Day: April 29, 2013

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities

Exhibition Opportunity‏

Canada Line Art Columns:  Call for Public Art Exhibits

The City of Richmond Public Art Program invites a curator or a curatorial team from a British Columbia Post-Secondary institution to propose an exhibition for showcasing student artworks in a two-dimensional format within the three Canada Line art columns in Richmond, BC.

The curator or curatorial team can be faculty and/or students. Teams should be limited to three members. This call is open to all postsecondary schools in British Columbia. Three proposals will be selected. Each exhibition will be displayed for four months. For submission requirements, please refer to the Terms of Reference below.

Budget: $5,000 each, for three selected exhibitions
Installation: September 2013 – September 2014 (Four months each)
Deadline for Submissions: Tuesday May 28th, 2:00 pm.

 

For more information, please go to:

 

http://www.allianceforarts.com/call-for-artists/canada-line-art-columns-call-public-art-exhibitions

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Employment

Job Opportunities for Grad Students‏

The Research Commons @ UBC Library is Hiring!

The Research Commons is a collaborative project between UBC Library, the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology.  Supported by a UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund grant, the Research Commons provides a growing range of research support services for graduate students by graduate students.  Current services include thesis formatting support, citation management assistance, and Facilitated interdisciplinary Research Exchange [FIREtalks].  Over the summer, a new service – SPSS, Data, and GIS Support – will be developed for full rollout in fall term.

Building on the strength and experience of our first year, we are seeking to hire a team of 10 graduate students into a range of roles to coordinate, support, and deliver Research Commons services.

To review the job postings with position descriptions, qualifications, salary/hours, and the application process and deadline, go to:

http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/

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Courses

Okanagan Graduate Course Offering taught by Dr. Joseph Dunne‏

EDUC 517 Wellbeing as the aim of Wisdom – and of Education too?  taught by Drs. Christopher Martin and Joe Dunne is being offered from July 29-August 16, 2013 from 9am-12pm Monday thru Friday at UBC’s Okanagan campus.  This three credit course is open to all graduate students.

NOTE: Dr. Joseph Dunne is a member of the Royal Irish Academy whose writings on teaching as a distinct practice has been internationally lauded and has provoked a revival in valuing teacher practice in a variety of professions, including schools of education and faculties of medicine. He is an Invited International Distinguished Visitor to UBC’s Okanagan campus. This is unique opportunity to work closely with an international leader in education studies.

Please see below for a course description.

In educational research and policy there has been a recent upsurge of interest in ideas around the promotion of “social and emotional wellbeing”, “happiness”, “wellness” and “quality of life” as a central aim of education. This reflects and draws on accumulating work in psychology, economics and public policy analysis – work that itself revives deep concerns with human flourishing in classical Greek philosophy as well as in other ‘wisdom’ literatures of the world. This course will i) explore different perspectives on human wellbeing and ii) explore the implications of these perspectives for teacher practice and educational leadership.

For more detailed information concerning this course, please contact Dr. Martin at christopher.martin@ubc.ca or 250.807.8427.

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