Month: September 2013

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Graduate Program Opportunities Speakers

GPS workshops: Copyright, Thesis Submission, Doctoral Exam Prep + Re-orientation

On Oct 8th from 1 – 2 PM we will be hosting a keynote presentation by Alexandra Samuel, VP of Social Media at Vision Critical, titled “Create Your Career Opportunities in Graduate School”.  This will be part of a 3-hour graduate student workshop (details to be posted soon, registration for students to open Monday, September 30th).  The keynote will take place at the Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to graduate.pathways@ubc.ca .

Did you miss new graduate student orientation?  A schedule of orientation events through September including campus tours, salsa, international student orientation and re-orientation may be found at http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/schedules/september-2013/ .

Registration is now open for the following GPS events:

Tuesday, September 17th

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM:  Copyright for your Thesis

For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10599-gpslibrary-session-copyright-your-thesis

To register see http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2ae7.

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Doctoral Exam Preparation

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Submitting your Thesis

For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10613-gps-session-submitting-your-thesis-doctoral-exam-preparation

To register for one or both of the above sessions, see http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2aee

 

Thursday, Sept 19th

9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Doctoral Exam Preparation (via webinar)

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Thesis Submission (via webinar)

For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10615-gps-session-doctoral-exam-preparation-submitting-your-thesis-webinar

To register for one or both of the above sessions, see http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2af0

 

For upcoming GPS events, see www.grad.ubc.ca/gps .

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Speakers

Talk of interest: Science Education

Andrea Woody, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington

“Chemistry’s Periodic Law: Rethinking Explanation and Representation through the Turn to Practice”

Thursday, September 12, 5:00-6:30, Buchanan Tower 1197

Abstract: In this talk, I reflect on the significance of “the turn to practice” for contemporary philosophy of science. After briefly characterizing the practice turn and its inherent challenges, I discuss chemistry’s periodic law, drawing on its establishment in the nineteenth century to illustrate how attention to practice is relevant for understanding scientific representation, and considering the subsequent entrenchment of the periodic table within chemistry to argue for the inter-relation between representation and explanation. I suggest this example’s significance is best appreciated by taking a functional perspective on scientific explanation and conclude by highlighting philosophical gains enabled by attention to practice.

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities Service Opportunities

EDCP Peer Mentor Program

What is the Peer Mentor Program?

The EDCP Peer Mentor Program is designed to ease your transition to graduate school and the UBC community. The Peer Mentor Program will match a new graduate student with an upper-year graduate student in the EDCP department. Your mentor is someone who can help you with questions about academic and social challenges, such as selecting courses, how to get involved in the department, UBC and Vancouver community, and how to get used to graduate school. This person can become your “go to” for questions, but remember it is an informal relationship and they are speaking from personal experience. Your mentor has probably experienced many of the challenges that you will face. Plus, it is always nice to have a friendly face on campus or someone you can grab coffee with!

I am new to UBC – how do I sign up to get a mentor?

Follow the link and fill out an online application. We will match you with a mentor as they become available.

Application: tinyurl.com/NewStudentApp

I am an upper-year student – how do I sign up to be a mentor?

Follow the link and fill out an online application.

Application: tinyurl.com/UpperYearApp

We will send you information and Frequently Asked Questions to help get you started. We will match you with a mentee as they identify they would like mentors.

Remember, you can also ask any questions to the Peer Advisors and we would be happy to help you as well!

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International Student Support

Please contact Espen (gisseduc@gmail.com) if you need support.

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Mark your calendar! Interdisciplinary Community of Practice (Oct 2)‏

You’re invited to the first gathering of the Interdisciplinary Community of Practice! 
Date: Wednesday, October 2nd
Time: 2:30-4:30pm
Place: Fraser River Room in the Centre for Teaching and Technology at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Registration:  http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2865

Description 

Please come join our first Interdisciplinary Community of Practice (ICoP) meeting for the new academic year to meet new and old community members from across the disciplines and to plan the Community’s activities for the year. The session will include a brief presentation by Pam Kalas from the Department of Zoology sharing lessons learned from integrating the Truth and Reconciliation event on September 18 into her biology course (BIOL121) (Click here for a brief story on this initiative). Bring your colleagues, your ideas for interdisciplinary activities, and curiosity and enthusiasm for building interdisciplinarity into your courses!

What’s a Community of Practice?
Communities of practice are groups whose members “share a passion for something they know how to do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better” (Wenger 2006). The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology supports Communities of Practice on a range of topics.
The ICoP developed out of UBC Mix, a TLEF project that supports and facilitates classroom-level interdisciplinary learning activities and partnerships between instructors across disciplines. The ICoP meets 4-5 times a year, providing a regular time and space for interdisciplinary enthusiasts to discuss the practice and pedagogy of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
If you have a question you would like to address in future Interdisciplinary Community of Practice meetings, please be in touch with the co-facilitators: Hanae Tsukada (ctlt.prodev@ubc.ca) and/or Jacqueline Davis (Jad310@mail.harvard.edu).

If you have questions about other Communities of Practice, please contact Mali Bain, the Community of Practice developer (ctlt.copdeveloper@ubc.ca).

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Announcements Service Opportunities

Common Energy & Sort it Out

There are lots of ways for students to get involved in sustainability at UBC. There are two ways you can get involved immediately:

1. Volunteer with Sort It Out: UBC Campus Sustainability is looking for volunteers to help the campus transition to the new recycling stations. Volunteers will be at the recycling stations during peak morning and noon times, highlighting the benefits of sorting reusable materials and ensuring that people understand what goes into each bin.  The time required for each shift will be approximately 2 hours.Volunteers will receive a training session on Monday Sept. 9th from 5-6pm, a Sort it Out T-shirt, and a $20 gift card to the UBC Bookstore.

If you are interested in helping with Sort It Out, please reply sender to me to let me know, and I will put you in touch with the Campus Sustainability staff who are running this program.

2. Join Common Energy UBC: Common Energy is the largest and most active student sustainability organization on campus, and we are always looking for new members to help us incorporate sustainability into all aspects of the UBC community. I would like to invite you to come to one of our Welcome Events to meet the rest of the Common Energy exec and find out more. The events are happening on:

  • Monday, Sept. 17, 6-7:30pm
  • Tuesday, Sept. 18, 6-7:30pm
  • Wednesday, Sept. 26, 6-7:30pm

They are all happening in the Global Lounge at Marine Drive Building 1.

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Announcements Department Events Office of Graduate Programs - FoE

NewsFlash #637, September 6, 2013‏

http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/newsflash/

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities Speakers

EDCP Lecture Series begins Sept 13 – Dr. Pinar on Ethical Engagements with Alterity

Date:             Friday, Sept 13th 2013

Venue:          Scarfe Room 310

Time:             12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Title:              Ethical Engagements with Alterity

Speaker:       Dr. William Pinar, Professor and CRC Chair in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy

After briefly discussing the lecture series title, Pinar will discuss his study of curriculum studies in China, involving interviews as well online discussions among the scholar-participants in China and an International Panel composed of scholars from Estonia, Mexico, and the U.S. Pinar will review the process and report conclusions.

Light lunch served at noon.  The Lecture commences at 12:30 pm.  There is no need to RSVP.

 

This lecture is part of the 2013-2014 EDCP Lecture Series hosted by William E. Doll Jr., Donna Trueit and William Pinar.

 

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Call for Nominations: Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring

All continuing faculty with a clinical, tenure or grant tenure appointment at the UBC Vancouver Campus are eligible. The mid-career award recognizes faculty members with less than 12 years of university service and the senior award recognizes those with 12 or more years of university service.

Nomination Deadline

Departments may submit up to two nominations, one nomination per category. Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies must receive completed nomination packages by 4:00 PM on Friday, September 27, 2013.

Further Information

For evaluation criteria and nomination materials required, please visit:

http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/killam-awards-excellence-mentoring

If you have further inquiries regarding the competition, please contact:

Junnie Cheung

Killam, Development & Associate Deans’ Administrative Assistant | Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Phone 604 822 9683 | Fax 604 822 5802

junnie.cheung@ubc.ca |

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MURRAY ELLIOTT SERVICE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

This award honours full-time and sessional faculty, staff and other persons associated with the Faculty of Education who have made an outstanding contribution to the Teacher Education Program at UBC. The recipient will receive a plaque along with a Pendleton blanket.  In addition, the recipient’s name will be displayed in the Faculty alongside other recipients of the award.

The nomination package should include 3 letters of nomination that address the following criteria:

·         The recipient will have shown exceptional dedication, leadership skills, and commitment to the ongoing improvement of the UBC Teacher Education Program over an extended period of time.

·         A detailed overview of the nominee’s accomplishments and/or contribution to the Teacher Ed Program.

Nomination in one year does not restrict the individual from being nominated in subsequent years; however, an individual may only receive the award once.

Nominations must be submitted by Monday September 23, 2013 to:

Dr. Rita L. Irwin, Associate Dean of Teacher Education

Chair, Awards Committee (Murray Elliott Service Award)

Teacher Education Office

2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4

Nominators are encouraged to submit nominations much earlier in September if at all possible.

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HELP NEEDED – A teacher in New Zeland wants your letters!

Help needed.

I have a number of children at kindergarten who have a developing interest in mail, post, and the wider world. Can I get people to post us a postcard from your place in the world. We will endeavour to reply with a kiwi postcard to as many as we can.

Springlands Kindergarten
24 Murphys Road
Blenheim 7201
New Zealand

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TerreWEB Fall Seminar Schedule

Seminars will be held Thursdays from 2-3:30pm, most often in Room 154 in MacMillan (unless otherwise stated).  For clickable links (under speaker info) please visit the schedule on the website.

This email is also a reminder that we will start off the term with a small gathering, this coming Thursday, Sept 5th, at 2pm in MCML 350. Refreshments will be provided and we’ll have a round of introductions to welcome our new scholars. All TerreWEB scholars and faculty are welcome!

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Conferences

RC25 Language & Society – Call for abstracts

International Sociological Association

XVIII World Congress of Sociology. Yokohama, 2014 13-18 July (Japan)

Dear RC25 members and colleagues,
This a reminder of the call for abstracts by the RC25 Language and Society for the upcoming ISA XVIII World Congress of Sociology to be held in Yokohama.
Link for abstracts submission: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2014/cfp.cgi.
To submit an abstract for the ISA World Congress, you must select a Research Committee and a Session. You can see below the list of sessions organized by RC 25 and a link to detailed descriptions of each session.
Abstracts are limited to 300 words. While RC 25 supports a wide variety of scholarship, please keep in mind that papers must look at language in interaction and in systems of representation. Please identify the theoretical/methodological approach that you will use in your papers.If you have questions about any specific session, please feel free to contact the Session Organizers or Program Coordinators for more information.

Please, remember the deadline for abstracts submission:  September 30, 2013 (24 GMT).

Best regards,

Amado Alarcón (Rovira & Virgili University) and Celine-Marie Pascale (American University), RC25 Program Coordinators

RC25 Program Theme: The Language of Inequality.

List of RC25 Sessions & Session Organizers:

– Migrations and Conditions of Belonging. Organizer: Erzsébet Barát, University of Szeged,   zsazsa@lit.u-szeged.hu

– Online interaction: The changing meanings of social context. Organizer: Anders Persson, Lund University,  anders.persson@soc.lu.se

– Popular & Sociological Discourses on Inequality. Organizer: Frédéric Moulène. University of Strasbourg,  frederic.moulene@voila.fr.

– Identity and institutional categorization.  Organizer: Frida Petersson, University of Gothenburg, frida.petersson@socwork.gu.se

– Activism, Media and Justice. Co-organized by Roberta Villalon, St. John’s University, villalor@stjohns.edu  and Natalie Byfield, St. John’s University,  byfieldn@stjohns.edu

– Old and new conditions of language endangerment. Organizer: Olga Kazakevich, Lomonosov Moscow State University, kazakevich.olga@gmail.com

– Producing Counter-Hegemonic Knowledge. Organizer: Nadezhda Georgieva-Stankova, Trakia University,  nadyageorgieva@abv.bg

– The Language of Borders: Exclusion and Resistance. Organizer: Trinidad Valle, Fordham University, valle@fordham.edu

– Privilege and Stigma. Organizer: Thomas Horejes, Gallaudet University, Thomas.Horejes@gallaudet.edu

– Markets, Power and Language. Organizer: Laura García Landa. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,  garlanster@gmail.com

– Current debates in Japanese Scholarship on Language & Society. Co-organized by: Amado Alacón , Rovira & Virgili University,  amado.alarcon@urv.cat, and Keiji Fujiyoshi, Koyasan University, fjosh524@hotmail.com

– Sociological Analyses of Language. Organizer: Celine-Marie Pascale, American University, USA, pascal@amercian.edu

– Language and Work: Representations of Psychosocial Health at Work Joint Session: RC 25 and RC 30 Sociology of Work. Co-Organizers: Stéphanie Cassilde, Centre d’Études en Habitat Durable,  stephanie.cassilde@cehd.be,  Adeline Gilson, Laboratoire d’Économie et de Sociologie du Travail, adeline.gilson@univ-amu.fr

– Naming Marriage as Gendered. Joint Round table session: RC32 Women in Society and RC25. Co-Organizers: Shobha Gurung,  Southern Utah University, gurung@suu.edu, and Melanie Heath, McMaster University, mheath@mcmaster.ca
Full description of the RC25 sessions: http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2014/rc/rc.php?n=RC25

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