GPS Update: Getting your Thesis on Track + Strategies for Happier Time + Work-Life-Balance + Design your Life + More!

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Do you want the graduate student voice included?  Participate in a group discussion on Improving Student Mental Health Standards in Canada, May 14 (snacks provided). 

Registration is now open for:

Tackling Roadblocks: Getting your Thesis on Track | Thu May 9| 1-5 pm| Event and Registration details: here

Simple Strategies for Happier Time |Wed May 15 | 10 am- 12 pm| Event and Registration details: here

Navigating Work-Life-Balance in Graduate School |Wed May 15 | 12:30 – 2:30 pm| Event and Registration details: here

Design your Life: What do you want out of life, at UBC and beyond? |Wed May 15 | 12:30 – 2:30 pm| Event and Registration details: here

There are still seats remaining in this week’s:

Roadmap to Resilience in Graduate School and Beyond, Wed May 01 | 3 – 6 pm | Register here |From former participants:“I found that many of the topics really hit home with me, and I appreciated how many specific strategies we received”, “Really good combination of lecture and activity, high level of audience participation”

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

Career

Career Conference (ONLINE), Sessions on Leaving Academia, Networking, Cover Letter & Resumes & More, May 4th, with fees (use ‘FriendofBP’ for a $10 discount)

Career Conference (ONLINE), Career Panels on Higher Education, Non-Profit, Business and Government, May 11th, with fees (use ‘FriendofBP’ for a $10 discount)

Machine Vision R&D Engineer with Koh Young Technology Canada (Burnaby)

Grad School Success

R Study Group: May 8

Events

Graduate Students in Teaching, Mini Conference 2019, Apr 30 / May 01

SciCATs Fundamentals of Science Communication, May 05

International Students

Study Permit Extension Group Application Review Session: May 7, May 10

Post-Graduation Work Permit Group Application Review Session: May 7May 10

Indigenous Students

Indigenous students living in BC apply for the Indigenous Early Years (IEY) Scholarship and Bursary program

One-year Pre-doctoral Fellowships for Indigenous Students at Queen’s University, Apply by May 15

Please let me know if you have questions!

Thank you,

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