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Congratulations also go to PhD Candidate June Kaminski (supervisor Stephen Petrina) who is the 2012 recipient of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing’s (CASN) prestigious E-Health Award. June is an Instructor in Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Faculty of Community and Health Studies. She has been an established national leader in e-health and nursing informatics throughout her career and this award recognizes her long-standing and ground-breaking achievements. For the press release at Kwantlen, see http://www.kwantlen.ca/news/2012/112812.html

Graduate Program Opportunities Office of Graduate Programs - FoE

GPS: Grad Student Wellness, 3MT and Time Mgmt Webinars + Presentation Skills

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Post date January 21, 2013
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Registration is now open for:

Working toward Wellness: Health and Graduate Student Life

Monday, January 28^th, 4:30 – 6:30 PM

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g226e

3MT Coaching Session and Webinar (info session on 3MT logistics + tips on giving an effective presentation)

Tuesday, January 29^th

9:00 – 10:30 AM @ Graduate Student Centre OR 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (via webinar)

To register (and receive webinar login access) please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g222a

Time Management (webinar):

Tuesday, January 29^th, 4:00 – 6:00 PM

To register (and receive webinar login access) please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g226f

Presentation Skills: (in collaboration with Mitacs Step)

Wednesday, January 30^th , 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

To register, please visit https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2270

There is still space available in this week’s sessions:

Wednesday, Jan 23^rd

1:30 – 3:00 PM 3MT Coaching Session (learn about the Three Minute Thesis competition including tips on giving an effective presentation)

3:00 – 4:00 PM Introduction to Interacting with the Media (learn tips for delivering your key messages effectively, to help with 3MT and beyond)

To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2217

Thursday, January 24^th

9:30 – 10:30 Preparing for your Doctoral Exam

10:45 – 12:00 Submitting your Thesis

To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2218

1:00 – 3:00 Copyright for your Thesis

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2219

For a complete session descriptions or information on upcoming sessions, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events .

Announcements Funding and Awards

External Funding Opportunities

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Post date January 21, 2013
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Pursuit Award

Pursuit Award recognizes outstanding achievements in childhood disability research by individuals who have completed a doctoral degree in 2010, 2011 or 2012. Any applied or clinical research specifically linked to childhood disability is eligible for consideration. Up to three prizes will be awarded (First Prize: $7,500; Second Prize: $2,500; Third Prize: $1,000). Finalists will be invited to present their research in person at an award ceremony at Holland Bloorview (Toronto, ON). Travel and accommodation costs will be covered.

Deadline: February 1, 2013

More information: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/pursuit-award

Grand Challenges Canada- Stars Program

The Stars program through Grand Challenges Canada is a funding opportunity currently open for application. Potential applicants could come from Universities (departments of engineering, law, agriculture and veterinary sciences, food science and nutrition, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, public health, business schools, computer science, arts and science, education, anthropology, sociology, etc.), for profit and non profit companies, community based organizations, research institutes etc. Applicants apply for $100,000 seed grants which can later be scaled with a grant of up to $ 1,000,000.

Deadline: February 6, 2013

Further information: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/grand-challenges-canada-stars-program

APF Canada Media and Postgraduate Fellowship

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, supported in part by Cathay Pacific Airways, is accepting applications for its Post-Graduate Research Fellowship program, which offers recent Masters and PhD graduates the opportunity to work for one year at the Foundation’s Vancouver office. Fellows conduct research on a topic of their choice and participate in the Foundation’s daily operations. The Post-Graduate Research Fellowship is granted to three recent graduates each year, and is valued at C$38,000 and C$40,000 annually for Master and PhD graduates, respectively.

Deadline: Friday, February 15, 2013

Further information: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/apf-canada-media-postgraduate-fellowship

NPRB Graduate Student Research Awards

North Pacific Research Board will award up to six Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRAs) of $25,000 each to three qualified masters students and three doctoral students for the opportunity to address scientific, technological, and socio-economic issues relating to the research themes identified in the 2005 NPRB Science Plan.

Deadline: Friday, February 15, 2013

Further information: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/nprb-graduate-student-research-awards

Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship

The Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship is in recognition of the significant contribution Douglas McRorie, PAg, FAIC, made to agricultural finance throughout his career with the Royal Bank of Canada and his professional involvement with the Agricultural Institute of Canada and AIC Foundation. The awards will provide financial support to Masters or PhD students specializing in agricultural business, economics, finance or trade.

Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2013

Further information: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/douglas-mcrorie-memorial-scholarship

Autism Research Training (ART) Program

The Autism Research Training (ART) Program is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research (STIHR), with supplemental funding from the Sinneave Family Foundation. Its goal is to recruit and train outstanding researchers in the field of autism, in disciplines such as genetics, brain imaging, epidemiology, neurology, psychiatry, psychology and others. Funding is available for MD, PDF, and PhD students.

Deadline: March 8, 2013

Further information: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/autism-research-training-art-program

Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence

The Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence is designed to enhance research excellence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) through building and strengthening the University’s ties with leading research universities and institutes around the world and to increase the visibility of CUHK as a world-class research university through student and staff mobility. The Programme provides basic funding support to PhD students to undertake short-term research visits at CUHK.

Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013

Further information: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/global-scholarship-programme-research-excellence

Funding and Awards

Call for Nominations: Rick Hansen Man In Motion Fellowship‏

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Post date January 17, 2013
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Please:

1) Establish a program deadline for your students’ applications (deadline for graduate programs to submit to the Faculty of Graduate Studies: February 22, 2013)

2) Forward the following award announcement to your students:

The Rick Hansen “Man in Motion” Fellowships are made available by the University of British Columbia to honour the incredible determination and many personal achievements of Rick Hansen. Two fellowships, valued at $16,000 per year, are awarded each year to UBC graduate students with a physical disability.

Annual Value: $16,000

Deadline: February 11, 2013 – check with graduate program

Please consult the Graduate Awards website for further information and application procedures: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/rick-hansen-man-motion-fellowship

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate Studies for this award is Angela Rizzo: angela.rizzo@ubc.ca

Courses Graduate Program Opportunities

Free Statistical Consultation‏

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Post date January 17, 2013
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Dear UBC Graduate Students, Research Staff and Faculty:

We are writing to let you know of an opportunity available in Term 2 of 2012-2013. As part of our ongoing efforts to bring current research into the classroom, free statistical analyses will be available this term, from the students enrolled in STAT 450: Case Studies in Statistics. The students will be carrying out this academic activity under the co-supervision of Craig Burkett and Gabriela Cohen Freue. The data will be treated with confidentiality within the course and will be destroyed once the course ends.

Please consider whether the type of feedback described might be helpful to you. If so, please submit your projects, carefully following the guidelines provided in the announcement below. We have received some projects in response to our fall announcement, however we still have potential for a few more.

Sincerely,

Gabriela Cohen Freue

Craig Burkett

Department of Statistics

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STAT 450, Case Studies in Statistics

TERM 2 of 2012-2013

Research projects from all UBC-affiliated units and all levels of researchers (but particularly undergraduate and graduate students) are welcome. Research projects requiring primarily advice on appropriate methods of statistical analysis are ideally suited for STAT 450. We may also consider some projects that require a statistician to design the experiment. To allow us to expose the students to a variety of projects in one term, the total time spent on each project has to be limited, so well-focused projects with one or two specific questions to be addressed are most suitable. The students will identify appropriate approaches to the analysis, carry these out, and provide a report interpreting their results.

If you are uncertain about how best to carry out the statistical analyses for some question arising in your research project and are willing to have others explore your data relevant to that question, you likely have a suitable project for STAT 450. To take advantage of this unique opportunity to receive free statistical feedback, please submit your project description to us by e-mail (stat450@ugrad.stat.ubc.ca).

A submission of at most one page (as a separate WORD file) is preferred.

Your submission should consist of a concise description of your research problem in non-specialist language, clearly indicating the specific questions for which statistical analyses are desired. Supplementary material, if essential, can also be provided. Once your project is approved for STAT 450, you will need to provide the data set as an .xls, .txt, or .csv, with all the variables, including units and coding where relevant, clearly identified. It will often be most efficient to provide this information as a separate data dictionary. The data will be treated with confidentiality within the course and will be destroyed once the course ends.

Once your project is approved, your description will be added to the list from which students will select projects. The clearer your description, the more likely students are to select your project, so it is to your advantage to submit as clear a description as possible.

If you are willing to come to the STAT 450 class to describe your research project in more detail and to answer questions the students may have, that would be wonderful. This will be a good opportunity for the student(s) working on your project to ask questions in the course of their work on your project. In addition, the student(s) working on your project will need to meet with you to ask questions and/or provide preliminary results. This will give the students the opportunity to practice and enhance their communication skills and, to your advantage, will result in a better final product.

Undergraduate and graduate students seeking feedback via STAT 450 need the permission of their research supervisor. An e-mail from the research supervisor at the time of project submission suffices.

If you know others who might be interested in this opportunity, please pass on this information. Thanks in advance for submitting interesting and challenging projects for the students enrolled in STAT 450 this term.

Announcements Funding and Awards

Call for Applications: Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship

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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 15, 2013

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: allan.lee@ubc.ca

Funding and Awards

Call for Applications: Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement – NSERC‏

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In order to award the full annual allocation of supplements, NSERC is holding a third competition for 2012-2013. This Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement is a $6,000 award that can be taken up by domestic NSERC award holders at the Master’s or Doctoral levels, to undertake study in a foreign country. This competition will follow usual procedures, and students should submit their applications to the Faculty of Graduate Studies no later than Monday, January 28^th, 2012.

For more detailed information, please consult that Graduate Awards and NSERC websites:

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

http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSForeignStudy-BESCEtudeEtranger_eng.asp

Our contact at the Faculty of Graduate Studies for this competition is Anne Brozensky, who can be reached at: anne.brozensky@ubc.ca

Announcements

Feb 7 – Approaching the Past

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The first Approaching the Past event in Vancouver will take place February 7, 2013 at the Museum of Vancouver from 6 pm to 8 pm. This free public event, titled Vancouver: Our Diverse Heritage, takes its theme from Heritage Week 2013 – “Good Neighbours: Heritage Homes and Neighbourhoods.” Talks will be given by Donald Luxton, conservation consultant, educator and author; and Vanessa Campbell, educator, Squamish Nation Language Program. Everyone is welcome.

Please RSVP to admin@thenhier.ca or (604) 822-6915 to aid us in ordering refreshments.

See the attached poster for more information.

http://thenhier.ca/en/content/thenhier-approaching-past-vancouver-feb-7

Announcements

Wednesday Jan 23 – Mark your calendar Book Sale

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We are still accepting donations of material for our above sale and these can be dropped off to TEO Monday to Friday 10:00 to 4:30 up to and including the morning of the sale. Besides re-sellable books, we also accept used CDs and DVDs. If you have spare plastic bags at home, we can also use these for our purchasers to bag their goodies.

Please be sure to attend and browse as we receive absolutely fabulous donations of novels, literature, light fiction, mysteries, non-fiction including cookbooks, self-help, humour, children’s books and academic books, history, biographies – and almost every other subject you can imagine!

Wednesday, January 23^rd

Scarfe Foyer, 2125 Main Mall

11:00 to 3:30.

Contact Maureen Shepherd (email: Maureen.shepherd@ubc.ca) 604 822-0165

You won’t be disappointed and will be sure to find something to buy. Because our sale normally lasts only one day, we price to sell: $1 for hardback books, 50 cents for paperbacks. You will not find better prices anywhere.

And most importantly all proceeds go to volunteer animal charities in the lower mainland that rescue abused and abandoned animals and operate no-kill shelters. We have raised approximately $6,000 for these charities over the years and every dollar helps. Please support those who cannot speak for themselves.

Courses Graduate Program Opportunities

Instructional Skills Workshop February 23, 23, 25‏

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Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop February 23, 24, 25, 2013. Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.

The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation. It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence. It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience. Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the February ISW, please go to:

http://www.events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2195

Funding and Awards

Call for Applications: BC Aboriginal Student Award‏

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The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society has established an award program for Aboriginal students pursuing studies at the Master’s and Doctoral levels in British Columbia. Renewable awards of $5,000 per year are available. Selection is based on a variety of factors, including financial need, family and community responsibilities, and career and life goals.

Deadline: April 5, 2013

Applications are submitted directly to the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society; for more detail and application instructions please visit the following website: http://www.bcscholarship.ca/web/aboriginal

Funding and Awards

Call for Nominations: CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award

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The CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognize Canadian doctoral dissertations that make unusually significant and original contributions to their academic field. Awards are offered through this spring’s competition for dissertations completed and accepted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. The awards include a $1,500 prize, a Citation Certificate and travel expenses of up to $1,500 to attend the 2012 CAGS Annual Conference in Montreal. Each graduate program may nominate one dissertation for this award.

Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2013

Please consult the Graduate Awards website for further details and nomination procedures: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/cagsumi-dissertation-award

Questions about this award opportunity should be directed to Graduate Awards Clerk Allan Lee (allan.lee@ubc.ca).

Announcements

Call for Participants – DESIGNING OUR FORESTS

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Post date January 14, 2013
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SHAPE PERCEPTION – A CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

The Interactive Digital Environmental Assessment Laboratory (IDEAL) in the Faulty of Forestry is recruiting individuals for a survey related to perception of shapes. The survey consists primarily of rating a number of images of different shape designs.

Date: Starts Jan 14, 2013

Time: By appointment – approximately 45 minutes

Contact information: if interested, please email your gender, program (area of study), and availability to ideal.forestry.ubc@gmail.com

Email: ideal.forestry.ubc@gmail.com

Phone: (604) 822-6708 or (604) 363-1680

Location: Room 2203 in the Forest Sciences Centre

Participants: The survey will be open to anyone except those who have one or more of the following: limited availability, are under the age of 18, or has a blindness or severe visual handicap. All information associated with this study will be handled confidentially.

Abstract: In this experiment we will show the subjects a number of shape design images and ask them to rate these on a simple scale. These ratings will be compared to a computer model in order to investigate how well the model relates to individual perception. Upon completion of the image ratings, participants will be required to complete a short questionnaire. Participants in the survey will receive a $10 honorarium.