TO GRADUATE PROGRAM STAFF:

Please distribute to students, faculty, and staff.

We are now accepting applications for STAT 450/550 in the Statistics Department where you can take advantage of free statistical consulting.  Statistics undergraduate and graduate students taking this case studies capstone course next term will analyze your data, provide a report, and present it in an end-of-semester poster session. For information on this opportunity see https://www.stat.ubc.ca/free-statistical-consultation-november-2019-call to see if your project will be suitable and https://oldwww.stat.ubc.ca/lib/FCKuserfiles/Sample551Project.pdf for an example of the desired form for your project description.

We are looking to hire 4 GAAs for our Climate Justice Research Collaborative that will begin in Term 2. I’ve attached the GAA job description to this email as well as some promotional material. Here is the link to the Careers Online application. The deadline to apply is November 12^th! Sometimes links to Careers Online can be hard to find, but if folks search “Graduate Academic Assistant UBC Climate Hub” they can find the job posting. I would really appreciate if you could share this opportunity with students at LFS.

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Thank you so much for your support!

I hope you have a great week,

Adriana Laurent Seibt

Projects Administrator 

UBC Climate Hub | UBC Sustainability Initiative

Website: ubcclimatehub.ca

Resource Assistant 

GRS 290/390/490 | Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z4

Vancouver, Traditional, Unceded Territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Musqueam People

This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Dr. Carol McAusland from UBC Food and Resource Economics.

Topic: Carbon Policy and Carbon Footprints

Date & Time: Friday, November 8th, 3:30 pm

Venue: MCML 160

Climate policies are national, while climate change is a global issue and we have no control over what our trading partners do. In this talk, Dr. McAusland will address the topic of leakage and policies to deal with it.

Dr. McAusland is a Professor at the University of British Columbia and the President of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association. Dr. McAusland did her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan and has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Maryland. She has been teaching at Food and Resource Economics, UBC since 2009. Her research interests include environmental policy, regulated markets, carbon footprints, globalization, and international trade. She teaches undergraduate courses in Economics of Food Consumption Policy and in Economics of International Trade and the Environment. She also teaches a module in Environmental Economics in the MFRE Program.

Please share and distribute as you deem appropriate. Thank you.

 

Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE Educational Researcher Faculty of Land and Food Systems The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

Registration opens at 9 AM for:

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success | Nov 14 | (includes a free code to complete your online Strengths Assessment) In- Person: 10 am – 12 pm | Webinar: 1 – 2:30 pm

Designing to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond | Nov 21 | In- Person: 9:30 am – 12 pm | Webinar: 1:30 – 3 pm

 

There are still seats remaining in this week’s:

Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation | Nov 6 | 1 – 4 pm | Register here

Statistics II: Statistical Considerations when Planning your Research Project (via WEBINAR) | Nov 7 | 10 am – 12 pm | Register here

Managing Difficult Conversations | Nov 13 | 9 am – 4:30 pm |Register here

 

Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for these, and other, opportunities: 

 

Academic Support and Success

Getting Started with NVivo (Part 1 – PC or MAC) (via Webinar) | Nov 12 | 10 am – 12 pm

Introduction to SPSS for Statistical Analysis | Nov 13 | 10 am – 12 pm

Introduction to R | Nov 13 | 2 – 4 pm

 

Health and Wellness

Unwind- Wellness Event | Nov 7^th | 10 am – 5 pm

 

Writing and Communication

Literature Reviews: Writing Workshop | Nov 15 | 10 am – 12 pm

 

Career Exploration

Employers on Campus: Nov 13:  Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) South East Asia Ltd. (12:30 – 2pm)

My Career Story: Getting A Tech Job Without A Tech Degree | Nov 14 | 6 – 7:30 pm

Industry Nights: Spotlight on Cannabis | Nov 18 | 6 – 8 pm  

Career Professionalism (Mitacs Training) | Nov 27 | 9 am – 5 pm

Building Successful Mentorship Relationships in Rehabilitation Sciences –  Panel Discussion (VGH area)  | Nov 12 | 4 – 6 pm

 

Community and Network Building

Present a Poster at the Annual Life Sciences Research Night  (Nov 22) | Apply now

The World’s Challenge Challenge on Feb 6 (compete on a global challenge and present a plan to solve it) | Apply by Dec 15^th

 

 

Please let me know if you have questions.

Thank you,
Jacqui.

 

Jacqui Brinkman, MSc
Director, Graduate Student Professional Development
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueum Traditional Territory
170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca | @ubcgradschool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

IRES is working to distribute some grad recruitment materials and we would greatly appreciate some help! If you could kindly help to circulate the attached IRES Grad Recruitment poster for 2020, that would be most appreciated.

IRES Grad Recruitment 2020 Poster (final) [Read-Only]

The UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) is currently accepting applications to its graduate programs.

Additionally, if you could also help by liking, re-sharing/re-posting our social media posts on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn we would be very grateful!

Any assistance is much appreciated.

Thank you,
Mina 

Mina Phaisaltantiwongs
IRES Special Projects Coordinator
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
AERL Building 428-2202 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone: 604-822-2165
E-mail: communications@ires.ubc.ca
Website: http://ires.ubc.ca/