GradUpdate

GradUpdate is taking a break and will return Monday, Jan 6th.

In this issue, National Career Symposium recordings, Foundations of Pedagogy, CTLT Winter Institute, and more.

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.

CAREER

Recordings: National Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
5th annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Development Network event
Check out the recordings from the sessions listed below:

• The Psychology of Focusing on What Matters, by Professor Joe Kim, PhD, McMaster University (Keynote)
• Career Decision Making: The Role of Values
• Research Your Career: How You Can Act on What We Know About PhD Job Outcomes
• Effective Strategies for Tackling Networking Conversations
• L’élaboration du dossier de candidature professionnel – Points de repères
• Determining Psychological Safety in Your Future Workplace
• The Future of (Your) Scholarship

LEADERSHIP

Project and time management
Online Mitacs training | Tuesday, Dec 17 | 9 am – 12 pm | Mandatory online pre-requisite “Spur up your project management and time management skills”.
Learn more and register for this or upcoming sessions through Mitacs Edge.

RESEARCH

Quantum: Young’s Double Slit Demonstration & Workshop
Online Mitacs training | Tuesday, Dec 17 | 10 am – 1 pm
Register through Mitacs Edge.

TEACHING

Foundations of Pedagogy
Online | Feb 3 – March 31 | Mondays 2 – 4:30 pm
Successful completion involves participation in 7 out of 8 classes including pre-work, teaching one 10 minute mini-lesson and writing a first draft of your teaching portfolio. Upon completion, you will be awarded CIRTL Associate status.
Learn more and apply by Jan 13

CTLT Winter Institute
Online and in-person | Dec 9 – 11 | various times | sessions include:

• Deepening Our Understanding of Wellbeing: Reflections from the UBC Community (panel),
• Unlearning Scarcity: Building a Culture of Flourishing and Reciprocity at UBC,
• Using Labour-based Grading in Undergraduate Science Courses,
• Why Do I Avoid My Student Evaluations of Teaching?,
• Making Teaching, Learning, and Even Meetings More Joyful Through Improv and Theatre Games,
• Practices to Support Safety and Wellbeing in Learning Environments
• Social Wellbeing in the Classroom Environment,
• and more.

View all sessions and register.