Marketing Activities

Current or completed QuEST project activity aimed at inspiring potential, prospective & current students. See the introductory marketing page for goals.

This table of activities and accomplishments, ordered by date, is an outline only. See links within the table for further details.

No. Item Type Description Date
14 LMS-based student communications resource Canvas ‘course‘

Discussion

 Based on success at UBC-O’s EEGS dep’t, EOAS will pilot a Canvas ‘course‘ to support advising of all EOAS undergrads. It aims to improve communication about dep’t activities, degree programs, expectations, preparation for careers and so on. A complete first draft was reviewed by a few EOAS faculty by November 2023. Aug 2023
13 EOAS/climate context in Math courses small TLEF
  • Small TLEF grant awarded to Math Dep’t (“strongly supported”) : “Math and EOAS Collaborate to Improve Climate Education at UBC“. Proposal prepared by T. Ivanochko, with Math Prof. Sven Bachmann as P.I.
  • Team: 10 from Math, 5 from UBC-O math, 7 from EOAS (including QuEST personnel) 2 from UBC Sustainability Hub.
  • Goal: incorporate EOAS & climate contexts into 1st yr math courses to (a) provide relevant and inspiring “purposes” to the learning of mathematics, and (b) expose students to the potentials and rewards of quantitative EOAS degree specializations.
  • Climate primer workshops delivered in summer 2023, and preliminary math assignments prepared by Math faculty and students for fall 2023.
 May 2023
12 Showcasing climate in SCIE 001 Partnering Guest lecture delivered in Feb. to pilot EOAS context in SCIE 001. S. Schoof (EOAS) presenting. B. Marcus (Math) professor. Feb 2023
11 Advice on curriculum rejuvenation
 consult From CTLT (C. Hunter): support re. curriculum, curricular reform, peer institutions, syllabi, capstone experiences, interviewing & analysis procedures during 2022
10 Advice on career preparation
 consult From UBC Career Services (K. Rawes): insights and support related to career preparation and job prospects during 2022
9 EOAS/climate context in Math courses G-Doc EOAS & Math to cooperate on building climate context math courses. TLEF submitted by T. Ivanochko with 10, 3, 5, 2 partners in math, eoas, ubc-o, sustain respectively. C. Schoof Nov2022
8 Showcase QES professionals Web pgs Showcasing professionals; arranged with UBC Science Alumni (K. Duffel). 14 alumni asked, one responded. One example profile page was built. Sep-Nov 2022
7 Updates to EOAS webpages Web pgs Sep2022
6 Showcase student accomplishments Docs from summer 2022 Ideas for a framework to celebrate student accomplishments. Ideas were considered impractical, but for alternatives see “Celebrate current strengths more visibly“. Sep2022
5 Industry contacts 36 listed as of 220926, mostly via LinkedIn, and several alumni. See “alumni” recommendations. Jul2022
4 EOAS advertising flyer image First draft only, but maybe a starting point? (Constructed using the online “Canva” tool). Jul2022
3 Jobs available to QES students G-sht Initial compilation of 8 jobs available to QES students. To be augmented with a wider search if time permits. May2022
2 UBC web page updates Web pgs Apr2022
1 Job Posting Analytics; various Docs
  • Several search results to characterize skills required across disciplines, generated using the EMSI (now “Lightcast“) labour market analytics and BC Labour statistics services. Done for QuEST by Carrie Hunter (CTLT).
  • See also Coursera Global Skills report (annual).
 Apr2021