UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #664
April 11, 2014
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver
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Dear Graduate Students,
Hope you’ve had a moment to take in the lovely weather we’re having, and with it all the signs of life coming back to Vancouver. And now, today’s random musical interlude (to accompany the newsletter): Stop and Take The Time To Smell The Roses. 🙂
GSS Opportunities:
The GSS is seeking a passionate Advocacy Coordinator to join our Advocacy office. We’re looking for a graduate student interested in helping other students through academic, financial, and disciplinary issues, a person who will engage with the graduate student community to identify issues and areas of concern so that the GSS can help to address these issues. Take a look at the detailed job description. Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume, cover letter and references to the Vice-President, Administration at vpadmin@gss.ubc.ca.
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 & 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!
– 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 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.
GSS Sponsored Events:
UBC Department of Educational Studies Research Day will be held on Friday, April 11, at the beautiful Dance Centre (677 Davie Street) in downtown Vancouver. The theme of the day is “Peeking over Shoulders: Discovering our Colleagues’ Work.” EDST Research Day showcases and celebrates the rich educational research, practice and theory being developed by the department’s students and faculty. It will be a day to gather, socialize, and foster a sense of community. Panel presentations and poster displays will begin at 1:00pm and conclude at 5:00pm, with social event to follow at 6:00pm. For an RSVP link, or for questions and comments, please send a message to EDST.researchday@gmail.com.
As you were.
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Invitation to register
2014 HISTORICAL THINKING SUMMER INSTITUTEMuseum of Vancouver & UBC Vancouver
July 7-12 | pdce.educ.ubc.ca/htsi2014
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Stunning vistas from the Museum of Vancouver meet with critical perspectives at our Historical Thinking Summer Institute, from July 7-12.
Bursaries are available to help participants join us for this unforgettable experience.
Historical Thinking
Historical thinking is now included as a foundation of the Ontario history curriculum. It plays a key role in the new draft social studies curriculum in British Columbia. Other Canadian provinces are moving in the same direction.
The summer institute is designed for teachers, graduate students, curriculum developers, professional development leaders and museum educators who want to enhance their expertise at designing and teaching history courses and programs with explicit attention to historical thinking.
These concepts will shape our exploration of two substantive themes: Aboriginal-settler relations, and human-nature relations over time. We will use local cases, resources and expertise available in Vancouver, but the work will be applicable to other locations across Canada and internationally.
Registration Deadline – May 15
pdce.educ.ub.ca/htsi2014
Please visit the program website for more information, or contact summer.educ@ubc.ca.
Please find below a list of upcoming Canada Research Chair candidate presentations that will take place this April in the Faculty of Education. All are invited to attend and provide feedback.
Canada Research Chair Tier II: Indigenous Health, Healing and Psychological Wellness in Education
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
| Candidate | Presentation Title | Presentation Date & Location |
| Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Minnesota |
“Increasing indigenous health equity through supporting tribal communities to revitalize, reclaim and reinvent health approaches” | Monday, April 14th
11:30-12:45 Scarfe 310
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| Dr. Alanaise Goodwill,
Assistant Professor, Department of Native Studies – Clinical Specialization, Brandon University |
“Okandossiwin: Research is a gift of knowing” | Wednesday, April 16th
11:30-12:45 Scarfe 310
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Canada Research Chair Tier II: Physical Activity and Health
School of Kinesiology
| Candidate | Presentation Title | Presentation Date & Location |
| Dr. Christopher West,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ICORD, University of British Columbia |
“From rodent to rehab: Physical inactivity and cardiovascular function in spinal cord injury”
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Thursday, April 10th,
11:00-12:30 WMG RM100
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| Dr. Eli Puterman,
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco |
“Physical activity as resiliency: Mitigating stress pathways to disease” | Wednesday, April 16th
11:00-12:30 WMG RM100
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| Dr. Jennifer Brunet,
Assistant Professor, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa |
Title forthcoming | Thursday, April 24th
9:30-11:00 WMG RM100
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| Dr. Kristi Adamo,
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Faculty of Health Sciences University of Ottawa |
“Power of prevention in the early years: The role of active living” | Monday, April 28th
11:00-12:30 WMG RM100 |
For the most up-to-date information on the search, as well as to access candidate CV’s, presentation videos and online feedback forms, please visit the hyperlinks provided above. If you have any questions regarding either of these searches, please let me know.
The next Approaching the Past event in Vancouver will take place Thursday, May 8, 2014 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This free public event sponsored by The History Education Network/Histoire et éducation en réseau (THEN/HiER) will be discussions about the history of policing in Vancouver’s Aboriginal and Chinese communities with special guests from the Vancouver Police Department: Rick Lavallee, Aboriginal Liaison, Diversity and Aboriginal Policing Section, and Wes Fung, Neighbourhood Police Officer, Chinese Community Policing Centre. Everyone is welcome.
Please RSVP to admin@thenhier.ca or (604) 822-6915 to aid us in ordering refreshments which will be provided at the event. Space is limited.
See http://thenhier.ca/en/content/approaching-past-policing-aboriginal-and-chinese-communities-vancouver-may-8 for more information.
Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop May 9, 10, 11, 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 9, 10, 11 ISW, please go to:
Hi Education Graduate Students! Ready, set, present! Would you like an opportunity to present your research questions? Can you present your findings in 3 minutes or less? On May 14th, as part of the Office of Graduate Programs and Research's "Research Week 2014", you are invited to submit proposals to present your work in 3 minutes or less. Guidelines: * Target should be an educated but non-specialist audience * A single, static PowerPoint slide is permitted * No animations, movement, audio, video, laser pointers, costumes, laboratory equipment, musical instruments, etc. Just YOU! * Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum Audience members will vote for their favourite presentation, along with a jury of three Faculty of Education community members (who will assess for comprehension, engagement and communication). The decision of the adjudicating panel is final and faculty members' presentations will not be eligible for either people's or jury's choice awards. The Call for Presentations is now open. Please submit proposals to Adriana Briseno- Garzon (adriana.briseno@ubc.ca) by April 18th, 2014, 4:00pm. Please use the attached Call for Presentation form. I've been dusting off my presentations skills and I hope you will join me on May 14! Sincerely, Laura Teichert LLED PhD student Research Week Planning Team
The EDCP deadline will be April 14, 2014, NOON
Subject: Call for nominations: Montalbano Scholars Fellowship
Montalbano Scholars Fellowship: Supports PhD students in International Relations or International Law who are recipients of one or more of the following: Four Year Doctoral Fellowship; Killam Doctoral Fellowship; Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award or Canada Graduate Scholarship; Natural Science and Engineering Council Postgraduate Scholarship or Canada Graduate Scholarship; or Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship or Canada Graduate Scholarship. Preference will be given to students entering their first year of the PhD program at the University of British Columbia.
Value: $10,000 per year, renewable for an additional two years upon satisfactory progress
G+PS Deadline: 4:00 p.m. Friday, 25 April, 2014
Nomination Procedures / Materials; To recommend a student for this award, please provide the following:
(i) a letter of nomination (maximum two pages) from the Graduate Advisor, Department Head, or student’s supervisor. The letter must specify (a) why the nominee is eligible for award and (b) qualities, etc., that make the nominee a strong candidate for the award.
(ii) copy of nominee’s CV (up to two pages)
(iii) copies of all university-level transcripts to at least 31 December, 2013 (print-out of Academic History from SISC is acceptable for UBC transcript).
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Anne Brozensky (anne.brozensky@ubc.ca).
Course development
The Centre for Community Engaged Learning and the Faculty of Pharmacy
Job title: curriculum development assistant
Pay rate: $23.89 to $28.47 /hr, depending on experience
Hours per week: 10 to 20
Length of term: Summer 2014, potential for extension in the fall and winter
In September 2015 the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences will be offering a new experiential learning course which draws heavily upon community service learning pedagogy. Up until now, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has offered these kinds of courses to twenty students in the first year of the BSc Pharm program. In 2015, the Faculty will be changing its degree program and community service learning will be mandatory for all 224 students in each of the first and second years of the Entry to Practice PharmD Program. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with the assistance of the Centre for Community Engaged Learning, will be working over the next year to structure these courses; we are seeking a graduate student to assist in this process.
Background: Community service learning (CSL) is a pedagogical approach in which students apply their academic learning while working in partnership with community-based partners to address community-identified priorities. CSL enhances students’ academic learning and their capacity for global citizenship, while strengthening civil society and advancing sustainability. CSL is one of the enriched educational experiences that are highlighted in UBC’s Place and Promise strategic plan.
Role:
The graduate student will work directly with staff and faculty from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences as well as from The Centre for Community Engaged Learning.
Duties:
The RA may be asked to assist in all stages of the research/evaluation:
– Exploring possible CSL models for a large number students
– Exploring CSL models in health careers
– Helping to create a curriculum that may work for the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
– Helping to create a strategy for building community partnerships to host 200+ students
– Working with results from pilot years to help structure the curriculum
The curriculum development assistant will participate in weekly meetings. During these meetings the team will discuss the work being done and collaboratively define the necessary next steps for the coming week.
Qualifications
1. Currently pursuing a graduate degree in Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy, Educational Studies, Human Development Learning and Culture, etc.)
2. Previous experience working in course development an asset.
3. Previous experience working with community an asset.
All of the CCEL’s work includes an aspect of community engagement; having a methodological understanding of community-university relationships is therefore, an asset.
Please apply with a resume and cover letter to Allyson Rayner by April 22, 2014. allyson.rayner@ubc.ca.
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to announce the new Killam Doctoral Scholarship recipients for 2014-2015 academic year. The Killam Doctoral Scholarships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies. These are the most prestigious graduate awards available at UBC, and are awarded to the top doctoral candidates in the annual Tri-Agency / Affiliated Fellowships competition. The scholarships include a stipend of up to $30,000 per annum for two years and a $2,000 allowance for research-related travel during the 24 months of the scholarship.
2014-2015 Killam Doctoral Scholarship Awardees
(in alphabetical order)
Kaylee Byers, Interdisciplinary Studies
Addison Desnoyer, Chemistry
Miriam Matejova, Political Science
Ellen Stephenson, Psychology
Marc Tadaki, Geography
Francis Therrien, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mary Turri, Educational and Counselling Psychology
Xian Wang, History
Once doctoral funding offers from CIHR and SSHRC are announced, we should be in a position to offer more Killam Doctoral Scholarships to the next-ranked applicants from the competition.
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
4th Annual Early Childhood Education Graduate Student Conference Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:30 - 7:00 pm Scarfe 310 RSVP: http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/iecer-gradstudentconf Please join us at our fourth annual ECE graduate student conference. At this event, graduate students will share presentations on a range of significant and timely topics that focus on local, national, and international developments and initiatives in the field of early childhood education. Dinner will be provided. For further information check our website: http://earlychildhood.educ.ubc.ca CONTACT: jodi.streelasky@ubc.ca
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:
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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University of British Columbia
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