NOTE: please notify me about your intention of applying ASAP but not later than Friday, November 23rd. 

You may consider working on your CGS-M or Affiliated Fellowship application with your supervisor. Or at least have it reviewed by your supervisor before submit it.

Once submitted, no corrections/updates would be possible. 

Please review the eligibility criteria, make sure you meet the requirements and have achieved a first-class average in EACH of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent) before submitting an application.

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The Fall 2018 Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M) application is available on the Tri-Agency Research Portal (http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudiants/pg-cs/cgsm-bescm_eng.asp).

The deadline across Canada for applications is 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, 3 December 2018. After this time, the Research Portal will close, and there will be no opportunity to re-open the application. This is the deadline for all application materials, including reference letters. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that their references are submitted on time. Please note that when identifying UBC as your institution, the official name is “The University of British Columbia”.

Instructions for completing a CGS-M application (including transcript requirements) are available online (http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche/Instructions-Instructions/CGS_M-BESC_M_eng.asp). Note: Applicants must carefully review the transcript requirements section of the instructions. This is imperative as it is the primary reason for the rejection of applications.

The Fall 2018 Affiliated Fellowships Master’s-level competition runs in parallel to the Tri-Agency CGS-M competition. The Affiliated Fellowships materials for Master’s-level funding have now been posted to the Graduate Awards website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program

The deadline by which Affiliated Fellowship applications for Master’s-level funding must be submitted to the applicant’s UBC graduate program is Monday, 3 December 2018 (same as the deadline for Tri-Agency CGS-M applications).

Kind regards,

Lia

 

Lia Maria Dragan

Graduate Programs Office

Faculty of Land and Food Systems The University of British Columbia

344-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604.822.8373 | Fax 604.822.4400

Lia.maria@ubc.ca / lfs.gradapp@ubc.ca www.landfood.ubc.ca

Seats still available for this week’s:

Statistics II: Statistical Considerations When Planning Your Research Project (via Webinar)

Tue, Nov 20 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Event and registration details: grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16969-statistics-ii-statistical-considerations-when-planning-your-research-project

 

Thesis Boot Camp

Wed, Nov 21 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Event and registration details: grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/17223-thesis-boot-camp

 

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success
Complete a free CliftonStrengths assessment ($15 USD) and learn strategies for applying your strengths to your career and grad school success through participating in this workshop

Thu, Nov 22 | 12:30 – 4:30 PM

Event and registration details:

grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16989-leveraging-your-strengths-strategize-success

 

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

 

Career Building & Professional Effectiveness

Insider Advice: Policy Officer Recruitment Program (PORP) & How to Get Hired in the Federal Government

Tues, Nov 27, 4:00-5:00 pm, Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (I will send reg details next week)

Planning for the Campus Interview (for PhD Students)

Wed, Nov 28 | 4 – 5 PM, Event details: community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5297

 

Graduate School Success

NVivo for PC, Nov 20 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5307

Citation Management Using Endnote, Nov 21 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5187

SPSS: Data Management and Bivariate Analysis, Nov 21 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5308

Systematic Review Search Methods, Nov 22 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5180

Citation Management Using RefWorks, Nov 23 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5181

Formatting your Thesis, Nov 26 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5153

 

Work Permits and Immigration

Post-Grad Work Permit Webinar, Nov 22 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5401

Immigration Pathway Info Session with IRCC and BC PNP, Nov 27 | community.grad.ubc.ca/event/5436

 

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/

In an effort to foster stronger social connections and a sense of community amongst students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Colour, and students who identify as Queer + Trans, we are hosting two movie and dinner nights featuring a short documentary and Q&A with the movie-maker. These events support UBC’s overall efforts to advance inclusion and create a more welcoming campus. Please help us raise awareness of these two events and engage students by sharing with your student communities. Any help would be appreciated as we are running a bit behind with promotions. 

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Get Connected: BIPoC Students Movie + Dinner Night

Wednesday, November 21, 5:00PM – 7:00PM

BC Hydro Theatre, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability 

Are you a student who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Colour (BIPoC)? Come out and get connected with your peers over dinner, enjoy an exclusive screening of All Our Father’s Relations, and meet the filmmaker behind this award-winning documentary. Through a story of four siblings who journey to China to rediscover their father’s roots and better understand his fractured relationship with their Musqueam mother, our feature film chronicles the little-known connection between Chinese immigrants and the Musqueam people, and explores their shared struggles today and in the past. Free, but registration is required as seating is limited. Brought to you by the UBC Equity & Inclusion Office and UBC Equity Ambassadors. 

Sign-up now and save your seat.

 

Get Connected: Queer + Trans Students Movie + Dinner Night

Wednesday, November 28, 5:00PM – 7:00PM

BC Hydro Theatre, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability 

Come out for a movie and dinner night and connect with other Queer and/or Trans students and allies. Enjoy a dinner, and an exclusive screening of Finding by Love Intersections, followed by a Q&A discussion session with the filmmakers, Jen Sungshine and David Ng. Finding is a short film series about finding queer history, queer dance, queer disability language, queer sports, and queer family & hope. Free, but registration is required as seating is limited. Brought to you by the UBC Equity & Inclusion Office and UBC Equity Ambassadors. 

Sign-up now and save your seat.

Thank you,

Marko—

Marko Pajalic  MA
Communications Manager
UBC Equity & Inclusion Office
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2306 – 1874 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 827 2384
marko.pajalic@ubc.ca | https://twitter.com/EquityUBCV
http://www.equity.ubc.ca | http://www.equity.ok.ubc.ca

The Community Meeting for LFS faculty, staff and students will take place on Wednesday Nov 21, 2018 at 12:00-1:00 in MCML 154, MacMillan Building. Coffee and cookies will be provided.

Click here to add this meeting to your Outlook calendar.

Agenda
12:00-12:05 Dean’s message
12:05-12:15 United Way presentation – Crystal Lau
12:15-12:45 Opioid Crisis presentation – Patty Hambler/Marna Nelson
12:45-1:00 Indigenous students – Joel Liman

BRAES along with the ICER Institute is hosting the Okanagan Research Forum on December 3^rd (see invitation attached). Please see the general information about the event, our amazing keynote presenter and the call for posters below:

Invitation  

Call for posters ORF 2018

“EATING THE OKANAGAN”

Exploring Change in our Local Food Systems 

When:                       Monday, December 3rd. 2018    

Time:                         8:45 AM to 6:00 PM

Location:                  Summerhill Winery, Ballroom. 4870 Chute Lake Dr.  Kelowna

Cost:                          Students: $15, General Public $30 (includes: lunch with keynote presentation, refreshments and wine and cheese- posters session).

If you volunteer or present a poster registration cost will be waived, please contact Carolina for volunteer opportunities

Registration:            https://okresearchforum.geolive.ca/

 

Keynote Presentation:

Foods of Yesterday, Foods for Tomorrow, Indigenous Plants of the Okanagan Region and their Potential for the Future

Dr. Nancy Turner, University of Victoria

12 – 1:30 PM 

 More than 20 great speakers divided in 4 sessions on Land Access, Policy, Production and Consumption!

Call for Poster Presentations – Due date Nov. 19th
Purpose of posters session:
The purpose of this session is to allow Forum participants to share new and ongoing projects and
research outcomes. The poster session will be at Summerhill Winery and conclude the Forum.
Poster presenters are expected to bring their printed posters and handouts (if desired). The poster
session will take place Monday Dec. 3 from 4:30 to 6:00 PM accompanied with wine and cheese.
Attendees will browse among the posters and speak directly with the presenters during this time.
Thus, the poster session is intended to be informal and conversational.

Information & registration: https://okresearchforum.geolive.ca/

The winning poster will be awarded $300.00

 Topics of interest examples:

Access to Land

Policy

Production

Consumption

The topics are meant to be broad and inclusive.

Other topics and research projects of relevance to the Okanagan region, in areas of sustainable food systems; local foods, food exchange, slow foods, regulation etc. 

Poster Guidelines:

The suggested poster size is the standard (36 inches “tall” x 48 inches “wide” or 91.5 cm “tall” x

120 cm “wide”). Posters may be handmade or printed. Please note that only posters of

informative and technical-scientific style will be accepted! Posters must be in English. Please

send questions re the poster sizes to the forum coordinator at: Carolina.restrepo@ubc.ca 

Handout Guidelines:

Each poster presenter may provide their own copies of an accompanying handout for

distribution (maximum 2 pages). 

Posters Submission, Exhibition and Presentation

Anyone interested in participating with a poster at the event, should send a proposal to the Forum

Co-ordinator Carolina Restrepo-Tamayo at Carolina.restrepo@ubc.ca by November 19, 2018.

Proposals should include the names and affiliations of all authors, a poster title and abstract.

 If you have any question or comment please don’t hesitate in contacting me, 

Carolina Restrepo-Tamayo
Coordinator, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES)                                                                              

The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus

SCI 361, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7

Office: SCI 361 Phone: 250 807 9023

E-mail: carolina.restrepo@ubc.ca

Web site: http://braes.ok.ubc.ca