Waitlist registration opens January 14 for the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) March 2, 9 & 10, 2019.  The ISW is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience.  Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop. The ISW is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation. In addition, graduate students in STEM departments are eligible to become CIRTL associates upon completion of the workshop.

IMPORTANT: The workshop runs from 8:15am-5:00pm. Please note you must attend all three days for the complete duration of the workshop, i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop.

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the March 2, 9 & 10, 2019 ISW please go to the following link and sign-up for the waitlist:

https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-march-2-9-10-2019/

Waitlist registration will close on Wednesday Feb 27, 2019 at 4:30pm. By clicking this link, you are signing up for the waitlist only, however this does not register you for the workshop. IF you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration.

Elisa Herman
Events Assistant
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 827 4871
elisa.herman@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

Don’t miss these events and deadlines.
Important things for your calendar below!

Events & Deadlines

• Make strides towards diversity and inclusion in your own team by attending this D&I event presented by BC Tech. Learn how to make your team even stronger on Jan 16.
• Needing some help managing all that $$$ for your venture? Check out this financial workshop hosted by Tandem Innovation Group on Jan 16.
• Your network is your net worth. Broaden your community by attending this networking event put on by Odoo on Jan 24.
• Learn what all the hype about BitCoin is about. Attend this talk on blockchain tech presented by YVR Startups on Jan 26.
• Stroke your heart out. The Women In Tech Regatta is right around the corner, happening on Jan 28. Paddle your way towards registration!

Think differently about #socialchange with UBC’s Map the System Competition. Sign up before Jan 28.

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

• SiMBi is now hiring for a Chief Technology Officer & Lead Project Designer. Help them design the future of literacy.
• HeadCheck Health is hiring for various positions. Check them out on their website. 

Carbonet is looking for some awesome people to join their team. See if it’s right for you.

Calling all Life Science Entrepreneurs!

Our Life Science incubator application deadline is fast approaching. 

Know anyone who would be a perfect fit? Encourage them to apply! Deadline is Jan 18. Looking to learn more about our Life Science stream? Watch this video we made

News we’re hearing and reading.
 New year, new updates.

1. Our friends at SiMBi just raised a round of $460K ! Read more about how they are changing the game of global literacy here.

2.  Want to learn more about Life Sci venture Orcacept & blood based biomarkers? Watch our video.

3.  Where is Acuva Technologies now? Check out their feature in Innovate BC.

Looking for more ways to get involved? Find it here.

From your friends at entrepreneurship@UBC. Have an awesome week!

Ideas on how to improve these? Drop us a line. 

The UBC Library Research Commons re-opens on Monday, January 14^th. Please share the newsletter so your students don’t miss out on anything, including lots of new offerings!

Here is the link if you prefer to view it online:

http://bit.ly/UBCRCNewsJan2019

 

As usual, please let me know if you have any questions.

Sarah Blay
Program and Administrative Assistant

Research Commons | Koerner Library

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
219 – 1958 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
sarah.blay@ubc.ca | 604-822-6363

UBC Vancouver is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people

GPP 583: Food Security

 

Tuesdays 2:00 – 5:00pm, Term 2

Location: AERL 107

Enrollment: Graduate Students with instructor approval (or advanced undergraduates with instructor approval and completed G+PS form).

This course examines global food security challenges including: biophysical, economic, nutritional, socio-political, and institutional aspects. Geography of agricultural production, role of price and supply shocks, causes of malnutrition, and environmental impacts.

If you would like to register in this course, please contact the professor, Dr. Navin Ramankutty (navin.ramankutty@ubc.ca) to indicate your interest in the course and copy MPPGA Program Coordinator, Alex Brzezinski (alexandra.brzezinski@ubc.ca) who will assist with registration after professor approval.

Thank you,

Alex

Alexandra Brzezinski
Program Coordinator
Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
#161-1855 West Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 3801
alexandra.brzezinski@ubc.ca
https://mppga.ubc.ca/

Note: This competition is externally managed, so any questions should be directed to CIHR (contact information linked below).

Health System Impact Fellowship

The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship (for doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows) provides highly-qualified doctoral trainees (students) and post-doctoral fellows studying health services and policy research (HSPR), or related fields, a unique opportunity to apply their research and analytic talents to critical challenges in health care that are being addressed by health system and related organizations (e.g., public, private for-profit, not-for-profit, and Indigenous health organizations that are not universities) outside of the traditional scholarly setting, and to also develop professional experience, new skills, and networks.

Value: $50,000 (including $5,000 professional development training and research allowance)

Duration: 1 year

Application Deadline: April 2, 2019

Application Procedures: How to Apply

Eligibility: Details

• Trainees (students) who are enrolled full-time in a doctoral degree and studying health services and policy research or related fields for their doctoral training at Canadian CIHR eligible institution by the application deadline (stream 1).
• Trainees who have obtained their doctoral degree in health services and policy research or related fields no more than five years prior to the application deadline, or who have completed their PhD requirements by the start date of the award (stream 2).

For further information about the award, such as eligibility requirements and application procedures, please visit CIHR’s weblink and MSFHR’s weblink.  Students with questions about this award opportunity should contact CIHR.