Hello,

Please forward the following information to your graduate students:

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on January 14, 15 & 21, 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).

To apply for the waitlist for January 14, 15 & 21, 2023 ISW sign up here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-january-14-15-21-2023-preliminary-application/

Application opens on November 25 and closes on January 11, 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

The Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs are pleased to offer predoctoral, postdoctoral, and professional fellowship opportunities in the area of agriculture and energy policy. The application period for the 2023–2024 academic year will close on December 1, 2022. We hope that you will share this call for applications with your networks and mentees.

Agriculture and Energy Policy Fellowship

Will greater dependence on biofuels and biomass impact food production? Some experts argue that population growth will increase the competition between food crops and energy crops, and climate change impacts including rainfall patterns and higher temperatures may reduce food supplies even further. Other experts argue that increased biofuel production will not appreciably impact food supplies, as improved agricultural practices can increase yields, while feedstocks for biofuels become more varied and can be grown on land that has been less productive. Fellows will explore topics related to the tension between food and fuel. We are interested in a broad menu of topics ranging from future uses of biomass for energy in sectors such as shipping, heavy trucks, and aviation to agricultural practices that enhance the capacity of soils to absorb and retain carbon.

This fellowship is open to doctoral candidates, recent Ph.D. recipients, faculty members, and mid-career professionals from the public and private sectors. The Center is committed to recruiting a highly diverse group of fellows and ensuring that our appointments and selection procedures consciously identify and evaluate people from underrepresented groups.

We hope that you will consider forwarding this opportunity to individuals within your networks who may be interested in pursuing a fellowship at the Belfer Center this year or in future application cycles. For more fellowship descriptions and application requirements, please visit our fellowship page. For questions related to our program’s fellowship opportunities, please contact Paul Sherman (paul_sherman@hks.harvard.edu).

Sincerely,

Henry Lee

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director
Environment and Natural Resources Program
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School