Koerner Library Workshops:
If your thesis will involve statistical analysis and you would like some FREE HELP, contact SCARL (Statistical Consulting and Research Lab) for advice!
http://www.stat.ubc.ca/SCARL/
Literature Reviews – Great Research Starts Here
October 10th, 2014
Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Location: WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY RM 217
Description: This session is 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.
There will be plenty of hands-on time for searching, and assistance from the two presenting librarians.
Facilitator(s): Sheryl Adam, Sally Taylor, Katherine Miller, Kevin Lindstrom, Susan Paterson, Brenda Peterson
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/
Building Your Academic Profile
October 8th
Wednesday October 8th, 2014 at 12:00PM – 1:00PM
Location: WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY RM 216
Description: Thinking about publishing your research? There are more ways to communicate your scholarly ideas than ever before. Learn about skills and tools for discussing, interacting, presenting, writing, commenting, and finally publishing your research. In this workshop you will: develop a scholarly/publication profile using both traditional and social tools, build knowledge of formal and informal modes of publication, identify ways to broadly participate in your field (e.g. webinars, blogs, open education resources).
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/5241
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.
Citation Management Using Mendeley:
Tuesday, October 7th at 1:30pm – 3:30pm
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/5180
Friday, October 31st at 10:00am – 12:00pm
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/5289
**Citation Management Using ProQuest Flow (New Offering):
Tuesday, October 14th at 1:30pm – 3:30pm
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/5182
Citation Management Using Zotero:
Thursday, October 23rd at 1:30pm – 3:30pm
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/5183
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/.
Miss Orientation? Find orientation resources at http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/resources/
For international students who missed orientation on August 27th, there are further orientation events scheduled as follows:
Sept. 8th: International Latecomer Orientation, International House Upper Lounge, 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Sept. 15th: International Latecomer Orientation, International House Lower Lounge 11:30am – 1:00pm
Registration is now open for the following Graduate Pathways to Success sessions:
Scholarship and Award Opportunities for Graduate Students
Tuesday, Sept 16th, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, Graduate Student Centre
For a complete session description see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11961-scholarship-award-opportunities-graduate-students
To register, visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g37e5
Scholarship and Award Opportunities for Graduate Students (via webinar)
Wednesday, Sept 17th, 2:00 – 3:00 PM PST (please note that technical information on how to access the webinar will be provided at the time of registration)
For session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11963-scholarship-award-opportunities-graduate-students-webinar
To register, visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g37e6
Submitting your Thesis and Doctoral Exam Preparation (in person, Graduate Student Centre)
Thursday, Sept 18th, 9:00 – 10:15 AM (Thesis) and 10:30-11:45 AM (Doctoral exams)
For a complete session description, see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/12105-submitting-your-thesis-doctoral-exam-preparation
To register, please visit https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3800
Submitting your Thesis and Doctoral Exam Preparation (WEBINAR)
Friday, Sept 19th, 9:00 – 10:15 AM (Thesis) and 10:30-11:45 AM (Doctoral exams) PST
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3801 NOTE: technical information for accessing the online webinar will be provided with registration.
Copyright for your Thesis
Friday, Sept 19th, 1:00 – 2:30 PM
For session information, see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/12109-copyright-your-thesis-how-use-images-other-material
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3802
September 10, 2014 @ 4pm
On Wednesday September 10 at 4pm, Critical Studies in Sexuality (CSIS) is co-sponsoring a speaking event featuring Dr. Amin Ghaziani.
Gay neighborhoods, like the legendary Castro District in San Francisco and Vancouver’s Davie Village, have long provided sexual minorities with safe haven in an often unsafe world. But as our society increasingly accepts gays and lesbians into the mainstream, are “gayborhoods” destined to disappear?
Dr. Amin Ghaziani provides an incisive look at the origins of these unique cultural enclaves, the reasons why they are changing today, and their prospects for the future.
Dr. Ghaziani, a CSIS faculty member and associate professor of sociology at UBC, is the author of the new book There Goes the Gayborhood? published August 2014 by Princeton University Press. He has devoted his career to the interdisciplinary study of sexuality.
Date, Time, and Location:
Wednesday September 10, at 4:00pm
Peter Wall Ideas Lounge
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
6331 Crescent Road
University of British Columbia
Map & Parking information:
The EDCP internal deadline for the Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship competition is October 6, 2014.
Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
$40,000 stipend plus $20,000 travel allowance
Graduate Studies deadline 24 October, 2014: check with graduate program for internal deadline
Up to 15 Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each year to support doctoral students pursuing research in one or more of the four themes: human rights and social justice, responsible citizenship, Canada and the world, and humans and their natural environment. Trudeau Scholars are highly gifted individuals who are actively engaged in their fields and expected to become leading national and international figures.
Eligibility
For application and nomination procedures, please see the Graduate Awards website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/trudeau-foundation-doctoral-scholarship
For more information about the Trudeau Foundation, please see their website: http://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/en/programs/scholarships
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Joanne Tsui (joanne.tsui@ubc.ca).
Dear Incoming and Current Graduate Students:
Welcome to a new academic year in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy!
We would like to invite you to the EDCP Graduate Student Orientation on Friday, September 5, 2014, 4-7pm in Scarfe 310. At the Orientation you will have an opportunity to meet faculty members and students, to gather information about academic and practical resources, and to inform us about how we can serve your needs this year. Pizza will be provided!
The schedule is as follows:
4:00 Welcome to the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
Introduction to Graduate Studies in EDCP
Understanding the roles of:
Question and Answer Session
4:45 Pizza and soft drinks – Great opportunity to meet other graduate students, faculty, and staff
5:30 – 7:00 pm Fine Tuning your Scholarship/Fellowship Applications
Session dedicated to SSHRC/Affiliated Award applicants
Bring a draft of your proposal and receive feedback from a faculty member and/or student mentor
Please RSVP to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r-1pUxx4fJ2PCM9YvZ93EKgfgk7JVTLip28MfXh4XsI/viewform?usp=send_form no later than Wednesday, September 3th by 12 pm (noon).
Sincerely,
Michelle, Liz, Jungson, Nasim, and Conrad (The Peer Advising Team)
Basia Zurek (Graduate Programs Assistant)
Anne Phelan (Graduate Advisor)
Hello All,
Due to the continuing labour dispute in the BC public education system, we have been alerted to the fact that some part-time graduate students (who are not eligible for financial assistance) may have difficulty paying their September tuition installment on time. Through the efforts of Shapoor Marfatia, Mark Edwards, Maria Mannella and Teresa Tsang (thanks to all of you), a process has been established whereby part-time graduate students employed in BC public schools who may find it impossible to make their September tuition payment on time can request…through their cohort advisor or department’s graduate advisor…a one-month extension of the payment deadline to October 7, 2014.
The cohort advisor or graduate advisor should forward the names and student numbers of those affected to Maria Mannella (maria.mannella@ubc.ca) or Teresa Tsang
(teresa.tsang@ubc.ca). Please note that students should NOT contact either Maria or Teresa directly. This must be done via the cohort or graduate advisor.
A few points that need to be noted for cohort/graduate advisors’ information:
To repeat, students in this circumstance should NOT contact Maria or Teresa directly, but rather must work through their cohort or graduate advisor.
Please send message to me. Please include name, student number, and the name of the school that you work for.
to: basia.zurek@ubc.ca.
All the best. Tom.
Thomas J. Sork, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, International and Administration
Professor, Adult Education
Faculty of Education | Dean’s Office
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver
2616- 2125 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone 604 822 5211 | Fax 604 822 6501
Hi,
The Office of Graduate Studies and Research (OGPR) currently has two graduate student (preferably one Masters and one PhD) volunteer positions on our Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR) as described below.
We are looking for two graduate student volunteers for the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR). The committee is scheduled to meet once per month every second Tuesday for two hours starting at 9:30am. We ask members to act as “information conduits” back and forth to/from grad students/departments (bringing up issues from grad students/departments; bringing back feedback on issues to the committee). We discuss issues related to research (e.g., representing FOE research to the University community, policies related to research, etc.). In the coming year, this committee will be an important link for the “Year of Research in Education” and we are hoping for active participation from departmental representatives. The first DACR meeting will be held on September 9 at 9:30am in Scarfe 309C.
This committee would provide graduate students with the opportunity to provide a voice for the student perspective on a wide-range of issues and topics relevant to the Faculty of Education as well as the wider University community.
If you would like to volunteer for this committee, please send me an email with a brief outline of why you are interested in the committee and what qualities you would bring to the committee. Email to: christine.wallsworth@ubc.ca by 4:30pm, September 2, 2014 (deadline extended).
Cheers,
Christine.
Christine Wallsworth
Manager
Office of Graduate Programs and Research
Faculty of Education
2125 Main Mall, Room 309
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4
Phone: 604-822-5217
Email: christine.wallsworth@ubc.ca
Assistant Professor
Economics of Education
The Graduate School of Education (GSE), University of California, Berkeley, seeks applicants at the Assistant Professor level for a tenure-track position in the economics of education to begin in the 2015-2016 academic year, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2015. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong foundations in economic and educational theory (including heterodox approaches such as behavioral economics), with the ability to think about underlying social and school processes and how they work. Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to studying enduring issues of equity and improvement in education. Relevant topics may include the structure of inequality and its impact on students; education finance and the effects of resources on student outcomes; the effects of schooling on economic and noneconomic outcomes; the effects of poverty and racism on educational outcomes; teacher labor markets and effects of incentives and assessments; the effects and effectiveness of school reform, including students’ and teachers’ responses to incentives and disincentives; or the economics of market-based school reforms or school choice.
The successful candidate will have a primary affiliation with the Policy, Organization, Measurement and Evaluation (POME) area in the GSE; POME is a multi-disciplinary group whose faculty and students focus on education policy, organizational processes in schools and school systems, program evaluation, and measurement and assessment. The individual should be prepared to teach courses in the economics of education and applied econometrics, teach and advise doctoral students specializing in economic analysis of education policy and practice, and contribute as appropriate to the GSE’s innovative MA and EdD programs in educational leadership. Faculty in the GSE also have the opportunity to teach in the School’s popular undergraduate minor.
The minimum basic qualification to be considered an applicant for this position is a doctoral degree or equivalent in education, economics, public policy, or a related field of the social sciences, or all degree requirements except the dissertation, by the time of application. The doctoral degree must be completed by the date of hire. Additional qualifications include the potential for significant research accomplishment, evidenced by working papers and/or contributions to published works in leading journals, letters from experts in the field, a vision of research to be accomplished in the next 5 years, or participation in the research community (e.g., presentations of work at conferences). Demonstrated ability to teach economics of education and to develop new material for courses, and experience working with diverse students is preferred.
As part of their application, applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a research statement, a teaching statement, and 3 – 5 letters of reference. All letters of reference will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please arrange for letters of recommendation to be uploaded directly by recommenders. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html prior to submitting their letters.
Visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00472 to apply. The deadline date to apply is October 10, 2014. Please contact Rochelle Niccolls at (510) 644-4917 orNiccolls@berkeley.edu with questions.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct. We are interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research, and service. UC Berkeley is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual-career couples and single parents. For more information see http://calcierge.berkeley.edu/
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research (OGPR) is pleased to announce the following event:
If so, you are invited to join us in an Information Panel and Feedback Forum for Education Graduate Students:
Education Graduate Student SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC/Affiliated Panel & Feedback Forum
September 10, 2014
Scarfe, Room 310
1:00pm-3:30 pm
This event is designed to give you an opportunity to learn about the SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC/Affiliated Fellowship process, or provide you with personal feedback on your application/proposal.
You can either attend a general panel presentation that provides advice on the construction of a SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC/Affiliated application (e.g. letters of reference, program of research); or attend a break-out group where you can receive personalized feedback from faculty and students on your application. Please note that due to time constraints you cannot attend both the panel presentation and receive personalized feedback – therefore, you must indicate which part of the event you are attending on the registration form.
Space is limited so please RSVP by 8:30am Friday, September 5, 2014, using the online registration at the following link: http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/sept-2014-info-session
You must indicate whether you wish to attend the information panel or receive feedback. We cannot guarantee a personalized feedback session to late replies.
Please note that, in order to facilitate the personalized feedback forum, you will be pre-assigned a room and meeting time. If there is a particular time that you cannot attend, please indicate this on the online registration form. Also, to assist our feedback volunteers in providing you with personalized feedback, please submit a copy (drafts are acceptable) of your SSHRC/CIHR/ NSERC/ Affiliated Fellowship application to educ.ogpr@ubc.ca once you have completed your online registration.
The Office of Graduate Studies and Research (OGPR) currently has two graduate student (preferably one Masters and one PhD) volunteer positions on our Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR) as described below.
We are looking for two graduate student volunteers for the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR). The committee is scheduled to meet once per month every second Tuesday for two hours starting at 9:30am. We ask members to act as “information conduits” back and forth to/from grad students/departments (bringing up issues from grad students/departments; bringing back feedback on issues to the committee). We discuss issues related to research (e.g., representing FOE research to the University community, policies related to research, etc.). In the coming year, this committee will be an important link for the “Year of Research in Education” and we are hoping for active participation from departmental representatives. The first DACR meeting will be held on September 9 at 9:30am in Scarfe 309C.
This committee would provide graduate students with the opportunity to provide a voice for the student perspective on a wide-range of issues and topics relevant to the Faculty of Education as well as the wider University community.
If you would like to volunteer for this committee, please send me an email with a brief outline of why you are interested in the committee and what qualities you would bring to the committee. Email to: christine.wallsworth@ubc.ca by 4:30pm, August 28, 2014.