Month: January 2014
The Library and Research Commons Graduate Student Workshops series has many upcoming workshops on How to Complete your Ethics Application in RISE, Thesis Formatting, SPSS Data Mgmt, Citation Mgmt and more. See the upcoming sessions here http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/series/7 .
There is still space available for this week’s:
Friday, January 24, 9:00 – 10:30 AM Intro to Interacting with the Media:
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2f10
Registration is now open for:
Professional and Business Effectiveness
Tuesday, January 28, 9:00am to 12:30pm
For a complete session description, visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10759-gps-event-professional-business-effectiveness
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2fa3
Time Management
Wednesday, January 29, 10:00am – 12:00pm
For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10963-gps-workshop-time-management
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2fa4
Doctoral Exam Preparation and Submitting your Thesis (Webinar):
Wednesday, January 29, 1:30pm – 4:00pm
For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11017-doctoral-exam-preparation-submitting-your-thesis-webinar
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2fa6
Doctoral Exam Preparation and Submitting your Thesis (In person session):
Thursday, January 30, 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Doctoral Exams and 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Thesis
For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11011-doctoral-exam-preparation-submitting-your-thesis
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2fc8
Copyright for your Thesis: how to use images and other material
Thursday, January 30, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11013-gpslibrary-workshop-copyright-your-thesis-how-use-images-other-material
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2fac
The symposium is a wonderful opportunity to present our research ideas to a supportive and community-oriented audience, where we can give and receive constructive feedback, engage in mentorship, and network amongst other emerging scholars. Please consider submitting your abstract – the deadline has been extended to February 7th, 2014.
Submissions are currently being accepted at: http://gradsage.com/igss-submission-form/. Also, please consider sending an email to grad.sage@ubc.ca to volunteer with either the planning committee or on the day of the event.
Best,
IGSS 2014 Planning Committee
I am pleased to announce an upcoming research symposium at SFU, which may be of interest to you and to members of your university community, titled:
Cyberbullying at Canadian Universities
Awareness around the issue of cyberbullying has grown in the last year, as has research on this problem affecting universities as well as other workplaces and educational institutions. This one-day event will:
· Bring together policy, practice, and scholarly research in order to enhance awareness and understanding of cyberbullying among various stakeholder groups;
· Develop on-going dialogue around research, applications, and policy responses to cyberbullying in Canadian universities;
· Provide an opportunity to forge strategic partnerships within our university as well as with other universities interested in creating on-going research and working groups.
This is a free, invitation-only event sponsored by four SFU groups:
· Vice-President, Academic
· Safety & Risk Services
· Faculty of Education
· Centre for Education, Law & Society
The event will take place on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, BC. We hope you can save this date to your calendar to join us for this exciting event.
We also hope that you can assist us in identifying key stakeholders at your university who would be interested in joining this dialogue. We will reserve a minimum number of seats for your institution and hope you can invite members of your university community to join you in attending this event. We hope to have a balanced representation in the audience of policymakers/administrators, teaching and research personnel, students, and staff. More information about the symposium and registration will soon be available on the website.
Best regards,
Chantal Faucher, PhD
Post-doctoral fellow
Centre for Education, Law and Society
Simon Fraser University
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
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.
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:
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
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!
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.
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.
It is well documented that successful work thrives in climates that stimulates awareness of interdisciplinary opportunities, especially if it helps identification of own viewpoints and limitations. Quality is to a large extent achieved by adhering to agreed norms on how things should be done– norms that are handed on by traditions. A number of explicit and implicit norms lie beneath each and every discipline and these norms are, to a considerable extent, mirrored in written outputs. What is to be told, how to tell it and where the various components should be placed vary from discipline to discipline. In this course we use participant-selected papers published in the peer-reviewed literature to decipher, analyze and discuss the constituents of “high quality”.
Changes to the Research Commons One-on-one Consultation Model
The RC is excited to announce a new consultation model for the Winter 2014 Term! We will be holding consistent weekly consultation hours on Tuesdays from 4:00pm – 7:00pm, Wednesdays from 2:30pm-5:30pm, and Fridays from 10:00am-1:00pm in Koerner Library, Room 218A. One-on-one Thesis Formatting, Citation Management and SPSS consultations will all be available at these times.
Key Changes:
· All services (Thesis Formatting, Citation Management, and SPSS) are now available for one-on-one consultations during these times.
· No more setting up an account to book a consultation. Request a consultation online by filling out our web form.
Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot!
Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff will help you with your questions about the nuts and bolts of formatting: tables of contents, page layout, numbering, headings, front matter, and more! As well, find out more about the resources that are available to help you in writing your thesis/dissertation. Graduate students at any stage of the writing process are welcome; some prior knowledge of Microsoft Word will be helpful.
You can register for an upcoming thesis formatting workshop here.
Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? See our Consultations page to book a session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/
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Citation Management Using RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley
Need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work? Citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve your citations in an effective manner, and can also help you in formatting in-text citations and bibliographies in your work.
Sign up for a tool specific hands-on workshop about the core concepts of citation management and detailed instruction for use of either RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley here.
Are you new to citation management tools entirely, or do you have advanced-user questions? See our Consultations page to book a one-on-one session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.
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SPSS
Workshop 1- Basic SPSS
Do you wonder what SPSS is and how it can be useful to manage and analyze your data? Would you like to learn how to work with SPSS just by clicking a few keys? Let us help you learn the basics.
No previous knowledge of SPSS is required for the first workshop.
Workshop 2- SPSS Data Management
Do you know how to edit your data using effective data management software? Do you want to work with user-friendly software without going through a hassle of writing code? SPSS can do this for you with a few clicks. Attend this workshop and learn how to manage your data fast.
Workshop 3-Descriptive/Graphing Analysis with SPSS
Do you have trouble summarizing your data? Do you want to analyze your data with t-test, ANOVA, Pearson-test, etc. using SPSS? Do you have trouble graphing and presenting your data with SPSS? Well, we can help you with all of these questions. Enroll in this workshop and learn how to analyze your data hassle-free!
You can register for an upcoming SPSS workshop here.
Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? See our Consultations page to book a session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.
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Graduate Student Workshop Series
We will be hosting our ongoing series of Graduate Student Workshops in the Research Commons. The topics for January include conducting literature reviews, building your academic profile through the use of social media, digging into digital book collection, and author rights. We are also excited to have the Office of Research Services come in to present on research ethics and the RISe application process for behavioural science research projects at UBC. You can explore upcoming workshops and register online at http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/series/7
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FIREtalk: Creativity and Innovation, Wednesday January 29th 4-6 pm.
Where do creative and novel ideas come from? Can tools or techniques stimulate creativity and innovation? Are creative processes the same across disciplines? Submit to present and share your approach towards creativity and innovation.
To sign up as an attendee click on the following link:
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4617/
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at research.commons@ubc.ca
Kelsey Blair
Student Coordinator
Koerner Library Research Commons
kelsey.blair@ubc.ca
Dear Graduate Students,
GSS Elections Candidates Announced:
As the nomination period came to a close on January 15th at noon, the list of candidates for the 2014 GSS Elections can now be accessed on our website. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the candidates, their platforms, and attend the All Candidates Debate on January 23rd from 6:30 – 8:30pm in the Graduate Student Centre. At this event, you will be able to see the candidates present their platforms, answer a series of questions, and they will also take questions from members of the public. Dinner will be provided.
GSS Social & Recreational:
– You want to improve your French, learn Swahili, Draw and Paint better? Sign up for GSS class. Learn French or “Fall in love” in our January GSS Art Class. Swahili is on offer via the UBC Linguistics Department.
– Perhaps you want to get active again in 2014, take better care of your body, burn some calories, make a friend, schedule an energizing study break for the semester, inject more fun in your life: Sign up for a GSS Fitness Class! We’re offering our staples: Pilates, Zumba and Yoga, and also starting up Bellydance Fitness! Classes start January 20th, so sign up now!
– Would you like to learn how to Ice Skate? The GSS is offering lessons starting January 24th. Register Today!
– We get it, you’re are on a budget. So Buy your Advance Tickets for our New Term Party before January 18th! Get ready for a big one this January 24th! Bring old friends, make new ones, take a break, make some memories!
– Finally, the GSS would like to run better regular social events for current graduate students. We need your feedback about the types of activities you are interested in. Would you prefer weekly coffee socials at the GSS? Monthly socials at Koerner’s Pub? Off-campus events such as trivia night, the film festival or live music venues? Please complete this (very short) survey so that we can begin organizing something that works for you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYPLXMX
Stay warm,
Ngwatilo
2013-2014 WENDY K. SUTTON GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
IN EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY (#1998)
We are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for Education graduate students. The Wendy K. Sutton Graduate Scholarship in Early Childhood Literacy are scholarships totaling $315 that have been endowed by Dr. Wendy K. Sutton, a specialist in children’s literature and a dedicated educator, for Education graduate students whose scholarly work advances the understanding and practice of early childhood literacy, with priority given to those focusing on the preschool years. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Education in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
2013-2014 LUKASEVICH MEMORIAL GRADUATE PRIZE (#1968)
The Lukasevich Memorial Graduate Prize is a $300 prize endowed in memory of Margaret and Peter Lukasevich by their daughters, Dr. Ann Lukasevich and Mrs. Margaret Tousignant. It is awarded to a graduate student whose scholarly work informs practice in early childhood education. Preference will be given to students who have experience working with, or teaching, young children between the ages of three and eight. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Education, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
The competition award eligibility guidelines, application instructions, award descriptions and criteria, application forms for both of the above awards are available on the OGPR web site at http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/grad/funding/opportunities/
Completed packages FOR BOTH AWARDS are due in the OGPR by 4:00 pm, February 21, 2014.
Teaching is demanding and complex work, made more difficult if we try to do it in isolation or without sharing and exploring our understandings together. In order to better understand and improve our teaching practice, many of us engage in classroom, program or institution-based investigations focusing on the what, the how and the why of our practice.
On May 3, 2014 UBC hosts the 17th Annual IOP Conference, where practicing education professionals and students come together to share their questions, investigations and understandings about their practice.
The conference stresses dialogue among participants; presentations are intended to provoke and inform discussion. These exchanges typically fall within the following areas of inquiry:
· the preparation of practitioners
· the ongoing education of practitioners
· the focus on classroom practice
· the context of practice (e.g., social, political and cultural analysis of practice)
· researching practice (e.g., teacher inquiry/action)
The Call for Proposals is now open. Proposals are submitted online and the closing date is March 3, 2014. We invite proposals in three formats:
· Submit a proposal for an individual or group session. We want challenging, relevant, interactive presentations that showcase how you have been investigating some dimension of teaching practice. Session time should be divided equally between provoking discussion by providing access to your understandings and providing opportunity for others to discuss your conclusions.
· Host a roundtable discussion. You have a critical question you would like to discuss with other practitioners and you are willing to initiate and moderate a conversation, perhaps based on your own experience or research.
· Prepare a poster session. The poster format is ideal for the visual presentation of research results, a program of research or research activities of a group.
Learn More & Submit Online iop.educ.ubc.ca