Time Sensitive: Sustainability Scholars Program–Applications close Jan 29

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM (PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS) 

The UBC Sustainability Hub is pleased to offer UBC graduate students the opportunity to work on funded sustainability internship projects.

We are currently accepting applications for over 64 internships that will commence May 1, 2023. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to confirm the eligibility requirements and apply.

Successful candidates work under the guidance of a mentor at one of our partner organizations, and are immersed in real world learning where they can apply their research skills and contribute to advancing sustainability and climate action across the region. Each Scholar receives $25 per hour to complete 250 hours of work.

For more information on the available projects and to apply, visit the Sustainability Scholars Program website.

Applications will be accepted until midnight Sunday January 29.

We also appreciate your help in circulating this notice to anyone in your grad student network that may be interested!

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Karen Taylor  MA (she, her)
Manager, Sustainability Scholars Program | Sustainability Hub
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2343 – 2260 West Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 9362 | karen.taylor@ubc.ca | https://sustain.ubc.ca/scholars

GradUpdate – Communicating your research with brevity and impact, Annual 3-minute thesis competition, Intro to Mixed Effects Models, National Paper Competition (Cdn Policy), Common Academic Expressions in English: Making Connections, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Communicating your research with brevity and impact, Annual 3-minute thesis competition, Intro to Mixed Effects Models, National Paper Competition (Cdn Policy), Common Academic Expressions in English: Making Connections, and more.

Registration now open

Fundamentals of Statistics V: Intro to Mixed Effect Models
Online | Thursday, Feb 2 | 10 am – 12 pm

Register

Short, sharp and to the point: communicating your research with brevity and impact
Join Simon Clews from the University of Melbourne’s Engagement Lab for this lively keynote and learn strategies for giving a great talk
Online | Thursday, Feb 9 | 4 – 5 pm

Register

Seats available

Resumes
For professional master’s | Online | Tuesday, Jan 24 | 6 – 7 pm Register
For research-based programs | Online | Tuesday, Jan 31 | 4 – 5 pm Register

Info session: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research, collaboration and travel opportunities in Japan for PhDs and Postdocs. Hundreds of funding opportunities are available to all fields (social-science, humanities, STEM, multi-disciplinary).
Online | Wednesday, Jan 25 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Fundamentals of Statistics IV: Correlation and Linear Regression
Online | Thursday, Jan 26 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Special Event: Three Minute Thesis Competition

Listen.Learn.Participate
Join this academic competition, present your research, learn about the research of other grad students, win prizes | See the full competition details
Sign up for a personal presentation feedback session | begin Friday, Feb 24 Register
Join an Open Heat (for students in all disciplines) | Hybrid | Tuesday, Mar 7, 10 am – 12 pm or Thursday, Mar 9, 3 – 5 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

National Student Paper Competition
For graduate students enrolled in a publicly funded Canadian university | Win a 4 month internship with the Canadian Federal Public Service | Must be a Cdn citizen or permanent resident of Canada
Apply by Jan 31

Addiction Care and Treatment Online Certificate
10 Saturdays | 10 am – 12 pm | $50 Learn more

Using Mendeley for Citation Management
Online | Monday, Jan 30 | 4:30 – 6 pm | $50 Learn more

Indigenous Graduate Funding Virtual Information Session
Online | Tuesday, Jan 24 | 2 – 4 pm | RSVP by email to Rebecca.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Getting Through Grad School with Grace & Grit
Online support group | Tuesdays Jan 24 – Mar 7 | 3 – 4:15 pm
New this term, 3 session types: Coffee Break, Staying on Track, and Skills & Strategies Learn more

Indigenous Graduate Studies Drop-In Support
Every 2nd Wednesday starting Jan 25 | 12 – 2 pm | First Nations House of Learning | Email Rebecca Jules for more information.

RESEARCH

Diving Deeper with Esri StoryMaps
In person | Monday, Jan 30 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Introduction to the Unix Shell
Online | Thursday, Feb 2 | 12 – 1:30 pm Register

TEACHING

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshops
In-person | Feb 5, 11, & 12 | 8 am – 5 pm Apply by Feb 1
Learn more about all upcoming Instructional Skills Workshops.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Common Academic Expressions in English: Making Connections
In-person and Online | Wednesday, Feb 1 | 10 – 11:30 am Register

SSHRC Storytellers Challenge
Submit a 3 min video or audio clip of your SSHRC-funded project, win prizes Learn more and apply by Jan 30.

GIS Scholarship 2023

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Please help us publicize the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship opportunity to UBC students by email and by displaying the attached poster (11 x 17) in your departments.   Successful recipient will receive:

    1. one-time payment of $2,000
    2. three-year term license of ArcGIS for Student Use
    3. three-year Professional-level ArcGIS Developer Subscription (ADS)
    4. digital copies of select Esri Press Publications
    5. two instructor-led training courses offered by Esri Canada
    6. registration for one of Esri Canada’s User Conferences
    7. a personal and editable profile in the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship Web Portal
    8. eligibility to apply for the Esri Canada Associate GIS Professional Program in year of graduation

Submission deadline is on Friday, March 31, 2023.

Thank you, and best regards,
Grace

Grace Ong

Licensing Coordinator

Faculty of Forestry | Dean’s Office
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
grace.ong@ubc.ca | forestry.ubc.ca

 

CAN YOU MAKE A MAP?

ESRI Canada Scholarship 2023

$2000 award + software & training Deadline March 31, 2023 Open to current UBC students

Each ESRI Scholarship applicant should provide no more than three or four pages, two pages of text and one or two pages of graphics (maps, tables, figures, models, diagrams), outlining why they should receive the award. The text pages should describe the applicants’ background in one paragraph and then detail their use of GIS, including when it was done and for whom. The graphics page(s) should include an exported image of the graphics that they have produced that illustrates the outcome of their analysis.

Applications will be reviewed according to the clarity of the presentation, the level of GIS innovation, and the quality of the graphic presentation.

The scholarship consists of the following, to be provided by Esri Canada directly to the successful student candidate after they have submitted to Esri Canada a poster and a report (may be submitted as a story map) demonstrating their use of Esri technology:

  1. A one-time payment of $2,000.
  2. A three-year term license of ArcGIS for Student Use:
    • ArcGIS Online with GIS Professional Advanced User Type and 1000 Service Credits
      • ArcGIS Pro Advanced Named User license
      • Essential Apps: ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Instant Apps, ArcGIS Hub Basic, ArcGIS AppStudio
      • Field Apps: ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcGIS Survey123, ArcGIS Workforce, ArcGIS QuickCapture
    • ArcGIS Pro Extensions: ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Data Interoperability, ArcGIS Data Reviewer, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcGIS Image Analyst, ArcGIS LocateXT, ArcGIS Network Analyst, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcGIS Schematics, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS Tracking Analyst, ArcGIS Workflow
  • Premium apps: ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App Standard, ArcGIS GeoPlanner, ArcGIS Insights, ArcGIS Urban Suite (ArcGIS CityEngine and ArcGIS Urban)
  • ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
  • Installation support, software updates, and unlimited access to e-learning courses through the Esri Training
  1. A three-year Professional-level ArcGIS Developer Subscription (ADS), which includes ArcGIS Enterprise for development
  2. Digital copies of select Esri Press Publications including:
    • Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro
    • Getting to Know Web GIS, 5th Edition
    • Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 8
    • GIS for Science Volume 2: Applying Mapping and Spatial
  3. Two instructor-led training courses offered by Esri
  4. Registration for one of Esri Canada’s User
  5. A personal and editable profile in the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship Web
  6. Eligibility to apply for the Esri Canada Associate GIS Professional Program in their year of graduation.

The term license and ADS will expire June 30, 2026. The instructor-led training courses are to be used within twelve months of the student being nominated for the scholarship. User conference registration will be available when

in-person conferences resume.

For general information about the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship program, visit scholars.esri.ca.

Please e-mail your application to gis.forestry@ubc.ca.

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 application opens January 23!

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The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on March 4, 5 & 11, 2023.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

Visit this page to apply for the waitlist for March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 ISW:  https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-march-4-5-11-2023-preliminary-application/

 

Application opens on January 23 at 9 am and closes on March 1, 2023 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

 

 

Workshop Eligibility:

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

  • a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
  • a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
  • a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
  • a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
  • a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

  • not a graduate student at UBC
  • a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
  • a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

 

 

 

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
elisa.herman@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 application opens January 23!

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The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on March 4, 5 & 11, 2023.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

Visit this page to apply for the waitlist for March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 ISW:  https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-march-4-5-11-2023-preliminary-application/

 

Application opens on January 23 at 9 am and closes on March 1, 2023 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

 

 

Workshop Eligibility:

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

  • a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
  • a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
  • a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
  • a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
  • a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

  • not a graduate student at UBC
  • a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
  • a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

 

 

 

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
elisa.herman@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca