GradUpdate

In this issue, Doctoral Defence Procedures, Getting Unstuck, Careers in Teaching and Education, Submitting your Thesis, Spring Career Fair, Academic Oral Presentations, Op-Eds for Policy, Descriptive Statistics in R, and more.

Registration now open

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures
Online | Tuesday, Mar 7 | 2 – 3:15 pm

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The Practice of Realignment, or, Getting Unstuck
Staying on Track in Grad School Series
Online | Wednesday, Mar 8 | 12 – 1:30 pm

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Careers in Teaching and Education (Panel)
An SFU/UBC collaborative event for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
Online | Wednesday, Mar 8 | 4 – 5:30 pm

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Submitting Your Thesis
Online | Thursday, Mar 9 | 10 – 11 am

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Seats available

Advanced statistical modeling: Introduction to Machine learning
Online | Thursday, Mar 2 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Last chance to register: 3MT feedback or to present!
Present your research, learn about the research of other grad students, win prizes | See the full competition details
Personal presentation feedback sessions | various dates, times | Register
Open Heats (for students in all disciplines)
Tuesday, Mar 7, 10 am – 12 pm or Thursday, Mar 9, 3 – 5 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

Using Mendeley for citation management
Online | Monday, Mar 6 | 4:30 – 6 pm Register

Indigenous Graduate Initiatives Showcase
A pre-symposium event to the 20th Annual Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium on March 17
In person | First Nations House of Learning Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall (UBC Vancouver) | Friday, Mar 17 | 9 am – 12 pm | Email with questions

CAREER

Career Advancement Strategies Workshop
A GSS event | In-person and online | Tuesday, Feb 28 | 4 pm
Learn tools and skills for interacting with potential employers at the spring career fair or any industry networking event Register

UBC Spring Career Fair
In-person | Tuesday, Mar 7 | 11 am – 4 pm | Learn more and register.
Highlighted below are some exhibitors that may be of particular interest to students at the Masters and PhD level:

• Dark Vision: Acoustic Industrial Imaging Technology; recent jobs include Data Analyst, Machine Learning DevOps Engineers, etc.
• BBA Consultants: Engineering firm; recent jobs include Mechanical Designer, Geotechnical Engineer, etc.
• British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; recent jobs include Research Coordinator, Clinical Research Coordinator
• First Nations Health Authority; recent jobs include Training & Education Specialist, Policy Analyst, etc.
• Procogia: Data consulting firm, recent jobs include Bioinformatics Consultant, etc.
• RF Binnie: Engineering firm, recent jobs include Civil Projects Engineer
• TD Bank Group; financial services

Launch Your Career in Canada
In person and Online | Mon, Mar 6 to Fri, Mar 17 | Learn more about the full schedule of events, including:

• Pathways to Post Graduate Work Permit and staying in Canada after graduation at UBC | Online | Wednesday, Mar 8 | 12 – 1:30 pm
• Career options and career planning for international graduate students | Online | Thursday, Mar 9 | 12:30 – 1:30 pm
• Telling your story: Translate your knowledge, skills, and experiences into a Canadian context | Online | Monday, Mar 13 | 3 – 4 pm

Employer Info Session
Wildlife Rescue Association of BC | Online | Wednesday, Mar 8 | 12 – 1 pm Learn more
GHD | In person | Wednesday, Mar 8 | 5:30 – 7 pm Learn more

RESEARCH

Introduction to Web Mapping with Leaflet
In person | Monday, Mar 6 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Descriptive statistics with R
Online | Thursday, Mar 9 | 11 am – 12 pm Register

TEACHING

Open Carefully – Pursuing Open with an Ethic of Care
Online | Monday, Mar 6 | 2 – 3 pm Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Op-eds for Policy Workshop
Humanities and Social Sciences | Hybrid | Wednesday, Mar 8 | 4 – 5:30 pm Register
Sciences | Hybrid | Friday, Mar 10 | 11 am  – 12:30 pm Register
See the full schedule for the Policy Communications Workshops Series.

Academic Oral Presentations: Presenting as a Scholar
In person or Online | Wednesday, Mar 8 | 10 – 11:30 am Register