The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on August 26, 28 & 30, 2024.

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 August 26, 28 & 30, 2024 ISW click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-august-26-28-30-2024-preliminary-application/

Application opens on July 12 at 9 am and closes on August 21 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

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Please notify me about your attention of applying by August 10, 2024.

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) program is designed to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health-related fields. Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, and international students are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier Scholarship, which is valued at $50,000 per year for up to three years.

The application is completed online on ResearchNet: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/LoginServlet. 

UBC Vanier application deadline: 12 noon (PT – Vancouver time) on Thursday, August 29 2024
Graduate program nomination deadline: 4:00 pm PT on Tuesday, September 17 2024

Note: Per changes to Tri-Agency award values announced in June 2024, the Vanier CGS program is expected to continue under its current parameters of $50,000 per year for this competition year. Further information on the future of the program will be shared as it becomes available.

For more information, including eligibility requirements, application procedures, and nomination procedures, please visit our Vanier webpage: 
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/vanier-scholarship.

Applicants should refer to the Vanier CGS website for step-by-step application instructions.

Important to note:

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:  The Vanier CGS program encourages equity, diversity and inclusion, as part of the Tri-Agency’s broader commitment to excellence in research and research training in Canada. Resources for applicants, institutions, referees and the selection committees are available at:
http://www.vanier.gc.ca/en/equity_diversity_inclusion-equite_diversite_inclusion.html.
Applicants are encouraged to review the resources before they begin writing their application.

Self-Identification of Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis) Applicants: Additional funding allocations may be made available to the University to accommodate applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and/or Metis).

Applicants who choose to self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and/or Metis) should complete the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) Voluntary Self Identification Form
(https://vanier.gc.ca/en/pdf/vanier_cgs-besc_vanier_indigenous_self-identification_form-bil.pdf) and upload it within their application.

Kind regards,

Lia Maria

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.

Dear LFS graduate students,

The Applied Biology Program will be interviewing the 3^rd candidate for the Assistant Professor in Plant Science position (see Ad) in July. We would like to invite all graduate students to lunch with the candidate, Dr. Mark Paul Selda Rivarez, on Thursday, July 11, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, McM 350.

Please RSVP to Harini Aiyer (harini.aiyer@ubc.ca) and include any dietary restrictions by 12pm on Monday, June 8.

We’d also welcome your feedback following the lunch, using the Feedback Form: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aftjzl5JwfQw2TI

You are also invited to attend his research and teaching seminars, as below.

Dr. Mark Paul Selda Rivarez (July 10-11)

Mark Paul Rivarez obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in Laguna, Philippines. He started his research abroad with a pre-doctoral research at the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology, CSIC, University of Valencia in Spain. He then joined the Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology of the National Institute of Biology in Slovenia as a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie fellow for his doctoral studies. After finishing his doctorate in 2022, Dr. Rivarez became a Balik Scientist Fellow under the Department of Science and Technology in the Philippines and took up a postdoctoral researcher position at North Carolina State University in the USA in 2023. As a Balik Scientist, he is currently doing virology, metagenomics, and bioinformatics research with his colleagues at Caraga State University and at the Philippine Genome Center.

Research Seminar: Into the wild and digital: Virus hunting beyond the traditional
July 10, 10:00am, MacMillan 158
Registration Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ctduugqjouHNdSaj3I1efF1U5h-gt2ow0y

Teaching Seminar: Even TINY things can cause BIG problems: Pathobiology of Plant Viruses
July 11, 11:00am, MacMillan 158
Registration Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ekc-mgpj8tHtRoO62gTlXhwkJ2_npTHIyy
 

Thank you and best regards,

Melanie

 

 

Melanie Train

Human Resources Manager (Faculty) | Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus

248-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604-822-3105 | Fax 604-822-6394

Email:  melanie.train@ubc.ca

Office: M/W/F: Remote: T/Th