Day: September 23, 2013

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Speakers

October 2 – Dr. Pat Tarr, Public Lecture

If the Environment is the "Third Teacher", What is it Teaching Us?
Dr. Pat Tarr, University of Calgary

October 2nd, 2013, 3:00 - 4:00pm
Scarfe 209

One of the key principles of the Reggio philosophy is the creation of an intentional, richly prepared environment that serves as 
the "third" teacher for the children.  This seminar will take participants on a journey through early childhood classrooms 
beginning with the 1970s and how they reflected the values and beliefs held about children and teaching as a provocation for 
seminar participants to examine their own early childhood settings.

Dr. Pat Tarr, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary. Her research interests currently 
focuses on classroom environments, pedagogical documentation in Canadian settings, and ethical issues in in documentation.  This 
presentation is based on her book chapter in Thinking Critically About Environments for Young Children: Bridging Theory and 
Practice edited by Lisa Kuh and Melissa Rivard, published by Teachers College Press due out in late spring 2014.
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Service Opportunities

**CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS**

The Department of Physical Therapy at UBC is in need of patient model volunteers for an upcoming practical exam:

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 from approximately 11:00am to 6:00pm.

This is a great way to find out more about physiotherapy!  Snacks and refreshments will be provided on the day, and volunteers will also receive a Chapters gift card as a small token of our appreciation.

Please review the attached volunteer requirements and contact me by reply email at cailen.ogley@ubc.ca by no later than October 6, 2013 if you are interested in this opportunity.

Please include:

·                     Confirmation that you are available from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Wednesday, October 16, 2013.

·                     Any physical limitations you may have (i.e. back/knee problems)

***NOTE: Please carefully consider your availability on this date before responding***

Further details will be provided to those interested.  If you know of anyone else (in any faculty) who would be willing to participate, please pass this message along to them.

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Journals

Graduate Students and the New Academic Labor Market: Workplace New Special Issue Launched‏

Graduate Students,

The Institute for Critical Education Studies (ICES) is extremely pleased to announce the launch of Workplace Issue #22, “The New Academic Labor Market and Graduate Students” (Guest Editors Bradley J. Porfilio, Julie A. Gorlewski & Shelley Pineo-Jensen). http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/workplace/issue/view/182463

Articles:

  • The New Academic Labor Market and Graduate Students: Introduction to the Special Issue (Brad Porfilio, Julie Gorlewski, Shelley Pineo-Jensen)
  • Dismissing Academic Surplus: How Discursive Support for the Neoliberal Self Silences New Faculty (Julie Gorlewski)
  • Academia and the American Worker: Right to Work in an Era of Disaster Capitalism? (Paul Thomas)
  • Survival Guide Advice and the Spirit of Academic Entrepreneurship: Why Graduate Students Will Never Just Take Your Word for It (Paul Cook)
  • Standing Against Future Contingency: Activist Mentoring in Composition Studies (Casie Fedukovich)
  • From the New Deal to the Raw Deal: 21st Century Poetics and Academic Labor (Virginia Konchan)
  • How to Survive a Graduate Career (Roger Whitson)
  • In Every Way I’m Hustlin’: The Post-Graduate School Intersectional Experiences of Activist-Oriented Adjunct and Independent Scholars (Naomi Reed, Amy Brown)
  • Ivory Tower Graduates in the Red: The Role of Debt in Higher Education (Nicholas Hartlep, Lucille T. Eckrich)
  • Lines of Flight: the New Ph.D. as Migrant (Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim)

The scope and depth of scholarship within this Special Issue has direct and immediate relevance for graduate students and new and senior scholars alike. We encourage you to review the Table of Contents and articles of interest.

Our blogs and links to our Facebook timelines and Twitter stream can be found at https://blogs.ubc.ca/workplace/ and https://blogs.ubc.ca/ices/

Thank you for your ongoing support of Workplace,

Stephen Petrina & E. Wayne Ross, co-Editors

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Funding and Awards

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship‏

The EDCP Deadline for this competition is October 11, 2013, NOON.

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship

$40,000 stipend plus $20,000 travel allowance

EDCP Deadline October 11, 2013 at NOON

Up to 15 Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each year to support doctoral students pursuing research in one or more of the four themes: human rights and social justice, responsible citizenship, Canada and the world, and humans and their natural environment. Trudeau Scholars are highly gifted individuals who are actively engaged in their fields and expected to become leading national and international figures.

Eligibility

  • Candidates must be applying into the first year of a PhD at UBC, or be registered in the first or second year of a PhD at UBC.
  • Although priority will be accorded to Canadian citizens and landed immigrants, up to one fourth of the total number of Trudeau Scholars may be international students (preference will be given to international students from the developing world ).

For application and nomination procedures, please see the Graduate Awards website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/trudeau-foundation-doctoral-scholarship

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Allan Lee (allanlee@mail.ubc.ca)

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Conferences

World Congress Against Sex Exploitation (WCSEHTFL) 2013

From: Ms. Ciara Knight

E-mail: CiaraKnight@iname.com

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the World Congress against Sex Exploitation, Human Trafficking and forced labor (WCSEHTFL) 2013. The theme of this conference is: New Dimensions of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and Combating Human and Sex Trafficking Worldwide. This topic not only invites us to reflect upon the basic and classical criminological ideas from a contemporary perspective, but also proposes to discuss their current transformation, modification, and new developments.

The World Congress against Sex Exploitation, Human Trafficking and forced labor is scheduled to take place from 6th to 11th November in New York and from 18th to 23nd November 2013 in Dakar Senegal. The congress is hosted by the Campaign against Sex Trafficking and sponsored by other benevolent donors worldwide

Objectives of the Congress against Sex Exploitation, Human Trafficking and forced labor objectives are:

1. To Increase awareness about the many types and ramifications of Human Trafficking

2. To serve as a resource to the public and advocates by providing valuable information about other initiatives working to address human Trafficking sex trafficking

3. To provide rehabilitation services to current and potential victims.

4. To encourage policy at local and national levels that will contribute to reducing human trafficking and abuse.

5. To provide insight in the activities in the field of science and policy interface;

6. To build a platform of knowledge at an international level;

For more information contact the conference organizing committee via e-mail: wcsehtfl-sec-off@collector.org
Sincerely,

Ms .Ciara Knight E-mail: CiaraKnight@iname.com

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Graduate Program Opportunities

GPS workshops: Stress to Strengths and Intro to Project Mgmt‏

Registration is now open for next week’s workshops:

From Stress to Strengths! Living a More Congruent Life (offered with the UBC Life & Career Centre)

Thursday, October 3rd, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Graduate Student Centre

For a  complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10701-gpslcc-workshop-stress-strengths-living-more-congruent-life

To register, please visit: http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2b3f

 

Introduction to Project Mgmt (offered with the Mitacs Step program)

Thursday, October 3rd, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Graduate Student Centre

For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/9907-gpsmitacs-introduction-project-management

Registration is available at: http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2b5e

 

For upcoming GPS workshops and further information on our program check out https://www.grad.ubc.ca/gps .

A calendar of upcoming graduate student workshops offered by CSI&C, the library and CTLT may be found at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/ubc-graduate-student-events .

 

Notes:

The Mitacs Step program is offering the following workshops at UBC Robson square.  Registration is open to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from all BC post-secondary institutions and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Presentation Skills I: http://step.mitacs.ca/workshop/2013/10/practice-your-presentation-skills-i-vancouver-october-17-2013

Presentation Skills II: http://step.mitacs.ca/workshop/2013/11/practice-your-presentation-skills-ii-vancouver-november-21-2013

Foundations of Project Management I: http://step.mitacs.ca/workshop/2013/11/foundations-project-management-i-vancouver-november-28-29-2013

Effective Business Etiquette: http://step.mitacs.ca/workshop/2014/01/effective-business-etiquette-vancouver-january-28-2014

Foundations of Project Management II: http://step.mitacs.ca/workshop/2014/02/foundations-project-management-ii-vancouver-february-3-4-2014

The Art, Science, and Practice of Positive Networking: http://step.mitacs.ca/workshop/2014/02/art-science-and-practice-positive-networking-vancouver-february-18-2014

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