GradUpdate

In this issue, Getting Through Grad School with Grace and Grit, The Ins and Outs of Publishing (Editor panel), Career Corner at Congress, Dissertation Success Curriculum, and more.

Seats still available

From the Editor’s Desk: The Ins and Outs of Publishing
Getting ready to submit a manuscript? Curious about peer review? Join our panel of editors to hear their advice on navigating the editorial process! You can also check out these 25 Ways to Increase Your Chances at Publication .
Online | Tuesday, May 10 | 12:00 – 1:15 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 SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

Dissertation Success Curriculum
Making your summer research plan? Check out the online, on-demand Dissertation Success Curriculum, available for free through UBC’s subscription to facultydiversity.org.
Not sure where to start? Join our May 25th Designing Your Grad School Strategy session to learn about this resource and others.

International Policy Ideas Challenge
SSHRC and Global Affairs Canada | $3000 award | Apply by May 20 Learn more

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Career Corner at Congress
Online | May 12 – 20 | Various dates and times
Topics include Publishing, Applying for Funding, Navigating Career Transition, Academic Podcasting, Tips for Successful Dissertation Completion, and more.
Explore the program and Register. $55 (free for Black and Indigenous Students).

Individual Career Development (IDP) Plans
Do you know you have access to free, online career exploration and planning tools? Check out these sites to learn more:

• The Canadian Institutes of Health Research IDP
• Imagine PhD for the humanities and social sciences.
• myIDP from ScienceCareers.org.

Not sure where to start? Join our May 25th Designing Your Grad School Strategy session to learn more about creating your own Individual Development Plan.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Getting Through Grad School with Grace and Grit
Online Support Group | Tuesdays, May 17 – Jul 26 | 2:30 – 3:45 PM
Attend one or all sessions Register

RESEARCH SKILLS

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Online | Monday, May 16 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Register

NVivo part 2: classification and datasets
Online | Tuesday, May 17 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM Register

Translating Database Searches and Finding Grey Literature
Systematic and Scoping Review Workshop Series
Online | Thursday, May 19 | 1:00 – 2:45 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

It’s Celebrate Learning Week
Online and in person | May 9 – 13 | See the full list of events or download a full schedule of events.

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
*in person* | June 18, 25 & 26 | various times | Register by June 14
Learn about additional upcoming sessions.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Apply to be a Writing Consultant
The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication is hiring current UBC graduate students to fill vacant Writing Consultant positions from Sept 1, 2022 – Apr 21, 2023. Learn more.

GradUpdate

In this issue, From the Editor’s Desk: The Ins and Outs of Publishing, Virtual Job Fair, In person Instructional Skills, Grad Students in Teaching Conference (+ more for Celebrate Learning Week), Citation Management, and more.

Registration open

From the Editor’s Desk: The Ins and Outs of Publishing
Online | Panel of Editors | Tuesday, May 10 | 12:00 – 1:15 PM

Register

G+PS website navigation upgrade

We’re upgrading the navigation on our Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies website and want to hear what your top needs are when visiting our site.
Take the survey.

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 SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

Choosing a Citation Management Tool and Migrating from RefWorks
Online | Monday, May 9 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

The Geneva Challenge 2022: The Challenges of Poverty Reduction
Competition | Prize packages | Aims to encourage interdisciplinary problem-solving analysis among master students
Register by May 9 | Submissions due July 13 Learn more

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Research Assistant: Climate Kind Pedagogy
May – Dec 2022 | 8-10 hrs/wk | $27/hr Learn more

How I Leveraged My Skills in Support of My Career Transitions
Alumni Office Hours with Grace Kamara, Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Online | Tuesday, May 10 | 3:30 – 5:00 PM Register

Your Next Step – Virtual Job Fair 2022
Online | Thursday, May 12 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Learn more

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Knowing your worth at work
Online | Tuesday, May 10 | 12:00 – 12:50 PM Register

PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Project and Time Management (Mitacs Training)
Must complete asyncrhonous “Spur up your project and time management skills” before registering for synchronous session
Wednesday, May 11 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Learn more.

RESEARCH SKILLS

NVivo part 1: getting started with NVivo
Online | Tuesday, May 10 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM Register

Getting Started and Structured Searching
Systematic and Scoping Review Workshop Series
Online | Thursday, May 12 | 1:00 – 2:45 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

How to Integrate Gender and Race Studies in the Classroom
Online | In Conversation With, public talk series from SSHRC & The Conversation
Tuesday, May 3 | 11:00 AM Register

13th Annual Celebrate Learning Week
Online and in person | May 9 – 13 | CTLT events include:

• CONFERENCE – Graduate Students in Teaching
• CELEBRATE LEARNING WEEK KEYNOTE– The Hurdle and the Highway: How We Think About Inclusion, Accommodation, and Disability, and Why it Matters
• STUDENT PANEL– Student Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Accessible Practices

See the full list of events or download a full schedule of events.

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
*in person* | June 13, 15 & 17 | various times | Register by June 8
Learn about additional upcoming sessions.