop your business. This workshop focuses on understanding social media, what is it and how it’s connecting people.
Using Statistics Canada to Start and Grow Your Business
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 2 November 2018
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Richmond
Cost: Free Register
Summary: S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Youth BiiS and Statistics Canada would like to invite you to join this exclusive workshop. This event will highlight various data products and resources targeted at small and medium businesses, as well as those wanting to start a business, featuring resources related to retail, wholesale, import & export, Canadian business counts, household spending, financial statistics, and 2016 Census results on population, demography, income, education and labour force status.
Small Business Library Tour
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 3 & 29 November 2018
Time: 10.30am – 12.00pm
Location: Central Library, Vancouver
Cost: Free
Host: Vancouver Public Library
Register: Registration not required, but more details are available here
Summary: Thinking of starting a small business? Already running a business, but need more information? Learn where to find help with small business planning, market research, financial assistance and more.
RBC Get Seeded - Pitch Night
Target audience: UBC students
Date: 5 November 2018
Time: 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Location The Gallery, Nest Building, UBC Vancouver Campus
Cost: Free
Host: AMS eHub Register
Summary: Pitch night for the RBC Get Funded program, come along to hear the 90 second pitches, vote for your favourites and the top 10 will get seed funding. Support fellow students, hear from recent graduate entrepreneurs and meet like-minded people. Plus attendees get access to the RBC Start Up 101 Post Event Workshop (more details coming soon).
How to Apply for a Business Loan with Women’s Enterprise Centre
Target audience: Female entrepreneurs
Date: 6 & 20 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: Phone in session
Cost: Free
Host: Women’s Enterprise Centre Register
Summary: Learn how to apply for a loan from Women’s Enterprise Centre. In this FREE session, the facilitator will review our lending criteria, answer your questions, advise you on how to apply and provide you with a resource package. At the end of the session, your Advisor will work with you to determine if you are eligible for a loan with us and ensure that you receive an application.
Starting a business - information session
Target audience: Female entrepreneurs
Date: 8 & 22 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: Phone in session
Cost: Free
Host: Women’s Enterprise Centre Register
Summary: If you think you are ready to start a business, we encourage you to participate in one of our FREE phone-in Starting Your Business Information Sessions. The session is broken into 2 parts. In Part 1, we explain how to write an effective business plan. We cover each section of the business plan and provide strategies and resources to ensure your plan is well organized and consistent. In Part 2 we uncover how to make your business official.
Trademarks, Copyright, Patents and more
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 8 November 2018
Time: 1.00pm – 4.00 pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $39+GST
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: Do you know if the work you create belongs to you? Or how to prevent others from copying your ideas? Attend this seminar and hear from an intellectual property lawyer on the various forms of intellectual property protection and how they can safeguard your business.
Starting your Business: What’s the Plan?
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 13 November 2018
Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $59+GST
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: What is a business plan? What do I include in it? How do I organize my plan so that lenders and investors understand my ideas? In its simplest form, a business plan is a roadmap for your business. This roadmap will outline your goals and how you will achieve them. In this seminar you will learn the key components of a business plan and leave with a framework for developing your ideas on paper.
Tackling the B2B Sale
Target audience: UBC students
Date: 13 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: Robert H Lee Alumni Centre, UBC Vancouver Campus
Cost: Free
Host: Entrepreneurship@UBC Register
Summary: You’ve developed a ‘product’ that would be great for other businesses to hop on board. Now, how do you get them to engage and buy it? What’s the difference between selling it to a regular consumer? B2B is short for “business to business.” It refers to sales made to other businesses, rather than sales to individuals. Selling B2B requires a different mindset that selling to consumers. Yet, many business owners don't know how to customize their sales approach to a business customer.
Market research for your business
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 22 & 29 November 2018
Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm (22 Nov) & 10.30am - 4.30pm (29 Nov)
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $119+GST (for both sessions, or $69 each)
Host: Small Business BC Register
Summary: This package is designed for new and existing business owners who want to develop their business strategy by gathering information about current and potential customers, industry trends and competition. In this two part seminar series, Small Business BC’s Market Research expert, Mark Eversfield will teach you the important steps of gathering both secondary and primary market research. You will learn how ask the right questions, collect key data and interpret that information to help you make strategic business decisions.
The 4P’s of Strategic Selling
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 28 November 2018
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Location: SFU VentureLabs, Vancouver
Cost: Free
Host: SFU Venture Labs Register
Summary: Is your start-up “Sales Ready?”
Building a sales program from scratch is a daunting task for any founding entrepreneur. Leaders of tech ventures commonly boast advanced technical skills, but often lack a similar level of business development expertise, or practical experience in strategic selling. And yet the single most critical success factor for of any venture is its ability to sell. Sales means cash. And cash means growth.
VanFUNDING 2018
Target audience: Anyone can attend
Date: 29-30 November 2018
Time: 8.00am – 6.30pm
Location: Online webinar or Small Business BC Office Vancouver
Cost: $250 - $300 +GST (please note these are current early bird prices. Student discounts available on request.)
Host: National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA), TODA Network, Vanbex Group, Northern Block, FrontFundr, FintruX and partners Register
Summary: An expanded 4th Annual leading financial technology and capital conference in downtown Vancouver that explores explosive growth in blockchain, AI, fintech & funding innovations, global market developments and alternative investment opportunities.
October 25th, 2018 by Larissa | Comments Off on UBC Library-sponsored registration for DHSI 2019
DHSI – the Digital Humanities Summer Institute – is a humanities training program held every summer at the University of Victoria. Delivered over a week, each course is an intensive series of classes interspersed with colloquiums, unconferences, and other community-based events, and provides an ideal environment for influencing teaching, research, dissemination, creation, and preservation in different disciplines. Course offerings have historically included such topics as text analysis, data visualization, digital pedagogy, programming, topic modelling, and more.
UBC Library is continuing as a sponsoring partner of DHSI thanks to the support of University Librarian Susan Parker. As part of this sponsorship, the Library provides free registration – normally $950 with the early bird rate, or $1,250 at full cost – for five library employees to attend a course at DSHI 2019, June 3-7 or 10-14.
If you would like to be considered for one of these sponsored spots, please submit the following to digital.initiatives@ubc.ca by October 31st:
Source(s) of funding you would use to cover the other costs of attending DHSI (travel, accommodation, incidentals)
If you have attended DHSI in the past on UBC Library-sponsored spot: the years you attended and the courses you completed
Any UBC Library staff member with an interest in Digital Humanities is invited to apply. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Library’s Digital Humanities Working Group; we hope to notify successful applicants by November 6th.
NOTE: Participants from sponsoring institutions can also attend DHSI at a reduced rate of $650, using a discount code. If you are planning to attend DHSI next year and are interested in registering at this discounted rate, please contact Larissa Ringham (larissa.ringham@ubc.ca) for the code *before you register*, as the discount cannot be applied retroactively.
We look forward to seeing your applications! Please let us know if you have any questions.
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This digitization project is generously sponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver.
Here are some highlights from the collection and their corresponding essays:
Woodblock prints
These Japanese woodblock prints depict Meiji modernization, showing Western architecture in Japan. Naoko Kato, Japanese Language Librarian at UBC Asian Library and DTR co-editor, explores these prints by focusing on Japan’s self-depiction in her essay, “Reviewing Meiji via Japanese-Canadian Connections”. Her essay draws connections with how Canadians viewed Japan and with Japanese-Canadian perspectives, pulling from other digitized materials in Open Collections. Fellow co-editor Tristan R. Grunow, from UBC’s Department of History, analyzes how these woodblock prints support a particular narrative of Ginza Bricktown in his essay “Ginza Bricktown and the Myth of Meiji Modernization”, when in fact modernization was not a straight-forward project.
Utagawa, Kuniteru. Daiichi Daiku Kyōbashi yori Shinbashi made renga ishizukuri shōka hanjō kisen sōtaku seikei, [between 1870 and 1874].
Moyō no hon (模様之本, “pattern book”)
This book contains 21 hand-painted kimono designs. Ayako Yoshimura’s essay “A Glimpse of Meiji Kimono Fashion” provides context, including the history of pattern books and the symbols in common motifs. Here are some of the designs – you can explore the full book here.
Moyō no hon, [between 1875 and 1880].
John Cooper Robinson Photograph Collection
As part of the Meiji 150 project, UBC Library digitized selected photographs from the John Cooper Robinson fonds, in Rare Books & Special Collections. John Cooper Robinson was a missionary and photographer who spent time in Japan from 1888 to 1925, photographing Japanese life in the Meiji period.
Allen Hockley’s essay describes how John Cooper Robinson used commercial photography studios as part of his amateur photography practice. In “J. Cooper Robinson: A Canadian Missionary and Photographer in Japan, 1888-1925”, Benjamin Bryce (Robinson’s great-great-grandson) explores Robinson’s photographic motivations and themes.
[Robinson, John Cooper]. Yokohama pier, May 1918.
[Robinson, John Cooper]. Main Street Karuizawa, August 1917.
[Unknown]. J.C.R. with Hilda and Cuth[bert] on back, [1900?].
