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Upcoming Caucus Meeting: Sept 30

Hello to our new and continuing students! Our first English Graduate Caucus meeting for the 2021–2022 academic year is scheduled for Thursday, September 30th at 3 p.m. PST on Zoom. Please check your inbox for an invitation sent through the “English Grads” mailing list.

Elections for this year’s caucus representatives will be held during this meeting, so if you’re interested in taking up a position, please either attend the meeting on September 30 or send an email to gradcaucus@gmail.com in advance so your name can be included during elections.

If you’re not interested in being a caucus representative, please consider attending anyway! Attending the monthly caucus meetings is a great way to get involved in the department and meet your fellow grads.

Available positions include:

  • Caucus Chair (or Co-Chairs)
  • Communications Coordinator
  • Finance Committee (with at least one returning grad student)
  • Conference Committee
  • Social Committee
  • Department Representative(s)
  • Graduate Student Society (GSS) Representative
  • Union Representative
  • ACCUTE Representative
  • Graduate Well-being Committee
  • Fundraising Committee
  • License Coordinator
  • Graduate Student Spaces Representative
  • Softball Captain
If you have questions about any of these roles, please feel free to send an email to gradcaucus@gmail.com or inquire during the meeting.
See you there!

Online group counselling available to UBC students

If you’re experiencing emotional hardships and would like to connect with students experiencing similar challenges, UBC Wellbeing offers various group counselling programs. The available support groups include the graduate student group, student-parent group, the international student group, and the racism and resilience group.

Click here to register and find out more about UBC Wellbeing’s group counselling programs.

Thrive Month

November is Thrive Month, a time when the UBC community can come together to discuss and support our mental health.

The English Graduate community is invited to attend the screening and peer round table of The Great Disconnect on Monday, November 30. 

For more information and to sign up, please check out the GSS event page.

“The Great Disconnect is a timely documentary that invites us to reflect on the relationships we have with those around us and raises the question: is it possible to overcome our modern culture of disconnectedness and rediscover how truly essential we are to one other? As in-person meetings have become difficult under current events, we hope that the screening and peer discussion of this documentary can be inspiring in re-establishing social connections and relationships.”

– Zhishu, Well-being Committee Representative

CGS-M Application Workshops

Thinking of applying for the CGS-M Scholarship?

The Center for Writing and Scholarly Communication at the UBC Library is hosting a workshop on how to write a research proposal (October 20 at 10 am) . Check out the event details or register for the workshop here.

You can also attend a workshop organized by the Graduate Pathways to Success Program about the CGS-M competition details and application procedures (October 26 at 10 am). Learn more or register for this event here.

You can also learn more about the CGS-M Scholarship in our previous post!

MA Funding Opportunities – Canadian Graduate Scholarships and Affiliated Fellowships

The UBC application deadline for the Tri-Agency Canadian Graduate Scholarship Master’s (CGS-M) and Affiliated Fellowships Master’s Competitions is Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 5:00 pm PST!

Continue reading “MA Funding Opportunities – Canadian Graduate Scholarships and Affiliated Fellowships”

Caucus Meeting – Oct. 15

The next caucus meeting will be on Thursday, October 15 at 10 a.m. PST! Swing by to meet some folks in your community and hear updates from our representatives.

Want to be a caucus representative? We’re looking for people for the following roles:

      • MA student for Department Rep
      • Works-in-Progress Rep
      • Conference Committee members
      • Graduate Well-being Committee members
      • COVID-19 Committee members

Keep your eye on your email for an invite from our co-chairs. See you then!

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