GradUpdate

In this issue, Breaking Patterns of Procrastination, Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success, Should I Start a Non-Profit?, TAships in MDS, Celebrate Learning Week, and more.

Registration Open

Breaking Patterns of Procrastination
Online | Thursday, May 16 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

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Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success
Online | Thursday, May 23 | 3 – 4:30 pm
This session includes access to a free Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment

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Seats available

Finding and Applying for Academic Positions
Online | Wednesday, May 15 | Join these faculty member panels:
1 – 2:30 pm: Pathway to landing an academic position
3 – 4:30 pm: Thriving in your first five years in academia
Register.

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  I’ve also highlighted some online, on-demand recordings to check out if you have end-of-term time.
Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

Systematic, Scoping & Related Reviews Workshop Series: Getting Started and Structured Searching
In-person | Wednesday, May 15 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register

Funding Opportunities for UBC-Germany Collaboration
In-person | Wednesday, May 15 | 1 – 4 pm
1 – 2:30 pm: Info session: Funding your research & collaboration with Germany
3 – 4 pm: Faculty spotlight: UBC-Germany collaborations
Learn more and register.

CAREER

I’m a Community Engaged Researcher. Should I Start a Non-Profit?
In-person | Monday, Jun 3 | 10 am – 12 pm Register.

TAships for Master of Data Science
TAships are for Sep – Dec | Check out the term 1 course offerings (machine learning, data visualization, collaborative software development, & more. Apply.

TEACHING

This week is Celebrate Learning Week
In-person and Online | Monday – Friday, May 6 – 10 | various times | Check out the full schedule. Sessions include:

• Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going: Navigating the Integration of Generative AI at UBC,
• Navigating Responsible Use of GenAI in Teaching & Learning – Developing UBC-Wide Principles and Guidelines,
• Keeping Wellbeing in the Teaching Loop,
• Gen AI and Student Careers: The Potentialities of Integrating Learning, Career Development, and the Job Market,
• Brave Spaces ≠ Safe Spaces,
• and more.

Learn more and register.