Good afternoon,

Abstract submissions for Crossroads 2023 are now open! Submissions will close on January 6, 2023. We are asking for your assistance to spread the word. Could you please forward the following information to student researchers (undergraduate, graduate, or post-doctoral) in your department?

The 19th Annual Crossroads Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference is happening on March 10-11th, 2023 at the Halifax Central Library and Dalhousie University’s Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) in Halifax, NS. Crossroads is a student-led health research conference hosted by the School of Health and Human Performance Graduate Student Society. Over the course of the conference, two panel discussions will be held, covering the digitalization of health and breaking down systemic barriers for marginalized populations. There will also be the opportunity to participate in one of two interactive workshops on photovoice/photo-elicitation research methods and trauma awareness. On the second day of the conference, students will have the opportunity to present their research in either an oral or poster format.

We will be accepting abstracts for poster and oral presentations from students working on any health-related project, at any stage (e.g., proposal, preliminary analysis, completed),and affiliated with any department (e.g., health professions, business, engineering, social sciences, etc.). For more information, or to submit an abstract, please visit our website: https://dalcrossroads.com/call-for-abstracts/submit-an-abstract/

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Crossroads 2023 Co-chairs, Joshua Yusuf and Michaela Title,at dalcrossroads@dal.ca.

Sincerely,

-Michelle

Michelle Lincoln (She/Her), Promotions and Communications, Lead

Crossroads Planning Committee
Dalhousie University
Stairs House, 6230 South Street
PO Box 15000 Halifax NS, B3H 4R2
dalcrossroads@dal.ca
dalcrossroads.com
@DalCrossroads

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Annually, we reach out with the goal of promoting a truly practical, experiential and real-world course focused on technology entrepreneurship.

Tech Entrepreneurship (APSC541/BAEN506) has been running for over 25 years and has facilitated many entrepreneurial ventures and realized numerous successful breakout companies such as DWave, Zymeworks, Barrelwise and Recon Instruments – just to name a few.   This course pairs graduate business and APSC/STEM students to provide an experience-based introduction into the lean start-up process. It is a real-life simulation of the process that founders go through when starting a high-tech company. Students will be faced with the key issues involved in evaluating market opportunities, building a prototype, designing profitable business models, producing a solid business plan, raising capital, addressing legal considerations and developing a winning team. Students will gain the skills and tools to creatively commercialize high-tech research into profitable businesses. Teams will be expected to develop credible pitches that will be made to industry professionals.  Some of these student companies go on to participate in e@UBC, the Hatch and Creative Destruction Lab.

The core of the course runs on Wednesday evenings from January-April 2023 (6-9:30pm); and there are 3 critical and mandatory preliminary classes that take place in late November/early December dedicated to team formation (Nov 16^th, 23^rd, and 30^th at 6-9pm).  The course is taught by a team of business and STEM/APSC instructors for a well-rounded business and technical perspective.

The course has an application process for admission as it is very competitive with an early admission application deadline of September 15^th and a final application deadline of November 6^th . Further details regarding the course are available at http://blogs.ubc.ca/baen506apsc541techentrepreneurship/

We have had strong interest from your faculty in the past, and would greatly appreciate your support to promote the course amongst your graduate students.

To further support this message, we would be pleased to arrange an info session at a time that is convenient for your faculty – to hear from course lecturers, former students and/or now successful entrepreneurs who participated in the course.

Please let us know how we can support your promotion of this course, and feel free to contact us should you require any further information.  We will follow-up by email and/or phone in the near future.

On behalf of the teaching team, I thank you in advance for your support.

 

Warmest Regards

 

DJ (David) Miller, B.ID, MBA
Full-Time Instructor, Entrepreneurship Group / Marketing and Behaviour Sciences Division

UBC Sauder School of Business

University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
562-2053 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | Canada V6T 1Z2
phone 604.827.3835

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The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) supports BC organizations to pursue climate action through our Internship Program.

PICS internships support the hiring of university students at the workplaces of British Columbia governments, NGOs, industry and communities that are pursuing climate change mitigation and adaptation research, planning or implementation.

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Eligible students must be enrolled, or accepted for enrolment, in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at one of the four PICS partner institutions: UVic, UBC, SFU or UNBC.

The deadline to submit the application is Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. PICS will give notification of decisions by mid-February 2023.

For complete information about this annual call please read the Internship Program Guide and submit an Internship Application Form, or visit the PICS website. Questions? Email picsintern@uvic.ca.

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