GradUpdate – Scholarship Applications for your Master’s Program, Navigating Supervisory Relationships, Getting through Graduate School Online Support Group, Writing in STEM, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Scholarship Applications for your Master’s Program, Navigating Supervisory Relationships, Getting through Graduate School Online Support Group, Writing in STEM and much more.

Registration Open

 

Navigating an Effective Relationship with your Supervisor
Online | Wednesday, Oct 26 | 2 – 4 pm

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Applying for Scholarships for your Master’s program
Online | Thursday, Oct 27 | 2 – 3:30 pm

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Special Event

 

Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Online | Oct 25, 26, & 27 | 10 am – 1 pm daily
A Graduate and Postdoctoral Development Network 3-day event, featuring:

  • The Streetsmart Researcher – Building and leveraging an impactful career narrative from day one
  • Skills for Innovation: Insights from Industry and Intern Skills Surveys
  • Career Storytelling for the Job Search
  • Using Informational Interviews to Boost Your Career
  • Optimizing Power Skills in Interdisciplinary, Diverse & Innovative Academic Networks
  • Know and Show Your Value
  • How the Recruiter’s Eyes Move on Your Resume
  • Planning in grad school: being strategic and intentional

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Seats available

 

6 Feet Together: Professional Networking in a Hybrid World
Online | Wednesday, Oct 19 | 9 am – 12 pm Register

Teaching with Integrity: Methods and Strategies for Fostering Academic Integrity in Your Classroom or Laboratory
Online | Thursday, Oct 20 | 9 – 11 am Register

Events and Opportunities

 

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.
ACADEMIC

 

Using Zotero for Citation Management
Online | Monday, Oct 24 | 4:30 – 6 pm Register

It Starts With Us: ‘Rock the Boat’ Reimagining Supervisory Relationships
Online | Tuesday, Oct 25 | 12 – 1:30 pm Learn more

Not Just Checking Boxes: Thinking & Working Through Ethical Problems with Checklists
In-person | Wednesday, Oct 26 | 10 – 11:30 am Learn more

CAREER

 

Employer Info Sessions
Citi | In-person | Tuesday, Oct 25 | 12 – 1 pm Register
Google Inc. – Life of a SWE | In-person | Tuesday, Oct 25 | 7 – 8 pm Register
HCL Technologies Canada | In-person | Wednesday, Oct 26 | 12 – 1 pm Register
PwC China Sourcing Initiative (CSI) | In-person | Wednesday, Oct 26 | 5 – 6 pm Register
Google Inc. – Building Your Technical Career | In-person | Wednesday, Oct 26 | 7 – 8 pm Register
Google Inc. – Q&A | In-person | Thursday, Oct 27 | 8 – 9 am Register
Jacobs | In-person | Thursday, Oct 27 | 12 – 1 pm Register
COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING

 

Graduate Student Society International Food Festival
In-person | Monday, Oct 24 | 6 – 8 pm Learn more

The Black Graduate Student Network (BGSN) Mid-Semester Mixer
In-person | Friday, Oct 28 | 12 – 1:30 pm Learn more

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

 

Getting Through Grad School with Grace & Grit: The Online Support Group
Online | Thursdays, Oct 27 – Dec 8 | 2 – 3:15 pm Learn more
RESEARCH

 

Introduction to the Unix Shell
In-person and online | Monday, Oct 24 | 10 – 11:30 am Register

Map production with QGIS
In-person | Thursday, Oct 27 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools
Online | Friday, Oct 28, 2022| 10 am – 2 pm Register

TEACHING

 

Identity Matters: Connecting Power, Privilege and Bias to Anti-Racism Work
Online | Wednesday, Oct 26 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Introduction to Teaching at a Community College
A CIRTL Network Event | Online | Thursday, Oct 27 | 10 – 11:30 am Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

 

Writing in STEM: Writing to Weave Your Findings Into the Scholarly Conversation
In-person and online | Tuesday, Oct 25 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

 

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