GradUpdate – Designing your Grad School Strategy, Impostor Syndrome, Writing Personal Statements, Academic Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Decolonization, Indigenization and Reconciliation within STEM, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Designing your Grad School Strategy, Impostor Syndrome, Writing Personal Statements, Academic Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Decolonization, Indigenization and Reconciliation within STEM, and more.

Registration now open

 

Getting the Most Out of your Academic Experience: Designing your Grad School Strategy
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM

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Grad Wellness Series: Impostor Syndrome
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM

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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

 

Academic Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Strategies and Considerations for Graduate Students
Monday, Nov 15 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM Register

Using Mendeley for Citation Management
Monday, Nov 15 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Author IDs
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM Register

CAREER EXPLORATION

 

Virtual Mock Interviews
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM Register

Investment Banking For Life Sciences
s2bn Vancouver-Victoria Chapter events
Job Simulations (2-part session) | Monday, Nov 15, 12:00 – 1:00 PM & Wednesday, Nov 17, 10:00 – 11:00 AM Register
Panel | Thursday, Nov 18 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Register

PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

 

Refined Project Communication Plan (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous course requirements must be completed prior to synchronous session.
Monday, Nov 15 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM Register

Project and Time Management (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous course requirements must be completed prior to synchronous session.
Friday, Nov 19 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Register

More on the 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

 

Understanding Spatial Data: Map Projections
Tuesday, Nov 16 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Register

Advanced Unix Shell usage
Tuesday, Nov 16 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

GIS Day 2021
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM | various sessions Register

NVivo part 1: getting started with NVivo
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM Register

Introduction to Research Data Management
Thursday, Nov 18 | 10:00 – 11:15 AM Register

Geospatial Analysis & Visualization with Python
Thursday, Nov 18 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM Register

Using Deep Learning to increase image resolution
Westgrid advanced computing workshop series.
Thursday, Nov 18 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

Introduction to Voyant
Friday, Nov 19 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

 

Indigenous Scholars Panel: Decolonization, Indigenization and Reconciliation within STEM
Thursday, Nov 18 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM Register

Open Pedagogy with Scalar: Publishing Digital Books
Friday, Nov 19 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

 

Writing Personal Statements: Crafting Your Professional Identity
In person | Wednesday, Nov 17 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

 

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