GradUpdate

In this issue, Resume & Cover Letter, Stats II: Study Design and Data Collection Essentials, BPOC Graduate Student Funding Engagement Sessions, Open Access Week, Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning, new Mitacs Training Curriculum, and more.

Registration now open

Resume & Cover Letter
Tuesday, Oct 26 | 12:30 – 2:00 PM

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Intro to Statistical Concepts II: Study Design and Data Collection Essentials
Thursday, Oct 28 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM

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BPOC Graduate Student Funding Engagement Sessions
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is making new award funding available to Black and graduate students of colour. We invite racialized graduate students to come to an upcoming engagement session – happening October 25 to November 4

Learn more Register

Seats still available

Applying for Scholarships for your Master’s program
Friday, Oct 22 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Register

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success
Includes a free Gallup StrengthsFinder Assessment
Wednesday, Oct 27 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Register

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

Using Zotero for Citation Management
Monday, Oct 25 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

Open and Equitable Publishing: Get to Know ICER Press!
Tuesday, Oct 26 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM Register

Open Access Myth Busting
Wednesday, Oct 27 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM Register

Creative Commons and Open Licensing in Practice
Friday, Oct 29 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Register

CAREER EXPLORATION

Spotlight on Alumni Careers: Educational Studies Alumni in the Public Sector
Wednesday, Oct 27 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM Learn more

Employer Virtual Information Session: RBC Capital Markets
Thursday, Oct 28 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Learn more

COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING

Anti-Racism Response Training (ART)
Hosted by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS)
Saturday, Nov 6 | 12:00 – 3:00 PM | $35 Register

Climate Justice: Activating Solidarity Economies lab series
Thursdays, Nov 4, 18 & Dec 2 | 5:00 – 7:00 PM | Join one or all 3 sessions | Pitch a project for a grant of up to $1000 Learn more

Join the Student Biotech Network Executive Team
Apply by Nov 5 | Several volunteer positions open (Director of Communication, Director of Finance, Event Liaison, and more) Learn more

PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

New curriculum from Mitacs Training
Mitacs Training has released a new suite of courses that blend short synchronous sessions with an asynchronous module. Topics currently available include Project and Time Management, Building your Project Network Map, and Refined Project Communication Plan.
UBC dates are now listed. Learn more and register.

RESEARCH SKILLS

Metadata basics: describing research data
Tuesday, Oct 26 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM Register

Introduction to Markdown digital workflows
Tuesday, Oct 26 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM Register

Getting Started and Structured Searching ONLINE
Systematic and Scoping Review Workshop Series
Wednesday, Oct 27 | 1:00 – 2:45 PM Register

Introduction to Text Analysis with the Hathi Trust Research Center
Friday, Oct 29 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 AM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshops
Nov 30, Dec 5, 11 & 12 | various days and times | Register by Nov 25
Learn about additional upcoming sessions.

Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning
January 2022–February 2022 | The Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning is a year-long teaching development program that supports graduate students seeking future roles as faculty. Apply by Oct 31

Open 101 Workshop
Tuesday, Oct 26 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Under the Tent
Multimedia storytelling project | Creative exploration of multiculturalism
Apply by Nov 15th.
This is the next iteration of the i am project.