U21 3MT competition : If you haven’t voted yet, this is the last week to vote for the Universitas 21 Three Minute Thesis 2018 Competition! For more details and to view this year’s submissions, including UBC’s very own Andrew Robertson, please visit: ow.ly/Aj6930ma72w .

 

Registration is now open for:

Assertiveness – Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation

Wed, Oct 24 | 3 – 6 PM

Event and registration details: www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16953-assertiveness-speaking-yourself-difficult-conversation

 

Build your Scientific and Technical Writing Skills (2-Days)

Thu & Fri, Oct 25 | 9 AM – 4:30 PM

Event and registration details: grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16950-build-your-scientific-technical-writing-skills-2-days

 

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

NCFDD Webinar: Writing for Broad Audience, Oct 24 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5369

Employers on Campus  (Oct 15-19) – Amazon, CGG, Coeur Mining, Facebook, Associated Engineering, Yelp, Shopify | community.grad.ubc.ca/calendar

Career Days 2018, Oct 17, 18 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5367

NVivo for PC, Oct 16 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5303

Post-Graduation Work Permits. Oct 17 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5339

Innovation OnBoard Mixer, Oct 19 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5377

Lived Experiences from Refugees in Metro Vancouver (Public Forum), Oct 27 | community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/5372

 

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/

The Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology is looking for graduate students to join our team of SoTL Specialists. SoTL Specialists are Graduate Research Assistants who work closely with faculty members from all disciplines on teaching and learning research and evaluation projects.

We are especially looking for graduate students who are interested in teaching and learning and who possess knowledge of mixed-method research (survey design and analysis, basic descriptive and inferential statistics, interviews, etc.).

SoTL RA student position Fall 2018.docx

Please see the attachment as well as our website http://isotl.ctlt.ubc.ca/ for further information and details.

 

Please submit your cover letter and CV to Adriana Briseño-Garzón (adriana.briseno@ubc.ca) by November 10th.

 

Thank you,

 

Adriana

Adriana Briseño-Garzón  PhD
Manager, Learning Evaluation and Research
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 827 2734
adriana.briseno@ubc.ca
http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

The SMaRT program is a joint-initiative between Let’s Talk Science and UBC Community Learning Initiative (CLI). Our aim is to enrich the scientific knowledge of Grade 5-7 elementary school students in East Vancouver schools by taking the lead on facilitating fun and engaging science experiments that complement their grade-specific science curriculums

This year we will be offering the program to 18 classrooms – as such, we have space for 18 pod leaders. Each pod visits the same classroom 4 TIMES throughout Jan-Apr 2019 and consists of one pod leader (grad student/post doc) + 3-5 pod members (undergrads).

We are currently looking to recruit graduate students or post-docsas pod leaders.

What will you do as a pod leader?
Term 1: Attend 1 orientation/training session where you will meet your pod members (3-5 undergraduate students).

Term 2: Schedule class visits with the teacher. Support and offer guidance to your pod in planning & leading classroom visits with the help of a manual that outlines the experiments that your pod members will facilitate. Oversee the delivery of four 1.5-hour activities to a Grade 5-7 class by your pod members.

*Mandatory Training Session!*
SMaRT Training: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24TH 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Location: UBC campus – specific location to be determined

+ BREAKFAST PROVIDED!

Please note that the classroom visit time is a regular time slot and could be Mon-Fri between 9-10:30am, 10:30am-12pm, or 1-2:30pm. Your visit time will be on the same day of the week and at the same time of the day for each of the 4 sessions. These time slots are the actual time you will spend in class, they do NOT include travel to and from the school (budget for an hour max), 10-15 mins preparation before your visit, or clean-up after your visit.

*Register here!*
Upon careful consideration, you can register to be a pod leader using this Google form: https://goo.gl/forms/vSOHOXyVwgFgPtqB3

Spots are limited, so please register as soon as possible!

Please contact Vivian at smart@ubclts.com if you have any questions.–

Vivian Lac
Scientific Methods and Research Techniques (SMaRT) Coordinator,
UBC Let’s Talk Science

University of British Columbia
2357B-1874 East Mall (Brock Hall Annex)
Vancouver, BC, V6T 2G9
Contact: (604) 649 6642

I would like to bring to your attention an exciting opportunity related to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada`s (AAFC) future capacity needs to grow Canadian agriculture science and innovation.

On September 21, 2018,  Minister MacAuley announced a transformational Government of Canada investment of $70 million in agricultural discovery science and innovation. As part of this investment, over $44 million will be dedicated to hiring and equipping approximately 75 scientists and science professionals across the country over the next five years.  

AAFC recently launched its first job poster aimed at recruiting approximately 40 research scientists in emerging fields such as, agro-ecology, artificial intelligence, the various-omics (genomics, phenomics, epigenetics, etc), and clean technologies. The recruitment for these positions will continue over the next 24 months or so. 

Your institutions provide a key source of highly qualified personnel that we would like to tap into. As such, I would appreciate if you could help us promote this opportunity by sharing this job poster:  Research Scientists – Growing Agricultural Innovation and encouraging potential candidates to visit our recruitment booths at various career fairs and other university events across the country.   

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank your organisations for helping us, through our on-going dialogue,  shape the vision for AAFC science and the types of professionals that we would need to support a progressive and sustainable agricultural sector in Canada.  

Regards, 

Gilles

Gilles Saindon  PhD
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister | Sous-ministre adjoint délégué
Science and Technology Branch | Direction générale des sciences et de la technologie
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
1341 Baseline Road, Room T5-6-343 | 1341 chemin Baseline, pièce T5-6-343
Ottawa, ON   K1A 0C5
Gilles.Saindon@agr.gc.ca
Telephone | Téléphone 613-773-1840
Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-773-1717 Teletypewriter | Téléimprimeur 613-773-2600
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada