Dear Students, Please remember that if you want to be considered for the GTA/GRA/GAA position, you MUST apply for it EVERY YEAR (GTA GRA Application).  This is available ONLY to Full-Time students.  Applications MUST be submitted by August 15, 2013. Please remember that if you want to use the desk either in the Palace or […]

This is just a gentle reminder of the deadline, at the end of this week, to make a submission to participate in Kickstart’s next exciting, public art exhibit! In a nutshell, MAGIC / REALISM is a visual art exhibit to be presented by Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture, from August 26th to September 16th, 2013. […]

Please register for the following events at The Orchard Garden, your student-run campus teaching & learning garden! 1. March 27: Fizzy Fermentation Workshop 2. March 28: Pretty in Plaid Spring Formal Dinner 3. April 6: Arts in the Garden workshop See attachments or our blog (http://theorchardgarden.blogspot.ca) for more information & see you soon in the […]

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Ignite Research @ Education Research Day May 30th, 2013 Take three minutes to explain your research and why it matters. Seize this = opportunity to raise the audience=92s awareness about an important research= problem that requires attention, or share your findings and how they shoul= d impact knowledge, practice and policy. (See rules below.) First […]

EDST 501: Research Methods (September-December 2013) Followed by: EDST 553: Group Inquiry (Jan= uary-April 2014) Professor Andr=E9 Elias Mazawi The Educational Administration and Leadership Graduate Program in the Depar= tment of Educational Studies offers a set of two consecutive research cours= es open to graduate students of the Faculty of Education. These courses all= ow […]

As part of The Year of Indigenous Education, I encourage you to join me on Thursday, April 4 for a Dean’s Townhall on Indigenous Education Research. Indigenous Research in the Faculty of Education Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:00pm-2:00pm First Nations House of Learning, Sty-Wet-Tan Hall Register at: http://yie.educ.ubc.ca/deans-townhall-indigenous-research-in-the-faculty-of-education/

For more information on any of the items below or copies of previous NewsFlashes, please e-mail: educ.ogpr@ubc.ca, or call: 604-822-5512, Fax: 604-822-8971. For UBC-wide events, please visit Live @ UBC: http://www.liveat.ubc.ca/ Research Ethics Deadline For more info visit UBC Research Ethics web site at: http://www.research.ubc.ca/ethics/meeting-dates-deadlines-0 March 15 for March 28 meeting March 29 for April […]

* * * CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS * * * The Department of Physical Therapy at UBC is in need of patient model volunteers for an upcoming practical exam: Friday, April 5, 2013 from approximately  7:30am to 5:15pm. This is a great way to find out more about physiotherapy!  Snacks, lunch, and refreshments will be provided […]

On Saturday, April 13, 2013, the Department of Language and Literacy Education will be hosting an indigenous language gathering at the Sty-Wet-Tan Hall of the UBC First Nations Longhouse at 1985 West Mall from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. We are currently looking for volunteers for the event that will bring together language advocates, community […]

Request for Applications Now Open! Autism Speaks Canada is excited to announce that we are now accepting appli= cations for our 2013 round of Family Services Community Grants. Over the f= irst three years of the Family Services Community Grants Program more than = $1.6 million in grants has been directed to support programs and […]

Research Ethics Deadline For more info visit UBC Research Ethics web site at: http://www.research.ubc.ca/ethics/meeting-dates-deadlines-0 March 15 for March 28 meeting March 29 for April 11 meeting April 12 for April 25 meeting April 26 for May 19 meeting May 10 for May 23 meeting May 31 for June 13 meeting June 14 for June 27 […]

Please join us in receiving advice from employers and advisers during the event happening March 14th, Scarfe Room 1214: Panel Disucssion for Jobs Outside Academia and Workshop for Exploring Alternative Options.  You are welcome to attend the panel discussion and/or the workshop. Panel Disucssion (1:30pm – 3:00pm) with: Mr. Jang ‐ Coordinator of Make a […]

The 2013 Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) will be held June 4-6, 2013 in Winnipeg. The aim of the CSHRF is to provide a venue for the networking, research exposure and recognition of Canada’s most promising research trainees in the health sciences.  While the primary component is the judged research poster exhibition (with associated, […]

SUMMER INSTITUTE IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: PUTTING THEORY TO WORK Monday 22 – Friday 26 July 2013 Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University Director: Maggie MacLure http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/siqr/index.php KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: ELIZABETH ST. PIERRE  (University of Georgia): ‘Postqualitative Research: The Critique and the Coming After’ HILLEVI LENZ TAGUCHI (Stockholm University): ‘The Master’s Tools Reactivated? What Kinds of […]