Monthly Archives: September 2013

Alumni Legacy with Murali and Dean Bob

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Murali and Dean Bob will be hosting a lunch for 2nd Year MBA students.
Date: Monday, September 23rd, 2013
Time: noon-2:00pm
Location: HA 966-967
Lunch will be provided

Come listen to Bob and Murali reflect on the MBA program, the graduate school, the business school, and engage in a conversation about how we can collectively shape the future of the school and our long-term relationship.

If you have any questions, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca

Institute of Asian Research Events

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UBC’s Institute of Asian Research offers a variety of seminars, discussions and conferences. The following upcoming event may be of interest to students:
Japan is Back: Abe Governance, Abenomics, and Abe Foreign Policy after the Upper House Election

Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research,
Liu Institute for Global Issues
Place: Multi-Purpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive
Type: Discussion
Dates: Thursday, Sep 19, 2013 to Thursday, Sep 19, 2013
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm

For additional information, please visit their web site.

Their complete calendar is also available at:
http://www.iar.ubc.ca/NewsEvents/EventandConferenceCalendar.aspx

Internship/Entrepreneurial Summaries

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Good Morning!

Quite a few of you contacted me last night in regards to having problems logging into Connect and/or having issues with accessing our Historical Internship Database.

For those of you who have submitted already, thank-you!

For those of you having issues, keep trying over the next day!

IF you are still having no luck after today, please contact Carly Boettcher at carly.boettcher@sauder.ubc.ca to discuss alternative options to submit your summary.

Technical Issues with Connect

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We are currently experiencing significant technical issues with the Connect Learning Management System. The response is a large coordinated effort which includes all available resources including senior members of UBC IT and the two key vendors involved, Blackboard and Oracle. We are focusing on both rapid service restoration during outages and longer-term stability.

Updated information will be posted on our bulletins site at http://bulletins.it.ubc.ca and we will provide email updates as soon as new information becomes available.

Scotiabank Economic Forum – Tickets Available for tomorrows event – RSVP by 3.00 pm today

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For those students who don’t have classes first thing tomorrow, you may want to check out this event:

Scotiabank Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Warren Jestin’s economic forecast for 2014: What it means for British Columbia

With the province expecting to benefit from improved economic conditions, are there sunnier days ahead? In the ever changing global market, Scotiabank’s Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Warren Jestin will provide you with an overview of the key economic and financial market trends – from inflation, oil, and activities overseas – that are likely to influence the Canadian economy through 2013 and 2014.

Join us for a light breakfast reception, then listen to Scotiabank’s Warren Jestin share his views on commodity prices, the Canadian dollar, the housing market and predictions for the year ahead, and take part in the discussion around B.C.’s economic future at Scotiabank Theatre.

Presented by Scotiabank in partnership with UBC Sauder School of Business and the Vancouver School of Economics

Event Details:

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

7:15 – 7:45 am Light Breakfast Reception
7:45 – 8:45 am Presentation + Q&A

Scotiabank Theatre
900 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC – map

RSVP: Lloyd.Andrews@Scotiabank.com by 3.00 pm today. We have limiited seats available so first come, first serve!

 

Warren Jestin, Senior Vice-President & Chief Economist Scotiabank

 

Warren Jestin is Scotiabank’s Chief Economist and has been with the Bank since 1979.  Warren is a popular public speaker and media commentator on economic issues in Canada and abroad. He travels extensively meeting with clients and experts from around the globe to keep pace with the latest economic, political and financial market developments.

Warren is on Advisory Boards for the Sobey School of Business at St. Mary’s University, and the University of Guelph where he is the Economist in Residence at the College of Management & Economics. Warren also serves on several other advisory boards including The Learning Partnership, the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education and the Markham Stouffville Hospital, where he is past Chair.

He has also been a member of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council and has been involved with policy committees of the Canadian and Ontario Chambers of Commerce and the Toronto Board of Trade.

Before joining Scotiabank, Warren earned a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, worked at the Bank of Canada and taught at several universities.

Graduate Breakout Room Usage Policy – Reminder

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***Please note the following policy is in place for use of the Graduate Breakout rooms.  This and other policies can also be found on your Connect site under the “Academic Policies” tab.***

All students should be aware that there are over 300 students eligible to use the Graduate Breakout Rooms.  The booking policies are in place ensure that all students have equal opportunity to use these rooms.

  1. Graduate Breakout Rooms are for the use of all Sauder Graduate Students: MBA (Full-Time & Part-Time), MM, MMOR, MScB and PhD.
  2. Graduate Breakout Rooms must be booked via the Sauder web site:
    http://booking.sauder.ubc.ca/
  3. Students who fail to arrive for a room booking within 15 minutes of the booked start time will have their booking cancelled and the room will be released for booking by others.
  4. Rooms can only be booked for groups of two (2) or more. These rooms are not intended for individual study, however if a room is free, it may be used for individual study until the group who has booked the room arrives or another group of two (2) or more wishes to book the room.
    *Please see below for individual study space options and alternative group study spaces.
  5. Each booking must not exceed 4 hours.  On the day of their booking, groups wishing to extend the time in their room can do so ½ hour before the end of their initial booking, provided the room has not already been booked by another group.  An additional two (2) hours can be added for a total of 6 hours.
  6. Bookings must be made by a member of the group who intends to use the room. The room will be booked under this student’s own name. Students cannot book rooms for other students.
  7. Upon leaving the room, ensure the whiteboard is wiped clean, the table and chairs are in order, and any garbage is properly disposed of. Most importantly, to prevent unauthorized entry into the Graduate Breakout Rooms, ensure the door to your room is locked as you leave. Please see the MBA & ECM Programs Office Reception if you encounter an issue with the door lock.

Additional Individual and group study space is available to all students for the following:

  •  Canaccord Learning Commons
  • Education Library

The above space can be booked online via: http://booking.sauder.ubc.ca/

  •  Koerner Library
  • Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
  • Woodward Library

The above space can be booked online via: http://www.library.ubc.ca/booking

BCC Friendly Reminder

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We hope you have had a great first week back at Sauder!

Just a friendly reminder that your Internship/Entrepreneurial final reports are due to your faculty and company supervisors by Monday, September 9 at 11:59 PM.  You are also required to submit your internship experience to our MBA Internship Historical database found on Connect–>myMBACareer–>Internships 2013–>Internship Historical Database

*Remember to draft up your answers beforehand and paste them into the required fields, as this system does time out!*

Also, there have been a few questions about company supervisor evaluations.  Our Marketing Manager at the BCC is responsible for sending out our survey link to employers, and to date all employers have been sent the survey.  IF your employer has not received our survey, please contact carly.boettcher@sauder.ubc.ca.  Once these surveys have been collected, they will be distributed to faculty supervisors for final grading purposes.  Please allow some time, as surveys are coming in on a rolling basis and it is a busy time of year for faculty right now!

We appreciate your patience in advance, and look forward to working with you during your last few months at Sauder!

Wed Sept 18th TRC Event – Graduate classes in session at Sauder

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*Please read below for an important message from Murali regarding the September 18th Truth & Reconciliation Commission*

Dear Graduate Students,

You have likely seen some information about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the national event they are holding to raise awareness of the Indian Residential School System that operated in Canada from 1875 – 1996. The event will take place in Vancouver from September 18th – 21st.

While the majority of undergraduate classes at UBC have been suspended on Wednesday September 18th in order to encourage students to participate in this event, we have made the decision to run graduate classes (MBA & MM) as scheduled that day. Our programs run on a different timeline to the rest of UBC, and with the condensed nature of the learning it makes it very difficult to cancel a full Wednesday of classes at Sauder because of the need to then run numerous make-up classes over your lunch hours and after regular class hours in an already very full schedule.

The decision to run classes this day was not made lightly, is not meant to detract from the importance of the TRC event, nor prevent you from participating outside of class time.

The majority of events and activities associated with the TRC National Event are ongoing and not specific to Sept. 18th – you will find a full listing of events here: http://irsi.aboriginal.ubc.ca/events/. The main activities associated with the TRC take place from Wed Sept 18th – Sat Sept 21st at the PNE Exhibition Grounds – we encourage you to explore the Saturday schedule for activities you may wish to participate in.

We also encourage you to learn more about the important issues of reconciliation by visiting the TRC on-campus exhibits, which are available over numerous days:

In addition, there is a Reconciliation Walk taking place on Sunday, September 22 in Vancouver. The walk is being organized by Reconciliation Canada, a project established as a collaboration between the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society and Tides Canada Initiatives Society.  There will be live entertainment, storytelling and dance before, after and along the walk route. The walk starts at the Vancouver Public Library, loops around downtown, and ends at Science World.

If you would like to get a taste of the TRC event on Wednesday Sept 18th over your lunch hour the First Nations Longhouse at UBC is holding an all-day installation called “Weaving together First Nations’ traditional knowledge and UBC Biology”. There will be numerous displays to explore and it’s a short walk from the Henry Angus building.

The multi-day nature of the TRC event combined with numerous on-campus options should give you ample opportunity to engage in this important conversation, and we encourage you to consider what your participation will look like outside of class hours.

Sincerely,

Murali