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2013-2014 Killam Grad TA Teaching Awards Notice‏

Were you a Graduate TA in the Faculty of Education in 2013-2014 or 2012-2013? Do you have positive SCETs? Has your teaching been excellent and contributed to the Faculty of Education?

Nominate yourself or ask your supervisor to nominate you for the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Teaching Awards

 Three awards of a certificate and $1,000 are available this year.

Nomination packages should be submitted to the Office of Graduate Programs and Research (OGPR) by 4:00pm March 13th, 2014.

You will find full details at the following web page: http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/2014/01/17/killam-ta-award  or contact the OGPR Phone: 604-822-5512 E-mail: educ.ogpr@ubc.ca

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities Office of Graduate Programs - FoE

NewsFlash #653, January 17, 2014‏

Please visit http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/newsflash for all new and current NewsFlash items. For UBC-wide events, please visit Live @ UBC: http://www.liveat.ubc.ca.

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Competition announcements: Multiple upcoming competition deadlines

CIHR Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement – Third round of competition

In order to allocate their full funding for the 2013/2014 fiscal year, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is holding an additional competition for the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement. Applicants will be adjudicated directly by CIHR on a first come, first served basis and are thus encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible in advance of the 30 January deadline. We will send them to Ottawa as the arrive and are checked for completeness.

Submit hard copies of application to G+PS by 4:00 p.m. 30 January, 2014

Please consult the Graduate Awards and the CIHR websites for more detail:

https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/cihr-canada-graduate-scholarship-michael-smith-foreign-study-supplement-3rd-call

The contact at G+PS for this competition is Allan Lee allanlee@mail.ubc.ca.

Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship

The Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowships are available to Canadian citizens engaged in or about to start doctoral studies in Chemistry, Physics, or Electronics (including Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) at UBC.

Annual Value: $6,000

Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2014

Please see the Graduate Awards website for more detailed information and application procedures: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/walter-c-sumner-memorial-fellowship

Our contact at the Faculty of Graduate Studies for this competition is Allan Lee, who can be reached at: allanlee@mail.ubc.ca

Governor General’s Gold Medal

Please be aware of the deadline for the following competition, which is open to nominations from all graduate programs at UBC via their Faculty Dean’s Office: At the May 2014 Congregation ceremony, a gold medal is awarded to the UBC graduate student whose record is the best in the graduating class for the Doctoral degree.  A second gold medal is awarded to the graduate student whose record is the best in the graduating class for the Master’s degree with thesis.  Specific nomination guidelines, criteria and a list of required documentation are available on the FoGS website at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/governor-generals-gold-medal

Please note: SIS printouts, signed and stamped by the Department are acceptable as substitutes for official transcripts.

Eligibility note:  Students must have submitted the final copy of their theses to the Faculty of Graduate Studies between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013.

Please note that the internal Faculty of Education deadline for submission of applications to the OGPR is 4:00pm, Tuesday, February 11, 2014.

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate Studies for this competition is Joanne Tsui: joanne.tsui@ubc.ca

Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship

The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships enable promising leaders from developing countries to pursue doctoral studies at UBC. The fellowships are to support international students showing outstanding leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country. Two fellowships will be offered; each fellowship provides an $18,000 stipend plus tuition each year for four years.

Applicants must:

– Hold a student visa at the beginning of the fellowship funding period

– Be a citizen of a developing country (see list of eligible countries on website link below)

– Be starting a PhD or DMA program at the UBC Vancouver campus in May 2013, Sep 2013, or Jan 2014

EDCP deadline for the Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship will be March 5, 2014

Please see the Graduate Awards website for more information: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-global-leadership-fellowship

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate Studies for this award is Anne Brozensky, anne.brozensky@ubc.ca

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Beyond Our Differences: Documentary Showing (includes food) on campus‏

MentorLink's Free Movie Night "Beyond our Difference" which will include food is fast approaching! It will be held on Tuesday 
Jan.28 from 6-8:30pm (food starts at 5:15pm) at the Global Lounge (Deadline to register is Jan.26). More information about 
MentorLink's movie night, student discussion on conflict & reconciliation, and panel night with a former Supreme Court judge 
and mediator of 30 years, a conflict transformation scholar/practitioner, and an arbitrator can be found at 
www.ionapacific.ca/studentleadership<http
 
The documentary discusses the following topics:
 
1. The Positive Role of Religion
2. Religion Used Negatively
3. Afghanistan
4. Human Rights
5. Non-Violence Movements
6. Israel & Palestine
7. Father Kieran Creagh
 
How to stay up-to-date?
 
Facebook at "MentorLinkatIP"
Follow us on Twitter @MentorLinkatIP
 
"Beyond Our Differences" features world leaders from government, academia, religious traditions, and civil rights including 
Karen Armstrong, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chief Rabbi David Rosen, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Farida 
Vahedi (Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is), Ela Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter), the top aid to Martin Luther King 
Jr., Professor Noam Chomsky, Mohammad Khatami, among many others that explores the positive role of faith in the world today 
and the fundamental unity of the world's religions. Where do world leaders and the biggest thinkers of our time in politics, 
religion, culture, arts and science weigh in on these issues? In what context do faith and religion play principal roles in 
inspiring our collective peoples toward a more peaceful and compassionate humanity? More information about the documentary 
can be found at http://www.beyondourdifferences.com/about.html
 
Come out for a relaxing evening of watching a documentary and having a short discussion with other students about your 
thoughts on conflict & reconciliation!
 
E-mail mentorlink@ionapacific.ca or call 604-822-0245 for more information!
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Funding and Awards

2013-14 Harry E. Taylor Canadian Indigenous Graduate Prize in Education‏

We are pleased to announce the 2013-14 Harry E. Taylor Canadian Indigenous Graduate Prize in Education.  A prize of approximately $650 has been endowed through the bequest from Stanley Taylor to honour his father, Harry E. Taylor, for Canadian Indigenous students in a graduate program who are specializing in research that will have a positive impact on improving Canadian Indigenous education.  The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Education in consultation with the Associate Dean for Indigenous Education and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

For more information on this award as well as a copy of the Award Cover Sheet, please see the attachment, or the following web page: http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/grad/funding/opportunities/

The deadline for award packages to the OGPR: 4:00 pm on February 14, 2014.

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2013-14 Verna J. Kirkness (Ni-jing-jada) Award‏

We are pleased to announce the 2013-14 Verna J. Kirkness (Ni-jing-jada) Award.  Awards totaling $1,350 have been endowed by friends, colleagues and the University of British Columbia in honour of Dr. Verna J. Kirkness (Ni-jing-jada), the founding director of the First Nations House of Learning and the Ts”Kel Graduate Studies Program. The awards are offered to students of Aboriginal ancestry in Education, preference will be given to Canadian Aboriginal graduate students.  Preference is also given to students involved in academic projects or research that will advance the cause of Canadian Aboriginal education.  The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Education in consultation with the First Nations House of Learning, and in the case of graduate students, the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

For more information on this award as well as the Award Cover Sheet, please see the attachment, or the following web page: http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/grad/funding/opportunities/

The deadline for application packages to the OGPR: 4:00 pm on February 14, 2014.

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