STUDENT ENGAGEMENT     Survey on doctoral student well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic	Doctoral students Survey on psychosocial factors’ influence on doctoral student well-being during the pandemic Opportunity to win up to $100 Amazon gift certificate
The Department of Psychology at McGill University is conducting a study on the role of social and departmental support in the physical and psychological well-being of doctoral students in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is completed entirely over the Internet, requiring the completion of the same questionnaire at two different time points (~20-30 mins) in English. All currently-enrolled doctoral students are eligible to participate in the study and can access the survey here. Participants also have the chance to enter a draw to win up to $100 Amazon gift certificate. There will be a draw for one of twenty-five $50 Amazon e-gift certificates after each part of this study (a total of two draws), and the estimated odds of winning in each draw is 1 in 8. This study has been approved by McGill’s Research Ethics Board for compliance with policies and guidelines involving the use of human participants in the research. For questions and concerns about the study, please contact the Principal Investigator Samira Feizi or the Supervisor Dr. Frank Elgar.
For more info, please contact Samira Feizi or Dr. Frank Elgar.

REB Approval (University of British Columbia)

REB Approval (McGill University)

 

Thank you for your time and support.

Samira Feizi, Principal Investigator (PhD student)

Department of Psychology, McGill University samira.feizi@mcgill.ca

Dr. Frank Elgar (faculty supervisor, McGill University) frank.elgar@mcgill.ca

This is friendly reminder about summer registration.

Research students: Please register for the Thesis course for BOTH terms ASAP and keep continuous registration throughout your program. If you have doubts, or problems registering, don’t hesitate to contact me. 

Professional students: make sure you are registered for the major project – please check with your academic advisor (Azita for MFS, Janelle for MFRE, Megan for MLWS).

MFS: mfs.degree@ubc.ca

MFRE: mfre.lfs@ubc.ca

MLWS: mlws.program@ubc.ca

My name is Mat Lyle and I’m the Safety Abroad Manager for UBC based at Go Global. In light of the further extension of university travel restrictions for students to December 31, I wanted to provide a bit of information about UBC’s Safety Abroad Policy, and about an information session we will be offering for Masters and PhD students who may have research plans that require travel outside of Canada.

When students are involved in a university activity requiring travel outside of Canada such as research, fieldwork or conference attendance, they have obligations under UBC’s Student Safety Abroad Policy (SC12). Students are required to have adequate travel medical insurance, to register their travel on the Safety Abroad Registry, to use the resources provided by UBC to support safe travel planning, and obtain High-Risk Authorization when travelling to a destination with Government of Canada travel advisory in place. At this time, all destinations require this authorization as a consequence of the pandemic.

Staff and faculty supporting student travel have a responsibility to inform students of their obligations pursuant to the Policy.

Kindly share this message with grad students about our upcoming session:

Research Abroad and COVID-19 – Information Session for Graduate Students

Date and time: May 17 at 5:30pm or May 18 at 11:15am (PDT, Vancouver time)

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many graduate students who need to do research outside of Canada have had their research delayed and academic progress disrupted. Attend this information session with UBC’s Student Safety Abroad Manager to learn more about current UBC student travel restrictions, the authorization process for academically-necessary travel, and safe travel resources available to you.

We also welcome staff and faculty supporting student researchers to attend as well.

Sign up here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1FztP6HRUEvZzF4

See UBC’s Safety Abroad Website: https://safetyabroad.ubc.ca/

Contact: safety.abroad@ubc.ca

We welcome any questions or concerns that this may have raised for you or your students.

Best wishes,

Mat

Mathew Lyle

(Pronouns: he/him/his)

Manager, Student Safety Abroad
Global Engagement Advisor, Partnerships

Go Global: International Learning Programs | Office of the Vice-Provost, International
University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory

mathew.lyle@ubc.ca | safety.abroad@ubc.ca
https://students.ubc.ca/career/international-experiences

https://safetyabroad.ubc.ca
https://www.facebook.com/UBCgoglobal/

 

Dear LFS Graduate Students,

Have you ever taken a class or webinar and found yourself asking questions such as:

Why am I learning this? What is the point?

Is this examinable?

Where is this lesson going?

An effective lesson plan mitigates these questions and provides a clear guide for the teacher and learner, both of which are often concurrent responsibilities for many graduate students. Developing a lesson plan employs many transferable skills that may be beneficial for our careers post-graduation, whether in academia, industry, or other routes. Learn how to develop an effective lesson plan at the workshop below:

Lesson Planning Workshop (for LFS TAs)

Now open to all LFS Graduate Students

Fri, Apr 30 (10 – 11:30 AM PDT)

via Zoom

Register here: http://bit.ly/LFSTA_LessonPlanning 

Learn how to ensure alignment between lesson activities and planned assessment, develop a lesson plan, and discuss your current lesson planning strategies. Facilitated by Peter Grin (CTLT Facilitator and PhD Candidate, Faculty of Medicine).

Best regards,

LFS TA Training Program Coordinators (Tebby and Lennie)

 

Our final deadline for graduate student applications to the Tech Entrepreneurship (APSC541/BAEN506) course (hosted by Sauder and APSC) is fast approaching (May 4th).  You have been kind enough to promote this amongst your student body providing details regarding this unique course.

In this regard, we are hopeful that you will be able to send one final reminder to your graduate students noting that applications are due May 4th (we will not accept applications after this date). Again – details about the course are provided below in the initial email, and students can find more information on the following info/application site: https://blogs.ubc.ca/baen506apsc541techentrepreneurship/ .

We greatly appreciate your ongoing support.  Thank you in advance.

Warmest Regards

DJ (David) Miller
UBC-Sauder School of Business
djmiller@sauder.ubc.ca