Borrowed Language: Remixes, Mash ups and Rip offs The new editorial team of the Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie invites submissions for its inaugural special issue on representations of others’ talk and text. Specifically, this issue will focus on those shifting practices and perspectives that impinge on or challenge public and institutional […]

Section “Democratic Innovations” – Call for Papers, deadline 1 February 2013 We would like to cordially invite you to submit a paper proposal to one of the ten panels of the section “Democratic Innovations” at the ECPR General Conference Bordeaux 4-7 September 2013. You can find the panel list below and at the following URL, […]

Call for papers RC 21 Conference Berlin, 29-31 August 2013 Session 27: Contentious movements, conflict and agonistic pluralism in urban development: transformative trajectories and potentials Session organizer: Enrico Gualini, TU Berlin – Berlin University of Technology The session addresses the issue of contestation and conflict in urban and metropolitan development in a twofold perspective: as a key […]

The EDCP deadline for this scholarship is: January 28, 2013, 4:00 pm (SCARFE 2229). Call for Applications: Aboriginal Graduate Fellowships The University of British Columbia offers multi-year fellowships to Master’s and doctoral Aboriginal students. Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through an annual competition, administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies […]

Dear Graduate Students, The OGPR is pleased to announce the availability of the 2012-2013 Faculty of Education Graduate Student Research Grant funding initiative.  The grant is not designed to be a salary grant.  The principal goal of this initiative is to reimburse UBCV Faculty of Education graduate students for the financial costs of conducting research […]

Registration is open for the Presentation Skills Workshop on February 10, 16, 2013.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 16 hour workshop. The Presentation Skills Workshop is a 2-day workshop that focuses on presenting and presentation-related skills. This workshop is great if you have an upcoming conference talk, defence, or job […]

Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships The Open Scholarship is available to graduates of Canadian universities who pursue graduate study in any discipline, in Canada or elsewhere. One Open Scholarship is awarded each year. The value has recently been approximately $9,000 but is subject to change. The Traveling Scholarship is available to graduates of Canadian universities who […]

Registration is now open for: Resume Clinic Thursday, January 10th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM For a complete session description, see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/7718-gpscareer-services-event-resume-cover-letter-clinic Please submit your registration at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g21c2   Registration remains open for New Graduate Student Orientation For a complete schedule for the event, please visit: http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/schedules/january-2013/ You may register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g208c   For information […]

As promised, Dr. Samson Nashon, the EDCP Graduate Advisor would like to meet you ALL to discuss the use of our grad spaces.  In particular the Palace and the Den.   Please come to the Den (SCARFE 6A) on January 3, 2013 at 11:00 am.    To make this discussion easier, your Peer Advisors, Anita […]

In late summer, ERIC announced that most full-text PDFs in the ERIC collect= ion had been temporarily restricted due to privacy issues found in some of = these materials. A team is in place to review the affected full text and re= store cleared PDFs to the online collection. To help users gain access to […]

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Hi Everyone, As stated earlier, we have hired Manjot to handle news stories and events for the FoE website on an interim basis. We have worked out the following process to maintain the website: Please email stories and notices of events to  communications.educ@ubc.ca Deadline: Thursday 12:00 p.m. each week. Please be thoughtful and thorough with information, photos […]