The Centre de la Francophonie of UBC would like to share with you two events in March that may be of particular interest to you. if you wish to participate please register on our website :

March 5 – Federal Job Market workshop hosted by Parisa Pakzad, Human Resources Advisor – The presentation given in English will cover :

• Job opportunities available for students
• The advantages of speaking French in federal employment
• Initiatives aimed at promoting the recruitment of Indigenous peoples and individuals with disabilities
• A Q&A session will follow.

????️ Wednesday March 5, 2025
???? 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
???? Buchanan Tower, Room 1112 (Floor 11)

March 13 : Conference about Machine Learning in Genomics with Emmanuel Cazottes, postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s Biomedical School of Engineering – The conference will be in French.

À l’ère du big data génomique, comprendre comment la séquence d’ADN orchestre le fonctionnement du vivant reste un défi majeur. Alors que nous sommes capables de séquencer rapidement des génomes entiers, l’interprétation de ces données génétiques demeurent complexes. Les techniques d’apprentissage automatique (machine learning) émergent comme des outils prometteurs pour déchiffrer le code génétique. Cette présentation propose d’examiner les avancées récentes dans ce domaine, tout en nous penchant sur les défis actuels, notamment dans la représentation des régions régulatrices comme les enhancers.

????️ Thursday March 13, 2025
???? 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
???? Buchanan Tower, Room 726 (Floor 7)
???? Wine & snacks provided

The event will also provide a unique opportunity to connect with the French scientific community in Canada and exchange ideas on the prospects for its development and structuring.

Open to senior PhD students and postdocs in cell/molecular biology and related disciplines.

Apply by April 14 2025 for a chance to:

• Network with students, postdocs, and faculty, and learn about career opportunities at
Cornell University.
• Attend the Weill Institute Symposium on October 14 and interact with prestigious invited speakers from worldwide institutions.
• Give a talk about your research at the Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium.
• Visit Cornell’s beautiful Ithaca, NY campus and the surrounding area.

Travel and lodging expenses will be fully funded for awardees! Applications from Ph.D. students and postdocs will be reviewed separately. To learn more use the link: https://wicmb.cornell.edu/emerging-scholars/

The BC Shellfish Growers Association (BCSGA) is currently seeking proposals for an industry benchmarking study aimed at providing BC shellfish farmers with practical tools to assess and improve their farm performance.

We believe this project could be an excellent opportunity for a graduate student with expertise in aquaculture, agriculture, or resource economics to gain hands-on experience in industry research while making a meaningful contribution to the sector.

Key aspects of the project include:

• Collecting and analyzing farm-level data to develop benchmarking metrics.
• Providing comparative insights to help farmers assess productivity, costs, and profitability.
• Ensuring findings are presented in a practical, farmer-friendly format.

Please see the attachment in the Weekly Bulletin email sent (Friday February 28th) for more information.

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on April 5, 12, 13, 2025.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

To apply for the waitlist for April 5, 12, 13, 2025 ISW click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-april-5-12-13-2025/

Application opens on February 21 at 9 am and closes on April 2nd at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

Workshop Eligibility:

Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying.

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

• • a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
• • a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
• • a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
• • a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
• • a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

• • not a graduate student at UBC
• • a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
• • a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

We are seeking to engage with grad students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Colour. We use the term BIPOC, as a broad term to capture the diversity of experiences (if you’re unfamiliar with this term and would like to learn more, please do check out this resource).

We are a small group of BIPOC students in biological sciences (different fields), and we would like to invite you to join a retreat we are planning to connect between our departments. You may have filled out our first survey from a couple weeks ago, this is a new survey (to narrow down the dates of the retreat).

So if you are looking to build community and network amongst the BIPOC biology folks, please take 2 minutes to fill out this survey ASAP (deadline Wed 19 Feb).

If you’d like to attend our next zoom meeting where will finalize event date and discuss retreat location, connect on Thurs Feb 20^th at 12:30pm

Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67933135376?pwd=NyVaTHKCn1U8bDT4rdx9AznOQGL027.1