GradUpdate
In this issue, Being Strategic in Graduate School, Assertiveness (Speaking up for Yourself), Trudeau Foundation Info Sessions, Impostor Syndrome Discussion Group, and more… |
Open Registration |
Designing to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond: Being Strategic in Graduate School Tuesday, Nov 17 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation |
Additional Events and Opportunities |
The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development |
ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS |
Info Sessions Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship Thursday, Nov 12 | 11:30 AM PST or Monday, Dec 14 | 8:00 AM PST Learn more Systematic & Scoping Review Workshop Series: Getting Started and Structured Searching ONLINE Using Zotero for Citation Management Digital Publishing with Scalar Graduate Student Orientation to the Library in 30 minutes |
CAREER EXPLORATION |
Virtual Information Session: entrepreneurship@UBC (Scotiabank Cybersecurity) Monday, Nov 16 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM Learn more West Coast Virtual Fairs: Career, Volunteer & Graduate Schools Enrich Your Graduate Experience: Experiential Opportunities to Enhance Professional Development |
COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING |
Pixellating project showcase: interrogating the archive – narrative complexities in documentary filmmaking Wednesday, Nov 18 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Learn more |
HEALTH AND WELLNESS |
Graduate Wellness Group Discussion: Impostor Syndrome Thursday, Nov 19 | 11:00 AM – 12: 30 PM Learn more |
PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS |
Managing Up, Down and Across: How to Navigate the Workplace with Courage Tuesday, Nov 17 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Learn more Building Positive Relationships in Graduate School |
RESEARCH SKILLS |
Introduction to Git and GitHub Monday, Nov 16 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM Learn more NVivo part 1: getting started with NVivo Research Data Management Introduction to Voyant WestGrid advanced-computing workshop series: 3D scientific visualization with Python scripting in ParaView Celebrate GIS Day and GeoAwareness Week: Humanitarian OpenSteetMap Mapathon |
WRITING AND COMMUNICATION |
Master’s Writing Retreat Tuesday, Nov 17 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Learn more |