I would like to introduce Andre Nie who will be administering tuition deferrals going forward.  If you have any questions about deadlines or processing times please email Andre directly at andre.nie@ubc.ca

Winter Term 2

The online deferral application will be open from November 1 to December 31^st for Graduate students employed as Teaching or Research Assistants.  The deferral is intended for students that do not have funds available to pay their tuition fees by the due date and are relying on their stipend to make payment.  Students must submit a copy of their EPAF (or if EPAF is not available proof that they are employed from Jan 1 to March 31) along with their application.

The link to the application can be found on the Student Services website under Other Payment Options:

• UBC Vancouver: https://students.ubc.ca/enrolment/finances/paying-tuition
• UBC Okanagan: https://students.ok.ubc.ca/courses-money-enrolment/finances/tuition-and-fees/pay-fees-and-accept-awards/

Online application periods are:

• Summer session:              March 1 – April 30
• Winter Term 1:                  July 15 – August 31
• Winter Term 2:                 November 1 – December 31

 

Tuition and student fees will be deferred as follows:

 

• Summer Term 1:               due date June 30^th
• Winter Term 1:                  due date Nov 30^th
• Winter Term 2:                  due date March 31^th

 

Stay safe,

Maria and Andre

 

Maria Mannella

Manager, Student Financial Management | Enrolment Services

Dear LFS Graduate Students,

The LFS TA Training Program has secured 6 spots for the very popular Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT). These workshops usually have very long waitlists and are difficult to get into. Spanning multiple dates, this year’s offerings have been updated for online delivery. Successful completion of the ISW will be included in the participant’s UBC transcript. A Certificate of Completion will also be provided. Currently scheduled ISWs are listed on the information page linked, and at least 6 more will be scheduled Jan-Mar 2021.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in claiming a reserved seat using the form below:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PLsNSwNDKXjJrv
If there are reserved seats available, we will contact you within a few days.

 

Best regards,
Tebby and Lennie
LFS TA Coordinators

Hi LFS Teaching Assistant,

We hope you are doing great and that the term is going well. As part of the faculty’s on-going support for your development, mark your calendars for this upcoming event:

Marking, Assessment and Feedback Workshop 

Are you preparing for midterms, assignments or end of term exams? We are inviting you to a Marking, Assessment and Feedback Workshop to help support you in

1. i) providing consistent, fair, and constructive feedback to your learners. During the session participants will also
2. ii) practice providing constructive and positive feedback to learners.

Below are the event details

WHEN: 4th November 2020

TIME: 12pm-2pm

WHERE: Virtual ( a link will be provided at a later date)

 

Please RSVP here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9n4LxtDvCKYyiUJ

Best Regards,

 

Lennie and Tebby

TA Training Program Coordinators

GradUpdate In this issue, Overcoming Perfectionism, Statistics (Two group comparisons & ANOVA), Open Scholarship in Practice series, Doctoral Writing Retreat, and more…

Open Registration

 

Overcoming Perfectionism Tuesday, Nov 3 | 9:30 to 12:00 PM Register Statistics III: Two group comparisons and ANOVA Thursday, November 5 | 1:00 to 3:00 PM Register

Seats still available

 

Business Writing (Mitacs) Wednesday, October 28 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Learn more

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

 

Emerging Perspectives in Open Access Book Publishing Wednesday, Nov 4 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM Learn more Using Mendeley for Citation Management Thursday, Nov 5 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM Learn more

CAREER EXPLORATION

 

Employer Virtual Information Session: Analysis Group Monday, Nov 2 | 2:30 – 3:30 PM Learn more Resume and Cover Letter Thursday, Nov 5 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM Learn more Career Development and Public Engagement for MAs, PhDs, and Postdocs in the Social Sciences & Humanities Thursday, Nov 5 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Learn more

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

 

Promoting Food Security in Higher Education: Virtual Dialogue Panel Wednesday, Nov 4 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Learn more

RESEARCH SKILLS

 

NVivo part 2: classification and datasets Monday, Nov 2 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM Learn more Building a Foundation: Open Research Data as a Pillar of Open Science Tuesday, Nov 3 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Learn more Building Digital Exhibits with Wax Friday, Nov 6 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM Learn more

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

 

From Project Plan to Release – Publishing an Open Text Thursday, Nov 5 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM Learn more Publishing an Open Text with Pressbooks – The Basics Thursday, Nov 5 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Learn more

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

 

Doctoral Writing Retreat Tuesday, Nov 3 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Learn more Guides to Writing and Research Evidence-based resources describing some of the typical practices that occur in high-stakes writing situations Learn more

The MFRE seminar next week presents Mark Podlasly, from Nlaka’pamux Nation and Director of Governance at the First Nations Financial Management Board. He will talk about indigenous rights and current issues in Canada, such as The TMX pipeline and the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq fishing rights.

You can find the event details bellow or click on the link to read more about Mark and the First Nations Financial Board. Please share as you see appropriate!

Land and Resource Access in the Era of Indigenous Rights

 

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Mark will give an introduction to the Aboriginal rights history and issues in Canada, with an emphasis on land and resource access. Mark will then discuss two cases that are currently getting a lot of coverage in the news: The TMX pipeline and the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq fishing rights.

Event Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63198895621?pwd=TzlhTUdLMVlhR29WcVZSVFZjK0pKdz09

Meeting ID: 631 9889 5621

Passcode: 521521

Thank you!

Best,
Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus| Musqueam Traditional Territory

paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/