GradUpdate – Building a writing habit, Social impact grants, Managing your academic profile, Preparing your teaching demo for a job interview, Overcoming imposter phenomena, Inclusive teaching, Indigenous writing circle, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Building a writing habit, Social impact grants, Managing your academic profile, Preparing your teaching demo for a job interview, Overcoming imposter phenomena, Inclusive teaching, Indigenous writing circle, and more.

Registration open

Building a Writing Habit
Online | Tuesday, Oct 8 | 2 – 3 pm

Register

Seats available

Exploring Career Options for students in course-based programs
Online | Tuesday, Sep 24 | 2 – 3 pm Register

Copyright for your Thesis: How to use Images and other material
Online | Wednesday, Sep 25 | 10 – 11:30 am Register

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below. 
Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) Social Impact Grants
$1,500 to $10,000 per project | Grants support masters students (and undergrads) in co-designing and implementing impactful initiatives that directly address BC-based community needs.
Learn more. Applications open Nov 1 and close Jan 31.

Choosing a Citation Management Tool
Online | Tuesday, Oct 1 | 4 – 5:30 pm Register

Research to Action: Advancing Urban Sustainability
UBC Sustainability Scholars Program conference
In-person | Wednesday, Oct 2 | 1 – 5 pm Register

Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Author IDs
Online | Thursday, Oct 3 | 2 – 3 pm Register

CAREER

Preparing Your Teaching Demo for a Job Interview
Online | Thursday, Oct 17 | 9:30 – 11 am Register (note: reg opens Mon, Sep 30, capacity is 50)

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Fraud and Drug Awareness for International Students
Presented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Online | Thursday, Sep 26 | 10 am – 12:30 pm Register

Overcoming Imposter Phenomena and Building Resiliency as Graduate Students
Online | Thursday, Oct 10 | 8 – 9:30 am Register

LEADERSHIP

Applying the principles of sound leadership and team building
Online Mitacs training | Wednesday, Oct 2 | 7 – 10 am | Mandatory online pre-requisite “High performing leadership and teams”.
Learn more and register through Mitacs Edge

RESEARCH

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Online | Tuesday, Oct 1 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Data Bites – Introduction to depositing datasets in Borealis
Online | Thursday, Oct 3 | 12:30 – 1:15 pm Register

Introduction to the tidyverse R package
Online | Thursday, Oct 3 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Introduction to Machine Learning: Regression Models
Online | Friday, Oct 4 | 1 – 3 pm Register

TEACHING

Inclusive Teaching: Reflecting on Your Teaching Practice
In-person | Wednesday, Oct 2 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register

EDI in TAing
Open Stream: Online | Friday, Oct 4 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Graduate Teaching Practicum
Online | Nov 2024 – Apr 2025 | various dates & times Apply by Oct 28

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Indigenous Grad Student Writing Circle
Online | Every 2nd Sunday | 1 – 2:30 pm Learn more

Fall Grad Student Writing Groups
Interested in connecting with other graduate students to write on a weekly basis? Complete this short survey by Sep 26 to help us select the weekly meeting times. The selected schedule will be in next week’s GradUpdate.

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