GradUpdate

In this issue, Self-Identification in the Workplace, West Coast Virtual Career Fair, Policy Reports, Communications Strategy for Policy, Creative Commons Licenses, Collaborative Pathways to Decolonize/Indigenize Teaching and Learning, and more.

Seats available

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures
Online | Tuesday, May 16 | 2 – 3:15 pm Register

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success
Receive a free Gallup CliftonStrengths Assessment; learn your top 5 strengths
Online | Thursday, May 18 | 3 – 4:30 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

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023-24
Completing your doctoral degree prior to Sept 30, 2024? UBC’s internal Banting Fellowships Competition deadline is 9 am, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Learn more and how to apply for Canada’s most prestigious postdoctoral award on the Postdoctoral Fellows Office Banting Competition page.

For official information, eligibility criteria, regulations, and procedures, visit the Banting website.

Designing for Transformation
A free, non-credit course available to UBC graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows, from across disciplines, to build capacities to empower transformative change, grounded in equity-centred and decolonizing methodologies!
Online | Module 1: Tuesdays, May 16, 23, & 30 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Learn more and register by May 14

Anti-Racism Response Training (ART)
Online | Canadian Association for Graduate Studies event | $50
Thursday, May 25 | 8:30 – 11:30 am or 12:30 – 3:30 pm PT Register by May 21

Using Zotero for Citation Management Tool
Online | Monday, May 15 | 4:30 – 6 pm Register

Creative Commons and Copyleft Trolls
Open session of the Program for Open Scholarship and Education | learn more about Creative Commons licenses
Online | Tuesday, May 16 | 1 – 2 pm Register

CAREER

Employer Info Sessions
Online | Ontario Pension Plan | Recruiting for undergraduate/graduate students to fill 100+ internship and new grad opportunities in their Finance, Investments, Audit, Information Technology, and People & Culture teams.
Tuesday, May 16 | 9 – 10 am Learn more
In-person | Greenlight Innovation | Learn about the fuel cell industry, their products, and the exciting co-op and full-time open positions available
Tuesday, May 16 | 12 – 1 pm Learn more

West Coast Virtual Fair: Career, Volunteer, and Graduate Schools
Online | Wednesday & Thursday, May 17 & 18 | 10 am – 3 pm
Curious about where your degree can take you? Connect with 80+ employers, graduate schools, volunteer organizations and professional programs to explore your options. Full details and list of exhibitors here.

Self-Identification in the Workplace
West Coast Virtual Fair preparation webinar | Learn about your employment rights and obligations, how to approach self-disclosure and accommodation in the workplace
Online | Tuesday, May 9 | 11 am – 12 pm Register.

RESEARCH

Introduction to Docker
Online | Thursday, May 18 | 12 – 2 pm Register

Machine Learning: Finding pre-trained models for transfer learning
In-person | Friday, May 19 | 1 – 2:30 pm | Join the waiting list.

TEACHING

Positionality: How History and Place Inform your Teaching Practice
Online | Monday, May 8 | 11 am – 12 pm Register.

Holding Indigenous Topics with Care in the Classroom
Online | Tuesday, May 9 | 10 – 11:30 am Register.

Guiding Students in Incorporating Multi-Modal Land Acknowledgements
In-person | Tuesday, May 9 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register.

Working Alongside: Collaborative Pathways to Decolonize/Indigenize Teaching and Learning
Online | Tuesday, May 9 | 2:30 – 4 pm Register.

Browse all Celebrate Research Week events.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Policy Reports
In-person | Thursday, May 18 | 12:30 – 2 pm Register

Communication Strategy for Policy (Humanities and Social Sciences)
In-person | Monday, May 22 | 12:30 – 2 pm Register

See the full Policy Communication Workshop Series.