Dear Graduate Students, *Stay safe on campus. Look out for one another.* We would love to see you in the coming days. Make our plans your plans – we kinda made them hoping you would.  Today: – Make plans/learn strategies to help you explore Vancouver @ 2pm – Have coffee at the GSS @ 3pm On Thursday, October 31st (copy paste […]

An important note about the CGS Master’s application portal‏. Please note that an important difference between the Tri-Councils’ newly harmonized CGS Master’s applications and the other CGS/Vanier applications that are already online is that there is nobody, at UBC, SSHRC, NSERC, or CIHR, who can or will release an application back to a student once […]

Please let your students know that the application and reference form for the Master’s Affiliated competition are now available on the Graduate Awards website. Affiliated Scholarships link: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships Application link: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/affiliated-fellowships-application-form-applicants-masters-level-funding Reference form link: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/affiliated-fellowships-reference-form-applicants-masters-level-funding

Registration is now open for: Getting the Word Out: Writing your research for the public sphere Monday, October 28th, 2013, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10621-gps-workshop-getting-word-out-writing-your-research-public-sphere To register, see: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2cb2 Building Effective Supervisory Relationships Wednesday, October 30th, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm For a complete session description, please visit: […]

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Please be advised that some graduate students are being emailed by ubc.systems@ubc.ca to say that course registrations, from 2008 primarily, have been cancelled.  This is due to a system error and not due to any compromise of the SISC; no registrations have been cancelled.

TerreWEB is pleased to be working with CTLT on a workshop titled “Sociopolitical Aspects of Communicating Science.”  This workshop will take place October 31st, from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, in MCML 350. Registration is required (but free). Registration and event description can be found here. Note: If you register now, you will be put on a […]

The influence of Roger Simon’s calling as a teacher extends in incalculable directions. For decades, his teaching at the University of Toronto questioned status quo practices found in activism, schools, museums, media, and other sites of public memory. Simon’s influence is as subtle in these multiple directions as it is profound in specific sites where […]

OGPR is pleased to announce the call for applications for a number of UBC endowed scholarships and prizes available to our Faculty of Education graduate students who are making the most outstanding contributions in their fields of study.  These awards are for take-up in December 2013.  The awards included in this call are: THE DEAN […]

Dr. Audrey Osler will be speaking at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby campus on Monday November 4th, 430-6 pm (reception to follow). Dr. Osler’s talk is titled: Sanitized history and sanitized citizenship: How do we address conflict in education for justice and human rights? Please note that space is limited, so please register early. Please find […]

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http://yte.educ.ubc.ca/oct-21-spirals-of-inquiry Monday, October 21 12:00 – 1:00 pm Scarfe 310 Dr. Judy Halbert & Dr. Linda Kaser How can a spiral of inquiry approach be useful in teacher education and in ongoing professional learning? How is inquiry shifting practices through networks and through the use of a research-­-informed spiral of inquiry strategy? How are BC […]