GradUpdate

In this issue, Careers in Consultancy, Wellbeing Ambassador Program, Business Mentorship Program, Text Encoding with TEI XML and Oxygen, Foundations of Pedagogy, and more.

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

CAREER EXPLORATION

Careers in Consultancy
Employer Virtual Information Session | Wednesday, Sep 1 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Register

COMMUNITY BUILDING AND NETWORKING

Discovery Foundation’s Business Mentorship Program
SBN and SCWIST program | week-long intensive | Sep 27 – Oct 1 | Apply by Sep 3 Learn more.

Join the UBC undergraduate 3MT 2021-22 team
Volunteer Opportunity to support this undergrad research communication competition | Apply by Aug 25 Learn more and apply.

Attention White Women: Opportunity to be part of an anti-oppressive research project
Arts-based workshop series Learn more.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Graduate Student Wellbeing Ambassador Program
Apply by Aug 30. Learn more and apply (scroll to bottom).

RESEARCH SKILLS

Creating XML files from newspapers in Oxygen
Text Encoding with TEI XML and Oxygen | Thursday, Aug 26 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro
Tuesday, Aug 31 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

CTLT Summer Institute
Aug 23 – 26 | Various Dates and times | View the full schedule events or register.

Engaging Zoom
Monday, Aug 30 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Register.

WordPress & Wiki Clinic
(Drop-In)Thursday, Sep 2 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Register.

Foundations of Pedagogy
Oct to Nov 2021 | 8 classes | Apply by Sept 10  Learn more.