Explore Public Policy Issues Student Seminar February 1, 2014 | Vancouver, BC Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Please join us for a day of fun-filled discussion and inquiry – free of charge. Explore ideas while listening and conversing with leading policy experts and peers. Speakers and topics include: Is China […]
For those who were unable to attend Peter Grimmett’s talk on Dec 13th and would like to view the recording, please go to http://m2.edcp.educ.ubc.ca/seminars/seminars2013/4-grimmett.mp4. Please note that a lot of our seminars were taped and the video links can be found on our website at http://edcp.educ.ubc.ca/community/seminars/. This page lists EDCP seminars (with posters and video […]
The 8th Walkabout is almost here! Just in time for those of us that put a little weight on over the holidays with just one too many mince-pies and want to take off that added weight before it starts to feel like it belongs. What better way to reset some good eating and activity habits […]
Social Justice @UBC Noted Scholars Lecture Series, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice www.grsj.arts.ubc.ca Directions to Office 038, Jack Bell Building: http://bit.ly/R5WyjE NB: Lunch will be provided at no cost for those who RSVP: wynn.archibald@ubc.ca Wednesday January 22, 12-1pm Black, White and Green: Food Justice, Farmers Markets and the Green Economy Dr. Alison Alkon Assistant Professor […]
Please join the SFU Department of History on January 23rd for the fourth installment of our public lecture series, Heroes & Villains: Rethinking Good and Evil in History. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Reflections on the Renaissance Papacy A public lecture presented by Dr. Emily O’Brien January 23, 2014 | 5:30 PM Fletcher […]
Dear Graduate Students, Warm wishes for a happy and productive new year from all of us at the GSS! We know that you agree or strongly agree that funding/financial issues cause you as a UBC graduate student stress or anxiety on a regular basis. You know and we know that Time to Completion for graduate studies […]
2014 Tri-Nations Education Conference March 29-30, 2014 @ The University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada Internationalization in Education: Its Nature, Challenges and Possibilities in an Increasingly Globalized World Internationalization in Education is being discussed and debated globally as universities compete for the best students and researchers expand their networks and collaborations across national borders. […]
My name is Joash Johannes and I am a doctoral student in the UBC Linguistics Department. As a coordinator of the “Speak Swahili” (Sema Swahili) I would like to welcome you all to our UBC Swahili classes. Swahili is currently a Lingua Franca of Africa and is mainly spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda, Burundi, Madagascar, […]
In this new series, graduate students are invited to converse around a curated selection of documentary films. The first meeting will be Wednesday January 15 at 4:30pm in the Den (Scarfe 6A). Join fellow grad students for a new monthly short documentary film and discussion series. This month’s films are American Juggalo and That B.E.A.T. […]
2014 Graduate Student Paper Award Call for Papers We are pleased to announce a call for papers for our inaugural Graduate Student Paper Award. The award will recognize one graduate student‘s work for its contribution to this year’s conference theme “Ethical Engagement among Communities without Consensus.” Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Graduate Student Committee and then submitted for final […]
The Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab at SFU, together with the Laurel Foundation, is co-hosting 3 community events entitled, “ASD & Family Quality of Life Discussion Series.” The 3 themes will be: Families and School, Families and Transitions, and Families and Mental Health. The aim of these events is to facilitate discussion among a range […]
We hope that you all had some time to rest over the holidays. We will continue this term with our seminar series every Thursday in Macmillan 154 from 2:00-3:00pm. We hope to see more and more of you. Feel free to forward any of these announcements to people you may think would be interested. For […]
Dear UBC Graduate Students and Faculty: Are you having trouble with the statistics needed for your thesis? The Statistical Consulting And Research Laboratory (SCARL) in the Department of Statistics at UBC is pleased to offer limited statistical consulting to UBC graduate students at no charge. Please visit the SOS webpage for more information about the […]
RSVP to INFO@VHEC.ORG On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank receives a diary as a gift. Just weeks later her family enters into hiding in Amsterdam. For more than two years, Anne carefully records her thoughts, feelings, and observations in her now-iconic diary, one of the most widely read books in the world today. Through photos, […]
Dear Students, The note below is a reminder that that the Audio Visual room in Scarfe Room 1 closed on November 12th. You probably know that UBC provides equipment loans to students. The following two links provide information on how to borrow: · Laptops · Camcorders and Tripods · Camcorder and Projectors · LCD Projectors […]