GradUpdate

In this issue, Submitting your Thesis, Honouring Indigenous Writers, Launch a Career in Canada, Consulting and Freelancing, Annotated Bibliographies, Graduate Supervision and Wellbeing, and more.

Registration now open

Submitting your Thesis
Thursday, Mar 11 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM

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Seats still available

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral examination & Virtual defence procedure
Tuesday, Mar 2 | 2:00 – 3:15 PM Register

Additional Events and Opportunities

The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development

ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

Rock the Boat- Virtual Workshops on Graduate Supervision and Wellbeing
Register by March 8th | various dates and times Learn more

Using Mendeley for Citation Management
Thursday, Mar 11 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM Learn more

CAREER EXPLORATION

Consulting and Freelancing: How to Apply your Expertise to a Different Career Path
Tuesday, Mar 9 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Learn more

Employer Virtual Information Session: L’OREAL FRANCE – Research & Innovation
Wednesday, Mar 10 | 8:30 – 10:00 AM Learn more

Launch a Career in Canada

• Alumni Office Hour: Post-Covid Career Opportunities with Viet Vu – Economist at The Brookfield Institute for Innovation | Monday, Mar 8 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM Learn more
• How to Find Work & Research Opportunities at UBC | Tuesday, Mar 9 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM Learn more
• Virtual Networking Event: Meet Alumni Who Successfully Transitioned into The Canadian Labour Market | Tuesday, Mar 9 | 4:30 – 6:00 PM Learn more
• Networking in a Digital Environment | Wednesday, Mar 10 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM Learn more
• My Career Story: My Non-Linear Career Path as an International Student | Wednesday, Mar 10 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM Learn more
• Virtual Networking Event: Meet Alumni who are currently working in the Americas, Europe, Africa | Thursday, Mar 11 | 9:00 – 10:30 AM Learn more
• Virtual Networking Event: Meet Alumni who are currently working in Asia | Thursday, Mar 11 | 7:00 – 8:00 PM Learn more
• Resumes and Cover Letters: How To Leverage Your Experience To Get A Job | Friday, Mar 12 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Learn more
• Diversity & Inclusion in Careers with Cicely Blain | Saturday, Mar 13 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Learn more

Visit the LCIC page for all event details.

Non-academic Career options for STEM PhDs
A Beyond Prof event | Friday, March 12 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM Learn more

COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING

Honouring Indigenous Writers on Wikipedia – Wikipedia as Public Scholarship
Friday, Mar 12 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Learn more

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

UBC Black Caucus Mental Wellness Pilot Project
Limited free virtual counselling in March Learn more

Summer finances and job planning for international students
Tuesday, Mar 9 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Learn more

Financial Wellness Peers: How-to Housing Costs and Considerations
Thursday, Mar 11 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM Learn more

RESEARCH SKILLS

Introduction to Markdown digital workflows
Monday, Mar 8 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM Learn more

Data dashboards with R and Python: an overview of options
Tuesday, Mar 9 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM Learn more

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshops
Mar 15, 20, 27 & 28 | Register by Mar 10
Visit CTLT’s website for additional sessions

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Writing in the STEM Disciplines
Monday, Mar 8 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Learn more

Annotated Bibliographies: Writing
Tuesday, Mar 9 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Learn more