Centre for Intercultural Language Studies (CILS) 10th Annual Symposium “Intercultural Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward.” Friday, May 9, 2014 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The University of British Columbia (SWINGS Bldg Venue TBA) CALL FOR PROPOSALS We are accepting submissions for presentations (20 minutes) followed by discussion (10 minutes) on topics related to intercultural issues. The theme […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
One of the professors at IRES, Gunilla Öberg, is offering a course that looks at the similarities and differences in different academic disciplines, for students interested in doing interdisciplinary work and publishing in more than one discipline. It’s a new course, and late for this term, so she is looking for a few grad students […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]