GradUpdate

In this issue, Grad Wellness Series: Career Uncertainty, Foundations of Pedagogy, the CTLT Winter Institute, Project and Time Management, Writing Resources, and more.

Registration now open

Grad Wellness Series: Career Uncertainty
Thursday, Dec 9 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Register

Seats still available

How to Get Hired: The Job Search and Application
Alumni panel | Thursday, Dec 2 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM 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

CAREER EXPLORATION

Research Commons Digital Scholarship Team – GAA position
Apply by Dec 6 | 4 hrs/wk Learn more.

COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING

Attention White Women: Opportunity to be part of an anti-oppressive research project
6 workshops | Fridays Jan 21, Feb 4, 18, Mar 4, 18 & Apr 1 | 1:00 – 4:30 PM Learn more

PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Building Your Project Network Map (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous course requirements must be completed prior to synchronous session.
Tuesday, Dec 7 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM Learn more

Project and Time Management (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous course requirements must be completed prior to synchronous session.
Thursday, Dec 9 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM Learn more

For additional Mitacs Training courses specific to UBC, including project and time management, check out the list under the events tab here.

RESEARCH SKILLS

Working with shared and distributed arrays in Julia
WestGrid advanced-computing workshop series | Thursday, Dec 9 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

CTLT Winter Institute: Sustainable, Inclusive and Thriving Communities
Monday to Thursday, Dec 6 to 9 | various times.
Register; Schedule of Events. Topics include:

• Teaching Professionalism: Nailing Jell-O to the Wall?
• Lightweight Integrated Socio-Emotional Practices to Support Students’ Wellbeing
• Emerging Media in the Classroom
• Promising Practices to Embed Wellbeing in Learning Environments
• Toward the Equitable Teaching of Speaking
• Collectively Improving Literacy Surrounding Indigeneity, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Reading Groups
• Preparing Students to Write: Using Team-Based Learning to Boost Student Confidence
• What Would an Accessible University Look Like? Perspectives of Disabled Instructors at UBC
• 3D Virtual Objects in the Classroom
• Hybrid Courses: Lessons Learned from Multi-Campus Instruction, and more.

Foundations of Pedagogy
Feb – Mar | Tuesdays 1:30 – 3:30 PM | In person
Learn more

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Writing Resources
From the Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication | Annotated academic texts, print and video guides to research and writing, science writing resources, and more. Explore