GradUpdate – Refworks, Spring Virtual Career Fair, Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward, Leadership and Team Building, #HumaniNights, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Refworks, Spring Virtual Career Fair, Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward, Leadership and Team Building, #HumaniNights, and more.

Seats still available

Academic Job Search Faculty Panel
Wednesday, Feb 23 | 12:00 – 1:30 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 SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

Using RefWorks for Citation Management
Monday, Feb 28 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Perspectives of People of Colour: Transitioning into non-academic work
An Arts Amplifier Event | Wednesday, Feb 24 | 2:30 – 4:00 PM Learn more

GAA position – UBC Community
15 hrs/wk | Apr – Aug 2022 | $30/hr Learn more

Spring Virtual Career Fair
Wednesday, Mar 2 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Learn more

Employer Virtual Info Session: Isaac Operations
Thursday, Mar 3 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM Learn more

COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING

#HumaniNights: Celebrating the Engaged Humanities with Arts Amplifier and the Public Humanities Hub
Informal 5 to 12 min talks meant to celebrate the many ways that the humanities inspire and connect us through literature, ideas, and the arts
Wednesday, Mar 30 | 3:00 – 8:00 PM | Submit your proposal by Mar 8 Learn more

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Applying the Principles of Sound Leadership and Team Building (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous component “High performing leadership and teams” to complete prior to synchronous session
Wednesday, Mar 2 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM Learn more

RESEARCH SKILLS

Understanding Spatial Data: Map Projections
Monday, Feb 28 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Monday, Feb 28 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM Register

Getting Started and Structured Searching ONLINE
Systematic and Scoping Review Workshop Series | Thursday, Mar 3 | 1:00 – 2:45 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
Mar 28, Apr 2, 9 & 10 | various days and times | Register by Mar 23
Learn about additional upcoming sessions.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
Wednesday, Mar 2 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Learn more

Green College Fast-Track Student Recruitment – Fall 2022

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Applications for resident membership at Green College are now open. Below you will find some information about priority applications.

Priority Applications for Residency

We are pleased to announce that the 2022 fast track (priority) process for admission to residency at Green College is now open. Details are included in the attached letter from Principal Mark Vessey. We hope that you will consider recommending Green College to students entering your programs this September, and we look forward to receiving inquires and applications as soon as you and your students are ready. Early applications are encouraged, particularly for your priority applicants.

A bit about Green College

Green College is a graduate residence on the UBC campus, with a mandate to promote exchange between academic disciplines at the graduate and postdoctoral levels. Since 1993, more than a thousand UBC graduate students have taken advantage of the College’s unique combination of west-coast living conditions, extracurricular academic programs, and broad array of social, artistic and recreational opportunities. As members of “a dynamic community of scholars dedicated to the multi-disciplinary ideal” (Cecil Green, founder), residents of the College enrich their own intellectual lives and bring insights from cross-disciplinary and extracurricular conversations to bear on the work they do in their home departments and programs.

The College provides accommodations for around 85 graduate students at the master’s and doctoral levels, and another 15 places are held for postdoctoral scholars and visiting faculty. The maximum length of residency for members varies by program, and ranges from one to four years. No distinction is made between “professional” and “academic” programs; students in the Juris Doctor program are also eligible. Residency is offered incrementally in 12-month leases (“housing contract”), typically beginning in September.

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Should you have any questions about the College’s membership process, please contact me at gc.membership@ubc.ca. For any questions about public programming or College promotion and communications, please contact our Academic Program Manager at gc.programs@ubc.ca.

We hope to see you online in our virtual Coach House for one of our public events or lectures this year. You can sign up for the Green List to receive weekly public programming notices. All publicized events at the College are open to the public, and no registration is required.

 

Yours in Ideas and Friendship,

 

Anna Tam (she, her, hers)

Membership & Accommodations Coordinator, Green College

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory

6201 Cecil Green Park Road | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1

Phone: 604-822-6067 | anna.tam@ubc.ca

gc.membership@ubc.ca | www.greencollege.ubc.ca | @GreenCollegeUBC

 

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Invitation to Provide Input on a Postdoctoral & Doctoral Completion Fellowship Program for Black Scholars

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I hope this week has been kind to you.

My name is Dr. Ismaël Traoré. I work in the Provost’s Office as Director, Faculty Equity.

My colleague Dr. Jenny Phelps and I met with you on February 2nd at the Deans and Provost’s Office meeting. We shared a concept note of a proposed Doctoral Completion and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Black and Indigenous scholars. Thank you for your enthusiasm and feedback on the possibilities of this program.

We have since then talked with additional Indigenous stakeholders, and the consensus is to take a different approach for engaging with Indigenous scholars. As such, we will proceed with consulting with Black scholars while we recalibrate the Indigenous engagement approach.

We would appreciate if you could circulate the attached invitation letter to all faculty and graduate students in your departments.

Invitation – Black Postdoc & Doctoral Completion Fellowship Consultation

Invitation – Black Postdoc & Doctoral Completion Fellowship Consultation

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Dr. Phelps and/or I.

Sincerely,

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Ismaël Traoré, PhD

Director, Faculty Equity | Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, and Institutional Initiative Strategist | Equity and Inclusion Office (EIO) | UBC

 

I acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated on the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and on the territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.

 

For information about land acknowledgement at UBC, click here

2022 Summer Session TA Application opens March 7

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Mar. 7 – Summer TA Positions – Application Opens

Yes, it’s time to think about the Summer terms of 2022…

The LFS TA Application will be open for 10 business days only, to accept applications for Summer 2022 TAships for all Summer terms.

  • The TA App will be open from Mon., March 7th, 2022 at 9:30am through Fri., March 18th, 2022 at 4:30pm.

After it closes March 18th at 4:30pm, application is by instructor or administrator invitation only.

If you are off-campus you must use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the website.
Check the UBC IT website for help at: https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn

Questions? Email Virginia Frankian at lfs.ta@ubc.ca

Invitation to Black graduate students to provide input on a Postdoctoral & Doctoral Completion Fellowship Program

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Please circulate to all graduate students in your units

In alignment with UBC’s institutional commitments to the development of a more just, equitable, diverse and inclusive academic and research environment, UBC is taking action to improve the recruitment and support of outstanding Black scholars.

One dimension of this effort is the potential development of new doctoral completion and postdoctoral fellowship programs to provide enhanced opportunity and support for emerging Black scholars to advance their preparation for successful academic careers.

The envisioned doctoral completion fellowship would provide financial and mentorship support to final-year Black doctoral students to help them strengthen their academic profile for the academic job market.

The envisioned postdoctoral fellowship would provide salary and research funding, access to teaching opportunities, career development, and academic networking for cohorts of Black postdoctoral fellows across any academic discipline.

Current UBC-V Black doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars are invited to join an upcoming conversation to help shape the possibilities of this new program. This feedback is crucial in helping to design programs that can address needs and provide opportunities to emerging Black scholars.

An online survey version of this consultation is also available here. You are welcome to provide feedback using the survey, and/or register to attend a remote engagement session.

Engagement Dates and Registration Details:

For UBC-V Black doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars:

Tuesday March 1, 2022 3:30-5:00pm – click here to register

Wednesday March 2, 2022 9:30-11:00am – click here to register

 

Thank you for your consideration.

Dr. Ismaël Traoré, Director of Faculty Equity, UBCV Provost’s Office

Dr. Jenny Phelps, Assistant Vice-Provost, UBCV Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Kelli Kiyomi Kadokawa  (She, Her, Hers)
Graduate Program Support Manager
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Musqueam Traditional Territory
170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 6475 Ext. 26475
kelli.kadokawa@ubc.ca | @UBCGradSchool | www.grad.ubc.ca