2024 Winter Term 2 SIN Clinic Registration

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I hope this email finds you well. My name is Prerna and I work with the International Student Advising Office.

I am pleased to announce that registration for the Social Insurance Number (SIN) Virtual Information Session as well as the 2024 Winter Term 2 SIN Clinic are open!

During the Info session, students will learn how to obtain SIN by applying online and the support available from Service Canada. For the In-person SIN clinic, students can apply for the SIN on-campus with the Service Canada agents.

Please kindly distribute the following advertisement regarding the upcoming events to the new international students.

Social Insurance Number (SIN) Virtual Information Session

Learn about the Social Insurance Number (SIN) at our upcoming Social Insurance Number (SIN) Virtual Information Session. Get a comprehensive overview of the SIN application process and the services offered by the SIN Clinic. Join us on Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 10 am to 11:30 am PDT.

  • When: December 12, Thursday 2024
  • Time: 10 am – 11:30 am PDT
  • How: Register online to receive the Zoom link today!

2024 Winter Term 2 SIN Clinic

Service Canada agents will be on campus at UBC Life Building to help you obtain your SIN at our 2024 Winter Term 2 SIN Clinic. For more information and registration, please use this link or scan the QR code.

  • When: December 19,2024 & January 7, 2025

We have also invited the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to the session. CRA will be able to provide more information about benefits and credits available for students. Students can learn about the GST/HST credit, Tuition Tax Credit, BC Renter’s Tax Credit, and Disability Tax Credit.

The QR code for the 2024 Winter Term 2 SIN Clinic is attached to the email separately.

This Social Insurance Number (SIN) Virtual Information Session and 2024 Winter Term 2 SIN Clinic will be particularly helpful for newly arriving international students who will need SIN in Canada. This session can also accommodate Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada who do not yet have a SIN.

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Thank you so much for your cooperation. ????

Warm regards,

 

Prerna Bedi, RISIA

International Student Advisor

International Student Development | Student Development and Services

The University of British Columbia |1200 UBC Life Building

6138 Student Union Boulevard | Vancouver, BC  Canada V6T 1Z1

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory

E: prerna.bedi@ubc.ca

Website: https://students.ubc.ca/international-student-guide

GradUpdate – National Career Symposium recordings, Foundations of Pedagogy, CTLT Winter Institute, and more.

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GradUpdate

GradUpdate is taking a break and will return Monday, Jan 6th.

In this issue, National Career Symposium recordings, Foundations of Pedagogy, CTLT Winter Institute, and more.

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below. 
Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

CAREER

Recordings: National Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
5th annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Development Network event
Check out the recordings from the sessions listed below:

  • The Psychology of Focusing on What Matters, by Professor Joe Kim, PhD, McMaster University (Keynote)
  • Career Decision Making: The Role of Values
  • Research Your Career: How You Can Act on What We Know About PhD Job Outcomes
  • Effective Strategies for Tackling Networking Conversations
  • L’élaboration du dossier de candidature professionnel – Points de repères
  • Determining Psychological Safety in Your Future Workplace
  • The Future of (Your) Scholarship

LEADERSHIP

Project and time management
Online Mitacs training | Tuesday, Dec 17 | 9 am – 12 pm | Mandatory online pre-requisite “Spur up your project management and time management skills”.
Learn more and register for this or upcoming sessions through Mitacs Edge.

RESEARCH

Quantum: Young’s Double Slit Demonstration & Workshop
Online Mitacs training | Tuesday, Dec 17 | 10 am – 1 pm
Register through Mitacs Edge.

TEACHING

Foundations of Pedagogy
Online | Feb 3 – March 31 | Mondays 2 – 4:30 pm
Successful completion involves participation in 7 out of 8 classes including pre-work, teaching one 10 minute mini-lesson and writing a first draft of your teaching portfolio. Upon completion, you will be awarded CIRTL Associate status.
Learn more and apply by Jan 13

CTLT Winter Institute
Online and in-person | Dec 9 – 11 | various times | sessions include:

  • Deepening Our Understanding of Wellbeing: Reflections from the UBC Community (panel),
  • Unlearning Scarcity: Building a Culture of Flourishing and Reciprocity at UBC,
  • Using Labour-based Grading in Undergraduate Science Courses,
  • Why Do I Avoid My Student Evaluations of Teaching?,
  • Making Teaching, Learning, and Even Meetings More Joyful Through Improv and Theatre Games,
  • Practices to Support Safety and Wellbeing in Learning Environments
  • Social Wellbeing in the Classroom Environment,
  • and more.

View all sessions and register.

THESIS DEFENSE – MSc – PLNT – HANNAH ANDERSON

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Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(PLNT)

Hannah Anderson

“NOCTURNAL MOTH POLLINATORS OF BERRY CROP AGROECOSYSTEMS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA”


Thursday, December 19th, 2024 – 9:00 AM

 Exam Location: MCML 350

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. S. Smukler

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. J. Carrillo – Supervisor

Dr. R. Sargent– Committee member

Dr. M. Tseng – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. J. Carrillo – Supervisor

Dr. M. Tseng – Committee member

Dr. D. Srivastava – External Examiner

Success: Enhancing Farmer-Centered Science Communication

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Save the date for BC-ACARN and BC Food Web’s Seeding Success: Enhancing Farmer-Centered Science Communication! This three-part virtual series happening on February 4, 11, and 18 will offer communications training for researchers, graduate students, agrologists, and consultants. Sessions will cover knowledge translation and transfer (KTT) planning, creating impactful knowledge products, and levelling up your field days. Stay tuned for more information!

 

Juliana Cao (She, Her, Hers)

Communications & Knowledge Translation Assistant

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4

juliana.cao@ubc.ca | ubcfarm.ubc.ca

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Call for Paper – Congress 2025 ESAC Annual Conference

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Thank you for sharing the ESAC 2025 Annual Conference at Congress Call for Papers below with your faculty and students! A french and english pdf version of the call is attached to this email.

The Environmental Studies Association of Canada is pleased to invite you to participate in our 2025 Annual Conference from June 1st to 3rd, as part of the 2025 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted at George Brown College, Toronto.

The 2025 Annual Conference will be packed with exciting in-person and digital events and opportunities, including:

Special undergraduate research showcase ;

Keynote events and special sessions with leaders in the field of sustainability (Najia Shaukat Lupson and Ashoke Mohanraj) ;

Joint session on “Biodiversity and Society” with the Environmental Sociology Research Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association

The announcement of the 2025 ECO-Award winners;

Hybrid academia-practitioner networking event;

Research sharing and networking opportunities in French, English, and Spanish.

Submission Instructions:

Reflecting the 2025 Congress theme “Reframing Togetherness”, ESAC invites submissions from a diverse range of issues and topics. The organizing committee is accepting proposals for individual paper presentations. All proposals must be submitted through the Abstract Submission on the ESAC website by January 15, 2025. Please note that you must be an active member of ESAC and pay ESAC conference and Congress fees to present.

Anna Soer

ESAC Vice-President

Conference Director

Environmental Studies Association of Canada

Association canadienne d’études environnementales

https://esac.ca/