On June 13 enjoy summer with friends

Enjoy a delicious burger or hot-dog while mingling with fellow grad

students. This event is conveniently located on campus in the Thea

Koerner House Front Plaza. Check out the grad student space, relax and

meet some new friends.

Survey deadline extension

A big thanks to the many of you who have taken the time to complete the survey. If you haven’t we’ve extended the deadline for another 14 days.

Why have we extended the deadline?

• The survey result are one of the most important tools we have to help us direct our advocacy, events and resources to things that matter. This makes getting the most representative sample very important.
• The results are something that show how the grad student experience changes over time, so we want the best data.

You hope you’ll take 15 minutes to complete the survey. It makes our work for you more effective.

Summer Sports

Softball is underway

The 2019 GSS Summer softball league got underway last night with the Glueballs taking on the Druggers and Sluggers. Even a little light rain wasn’t enough to dampen spirits. Games will be happening every week until the finals on August 21st. You can keep up up to date with results and hopefully some pics HERE

The Graduate Student Society and the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy are looking for participants in focus groups with graduate students in research-based programs to identify challenges and successes that students with disability have been experiencing navigating UBC campus and how they perceive UBC accessibility.
N.B: Any response to or sharing of this post may result in that individual being associated with this study.

GSS Committees

Join a Committee

GSS committees work to enhance graduate student life at UBC. Each focuses on a specific part of the society’s day-to-day operations and allow you to have a say in how we run different parts of our work.

If you’d like to join a committee or for more information, please email aa@gss.ubc.ca.

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Upcoming Events

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success (includes code to complete your StrengthsFinder assessment)| Jun 13 | In-Person : 10 -12 pm| Webinar: 1:30 – 3 pm

Career

Career Development WEBINAR Series (Topics: LinkedIn, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews and Negotiating) | starting Jun 18

Grad School Success

Literature Reviews: Analyzing (with NVivo) | Jun 11

Introduction to R for statistical analysis | Jun 12

Annual Research Computing Summer School | Jun 24- 27

Stadium Neighbourhood Update

Over the last 18+ months, UBC has undertaken the Stadium Neighbourhood planning process; an opportunity to shape the University’s next neighbourhood.

Visit the Stadium Neighbourhood project website to learn more and read the June 2019 Stadium Neighbourhood Plan Update which includes a summary of the plan concept, next steps and an FAQ

Volunteer at UBC Climate Hub

The on-campus student initiative UBC Climate Hub is currently accepting volunteer applications for Summer 2019 to assist with a number of positions! A volunteer orientation evening for those interested in becoming involved with Climate Hub will be taking place on June 11.. Please check out the descriptions of roles we are recruiting for, and if something interests you, feel free to fill out an application form. More information on the Facebook page!