GradUpdate

In this issue, Waiting for Motivation? Do this Instead!, Overcoming Perfectionism, Thrive at work with Emotional Intelligence, Abstracts: Communicating Research Findings with Brevity and Concision, Doctoral Writing Consultant p/t position, and more.

Registration open

Waiting for Motivation? Do this Instead!
Staying on Track in Grad School Series
Online | Wednesday, Jun 7 | 1 – 2:30 pm

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Overcoming Perfectionism
Online | Thursday, Jun 8 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

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Seats available

Getting the Most Out of your Academic Experience: Designing your Grad School/ Career Strategy
Online | Thursday, Jun 1 | 3 – 4:30 pm (+ optional 30 min Q&A, work time) Register

Staying on Track in Grad School:
Organizational Habits and Keys to Consistency
Online | Wednesday, May 31 | 1 – 2:30 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.

CAREER

Vancouver Startup Week Recruitment Fair
In-person, Science World | Recruiting for technology startups in Vancouver
Tuesday, Jun 6 | 6 – 9 pm | Learn about the discount code and register.

Doctoral Writing Consultant position
$22.67/hr | 13-16 hrs/week | May-Aug
The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication is urgently seeking to hire one Doctoral Writing Consultant for the summer. Apply now

TEACHING

CTLT Spring Institute is this week!
In-person and Online | May 29 – June 1 | Various days and times
See all events and register.

SoTL Research Ethics & the BREB Process
Part of a series of workshops to prepare applicants of the Teaching As Research (TAR) program to implement an educational research project in their discipline regardless of previous experience.
Online | Thursday, Jun 8 | 10 – 11:30 am Register.
The TAR Awards are open to graduate students & postdocs, with graduate students needing to be in their second year of study. The award is $3000. Learn more and apply by June 20

WORKING WITH OTHERS

Thrive at work with Emotional Intelligence
In-person, Olympic Village | Tuesday, Jun 13 | 5 – 7 pm Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Abstracts: Communicating Research Findings with Brevity and Concision
In-person and Online | Wednesday, Jun 7 | 10 – 11:30 Register