GradUpdate

This week we are welcoming new graduate students to UBC via GradStart programming. We thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight many of the resources available to all graduate students to help support you in your @UBCGradJourney and beyond.  See below for upcoming and on-demand programming as well as p/t work opportunities!

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

Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS), Grad Game Plan
GPS offers a suite of workshops in various themes including grad school success, career building, wellbeing, communication, and statistics .
The Grad Game Plan is a guide to help navigate the various stages of grad school and provides links to additional resources.

Free Statistical Consultation
Under the supervision of a Statistics professor, graduate Statistics students will provide free project-specific consultations, including a report of recommendations, as part of their STAT 551 practicum consulting course. Submissions are accepted now until Oct 31.
The Statistical Opportunity for Students (SOS) program offers one hour of consulting. Learn more.

The Dissertation Success Curriculum, Writing Support, and more
The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity provides various online, on-demand programming to support graduate students, including:

• Core webinar series: Every Semester Needs a Plan, Academic Time Management, and more
• A Monday Motivator Email Series, and
• The Dissertation Success Curriculum, designed to provide the skills, strategies, and support needed to overcome the three biggest obstacles to finishing a dissertation: perfectionism, procrastination, and isolation.

Register through UBC’s subscription, then check out the member resources.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Health Promotion Project Coordinator
Work learn opportunity (job ID 969690) for a grad student interested in health promotion and health education work. Apply soon! The deadline is Sep 4 but interviews are happening on a rolling basis.

Health and Wellbeing Resource Sheet
Maintaining your physical and mental health during graduate school is important. Learn more about the many resources available to you including workshops, harm reduction supplies, the sexual health shop, counselling, online tools, and more.

CAREER

Musqueam Resource Curation Project Student Assistant
$27.22/hr | For a student enrolled in the iSchool graduate program
Learn more and apply by Sep 8.

LinkedIN Learning
Online, on demand | Have you identified a skill or competency that could help you in your grad program or in your career preparation? Take courses on topics such as:

• business finance
• project management
• leadership
• communication skills
• technical skills (R, Excel, SPSS, etc)
• personal development,
• and more.

Access LinkedIn Learning via UBC’s subscription.

RESEARCH

Foundations of Responsible Research
Check out the guides on best practices of scholarly integrity including mentorship & supervision, data management, authorship and publishing, and more.

UBC Library Research Commons

• 4th and 5th floors of Koerner Library
• consultations, workshops, and bookable collaborative spaces for studying, research projects, and hosting presentations.
• online repository of workshop materials on Citation Management, Digital Scholarship, Data Analysis and Visualization, Geographic Information Systems and Research Data Management Learn more

TEACHING

EDI in TAing: Building inclusive learning environments
Online | Are you a new or returning Teaching Assistant (TA) at UBC Vancouver? Join a session to learn how you can build a more equitable learning environment:

• Sep 8 | 12 – 2 pm | in Creative & Performing Arts disciplines
• Sep 15 | 12 – 2 pm | in Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines or
• Sep 21 | 10 am – 12 pm | all disciplines

Graduate Teaching Practicum
Online | November 2023 – April 2024. To apply:

• You need to be a graduate student and a CIRTL Associate (have completed a Grad ISW, the CIRTL Summer Teaching Institute, or Foundations of Pedagogy).
• Participants need to identify a mentor in their discipline who will be teaching in the Winter Term and who is willing to both let them observe their mentor’s teaching and give two guest lectures.

Learn more and apply by Nov 8

WORKING WITH OTHERS

Anti-Racism Response Training (ART)
Canadian Association for Graduate Studies workshop
Online | Wednesday, Sep 27 | 9 am – 12 pm PT | $50 Register by Sep 20

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

CGS-D Proposal: Crafting a Compelling Research Story
In person | Wednesday, Sep 6 | 10 am – 1 pm Register