Competition Announcement: Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s and CGS-M Competitions

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Please notify me about your intention to apply by Nov 15, 2024

UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s

The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master’s competition runs in concert with the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with values ranging from $175 to $16,000 are offered through this competition. Current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students can apply. Students who are eligible for the CGS-M must submit a CGS-M application in order to additionally be considered for Affiliated funding.

Detailed Affiliated Fellowships-Master competition information with links to application and reference forms is available at:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program.

Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M)

Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR) who are applying for or enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select up to 3 universities with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must select The University of British Columbia as one of the 3 available institutions.

Details about this award opportunity, including eligibility and evaluation criteria, are available at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp and our site at:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-cgs-m-program.

Students who apply for CGS-M awards will automatically be considered for open/un-restricted Affiliated Fellowships.
To be additionally considered for criteria-based/restricted Affiliated Fellowships, students should fill out and submit to their graduate programs the checklist available at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/list-criteria-based-affiliated-fellowships.

Deadlines for the Tri-Agency CGS-M / Affiliated Fellowships Master’s Competitions

  • Applicant deadline: 1 December 2024 before 5:00 pm PT
  • Graduate program nomination deadline:  23 January 2025 at 4:00 pm PT

Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative (NSERC and SSHRC)

The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative consist of a one-year, non-renewable supplement valued at $5,000 for all meritorious Indigenous CGS M applicants and a one-year, non-renewable award valued at $27,000 for all alternate candidates, subject to the limit of available funding. If you self-identify as Indigenous you are eligible to apply for this initiative.  Note: CIHR is not participating in this initiative.  For more information, see the Tri-Agency’s pilot initiative webpage.

What graduate program staff can do now:

  • Advertise the competition to your current students and to prospective students you are trying to recruit.
  • Stress the importance of the application deadline.  CGS-M applications cannot be submitted or edited after the application deadline.  Late applications will be ruled ineligible.  The CGS-M application deadline is set nationally by the CGS-M funding agency and is not flexible.
  • Encourage students to ask for reference letters early and to send the instructions to their referees: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche/Instructions-Instructions/CGSM_REF-BESCM_REF_eng.asp.
  • Encourage students to check early if they have all of their official transcripts for all previous studies (including transfer credits).  Transcript guidance for applicants is outlined on our CGS-M webpage, and transcript guidance for graduate programs will be outlined in the Transcript Checklist-Master’s (will be posted soon).
  • Note that although the Advising Transcript document (available through Workday) is accepted for UBC CGS-M applications, it may not be accepted by other universities in Canada, so students applying elsewhere for the CGSM in addition to UBC should order official UBC transcripts.
  • It would help us greatly if applicants used the same email in their CGS-M Research Portal login as in Workday. This is absolutely not a requirement, but it helps match the applications to correct programs quicker after the application deadline.

 

 

Kind regards,

Lia Maria

Vacation alert:
Nov 7 to 15
Nov 28 & 29
Dec 5 & 6
Dec 12 & 13

Lia Maria DRAGAN

Admissions & Administrative Coordinator
Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

University of British Columbia / Vancouver Campus
#291 – 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Tel.: (604) 822-8373
lia.maria@ubc.ca /landfood.ubc.ca/graduate/

 

On-campus schedule: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday and Thursday

I respectfully acknowledge that I work and live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Wauthuth Nations.

 

Unpacking COP29 – Webinar on Nov 7, 4:00-5:30pm PST

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Unpacking COP29

Register for Zoom link

November 7, 2024

4:00 – 5:30 PM PST

 

With COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan just around the corner, join our panel of experts for a primer on how United Nations climate summits work, the pressing issues up for negotiation this year, and a question and answer period. The event will be hosted by Zoom webinar.  Hear from:

 

  • Robert Godin, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science (moderator)
  • Carol McAusland, Professor, Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
  • Tarun M. Khanna, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA), Faculty of Arts
  • Abul Bashar Rahman, Bachelor of Arts in International Economics
  • Mark Shakespear, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

 

See panelist biographies on our website.

 

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The Climate Solutions Research Collective Team
UBC Climate Solutions Research Collective
climate.collective@ubc.ca

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Room 431 AERL | 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada

The Climate Solutions Research Collective is a new UBC pan-university initiative designed to build connections across UBC climate researchers, groups and initiatives, and to encourage new collaborative research on climate change solutions. It aims to foster engagement across departments and faculties, and to support graduate students and faculty in applying their research and expertise to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and/or education.

GradUpdate – Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation, Applying for Scholarships for Your Master’s, Panel on AI and its Impact on Careers, Navigating the Path to Publication, Writing a Personal Statement, and more.

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In this issue, Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation, Applying for Scholarships for Your Master’s, Panel on AI and its Impact on Careers, Navigating the Path to Publication, Writing a Personal Statement, and more.

Registration now open

Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation
In-person | Wednesday, Oct 30 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Register

Applying for Scholarships for Your Master’s Program
Online | Friday, Nov 1 | 11 am – 12 pm

Register

Seats available

Navigating an Effective Relationship with your Supervisor
Online | Wednesday, Oct 23 | 10 am – 12 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

Beware the Copyleft Trolls – Questionable Use of Open Licenses
Online | Tuesday, Oct 29 | 2 – 3 pm Register

Applying for Non-Research Grants as an Arts Graduate Student
Online | Wednesday, Oct 30 | 11 am – 12 pm Register

‘Don’t Be a Gap-Filler’, and Other Writing Advice
In-person | Friday, Nov 1 | 12 – 1 pm Learn more

CAREER

Lift Your Voice – Designing a Personal Narrative
A Disability-Specific Career Development Program Guest Speaker Event
Online | Tuesday, Oct 22 | 4 – 5 pm
Find event descriptions and event access on Canvas

GSS Career Conversations: Panel on AI and its Impact on Careers in the Next Decade
Hybrid | Tuesday, Oct 29 | 3 – 5 pm Register

Applying to Grad School
Considering another grad degree? Online | Wednesday, Oct 30 | 10 – 11 am Learn more

CERIC’s Graduate Student Engagement Program
For full-time and part-time graduate students (Master or PhD levels) studying career counselling / career development or in a related field. | Connect with like-minded peers, learn from sector experts, and access top-tier resources designed to advance their careers in the field of career development.
Learn more and apply by Nov 1.

LEADERSHIP

Project and time management
Online Mitacs training | Tuesday, Oct 29 | 10 am – 1 pm | Mandatory online pre-requisite “Spur up your project management and time management”.
Learn more and register for this or upcoming sessions through Mitacs Edge.

RESEARCH

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Online | Tuesday, Oct 29 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Using R Markdown
Online | Thursday, Oct 31 | 10 – 11 am Register

Introduction to Machine Learning: Regression Models
Online | Thursday, Oct 31 | 11 am – 1 pm Register

Data Bites – Best Practices for Organizing File Directories
Online | Thursday, Oct 31 | 12:30 – 1 pm Register

Tools and Workflows in QGIS
Online | Thursday, Oct 31 | 1 – 3 pm Register

TEACHING

DIY Media Support with UBC Studios
Online Drop-In | Wednesday, Oct 30 | 10 – 11 am Register

Sharing & Discoverability – Making an Impact with your Open Education Resources
Online | Wednesday, Oct 30 | 11 am – 12:00 pm Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Refined project communication plan
Online Mitacs training | Wednesday, Oct 30 | 10 am – 12 pm | Mandatory online pre-requisite “Enhance your communication skills”.
Learn more and register for this or upcoming sessions through Mitacs Edge.

Navigating the Path to Publication
Online | Friday, Oct 25 | 2 – 3 pm Register

Writing a Personal Statement: Crafting Your Professional Identity
Hybrid | Wednesday, Oct 30 | 10 – 11:30 am Register

November 2024 Graduation: Dates to Know

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Here are dates to know for November 2024 graduation.

Last day to apply for November 2024 graduation: Friday October 18 at 4pm.

Graduation Ceremonies: are from Wed November 27 – Friday November 29.

G+PS is processing this graduation outside of the student’s systems, this means we have no flexibility to handle late applications or approvals.

For May 2025 graduation the application and processing of graduation will happen in Workday.  Hopefully this means more graduation information will be visible to both program staff and students.  Graduation training in the new system will happen in early 2025.

IRES Seminar Series: Thurs, Oct 17 with IRES Postdoc Dr. Simone Philpot

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Next week’s IRES Seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre:
October 17, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Simone Philpot
Evaluating impact reduction technologies: Decision support for a future-ready marine shipping industry
LocationBeaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall). Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs.
No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.
Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Click here to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.

Talk summary:

Marine shipping provides critical services, while also being the most efficient transportation option available when it comes to CO2 emissions per cargo tonne/mile. However, vessels still cause a wide range of environmental impacts (eg. harmful exhaust, underwater radiated noise, and chemical leaching). As expectations rise around minimizing these impacts, a range of technology and design alternatives are available for consideration. Given the complexity of vessels and the ecological systems they transit, evaluating these alternatives is no simple task. Drawing on case studies with the National Research Council Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard, we are developing decision support grounded in best practices from the decision sciences and techniques from systems design. In this talk, you will hear about our case studies, learn about the tools we are using to manage complexity, and get a look at our preliminary evaluative framework.

  Dr. Simone Philpot, IRES Postdoc

Bio:

Simone Philpot is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. Simone merges systems modelling and qualitative research techniques to examine environmental management and planning issues. At the Lab for Environmental Assessment and Policy, she is developing a technology assessment framework for marine shipping that captures a range of environmental impacts. Previously, Simone completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the University of Waterloo’s Department of Systems Design Engineering where she investigated resource management conflicts. She holds a Ph.D in Geography and Environmental Management with specialized training in collaborative water management, from the University of Waterloo.

See you on October 17!

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Bonnie Leung

RES Program Support (she/her/hers)

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)

Room 429 – 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada

 

Email: bonnie.leung@ubc.ca

Tel: 604-822-9249