Three Minute Thesis 2014 registration continues.  To register, visit the heat schedule at http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/schedule/ .   Questions?  E-mail graduate.pathways@ubc.ca .   Registration is now open for: GPS/Mitacs Step Workshop: Managing Projects, Tuesday, February 25, 9:00am – 5:00pm For a complete session description, visit:  https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11293-gpsmitacs-step-workshop-managing-projects To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g30a6   GPS/Mitacs Step Workshop: Skills of Business […]

ABER Pre Conference 2014

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Please note that this seminar is on Tuesday February 18th at 10:30 – 12:00 in the Pon G Lounge.  

Hiring and Volunteer Opportunities: CRUW Youth Program at the UBC Farm – Deadline February 28th The Culturally Relevant Urban Wellness (CRUW) Program is hiring! Now in its third year, this program brings Aboriginal youth in foster care and inner-city youth aged 12-15 to the UBC Farm every second Saturday from March 22nd to October 18th. […]

Dear Graduate Students, It’s a beautiful four day week in Vancouver (= beautiful²); the sun is shining, the air is warm, and next week is Reading Week! This week a lot of the news comes from our Advocacy desk, but there’s also some fun stuff coming up in the coming weeks so don’t miss the […]

The UBC Graduate Student Council of Sociology (GSCS) seeks paper proposals for its seventh annual interdisciplinary graduate conference, “Descending the Ivory Tower: Connecting Theory & Practice in a Changing Social World” taking place May 10, 2014 at the University of British Columbia. Please see the attached poster. The conference is an avenue for graduate students from […]

The EDCP Peer Advisors invite you to Health Talk entitled: “Impact of stress and strategies for keeping balance during stressful times”. The event in on Friday February 7 in Scarfe 1214 (2nd floor) from 2:00 – 3:30pm. fight or flight or frenzy This talk will explore the role of stress in our everyday lives, covering […]

UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #655 February 7, 2014 The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver For more information on any of the items or copies of previous NewsFlashes, please e-mail: educ.ogpr@ubc.ca, or call: 604-822-5512, Fax: 604-822-8971.  Please visit http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/newsflash for all new and current […]

The U.S. Consulate General Vancouver is hosting a Google Hangout chat on February 19 to answer questions that citizens, residents and visitors may have about visa issues and requirements. This would be our second web chat of this kind, the first one being held in August – the transcript from August is still available to […]

A recommendation from Julia Ostertag … My Grief Lies all Within PhD Students

The upcoming meeting of the Community of Practice for Educating the Heart and Mind with the EDCP community. It is a great opportunity for us to engage in a collaborative dialogue to promote teaching and learning that can help us in enriching classrooms by integrating Emotional Intelligence, Contemplation and Personal Ethics. The meeting is scheduled […]

FIREtalk: Frameworks of Power: Wednesday February 26th 4-6 pm We would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming FIREtalk: Frameworks of Power to be held on Wednesday February 26th 4-6 pm. Submit your proposal for a 5 minute presentation by February 19th. http://bit.ly/FrameworksofPower The Research Commons invites grad students from every discipline to examine the frameworks of power that […]

Green College at UBC invites nominations for the O’Riordan Fellowship in Sustainable Development, worth $3,500 p.a. and tenable for up to four years, open to PhD students newly admitted to UBC programs in 2014. Deadline for nominations is Monday 3 February 2014. The nominated student does NOT need to be applying for resident membership of […]

The American Educational Studies Association (AESA) & the International Association of Intercultural Education (IAIE) joint conference October 29th-November 2nd, 2014 Hyatt Regency Toronto, Canada Conference System open for proposal submission: March 1, 2014 (5pm EST). Call for Proposals For the 2014 annual conference the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) and the International Association of Intercultural […]