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Announcements Office of Graduate Programs - FoE

May 2013 Graduation Deadlines‏

Please be aware of the following deadlines for May 2013 Graduation

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Thursday, 28 February 2013

Last day for graduation applications to be submitted to Enrolment Services by all students expecting to graduate in May. Application is made through the Student Service Centre. 

Friday, 19 April 2013

Last day for graduate programs to notify the Faculty of Graduate Studies that all requirements (including major papers) have been met for non-thesis master’s degrees for May graduation

Last day for final master’s theses and doctoral dissertations to be accepted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies for May graduation. Must be approved and accepted by 4:00 pm.

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Congratulations to Marina Milner-Bolotin and Team!‏

SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. SAMSON NASHON, DEPUTY HEAD, EDCP:

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin (EDCP) as Principal Applicant and  Dr. Cynthia Nicol (EDCP), Heather Fisher (EDCP Graduate Student) and Alexandra MacDonald  (EDCP Graduate Student) as team members for their successful 2013-2014 TLEF of $55, 227.

Project Title: Turning Teacher-Candidates to Inquiry: Improving Preparation of Future K-12 Teachers in Mathematics and Science through Active Technology Engagement

Project Summary: The project aims at enhancing the preparation of future K-12 mathematics and science teachers through the active use of modern technologies, such as electronic response systems (clickers) and SMART Boards. We have created much needed opportunities for teacher-candidates to: (1) design and evaluate educational materials for technology-enhanced teaching; (2) discover and devise strategies for integrating technology to promote inquiry-based teaching; (3) become the next generation of leaders in the  technology-enhanced mathematics and science inquiry-based education.

Project’s web site: http://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/

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Announcements Employment

Seeking a tutor – Chemistry 10

From: Carolyn R [mailto:lyjasmom@gmail.com]
Subject: seeking a tutor for my daughter for grade 10 science

Hi, I am a parent seeking a tutor for my daughter who is struggling with the Chemistry section in Science 10 in high school.  We live close by the university.
Please contact me if you have this background and are interested in tutoring.

Thanks very much,

Carolyn

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AERA Announcements

FINE‏ Forum

The Forum for International Networking in Education (FINE), is organizing three FREE events at AERA 2013 in San Francisco for students from U21 Universities:

•      The FINE forum will be held on Friday, April 26th from 1pm~5pm and then dinner will follow at 7pm

o    The forum will include a number of speakers (various topics will be covered, including navigating AERA and life in academia), a panel discussion featuring U21 Deans of Education, and discussions on the best ways to network with academics and other students

•      2 breakfasts will be held on Sunday, April 28th and Tuesday, April 30th (both at 7am)

o    These breakfasts are an excellent opportunity to connect with other Education students and Deans from U21 universities

Locations are TBD and will be made available at a later date. Please RSVP to fine.u21@gmail.com

For more information on U21 and FINE please visit: http://www.universitas21.com

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities

For International Students: Provincial Nominee Program Information Session and Leveraging Your International Experience in Building Your Career presentation

I. Work: Provincial Nominee Program Information Session and Leveraging Your International Experience in Building Your Career

Are you an international student interested in living and working in Canada permanently after graduation? Government officers from the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) will give a presentation about how to apply for Canadian permanent residency through BC Provincial Nominee Program. They will speak and answer questions about most updated government regulations and application procedures. It is recommended that you should obtain basic information about the BC PNP http://www.welcomebc.ca/wbc/immigration/come/work/about/index before attending the info session.

This session will provide you with the information required in planning and building your career in Canada, and will prepare you for Launch Your Career in Canada, an event held on March 12, 2013 that provides an opportunity to connect with employers and UBC international alumni, learn more about the Canadian job market, and get tips on finding a great job in Canada.

The second presentation, Leveraging Your International Experience in Building Your Career, will be presented and facilitated by Yasuhiko Ogushi, an International Business Development Consultant in the cleantech sector who originally came from Japan and arrived in Canada in 2003 after working as an engineer for 10 years.  He earned his MSc in Resource Management and Environmental Studies in 2005 and worked for BC Hydro until 2010.  He also founded the Japan-North America Cleantech Advisory Group in 2012 and worked as a business development consultant in the cleantech sector (energy and environmental technology) between Japan and North America.

Date and Time:  Tuesday, February 26th, 2012 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

Location: Woodward (Instructional Resources Centre-IRC), Room 2, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?show=y,n,n,n,n,y&bldg2Search=n&locat1=475

Register online at https://secure.students.ubc.ca/workshops/international.cfm#2344

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Courses Graduate Program Opportunities

Presentation Skills Workshop March 27, 28

Registration is open for the Presentation Skills Workshop March 27, 28, 2013.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 16 hour workshop.

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the Late March PSW, please go to:

http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2291

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Courses Graduate Program Opportunities

Instructional Skills Workshop March 23, 24, 25

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop March 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 Late March ISW, please go to:

http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2257

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Announcements Conferences

CILS 9th Annual Symposium Call for Proposal‏

Centre for Intercultural Language Studies (CILS)
9th Annual Symposium
“Reflecting on Experiential learning: What lies beyond the language classroom?” 

Friday, May 3, 2013
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
The University of British Columbia (Venue TBA)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

We are accepting submissions for presentations (20 minutes) followed by discussion (10 minutes) on topics related to language education. The theme for this year, “Reflecting on Experiential learning: What lies beyond the language classroom?” is intentionally broadly-stated so as to provide a forum where multiple perspectives from across a spectrum of issues can be shared and discussed.

However, please note that submissions on any aspects of second/foreign language research, teaching, and learning are also warmly welcome.  We also encourage presentations in languages other than English (the presenter needs to submit an abstract in both English and the presenting language). Reports on small/large-scale research projects, research proposals, preliminary results of ongoing work, teaching workshops, as well as personal reflections are all welcome.

Publishing Opportunity: Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity to submit a revised version of their paper for consideration for publication as Conference Proceedings in the CILS website. Detailed description of selection criteria and additional information will be distributed later.

Please see the attached document for detailed information. Please submit your proposal (or any questions you may have) by February 28th, 2013 to Rachel Wang at rachel.wang@ubc.ca

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Announcements Funding and Awards

UBC Vancouver Campus Student Development Awards

The Office of the Vice President Students recognizes exceptional contributions or significant improvements to the student experience and learning environment at UBC.  We actively support the University’s Place and Promise strategic commitments, in particular those that are the focused on improving the student experience across all priorities.  We are now inviting nominations from UBC Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni for the 2012/13 UBC Vancouver Student Development Awards. Categories of awards and winners for the last two years are listed below.  Please refer to the VP Students website for past recipients.

Margaret Fulton Award:  For an individual

2010/11:  Joshua Caulkins, Hugh Neary, Charles Shi

2011/12:  Paul Harrison, Alyssa Koehn

Helen McCrae Award:  For a service for students provided by AMS, GSS or UBC

2010/11:  Graduate Pathways to Success Program

2011/12:  Arts Academic Advising/The Ubyssey

Alfred Scow Award:  For an undergraduate program or department

2010/11:  Cognitive Systems Program

2011/12:  Physics and Astronomy Department/UBC Opera Program

Peter Larkin Award:  For a graduate program or department

2010/11:  Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program

2011/12:  Master of Arts Asia Pacific Policy Studies Program/Institute of Applied Mathematics

Criteria for Awards

The following criteria will guide evaluation of contributions and improvements to the student experience and learning environment:

  • Direct impact on student experience, including exceptional contributions or significant improvements to:
    • Student Access
    • Student Success
    • Student Learning and Development
    • Campus Community and Campus Experience
    • Student Involvement in Campus and Community
  • Degree of involvement by students in the needs assessment, planning, implementation, or program evaluation where appropriate.

Nomination Process

Nominations should include a written statement from the nominator and two supporting letters outlining the exceptional contributions or improvements.  Letters from students are particularly helpful.

Deadline for Nominations:  March 5, 2013

Nominations should be submitted to Linda Yuen at linda.yuen@ubc.ca.

Award winners will be announced on March 28, 2013 and will be honored at a special ceremony.

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Announcements Office of Graduate Programs - FoE

Graduate Pathways to Success – Intercultural Communication (Feb 28)

Registration is now open for The Essential Intercultural Communication Workshop (Offered in partnership with International House, this case-based interactive workshop for both domestic and international students will cover topics including TAing, working in groups and supervisor/student relationships).

Thursday, February 28th, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM

For complete session details visit: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/8127-gps-event-essential-intercultural-communication-workshop

To register, visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2362 .

Registration continues for the Three Minute Thesis Competition.  To register to present or become an event volunteer, contact your heat organizer or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca.  For complete event info, please visit http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/ .  If you are a student whose program or department is not currently organizing a heat, please e-mail us and we can register you in one of the other heats!

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Conferences CSSE

Invitation to CATE Pre-Conference

INVITATION TO CATE PRE-CONFERENCE

At the annual CSSE conference in Victoria this year, June 2-5, 2013,  the Canadian Association of Teacher Education (CATE) is sponsoring a  pre-conference on June 1, 2013 from 13:00- 17:00 (room: TBA) exploring  the question:

“How are faculties of education assessing program outcomes and student  learning in an era of innovation, diversity, evaluation, and
accountability?”

The purpose of this Pre-Conference is to provide an opportunity for  teachers, teacher educators and researchers, including graduate  students, to engage in extended conversations with each other and to  forge working relationships and connections between CATE members. CATE  would like to encourage you as graduate students to attend this  pre-conference as many of you consider a future that will include  teacher education. As the Graduate Student Representative for CATE,  and member of CCGSE, I will be at the pre-conference to help  facilitate your involvement. This is a great opportunity to broaden  your network and understanding, so please join us.

We will open the session by hearing the perspectives of a panel of
student teachers, then follow up with a working session that provides  us an opportunity to break into smaller groups for work and  conversation.

We will create working groups according to three themes. Participants  are asked to declare in advance which working group they would like to  work with. There will also be an opportunity for all participants to interact with the participants from other working groups. The three  working groups are as follows:

· Theme/Working Group #1: Assessment practices in teacher education  programs within the context of innovation.

· Theme/Working Group #2: Assessment practices in teacher education  programs within the context of diversity.

· Theme/Working Group #3: Assessment practices in teacher education programs within the context of evaluation and accountability.

If you are interested in joining this session you must pre-register by  contacting Paige Fisher atFisher.paige@gmail.com by March 28, 2013.  There is no cost for this session, but it is essential you register in
advance to attend and that you be a current member of CATE

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Announcements Courses Graduate Program Opportunities

Graduate Pathways to Success – Networking, Commerical Writing Sessions + 3MT‏

If you are interested in getting your students involved in 3MT or running a heat in your department, please let me know and I will send you an organizer’s package which includes all the information and files you need.  I’m also happy to answer any questions you have.

Please forward the below information to your graduate students:

Registration continues for the Three Minute Thesis Competition.  To register to present or become an event volunteer, contact your heat organizer or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca.  For complete event info, please visit http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/.  If you are a student whose program or department is not currently organizing a heat, please e-mail us and we can register you in one of the other heats!

Semi-finals will be Tuesday, March 12th, 1:00 – 2:30 PM and 3:00 – 4:30 PM

Final will be Thursday, March 14th, 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Both event will be held in the Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road.

PRIZES:

Each semi-final: 1st place ($250), 2nd Place ($125), Honorable Mention($50) + People’s Choice ($25 gift card).

Final: 1st place ($1000), 2nd place ($500), People’s Choice ($25 gift card).
There is still space available in this week’s GPS workshops:

Resume Clinic @ Vancouver General Hospital

Tuesday, Feb 12th, 3:30 to 5:00 PM

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g228f

 

Networking (in collaboration with Mitacs Step)

Wednesday, Feb 13th, 7:00 to 9:00 PM

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g22bc

Getting the word out: writing for the public sphere (This will help you move from academic researcher to commercial writer)

Thursday, Feb 14th, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g22bd

For complete session descriptions or to view other upcoming workshops, pleases visit: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events .

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Graduate Program Opportunities

UBC-City of Vancouver Greenest City Scholars – Call for Applications‏

UBC-City of Vancouver Greenest City Scholars – Call for Applications

The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is proud to once again sponsor graduate students currently enrolled in Masters or PhD programs at UBC Vancouver to work with the City of Vancouver to advance Vancouver’s greenest city goals. The Greenest City Scholars Program is open to UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines and runs from early May to August 2013. The USI will provide funding to successful candidates to work with the City in support of the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan.

Applications are due by 4 pm on February 27, 2013.

For more information on specific research projects and to apply, visit: http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/greenestcityscholars.

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Feb 19 – Graduate Research in a Day‏

Registration is now open for Discover, Gather, Create, Share – Graduate Research In A Day
at the UBC Library Research Commons in Koerner Library.

Date: Tuesday, February 19
Location: Koerner Library

Kick off Reading Week with a series of workshops designed to help you with all stages of the graduate student research
process from doing a Literature Review to Formatting Your Thesis according to FoGS guidelines, and all stages in between.

These events are free and lunch is included. Space is limited so register soon.

To view complete workshop listings and to register, visit:
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/series/73

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Employment

Employment – tenure track position in Regina for a teacher educator

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor – Educational Core Studies

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