MFRE Industry Insight Series -Friday Oct 20- Panel: Economics Pathways to a Sustainable Climate and Environment

For next this we have an exciting panel called Economic Pathways to a Sustainable Climate and Environment: A panel Discussion with UBC Environmental and Resource Economists featuring several of our faculty members.

As always, we highly appreciate if you can share with the LFS students and community through your channels. All information is below and posted on our social media channels.

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Thank you!

Alejandro

Economic Pathways to a Sustainable Climate and Environment:

A panel Discussion with UBC Environmental and Resource Economists

Date: Friday, October 20, 2023

Time: 3:00-4:30 pm

Location: Sauder School of Business. Room Henry Angus 241

MFRE Industry Insights Series

Connecting Students to Industry Leaders

Join this weekly series which features industry experts and provides students first-hand knowledge of the important issues that are rapidly reshaping the current climate, food and environmental sector.

Every Friday 3 pm

Visit our website for more information and upcoming speakers.

GradUpdate – Scholarships for Master’s programs, CGS-M: Crafting a Compelling Research Story, Op-eds for Policy, Dynamic Presentations, Clarify your career with a coach approach, Navigating Emotional Responses in the Classroom, GSS Career Development Day

GradUpdate

In this issue, Scholarships for Master’s programs, CGS-M: Crafting a Compelling Research Story, Op-eds for Policy, Dynamic Presentations, Clarify your career with a coach approach, Navigating Emotional Responses in the Classroom, GSS Career Development Day, and more.

Registration open

Applying for Scholarships for your Master’s program
For prospective or current 1st year full-time, research-based master’s students. Online | Thursday, Oct 26 | 2 – 3 pm

Op-eds for Policy
Hybrid | Monday, Oct 30 | 12:30 – 2 pm

Seats available

Introduction to Predictive Performance Assessment
Online | Friday, Oct 20 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Resource Highlight

Health and Wellbeing Supports
As we near the month of November and Thrive at UBC, we wanted to highlight the many supports available to you at UBC.
In addition, Thriving in Grad School is an in-person support group for graduate students to connect with each other in a nonjudgmental and welcoming space to help navigate the unique challenges of grad school. | Wednesdays, Oct. 25 – Dec. 6 | 3 – 4:15 pm | Attend one or more | 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

National Student Paper Competition (NSPC)
Annual competition organized by the Canada School of Public Service
Learn more and submit by Dec 15.

Publishing a Book with Pressbooks – An Introduction
Open Access Week | Online | Tuesday, Oct 24 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Making Methods Move: Toward Protocol Sharing Across the Disciplines
Open Access Week | Online | Wednesday, Oct 25 | 11 am – 12 pm Register

Publishing a Book with Pressbooks – Advanced
Open Access Week | Online | Thursday, Oct 26 | 1 – 2 pm Register

CAREER

Clinical, Regulatory, & Medical Affairs Career Development Program
Are you in health sciences or a related field? Are you interested in a career in clinical, regulatory,or medical affairs? Apply by Oct 16 (today) midnight for this free national training program.

Clarify your career with a coach approach
alumniUBC event | online | Thursday, October 26 | 12 – 1 pm Register

GSS Graduate Student Career Development Day
Hybrid | Thursday, October 26 | 3 – 5 pm Register

RESEARCH

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Online | Monday, Oct 23 | 12 – 2 pm Register

Introduction to Machine Learning: Neural Networks
Online | Wednesday, Oct 25 | 12 – 2 pm Register

Data Bites – Introduction to depositing datasets in Borealis
Online | Wednesday, Oct 25 | 1 – 1:45 pm Register

Data manipulation with dplyr
Online | Wednesday, Oct 25 | 2 – 3 pm Register

Introduction to Scientific Python – NumPy, Pandas, xarrays
Online | Friday, Oct 27 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register

TEACHING

Approaches to Prompting (30+30)
Delve into effective prompting techniques for generative AI within the context of higher education Online | Monday, Oct 23 | 10:30 – 11:30 am Register

Indigenous Strategic Plan Toolkit in Action Panel: An Opportunity to Learn from Colleagues
Online | Tuesday, Oct 24 | 2 – 3:30 pm Register

Navigating Emotional Responses in the Classroom
Online | Thursday, Oct 26 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

CGS-M Proposal: Crafting a Compelling Research Story
Hybrid | Wednesday, Oct 25 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Dynamic Presentations: How to Engage Audiences at Conferences, in the Classroom, and Beyond!
Online | Tuesday, Oct 24 | 11 am – 12 pm
Join NCFDD through UBC’s subscription, then register.

November graduation reminder

Please note, October 20, 2023 is the deadline for the following important eligibility components for November graduation:

Graduation application
Thesis/dissertation approval in cIRCle by 4pm
Program completion

All the best as you and your students work to meet November graduation deadlines.

Kelli

Kelli Kiyomi Kadokawa (She, Her, Hers)
Graduate Program Support Manager
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 6475
kelli.kadokawa@ubc.ca | www.grad.ubc.ca

Communications training for agricultural researchers

Have great agricultural research to share but unsure of how to get it applied on the ground?

Join Seeding Success: Getting Your Research Into the Hands of Farmers, a three-part communications training course hosted by the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network and BC Food Web. Geared towards professionals and students working in agricultural extension and research, this training will build skills in the art and science of effective communications with a focus on written materials. The sessions will cover principles of adult learning, strategies and tips for translating research so that farmers will want to read it, and how to share your research summary to get it into more farmers’ hands. Participants will also have the option to complete a summary of their own research during the training.

Thursdays on Nov. 16, 23 and Dec. 7 from 9:30 – 11:00 am PST.

Learn more and register here: https://www.bcacarn.ca/rushmore_event/seeding-success/

For more details please contact Cao, Juliana at: juliana.cao@ubc.ca

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GradUpdate – Intro to Predictive Performance Assessment (stats), What’s Holding You Back? Getting Beyond Procrastination & Perfectionism (Keynote), Fireside Author Chat (Deliberate Doctorate), Abstracts: Communicating Research Findings, and more.

GradUpdate

In this issue, Intro to Predictive Performance Assessment (stats), What’s Holding You Back? Getting Beyond Procrastination & Perfectionism (Keynote), Fireside Author Chat (Deliberate Doctorate), Abstracts: Communicating Research Findings With Brevity and Concision, and more.

Registration open

Introduction to Predictive Performance Assessment
Online | Friday, Oct 20 | 10 am – 12 pm

Special Event

National Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Online | Tuesday – Thursday, Oct 24 – 26 | 10 am – 1 pm PST
4th annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Development Network event
Free, through UBC’s Sponsorship| Sessions include:

What’s Holding You Back? Getting Beyond Procrastination & Perfectionism, by Alex Abdel-Malek, MSW, RCC (Keynote)
Exploring Career & Professional Development Opportunities During Your Graduate Degree and Postdoc
Networking Strategies for Events and Conferences
Planning Your Postdoc
“Who am I?”: Claiming Your Professional Identity
Negotiating a Faculty Position: A Conversation with Reinhart Reithmeier by Reinhart Reithmeier
Making the Most of Your Non-Thesis/Course-Based Master’s Degree
Learning about the Employment Sector to Boost Career Exploration
Yes, Just Apply. You Are Marketable!
Interview STAR!

Agenda Register

Seats available

Introduction to Machine Learning
This webinar will introduce basic concepts behind the machine learning algorithms, their difference from statistical methods and the most common type of problems that can be tackled with machine learning algorithms.
Online | Friday, Oct 13 | 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

The Deliberate Doctorate: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Leela Viswanathan
Join author Dr. Viswanathan in a discussion of her new book, The Deliberate Doctorate: a values-focused journey to your PhD, to learn how the activities in the book can help in your PhD journey
In person | Thursday, Oct 19 | 12 – 1:30 pm Register

Using Mendeley for Citation Management
Online | Monday, Oct 16 | 4:30 – 6 pm Register