Registration is now open for:

Statistics II: Statistical Considerations when Planning your Research Project (Webinar)

Thu, Nov 23 10 AM – 12 PM PST

Register at: www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16229-statistics-ii-statistical-considerations-when-planning-your-research-project 

Seats are still available for this week’s :

Submitting your Thesis | Wed, Nov 15, 9:30-10:30 AM  www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16150-submitting-your-thesis   

Doctoral Exam Preparation | Wed, Nov 15, 10:45 AM – 12 PM  www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16149-doctoral-exam-preparation 

Essentials of Productive Teams (Mitacs)| Thu, Nov 16, 9 AM – 5 PM  www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16284-essentials-productive-teams (Learn strategies for working well with others to achieve project goals, a skill often sought by employers; this workshop has received excellent feedback from past participants) 

Thesis Boot Camp (2 day writing session with opening panel with tips, advice for completing your thesis)

Sat, Nov 18 and 25, 1-5 PM  www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16445-thesis-boot-camp-2-day 

Visit community.grad.ubc.ca for other opportunities including:

Seminar course (3 credit) on Global Liberal Order, apply by Nov 30 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/4163

Career Directions for Grad Students, Nov 21 https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/4087

Systematic Review Search Methods (at BCCHRI), Nov 22 https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/4000

SPSS Part I, Nov 22 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/3993

Apply for The World’s Challenge  (and win 2K) by Dec 3 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/4155  

Thank you,

Jacqui.

Jacqui Brinkman
Manager, Graduate Pathways to Success Program
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
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/

 

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is offering a package within the Vancouver Summer Program which will run during July/August 2018. We are currently advertising two part-time instructor positions to recruit graduate students and postdocs to teach within the program.
I have attached two documents here describing the positions and application requirements. We request that you forward this information to all faculty, graduate students and postdocs within your department. The application deadline for these positions is December 15, 2017.

VSP2018_poster

VSP2018_call for instructors

Sincerely,
Lindsay Rogers
BMB VSP Coordinator

Graduate Seminar Announcement. (Starts January 2018) 

Course Title: The role of the business firm within democratic society.

Prof. David Silver (david.silver@ubc.ca)

COMM 590B, section 002. Tuesdays 2-5 pm  

This graduate seminar will examine the role of the for-profit business corporation within democratic society. A driving question is whether we can find a normative understanding of the business firm, and thus an understanding of capitalism, which is consistent with a democratic arrangement of society. 

Half of the course will be devoted to theoretical issues and half to applied issues. We will begin by examining legal and economic theories of the firm, as well as theories from the business ethics literature. We will also draw on democratic theory, and critiques of capitalism that emphasize its incompatibility with democracy. 

The applied issues include an examination of how firms should participate in the democratic process (e.g. through lobbying or campaign donations); and, we will look at how firms should act with respect to democratically enacted regulations and taxes. This will help determine, for example, whether it is permissible for firms to avoid taxes by transferring profits to tax-havens. 

The final part of the course will be based on student interests and presentations. Some students will directly engage the theoretical literature regarding normative theories of the firm; others will focus on applied issues, bringing their specific knowledge about particular industries or societies. Either way, the aim of the course is to help students think through normative issues in their own work at the intersection of democracy and capitalism.