GradUpdate

In this issue, Academic Oral Presentations, August ISW, several work opportunites in neuropsychiatry, education, writing, or GSS finance, Solutions Scholars program, Intro to Machine Learning, and more.

Seats available

Harnessing your Resilience: Coping Strategies for Anxiety and Stress in Grad School and beyond
In person | Thursday, Jul 13 | 1:30 – 4:30 pm Register

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.

ACADEMIC

Call for applicants, UBC COP28 Delegation
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) summit is taking place in Dubai, UAE | Nov 30 to Dec 12, 2023.
Apply by Jul 14 for a chance to join UBC’s delegation

Solutions Scholars
Apply your scholarly research to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and/or education| 8 scholarships | $12k for one year + 1k in expenses
Register for the info session Jul 13 at 2 pm and apply by Jul 28

MATRIX-N Cluster 2023/24 Junior Scholars Program
4 – 6 positions for UBC graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to support translational research and innovation in neuropsychiatry
Sep 2023 – Apr 2024, 32 weeks, 5h/week | $5000 | Apply by Jul 31.

CAREER

Doctoral Writing Consultant – Fall 2023
$22.67/hr | 10 hrs/week | Sep 2023-Apr 2024
The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication is urgently seeking to hire one Doctoral Writing Consultant for the 2023/24 academic year. Apply now. Deadline is Jul 14.

Join the GSS Exec as GSS Financial Officer
17,777 per annum | See the GSS bylaws to learn more and apply by Jul 17

GAA, Education and research projects
Join the UPROOT team to support several educational and research projects related to decolonizing and Indigenizing pharmacy.
$30/hr | 20 – 30 hrs/wk | Apply by Jul 28

RESEARCH

Designing Web Maps with Mapbox
Online | Monday, Jul 17 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Spatial Network Analysis with QGIS
Online | Tuesday, Jul 18 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Data Bites – Best Practices for Creating a README file
Online | Wednesday, Jul 19 | 12 – 12:30 pm Register

Loops and conditional statements in R
Online | Wednesday, Jul 19 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Introduction to Machine Learning: Regression Models
Online | Thursday, Jul 20 | 12 – 2 pm Register

TEACHING

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
In-person | Aug 20, 26 & 27 | 9 am – 5:30 pm
Apply by Aug 16 | See all upcoming sessions.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Academic Oral Presentations: Presenting as a Scholar
Hybrid | Tuesday, Jul 18 | 10 – 11:30 am Register