In this issue, Designing Your Grad School/Career Strategy, CTLT Spring Institute, Doctoral Writing Consultant positions, Solutions Scholars Program, Actualize your Dream Career Abroad, Best Practices for File Naming, Decolonizing and Engaging in Research by Way of Graphic Recording, and more.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Academic Experience: Designing Your Grad School/Career Strategy
Join us to develop and reflect on your strategic plan for grad school and beyond, & to explore opportunities to help you achieve your professional goals.
Online | Thursday, June 6 | 3 – 5 pm

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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

Using Zotero for Citation Management
Online | Monday, Jun 3 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register

Solutions Scholars Program, Q & A sessions
The program sponsors existing UBC Masters and PhD students to apply their scholarly research skills to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and/or education. 10-month projects, Sep 2024 – Jun 2025 | receive $10k stipend Learn more and apply by Friday, Jun 14.
Need to know more? Join a Q&A session May 30, 12 pm or Jun 4, 5 pm.

CAREER

Actualize your dream career abroad
Online | Tuesday, Jun 4 | 12 – 1 pm Register

Doctoral Writing Consultant-Winter 2024/25
$25.26/hr | 10 hrs/week, Sep 2024-Apr 2025 | The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication is seeking to appoint our team of Doctoral Writing Consultants for the Winter 2024/2025 term. Apply by Jun 7.

RESEARCH

Introduction to the Unix Shell
Online | Tuesday, Jun 4 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Data Bites – Best Practices for File Naming
Online | Tuesday, Jun 4 | 3 – 3:30 pm Register

Introduction to Machine Learning: Regression Models
Online | Wednesday, Jun 5 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Decolonizing and Engaging in Research by Way of Graphic Recording
Online | Monday, Jun 10 | 2 – 4 pm Register

TEACHING

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
In-person | Jul 6, 13 & 14 | 9 am – 5:30 pm | Apply by Jul 3.
See all upcoming ISWs.

CTLT Spring Institute
Online and in-person | Jun 3 – 6 | various times | View all sessions and register.
Sessions include:

• Effective Wellbeing Pedagogies and Practices,
• Reducing Ableism One PowerPoint at a Time,
• Designing Safer, More Effective Teamwork Activities in the Classroom,
• Amplifying Student Voices to Inform Course Design,
• Data Informed Teaching Practices with Learning Analytics,
• and many more.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Summer Writing Consultations
In-person at IKB, Woodward Library or Research Commons or written feedback
May 21 – Aug 9 | various days and times | Learn more and book a consultation.