GradUpdate – Preparing Excellent Fellowship Applications, Getting Unstuck, The Ins and Outs of Publishing (editor panel), Developing and Sustaining Your Academic Writing Practice, Indigenous Writing Consultant and Facilitator positions, and more.

GradUpdate

In this issue, Preparing Excellent Fellowship Applications, Getting Unstuck, The Ins and Outs of Publishing (editor panel), Developing and Sustaining Your Academic Writing Practice, Indigenous Writing Consultant and Facilitator positions, and more.

Registration open

Preparing Excellent Fellowship Applications
Online | Tuesday, Jun 13 | 10 – 11 am

The Practice of Realignment, or, Getting Unstuck
Staying on Track in Grad School Series
Online | Wednesday, Jun 14 | 1 – 2:30 pm

The Editors Perspective – The Ins and Outs of Publishing (panel)
Online | Thursday, Jun 15 | 1 – 2:30 pm

Developing and Sustaining Your Academic Writing Practice
With UBC alum, Prof. Raul Pacheco-Vega (see his blog to learn more about his research and writing advice)
Online | Thursday, Jun 22 | 10 am – 1 pm

Seats available

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

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

Classroom Climate and Equity & Inclusion – Graduate Student Facilitator
Situated in the CTLT Indigenous Initiatives team, facilitate workshops with TAs
$30/hr | ~150 hrs | Jun – Dec, 2023
Apply by June 13.

Indigenous Doctoral Writing Consultant position
$22.67/hr | 10 hrs/week | Sep – Apr
Apply by June 30.

RESEARCH

Introduction to Covidence
Online | Wednesday, Jun 7 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Data visualization with ggplot2
Online | Wednesday, Jun 14 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Online | Thursday, Jun 15 | 12 – 2 pm Register

TEACHING

Accessing the SoTL Research Literature
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 | Monday, Jun 12 | 3 – 4 pm Register.

TAR Application Help Drop-In
Online | Friday, Jun 16 | 2 – 4 pm 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

Introduction to OSF
Online | Wednesday, June 14 | 11 am – 12 pm
Part of the Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) Register.
Browse all POSE events.

Please also note that The UBC Knowledge Exchange Unit and UBC Community Engagement are co-hosting UBC’s inaugural Partnering in Research Conference on June 15, 2023! They have just opened up 20 additional seats for graduate students. This event will bring together 200 faculty, staff, students and community partners from across BC to explore the ethical, cultural and political challenges of partnered research, discuss how we can collaborate meaningfully, and develop strategies for driving real change.

Thank you,

Jacqui.

LFS G&PS Office

Information for Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Students

GradUpdate – Preparing Excellent Fellowship Applications, Getting Unstuck, The Ins and Outs of Publishing (editor panel), Developing and Sustaining Your Academic Writing Practice, Indigenous Writing Consultant and Facilitator positions, and more.