Hello friends of the farm!

 

We are now the official, sole hosts of FarmAde (16^th Annual!) and I am hoping that you can help me let everyone know that we are carrying on the tradition of hosting this beautiful evening of dancing, relaxing and celebration at the farm alive.

Please help us spread the word by posting on your social media channels and forwarding this email invitation to your mailing lists! My apologies if you’ve received this from multiple sources! More event details below: 

FarmAde 2018 – 16^th Annual 

Event webpage: http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/events/the-16th-annual-farmade/

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1951600301545264/

 

Location: UBC Farm, 3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver

Event date: Friday, 7^th September 2018

Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Free admission, CASH ONLY drink ticket sales 

Live performances start at 5pm; First call to dance is at 6pm 

Square dance into the sunset. Relax with your loved ones, new and old to say good bye to the harvest and hello to the new academic year. 

We are pleased to announce the return of the 16th annual UBC FarmAde! Started in 2001 as a (successful) community effort to help save the UBC farm from residential development. FarmAde has grown over the years into one of the largest annual events at UBC. It marks the beginning of UBC’s school year, the harvest season and reliably occurs on one of the first Fridays of September. FarmAde brings everyone together for a big bash to celebrate the end of summer. It is also known as one of the only free and all ages welcome back dances at UBC for the return of the school year!

 

Music Line Up:

Wooly Bears

Stardust Stringband

 

FOOD TRUCK LINE UP:

Curb Your Appetite

Virtuous Pie UBC Wesbrook Village

 

DRINKS LINE UP (CASH ONLY, BRING ID):

Twin Island Cider

Faculty Brewing

 

Community Booths:

The Bike Kitchen

Roots on the Roof

Ubc Sprouts

Agora Eats Café

Land and Food Systems Undergraduate Society (LFSUS)

UBCC350

UBC Pride Collective

 

If you are interested in volunteering, please email ubcfarm.events@ubc.ca 

If your organization that would like to have a booth at FarmAde, please email ubcfarm.events@ubc.ca for a table and tent. 

We look forward to seeing you at this amazing celebration of food, music and community at the UBC Farm!

Chiyi 

Chiyi Tam
Site Coordination
Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded Ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory

Farm Street Address: 3461 Ross Drive | Vancouver BC 
Mailing Address: 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 5092 | chiyi.tam@ubc.ca

 

Subject: Service Canada SIN Clinics – Starting Mon Aug 27

Hello team,

For the first time, Service Canada will be issuing Social Insurance Numbers (SIN) on-campus and will also have extended hours at their Broadway office for UBC students.

I would appreciate your assistance in advertising the clinics to students and strongly encouraging them to register for the highlighted dates below (with a particular emphasis on Monday!) if they are available. Please post the attached signage in your office.

Students must register into hourly time slots online through Canvas. Please share this link: https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/25775

Students will not be able to view availability without registering into the course. You may wish to enroll yourself so that you could let them know if there are spots left. If a student is unable or unwilling to register online, please register using your own CWL to save a spot then send me an email with the time block and the student’s name.

There is no cut-off time for registration; students are encouraged to register and cancel as soon as possible. I will provide Service Canada with the list of student names on the days of the appointments. If students cancel/register afterwards I may not be able to update the list, however Service Canada will have some flexibility to accommodate changes.

If a student has their study permit with them, please check that they have a condition stating they ‘may work’ or ‘may accept employment’ to confirm eligibility.

Here are the time slots:

Location	Date	Time	# of spots	Notes
SIN On-Campus UBC Life Building Room 1203	Monday, August 27, 2018	10 am to 4 pm (Break 12-1)	60	Jump Start students busy with programming
	Wednesday, August 29, 2018	2:30 to 6 pm	42	Only day which works for Jump Start programming (4-6pm)
	Thursday, August 30, 2018	10 am to 4 pm (break 12-1)	60	Graduate Student Orientation and Jump Start students busy with programming
	Tuesday, September 4, 2018	10 am to 4 pm (break 12-1)	60	Imagine Day
	Thursday, September 6, 2018	10 am to 4 pm (break 12-1)	60
	Friday, September 7, 2018	10 am to 4 pm (break 12-1)	60
SIN Off-Campus West Broadway Service Canada Centre 1263 W. Broadway,	Wednesday, September 5, 2018	4 pm to 6 pm	46
	Monday, September 10, 2018	4 pm to 6 pm	46
	Tuesday, September 11, 2018	4 pm to 6 pm	46
	Thursday, September 13, 2018	4 pm to 6 pm	46

Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you for your assistance.

Best,

Emilie Omi, RISIA

International Student Advisor

International Student Development | Student Development and Services

The University of British Columbia |1200 UBC Life Building

6138 Student Union Boulevard | Vancouver, BC  Canada V6T 1Z1

E: emilie.omi@ubc.ca  | P: 604-822-1810

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We’ve moved! Find International Student Advising on the main floor of UBC Life Building (the Old Sub).

Hello everyone, 

We are partnering with Service Canada to offer exclusive appointments on-campus and at the West Broadway location to new international students to obtain a Social Insurance Number in time for the start of Winter term. 

Appointments will be offered starting Monday, August 27^th.  

To take advantage on this great opportunity, please share the invitation below with your students.  

Best regards, 

Emilie

 Sign up for your SIN clinic appointment 

Does your TA position begin soon or do you want to work in Canada? You need to get a Social Insurance Number (SIN) from Service Canada before you can start working.   

Service Canada will issue SINs on-campus and after-hours via in-person appointments at their office exclusively for UBC students starting next Monday, August 27^th.  

We strongly encourage you to reserve the first available time slot after arrival in Vancouver, particularly if you need to work at the start of term.  Appointments are limited and based on a first-come first-served basis. 

Click here to register now: https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/25775

Questions? Contact  International Student Advising—

Emilie Omi, RISIA

International Student Advisor

International Student Development | Student Development and Services

The University of British Columbia |1200 UBC Life Building

6138 Student Union Boulevard | Vancouver, BC  Canada V6T 1Z1

E: emilie.omi@ubc.ca  | P: 604-822-1810

Subscribe to the I. House Community Update

 

We’ve moved! Find International Student Advising on the main floor of UBC Life Building (the Old Sub).

DOCTORAL competition

 ·        Applicant deadline: Internal deadline will be announced shortly.

·        Graduate program deadline:  4 p.m. on Friday, 12 October 2018

UBC Affiliated Fellowships:

The UBC Affiliated Fellowships doctoral competition runs in concert with the university-adjudicated NSERC and SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) Doctoral competitions. Students who submit an NSERC or SSHRC application to their graduate program are eligible for open Affiliated Fellowships and do not need to submit a separate Affiliated Fellowships application. (To be considered for criteria-based affiliated fellowship(s), students should submit this checklist (https://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/awards/awards_affiliated_criteria-based_2018-08-16.docx) with their NSERC or SSHRC application to their graduate program.) Those applying only for Vanier CGS or CIHR Doctoral Research Award must submit a separate and complete Affiliated Fellowships application in order to be considered.

Updated competition information and application/reference forms are available at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-doctoral-program

SSHRC and NSERC CGS Doctoral Awards:

Applicants applying through UBC will either be:

·        currently registered at (or were registered at during the year of application), or are on an approved leave of absence from, a degree program at UBC

·        not currently registered at UBC; or are registered, but not in a degree program; and have completed all of the requirements for a degree program from UBC since 1 January 2018

Both agencies have application forms and instructions online. Please see their websites for further information:

SSHRC: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/doctoral-doctorat-eng.aspx

NSERC: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/BellandPostgrad-BelletSuperieures_eng.asp

CIHR Doctoral Research Award:

Details for this funding opportunity are available on ResearchNet: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2902

Institutional e-Approval for CIHR Doctoral Research Award is obtained from the Office of Research Services (ORS). Detailed requirements and e-submission procedures are available online at: https://ors.ubc.ca/proposal-development-submission/agency-application-requirements-procedures

·        UBC Internal deadline: 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 26 September 2018

·        Applicant’s e-submission deadline: 8:30 a.m. on Monday, 1 October 2018

GPS alerts are back after a short summer hiatus.  We wish you all the best for new academic year!  If you have any concerns, questions, or ideas regarding graduate student professional development, please do connect. 

Orientation and related welcome events for new graduate students start this Thursday.  An interactive, online event program including International Welcome, Graduate and Postdoctoral Welcome, Graduate Student Society Welcome events and September workshops and events will be posted by Wednesday.  For a complete schedule, please visit: http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/events/.  Note,  only some GSS events require registration. 

Service Canada will be onsite at UBC starting today.  New-to-Canada graduate students can book appointments to get their Social Insurance Numbers.  Full details at:

https://community.grad.ubc.ca/article/5077-service-canada-sin-clinics-sign-your-sin-clinic-appointment-now

 

Registration is now open for:

Scholarship and Award Opportunities: Doctoral Awards | Thu, Sept 6

In-person (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM @Thea Koerner House, 6371 Crescent Road):

grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16993-scholarship-award-opportunities-doctoral-awards

Webinar (1:30 – 3:00 PM):

grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16994-scholarship-award-opportunities-doctoral-awards-webinar

 

Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for other opportunities including:

Apply by Sept 3^rd for a Sustainability Research Internship | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5057

Online Teaching Professional Development Workshops (Creating an IDP, How to Frame and Sell your Teaching Experience, the Academic Job Search, Understanding Metacognition in the Classroom, and more) | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5078

Workshop Facilitation Workshop (for TA coordinators, senior TAs), Aug 28 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5017

Science and Technology Startup Training in Brisbane Australia, apply by Aug 31 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5074

Postdoctoral Opportunities in Montreal, apply by Oct 15 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5070  

Thank you,

Jacqui. 

Jacqui Brinkman, MSc
Director of Graduate Student Professional Development
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus |  Musqueam 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/

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