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Instructional Skills Workshop May 26, 28, 30‏

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop May 26, 28, 30, 2014.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.  Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW.

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 May 26, 28, 30 ISW, please go to:

http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/3309

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GSS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Graduate Students,

I hope you are well and taking care of business, and yourself. We at the GSS are gearing up for lots of fun activities in the summer, but we do hope to see you this Friday! Take time out to hang with us, we’d love to see you!

GSS Social & Recreational:
– The GSS End of Term Party is THIS Friday! We have cold tasty offerings lined up from BrewBC to excite your palate and help you unwind, a DJ rocking the most happening music and mad snacks and desserts! Tickets are selling fast online, and are also available at our front desk during business hours. Get them! Early bird tickets are Sold Out, but you can still get the regular ones!Email us if you still want to help out!

– Hoping to pick up your fitness regime, keep it up, or switch it up?! You want to breathe the summer air and exhale smiling in the knowledge of what good care you’re taking of your body?! 🙂 Or you just want to make a friend, schedule an energizing study/lab break, inject more fun? Sign up for a GSS Fitness Class! We’re offering Pilates, Zumba and Yoga. Bellydance Fitness is going strong too! Classes start on May 20th, so sign up now!

– Also, the GSS Figure Skating and GSS Ice Skating classes are ON!! Thanks to everyone who’s already registered, you have some extra time to decide to take the class, that is until it fills up! The early bird, friends, the early bird… Class starts on April 25th!

– Wait! Would you like to play soccer or softball with some fun grad students this summer, perhaps meet some people outside your department(!) Have you not signed up for the GSS Summer Sports League?! You should really fix that. Deadline is May 1st! Where’s your team?!

Be safe, stay dry!

Ngwatilo

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GSS Weekly Newsletter‏

Dear Graduate Students,

First a warm and heartfelt thanks to everyone who came to help us with our photo shoot last week. It was such a help, and we’re so thankful!

GSS Social & Recreational:
– The GSS is super excited to host an End of Term Party! We’ll have 3 rounds of FREE Beer Tasting including Spring beers, Dark beers, Pale ales! We’ll have a DJ rocking the most happening music (no matter how young or old you are!), we’ll have a dance instructor for the studious among you, mad snacks and desserts! Tickets available now here, or at our front desk during business hours. Get them! Early bird tickets are $5 until April 15th. PS: Come help us host! We’re looking for 3 volunteers for the night. Your ticket (including a beer or shot) is on us. Come on, email us.

– GSS Figure Skating Class starts April 25th! Learn spins, jumps, fundamental edge control and figure skating skills. Explore movement on ice and improvise to music! The GSS is offering 7 sessions on Friday’s between 9.00-10.00am at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.Register by April 16th! It’s only $50 for Grad Students & $60 for Non-Grads! More details.

– GSS Ice Skating Class starts April 25th too! Learn to skate in this course, designed for Adults with limited or no experience. Get familiar with the ice and arena environment with our professional instructors and learn to balance and glide. The GSS is offering 7 sessions starting April 25th on Fridays, 9:00­-10:00am at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Register by April 16th! It’s only $50 for Grad Students & $60 for Non-­Grads.

– 2014 GSS Summer Sports League is back! Create your team and come out and play either Soccer or Softball!  Game day will be Fridays over the months of May-July. Click the link for details, then create your team and Register by May 1st!

– GSS & Scotiabank have partnered to help you begin building a more financially secure future. This Monday, April 14th at 5.00pm-6.30pm at GSS Thea’s Lounge, you will learn how to build and maintain a healthy credit history, how to obtain your first mortgage to purchase a home & how to invest for your long-term future. Register by emailing  execassistant@gss.ubc.ca. We will bring the pizza and beverages!

GSS Sponsored Events:
– The GSS is proud to support UBC Department of Botany’s Graduate Student Association as they hold their annual BGSA symposium on Friday, April 11th, at Michael Smith Laboratories. The symposium is an opportunity for graduate students to share their research, build cohesion and establish links across the department. The Keynote address will be given by Professor Sean Graham on the evolutionary relationships between land-plants. There will be free snacks provided, including lunch and an evening closing reception at the BioDiversity Building Auditorium. Check out the website for more details.

And best to all of you as the semester proceeds to exit (slowly, majestically) stage left. Air is good for the lungs, and cherry blossoms are a comfort to the screen glazed eye, and thus the part of our brain some of us call the heart.

Joy,

Ngwatilo

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Koerner Library Graduate Research Commons Workshops and Events

FIREtalk: Tools of the Trade

The Research Commons invites graduate students from any discipline to participate in our next FIREtalk, Tools of the Trade. To be part of the discussion, submit your proposal for a 5-minute presentation by April 16th, 2014. Or, if you don’t want to present, attend as an audience member and join the discussion after the presentations!

This month’s theme is Tools of the Trade:

Our trade is producing knowledge and implementing it. What are some of the tools that are being used? Choosing the appropriate tool or method for your research is one of the most critical components for advancing academic inquiry. What approaches to research are in the academic’s toolbox? Share with an interdisciplinary audience how a tool or method is used in your field:

  • interdisciplinary perspectives
  • mixed methods designs
  • meta-analysis strategies
  • cutting edge technology
  • classic techniques proven by time

When: Wednesday, April 23, 4-6 pm

Where: Koerner Library, Room 216

For more Info: http://bit.ly/ToolsofTrade

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Koerner Library Poetry Event

When: April 9, 5-6:30pm

Where: Koerner Library, 3rd floor entrance by the fireplace

Register: It’s Free!  Just register so we can get a handle on catering.

National Poetry Month is a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. The concept is to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern.

To celebrate National Poetry Month, Koerner Library will be hosting some of our own local poets – including Kevin McNeilly, Renee Saklikar, and Elee Kraljii Gardiner – for a night of food and verse. To read more about our lineup of poets, visit the website here: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/blog/koener-poetry-readings/
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 Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot!

Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff will help you with your questions about the nuts and bolts of formatting: tables of contents, page layout, numbering, headings, front matter, and more! As well, find out more about the resources that are available to help you in writing your thesis/dissertation. Graduate students at any stage of the writing process are welcome; some prior knowledge of Microsoft Word will be helpful.

Thursday, April 10th, 10am-12:00pm: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4622

Thursday,  April 17th, 10am-12:00pm: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/473

Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? See our Consultations page to book a session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.

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Citation Management Using RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley

Need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work? Citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve your citations in an effective manner, and can also help you in formatting in-text citations and bibliographies in your work.

Sign up for a tool specific hands-on workshop about the core concepts of citation management and detailed instruction for use of either RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley.

Are you new to citation management tools entirely, or do you have advanced-user questions? See our Consultations page to book a one-on-one session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.

Citation Management Using RefWorks:

Monday, April 7th, 2:00pm-4:00pm :http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4640

Citation Management Using Mendeley:

Monday, April 9th, 10am-12pm: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4719

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SPSS

Workshop 1- Basic SPSS

Do you wonder what SPSS is and how it can be useful to manage and analyze your data? Would you like to learn how to work with SPSS just by clicking a few keys? Let us help you learn the basics.

No previous knowledge of SPSS is required for the first workshop:

Wednesday, April 9th, 1200pm-2:00pm: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4627

Workshop 2- SPSS Data Management

Do you know how to edit your data using effective data management software? Do you want to work with user-friendly software without going through a hassle of writing code? SPSS can do this for you with a few clicks. Attend this workshop and learn how to manage your data fast.

Wednesday, April 16th, 12:00pm-2:00pm: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4630

Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? See our Consultations page to book a session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.
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Graduate Lit Review Workshops

UBC Library Research Commons offers workshops to graduate students doing a literature review. The sessions are appropriate for students conducting literature reviews in any discipline.

Topics include: what is a literature review? finding the right databases;  search strategies for databases; finding scholarly articles, theses and dissertations, books, and more; resources to help you keep track of your research.

Upcoming sessions are scheduled for:

Thursday May 8th, 10-noon in Koerner Library: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4823

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Graduate Pathways to Success: Time Management Webinar + Building Effective Supervisory Relationships

Registration is now open for:

GPS Webinar: Time Management

April 08, 2014, 10:00am to 11:30am

For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11467-gps-webinar-time-management

Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g32a6

GPS Workshop: Building Effective Supervisory Relationships

April 09, 2014, 9:30am to 12:30pm

For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11451-gps-workshop-building-effective-supervisory-relationships

Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g32a7

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GPS/Mitacs Step* Workshop: Foundations of Project Management

Registration is now open for:

GPS/Mitacs Step* Workshop: Foundations of Project Management I: A Team Based Approach

April 02 & 03, 2014

9:00am to 5:00pm

(Note: students MUST commit to attending the entire duration of both sessions when registering).

For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10769-gpsmitacs-step-workshop-foundations-project-management-i-team-based-approach

Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3218

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Registration Now Open for the Instructional Skills Workshop April 26, 27, May 3‏

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop April 26, 27, May 3, 2014.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.  Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW.

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 April 26, 27, May 3 ISW, please go to:

http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/3269

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GSS Weekly Newsletter‏

Dear Graduate Students,

The hills are alive! Crocuses and snowdrops are out and about, and the leaf buds on the trees (and rose bushes!) are starting to show! We just have to get through the rest of the semester. Let’s do this!

GSS AGM:
– The GSS is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday March 20, 2014. Open to all members of the Society, the AGM provides students with the opportunity to receive reports from Council with respect to activities of the preceding year, receive financial statements of the Society, and ask any questions regarding the future directions of the Society. The meeting will commence at 5:30 pm and will be held in the GSS Ballroom (6371 Crescent Road). You’re invited! Please click the link to download the AGM Agenda.

GSS Social & Recreational:
– Try out our Belly Dance Fitness class these next three weeks. The GSS is offering a drop-in rate of $7 a class! This, friends, is the physical manifestation of a STEAL! Secure your spot online, or in cash at our office during business hours! The class takes place on Mondays between 5.30-6.30pm at the GSS Ballroom.

– The GSS is looking to initiate a Persian Choral Music ensemble and introduce the fundamentals of Persian Music in theory and practice (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Base choir). The GSS will offer 7 workshops on Mondays starting March 31st. Register by March 27th. The class will only proceed if it generates sufficient interest. This opportunity is available to Graduate Students at: $35 and non-Grads at $50

GSS Sponsored Events:
– Save the date! The GSS and others are sponsoring Out of the Box 2014: The Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program’s Annual Graduate Conference, at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on Friday, March 21st, 2014! Register now and check out their website for more information!

– The GSS is also proud to sponsor the UBC Anthropology Research Open House at UBC’s Anthropology Sociology Building on March 21st at 4pm. The evening will feature graduate and undergraduate student research presentations in any field of anthropology, a guest lecture and beer garden. You are warmly invited! A few presentation spots remain! Contact Heather Robertson if interested.

UBC Updates:
Student Housing and Hospitality Services (SHHS) has released two surveys to help UBC better understand the housing needs and preferences of all UBC students. Filling these out will help ensure that future decisions benefit UBC students better and that your needs, as graduate students, are heard!
Fill the form relevant to you depending on whether you live off-campus or on-campus.

In & Around The GSS:
– Help us spruce up our communications! The GSS is planning a photo shoot on the afternoon of March 28th, and we’re looking for some volunteers to help us showcase the services we provide to graduate students and the larger UBC community. We promise it will be fun! We won’t ask more than 2hrs of your time, and we will throw in a meal from Seedlings Cafe or Koerner’s Pub! Please drop us an email at: execassistant@gss.ubc.ca

– In partnership with Blank Vinyl Project, Koerner’s Pub has brought back Open Mic on Mondays!

– And the results are in: Following last week’s 3MT final round, Stephanie Harvard, PhD in Population and Public Health, will proceed to represent UBC in the 3Minute Thesis regional event in Calgary with her thesis topic, “Does Quality of Spondyloarthritis Care Affect Costs and Outcomes?” Her supervisors are  Dr. Aslam Anis and Dr. Bruno Fautrel. Go Stephanie!

Have a productive rest of the week! Watch a TED Talks Live Stream if you can.

Warmest,

Ngwatilo

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Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS)/Mitacs Workshop: Time Management‏

Registration is now open for :

Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS)/Mitacs Step* Workshop: Time Management

Monday, March 24th, 2014 – 9:00am to 5:00pm

Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road, Point Grey Campus

For more information on the session, please visit:  https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11295-gpsmitacs-step-workshop-time-management .

To register, see https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3159 .

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GSS Weekly Newsletter‏

Dear Graduate Students,

There’s a lot ado about campus this week!

GSS AGM:
– The GSS is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday March 20, 2014. Open to all members of the Society, the AGM provides students with the opportunity to receive reports from Council with respect to activities of the preceding year, receive financial statements of the Society, and ask any questions regarding the future directions of the Society. The meeting will commence at 5:30 pm and will be held in the GSS Ballroom (6371 Crescent Road). Please click the link to download the AGM Agenda.

UBC Updates:
The GSS would like to congratulate Dr. Arvind Gupta on his UBC Board appointment to president and vice chancellor of the university. We’re looking forward to working under his leadership towards greater graduate student success! Curious to learn about the new president  and vice chancellor? Read the official press release, here.

GSS Social & Recreational:
– Try out our Belly Dance Fitness class these next four weeks. The GSS is offering a drop-in rate of $7 a class! This, friends, is the physical manifestation of a STEAL! Secure your spot at our office during business hours, or email sports@gss.ubc.ca for more info.

GSS Sponsored Events:
– Looking for an opportunity to reflect on the Sochi Olympic? Interested in Japan or Asia? The UBC Asia Pacific Policy Studies Student Association and Asian Studies present “Japan Kenkyukai: Looking back at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and Towards 2020 — A Cultural and Economic Perspective.” The event (and dinner), supported by the GSS, will be held at the Asian Centre Auditorium (607 – 1871 West Mall UBC Campus) on Friday, March 14th 4-6:30pm. An RSVP is mandatory to help with planning. Main speakers will be Dr. Julian Dierkes (MAAPPS), Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh (Asian Studies)

– Save the date! The GSS and others are sponsoring Out of the Box 2014: The Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program’s Annual Graduate Conference, at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on Friday, March 21st, 2014! Register now and check out their website for more information!

– The GSS is also proud to sponsor the UBC Anthropology Research Open House at UBC’s Anthropology Sociology Building on March 21st at 4pm. The evening will feature graduate and undergraduate student research presentations in any field of anthropology, a guest lecture and beer garden. You are warmly invited! A few presentation spots remain! Contact Heather Robertson if interested.

In & Around the GSS:
– Help us spruce up our communications! The GSS is planning a photo shoot on March 28th, and we’re looking for some volunteers to help us showcase the services we provide to graduate students and the larger UBC community. We promise it will be fun!

– You’re invited to the UBC 3MT final round tomorrow March 13th 4:30-6pm at the Graduate Student Centre Ballroom! You may have participated in the 3-Minute Thesis heats in your department. This event is the culmination of that process, and will determine who goes on to compete at the regional level in Calgary.  This is your opportunity to learn (very quickly) what other graduate students are working on, and pick up a few (or a bunch) of communication strategies for use next time you have to talk about your thesis project. Get there early!

– Open Mic at Koerner’s Pub Returns! That’s right, every Monday. I’ll be singing “I’m gonna soak up the sun” by Sheryl Crow, because sunshine.

Enjoy the rest of the week!

Ngwatilo

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GPS sessions: CSI&C Interviews with Impact + Mitacs Technical and Scientific Writing‏

Three Minute Thesis 2014: Please come out and support your fellow graduate students all while learning about their diverse research programs.

3MT Semi-Finals: Tuesday, March 11th, 1:00 – 2:30 and 3:00 – 4:30 (list of presenters attached)

3MT Final: Thursday, March 13th, 4:30 – 6:00

Graduate Student Centre Ballroom

Registration is now open for:

GPS/CSI&C Workshop: Interviews with Impact, Local hiring managers and certified HR professionals have volunteered to lead the practice interview exercises for this workshop. There will be representatives of local engineering companies, NGOs, banks and HR/recruitment consultancies.

Wednesday, March 19, 12:30pm – 2:30pm

For a complete session description, visit:  https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11219-gpscsic-workshop-interviews-impact

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g314f

 

GPS/Mitacs Step Event: Technical and Scientific Writing I & II, Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21, 9:00am – 4:30pm

For a complete session description, visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10767-gpsmitacs-step-event-technical-scientific-writing-i-ii

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3150

There is still space available for this week’s:

Getting the Word Out: Writing your research for the public sphere, Friday, March 14, 9:00am – 4:00pm

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3128

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March Sessional/TA ‘Lunch and Learn’‏

Save the date. The next TA/Sessional/Seconded teacher/Instructor Lunch and Learn session is next Wednesday, March 12, from 12:00-1:00 PM in SCARFE (Room to be determined). The topic for this session is “Diverse teaching for diverse learners”.

Come join Marny Point, Keith McPherson and Shawna Faber as we explore the University’s policy on diversity and discuss and share methods for teaching to, and learning with, Faculty of Education students who come from very different backgrounds and who draw upon very different learning styles. Marny is eager to speak with attendees about her own experience as an indigenous learner, and to share what she has learned about teaching to, and learning with, indigenous learners in the NITEP program.

The session will largely follow an informal discussion format.
Did I mention that the session will include a free lunch?  

To help us order food, please RSVP Shawna Faber at: shawna.faber@ubc.ca

Keith McPherson and Shawna Faber
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Change to Thesis/Dissertation Licence for UBC Library‏

The UBC Library has developed a new online cIRcle Non-Exclusive Distribution License, very similar to the current UBC Thesis Licence Agreement which students have been using up to now. The License will be applicable to theses and dissertations as well as to all non-thesis work in cIRcle, and will likely go into effect on Friday March 7, 2014 (tomorrow). The current UBC Thesis Licence Agreement form will be discontinued.

NOTE: This new online cIRcle Licence will be presented to students as part of the submission process. They do NOT have to submit a paper License form. None of the other procedures have changed. Our website will be updated tomorrow when I get confirmation from the Library that they are ready to launch the online License.

Key information:

·         Students retain full copyright to their theses, as always.

·         The new cIRcle License clearly states the restrictions on theses via a Creative Commons license. It specifies that, by default, works deposited in cIRcle will correspond to the most restrictive of the Creative Commons licenses. Please see the links below for details.

The text of the new License is here: http://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/46029

Description of changes to the Licence here: http://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/forms/distribution-license/

or here – the Library will likely be moving the information to this link: http://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/licensing-copyright/

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GSS Weekly Newsletter‏

Dear Graduate Students,

There’s a lot coming up here at the GSS and with our partners over the next couple of weeks, so I’ll just jump right in!

GSS AGM:
– The GSS is holding its Annual General Meeting on March 20th, 2014. Open to all members of the Society, the AGM provides students with the opportunity to receive reports of Council with respect to activities of the preceding year, receive financial statements of the Society, and ask any question regarding the future directions of the Society. The meeting will start at 5:30 pm and will be held in the GSS Ballroom (6371 Crescent Road).

GSS Opportunities:
– GSS Booking Coordinator position Deadline Extended! To improve our booking services for students the GSS is looking to hire booking coordinators. If you are interested in helping other students setting up their events in the Thea Koerner House, this would be a great opportunity for you. Learn more about the position here.

– Serve as an adjudicator for the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) 2014. Contribute to undergraduate scholarly inquiry and research by judging poster and oral presentations on Saturday, March 22nd, 2014. Read more about this great opportunity here and apply by 5pm, March 13th.

GSS Social & Recreational:
– Reminder! Salsa Night THIS FRIDAY! Whether you’ve never stepped foot on a dance floor in your life, or are fluent in the language of dance, this event has something for you! We’ll give you a free hour long professional salsa lesson, a chance to strut your stuff salsa style, and then we’ll let the evening’s inspiration, good vibes (and cheap drinks!) suggest the rest of the moves! Join the Facebook group and make sure to buy your tickets They’re available immediately online and in person at the GSS Office at just $5 for everyone, Grad and non-Grad.

– St. Patrick’s Day comes early to the GSS! On March 14th we’re planning the best night ever including music, beer tasting, cheap drinks and fun prizes! so Save the Date, and Line up something Clover Green! Did we mention drinks will be cheap?! If you have the luck of the Irish, they may even be free! Contact specialevents@gss.ubc.ca for more details!

GSS Sponsored Events:
– Looking for an opportunity to reflect on the Sochi Olympic? Interested in Japan or Asia? The UBC Asia Pacific Policy Studies Student Association and Asian Studies present “Japan Kenkyukai: Looking back at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and Towards 2020 — A Cultural and Economic Perspective.” The event (and dinner), supported by the GSS, will be held at the Asian Centre Auditorium (607 – 1871 West Mall UBC Campus) on Friday, March 14th 4-6:30pm. An RSVP is mandatory to help with planning. Main speakers will be Dr. Julian Dierkes (MAAPPS), Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh (Asian Studies)

– Save the date! The GSS and others are sponsoring Out of the Box 2014: The Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program’s Annual Graduate Conference, at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on Friday, March 21st, 2014! Register now and check out their website for more information!

– The GSS is proud to sponsor the UBC Anthropology Research Open House at UBC’s Anthropology Sociology Building on March 21st at 4pm. The evening will feature graduate and undergraduate student research presentations in any field of anthropology, a guest lecture and beer garden. You are warmly invited! A few presentation spots remain! Contact Heather Robertson if interested.

And finally, a Happy International Women’s Day to you (March 8th)! After Cate Blanchett and Lupita Nyong’o’s moving Oscar acceptance speeches this past weekend, it feels like a good time to also remember Marie Curie, and women in the sciences, yes? And on cue, March 10th is “I am a Feminist!” day, and you can participate (whatever your gender) if you are a ”person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes!” Commune on Facebook and wear the t-shirt/button on Monday! Viva!

Because who said rainy days have to be dull?

Ngwatilo

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PROGRAM – Research Week, May 13-15, 2014‏

Presented by the Office of Graduate Programs and Research in collaboration with the Graduate Student Council of the Faculty of Education, and the Teacher Education Office.

This is a Year of Teacher Education event.

May 13th

1:00 p.m. – Opening Remarks and Opening Address “Involving Teachers in Education Research” (Anthony Clarke, EDCP)

2:00 p.m. – Research Clinics

Join interactive sessions led by faculty members and discuss different aspects of doing research in education.

2:00-2:20 p.m. A. Getting Your Research on Paper: Where to Begin and How to Get it Published? (Teresa Dobson, LLED)

B. Maximizing your Graduate Experience to Build a Research Career (Deb Butler, ECPS)
2:25-2:45 p.m. A. What Produces Trustworthy Research?  (Kadriye Ercikan, ECPS)

B. Presenting Your Research to Diverse Audiences: Conferences, Communities, Research Committees  (Jason Ellis, EDST)
2:50-3:10 p.m. A. Ethics in Education Research: Anticipating Dilemmas and Negotiating Access  (Cay Holbrook, ECPS)

B. International Data Collection for Dissertation Research: Tips and Troubles (Maureen Kendrick, LLED)

May 14th

10:00 a.m. – Your Research Matters

A session planned to encourage reflection around critical research problems and their implications for practice and policy. Participants will go straight to the heart of their research presenting important research questions and findings in 3 minutes or less.

May 15th

4:30 p.m. – “Education Research and Teacher Practice: Inspiring Educators Series” Panel with Canada Research Chairs from across disciplines

Join the conversation and become inspired by the amazing research that is taking place in our Faculty of Education and beyond. In this discussion panel, current Canada Research Chairs will share how their research is informing current teacher education practices in British Columbia and elsewhere. Featuring the following panelists:

Dr. Carla Hudson Kam, Canada Research Char in First and Second Language Acquisition

Dr. Peter C. Seixas, Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness

Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change (TBA)

Chair: Dr. Wendy Carr, Director, Teacher Education

A celebration with some refreshments will follow.

RSVP to come. Contact Adriana Briseno-Garzon (adriana.briseno@ubc.ca)

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