GradUpdate

In this issue, Impostor Phenomenon, Harnessing your Resilience, CGS-M Proposal: Crafting a Compelling Research Story, Writing Personal Statements, Writing for Clarity in Complexity, Thrive month, GIS Day, and more.

Registration open

Impostor Phenomenon
Online | Wednesday, Nov 16 | 12 – 1:30 pm

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Harnessing your Resilience: Coping Strategies for Anxiety and Stress in Grad School and beyond
In person and online | Thursday, Nov 17 | 2 – 5 pm

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Reproducible research PART III: Collaborative reproducible research tools
Online | Friday, Nov 18 | 10 am – 12 pm

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Seats available

Staying on Track in Grad School: Self-Care Strategies for Managing Stress and Avoiding Burnout
Online | Wednesday, Nov 9 | 12 – 1:30 pm 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

Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Profile Tools
Online | Tuesday, Nov 15 | 11 am – 12 pm Register

Chapman and Innovation Grants
Offer UBC masters students the opportunity to create and carry out a meaningful project in partnership with a local not-for-profit community organization | Applicants can request funds between $1,500 to $10,000
Apply by Feb 5, 2023 Learn more

Research Ethics: Drop-In Advising
In person | Wednesdays 12 – 3:30 pm | Library Research Commons room 495 Learn more or book a time slot.

CAREER

WorkBC Drop-in Advising
In-person | Robert H Lee Alumni Centre | Wednesdays | 1 – 3 pm | for students or their family members Learn more

P/T work opportunity: Office of Research Ethics
Project is to create an Interactive Indigenous Research Ethics Repository
10 hrs/wk | 2-year funded project Apply by Nov 13.

Employer Info Sessions
Novo Nordisk | Online | Wednesday, Nov 17 | 12 – 1 pm Register.
Bounteous (digital consultancy) | Online | Thursday, Nov 16 | 12 – 1 pm Register.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Thrive Month
Nov 1 – 30 | Thrive is a time when we come together as a UBC community to learn about, talk about, and explore ways to support our mental health.
Learn more

Canada Revenue Agency Webinars
Online | CRA Benefits & Credits
-Nov 9, 1:30 pm – for Persons with Disabilities
-Nov 16,1:30 pm – for Indigenous People
Learn more

LEADERSHIP

Apply to present at January’s Student Leadership Conference (SLC)
Designing and facilitating a workshop at the SLC is a fantastic opportunity for student leaders to gain skills in public speaking and group facilitation, and to contribute to learning opportunities for students on campus
The 2023 UBC SLC is on Jan 21, 2023 | Apply to present by Nov 13
Learn more

RESEARCH

GIS Day
Online | Wednesday, Nov 16 | 8:50 am – 3:50 pm | Sessions include:

• A Collaborative Model for Data Sharing
• Teaching GIS with video games in immersive digital twin worlds
• Student-led design and development of GIS labs for teaching Forestry
• Leveraging the power of GIS to predict future wildfire-related risks
• and more.

Learn more and register.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Writing in STEM: Writing for Clarity in Complexity
In person and online | Tuesday, Nov 15 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

CGS-M Proposal: Crafting a Compelling Research Story
In person and online | Wednesday, Nov 16 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Writing Personal Statements: Crafting Your Professional Identity
In person and online | Thursday, Nov 17 | 10 – 11:30 am Register