Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Rd, UBC, Point Grey campus
Graduate Pathways to Success and Mitacs Step
Friday, 2 October 2015 – 9:00am to 4:30pm
Please note this is a 2-day workshop, scheduled for Friday, October 2 and the following Monday, October 5.
* This session is being offered in collaboration with the MITACS Step program. Mitacs Step offers a holistic, inter-disciplinary approach to professional skills development. The workshops that are offered provide practical tools in business, communications, and project management through experiential learning from industry professionals in an interactive environment, arming graduate students for success within or beyond academia.
Workshop Objectives
Expand your knowledge of the necessary editorial, grammatical and structural conventions to create quality, impactful writing.
Learning Outcomes
You will learn to:
Analyze your audience and tailor your writing to them
Identify the components of a technical report
Make effective use of writing and editing techniques
Use graphics effectively
Key Topics
The Writing Process
Audience analysis
Purpose, tone and genres
Document organization
Using standard forms (i.e., theses, journal papers, poster presentations)
Persuasive, informative writing techniques
Components of technical reports (i.e., abstract, introduction, results, conclusion)
Staying motivated and dealing with procrastination
Grammar and Editing
Principles of punctuation
Ordering sentences and ideas
Sentence clarity (i.e., avoiding general language, vague subjects, noun strings and prepositional phrases)
Facilitator: Michael Sjoerdsma has taught in the School of Engineering Science at SFU since September 2003. He teaches a number of courses encompassing various aspects of technical communication. Because of his technical training as an engineer, Michael has firsthand knowledge of the requirements needed for effectively communicating technical material. Michael has taught technical writing for the Management Skills and Advanced Technology program. He also provides writing and editing services for graduate students, professors, and private companies. Michael is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and several other professional associations.
Refreshments: Beverages and light lunch will be provided. Please bring your own mug.
Please note this is a 2-day workshop, scheduled for Friday, October 2 and the following Monday, October 5. Participants must commit to attending both days. Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from all BC post-secondary institutions will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.NO SHOW FEE: This is one of our most popular workshops and we must run a full session of 24 students. No shows are costly for our program and, most importantly, leave students on the waiting list. Students who register and do not show up will be charged a $25 no show fee. To avoid this fee, please cancel at least 48h in advance by e-mailing graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. This will allow us to add someone from the waiting list and run a full session. If we are able to fill your spot from the waiting list, you will not be charged.If you are non-UBC student and would like to register, please send an email to: lina.yu@ubc.ca or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. For UBC students, please note the workshop registration form will appear at the bottom of the event page. If you do not receive a registration confirmation or waitlist e-mail from lina.yu@ubc.ca or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca within 2 working days of registering we recommend e-mailing us to follow up as this indicates we have not received your registration submission.
Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road, Point Grey Campus
Graduate Pathways to Success and Mitacs Step
Wednesday, 30 September 2015 – 9:00am to 5:00pm
Discovering the Entrepreneur Within has participants analyze successful entrepreneurial ventures and identify what it took for those entrepreneurs to reach their goals. Using an interactive, team-based approach, this full-day workshop builds awareness of the current Canadian entrepreneurial landscape and resources available to those looking to start their own business. Using the tools and techniques used in the first part of the workshop, teams create a product or service concept that they will present to the group. May the best idea win!Workshop Objective:
To expose participants to the benefits and trials of building a business while building awareness of the current Canadian entrepreneurial landscape and the resources available to entrepreneurs. The aim of the workshop is to broaden awareness of the entrepreneurial world to build confidence and expand a sense of possibility.
Learning Outcomes
Through participating and completing this workshop, participants will:
Have a broadened understanding of the elements that make a successful business and an unsuccessful business
Gain a greater sense of what it take to be an entrepreneur
Gain personal insight into taking the entrepreneurial routs
Understand different types of businesses
Build awareness on different sources of financing
Gain in-depth exposure to business planning
Understand and have practiced creating and presenting the elements of a successful pitch
Key Topic Areas:
What makes a good entrepreneur?
Self-assessment
Entrepreneurial attributes
Obstacles
Risk tolerance
Common pitfalls
Changing face of entrepreneurialism
Entrepreneurial Landscape
Current trends
Definitions and resources
Know your company: structure your idea
Entrepreneurial teams
Market analysis
Product vs. services
Types of legal business entities
Types of Funding
Plan your idea
Financial/People/Legal, accounting, admin
Make a plan
Plan your company
Creating a business plan
Selling your idea
Successful pitches to potential investors
NO SHOW FEE: This is one of our most popular workshops and we must run a full session of 30 students. No shows are costly for our program and, most importantly, leave students on the waiting list. Students who register and do not show up will be charged a $25 no show fee. To avoid this fee, please cancel at least 48h in advance by e-mailing graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. This will allow us to add someone from the waiting list and run a full session. If we are able to fill your spot from the waiting list, you will not be charged.Participants must commit to attend the entire session. Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from all BC post-secondary institutions will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are non-UBC student and would like to register, please send an email to:lina.yu@ubc.ca or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. For UBC students, please note the workshop registration form will appear at the bottom of the event page. If you do not receive a registration confirmation or waitlist e-mail from lina.yu@ubc.ca or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca within 2 working days of registering we recommend e-mailing us to follow up as this indicates we have not received your registration submission.
