Hello everyone, 

We are partnering with Service Canada to offer exclusive appointments on-campus and at the West Broadway location to new international students to obtain a Social Insurance Number in time for the start of Winter term. 

Appointments will be offered starting Monday, August 27^th.  

To take advantage on this great opportunity, please share the invitation below with your students.  

Best regards, 

Emilie

 Sign up for your SIN clinic appointment 

Does your TA position begin soon or do you want to work in Canada? You need to get a Social Insurance Number (SIN) from Service Canada before you can start working.   

Service Canada will issue SINs on-campus and after-hours via in-person appointments at their office exclusively for UBC students starting next Monday, August 27^th.  

We strongly encourage you to reserve the first available time slot after arrival in Vancouver, particularly if you need to work at the start of term.  Appointments are limited and based on a first-come first-served basis. 

Click here to register now: https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/25775

Questions? Contact  International Student Advising—

Emilie Omi, RISIA

International Student Advisor

International Student Development | Student Development and Services

The University of British Columbia |1200 UBC Life Building

6138 Student Union Boulevard | Vancouver, BC  Canada V6T 1Z1

E: emilie.omi@ubc.ca  | P: 604-822-1810

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We’ve moved! Find International Student Advising on the main floor of UBC Life Building (the Old Sub).

DOCTORAL competition

 ·        Applicant deadline: Internal deadline will be announced shortly.

·        Graduate program deadline:  4 p.m. on Friday, 12 October 2018

UBC Affiliated Fellowships:

The UBC Affiliated Fellowships doctoral competition runs in concert with the university-adjudicated NSERC and SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) Doctoral competitions. Students who submit an NSERC or SSHRC application to their graduate program are eligible for open Affiliated Fellowships and do not need to submit a separate Affiliated Fellowships application. (To be considered for criteria-based affiliated fellowship(s), students should submit this checklist (https://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/awards/awards_affiliated_criteria-based_2018-08-16.docx) with their NSERC or SSHRC application to their graduate program.) Those applying only for Vanier CGS or CIHR Doctoral Research Award must submit a separate and complete Affiliated Fellowships application in order to be considered.

Updated competition information and application/reference forms are available at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-doctoral-program

SSHRC and NSERC CGS Doctoral Awards:

Applicants applying through UBC will either be:

·        currently registered at (or were registered at during the year of application), or are on an approved leave of absence from, a degree program at UBC

·        not currently registered at UBC; or are registered, but not in a degree program; and have completed all of the requirements for a degree program from UBC since 1 January 2018

Both agencies have application forms and instructions online. Please see their websites for further information:

SSHRC: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/doctoral-doctorat-eng.aspx

NSERC: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/BellandPostgrad-BelletSuperieures_eng.asp

CIHR Doctoral Research Award:

Details for this funding opportunity are available on ResearchNet: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2902

Institutional e-Approval for CIHR Doctoral Research Award is obtained from the Office of Research Services (ORS). Detailed requirements and e-submission procedures are available online at: https://ors.ubc.ca/proposal-development-submission/agency-application-requirements-procedures

·        UBC Internal deadline: 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 26 September 2018

·        Applicant’s e-submission deadline: 8:30 a.m. on Monday, 1 October 2018

GPS alerts are back after a short summer hiatus.  We wish you all the best for new academic year!  If you have any concerns, questions, or ideas regarding graduate student professional development, please do connect. 

Orientation and related welcome events for new graduate students start this Thursday.  An interactive, online event program including International Welcome, Graduate and Postdoctoral Welcome, Graduate Student Society Welcome events and September workshops and events will be posted by Wednesday.  For a complete schedule, please visit: http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/events/.  Note,  only some GSS events require registration. 

Service Canada will be onsite at UBC starting today.  New-to-Canada graduate students can book appointments to get their Social Insurance Numbers.  Full details at:

https://community.grad.ubc.ca/article/5077-service-canada-sin-clinics-sign-your-sin-clinic-appointment-now

 

Registration is now open for:

Scholarship and Award Opportunities: Doctoral Awards | Thu, Sept 6

In-person (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM @Thea Koerner House, 6371 Crescent Road):

grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16993-scholarship-award-opportunities-doctoral-awards

Webinar (1:30 – 3:00 PM):

grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16994-scholarship-award-opportunities-doctoral-awards-webinar

 

Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for other opportunities including:

Apply by Sept 3^rd for a Sustainability Research Internship | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5057

Online Teaching Professional Development Workshops (Creating an IDP, How to Frame and Sell your Teaching Experience, the Academic Job Search, Understanding Metacognition in the Classroom, and more) | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5078

Workshop Facilitation Workshop (for TA coordinators, senior TAs), Aug 28 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5017

Science and Technology Startup Training in Brisbane Australia, apply by Aug 31 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5074

Postdoctoral Opportunities in Montreal, apply by Oct 15 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5070  

Thank you,

Jacqui. 

Jacqui Brinkman, MSc
Director of Graduate Student Professional Development
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus |  Musqueam Traditional Territory
170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca | @ubcgradschool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

 2018-09-06 – GraduatePathwaystoSuccess-Scholarship_DoctoralAwards

The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education, who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others, and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning. The award provides financial support for recipients to attend the Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, which will be January 23-26, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. All award recipients are required to attend the conference.

Deadline: 5:00PM EST on October 1, 2018

Further information and nomination instructions: https://www.aacu.org/AM19/CrossAward

Upcoming CTLT workshops in September, with Facilitators Shaya Golparian, Judy Chan & Sandra Brown 

Workshop for TAs:

• TA-Instructor Working Relationship (For TAs), September 11, 1:00-3:30

Workshops For TA Mentors:

• Mentoring Workshop for Senior TAs, September 17, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm 

 

THANKS Sandra