Pre-Arrival Info Sessions for international students

International Student Advising is hosting an online pre-arrival info session for international students. These sessions are particularly helpful for your newly admitted international students starting their programs in January but all are welcomed. This session will be offered twice:

• Monday, November 25, 2019, 9am – 10:15am REGISTER
• Thursday, December 5, 2019, 3pm – 4:15pm REGISTER

International Student Advisors will cover topics such as key immigration documents (passports, study permits, TRVs/eTAs) work authorization for international students, and health insurance (iMED, MSP, extended health).

GSS social events

The GSS is hosting a variety of events including MOA tours, a pancake breakfast, and a speed friending social. For details and to register, please visit the Events page on the Orientation website.

January GradStart Orientation Welcome

Students starting their program in January were sent an invitation to register to attend our January GradStart.

Thursday, January 9, 2020, Thea’s Lounge

12pm – 3:15pm | G+PS GradStart Welcome Lunch

3:30pm – 5pm | International Student Orientation

The morning kicks off with MOA tours hosted by the GSS.

 

Many thanks!

Good luck with graduation & admissions,
Kelli

Kelli Kiyomi Kadokawa (She, Her, Hers)
Communications and Business Initiatives Coordinator
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 6475 Ext. 26475
kelli.kadokawa@ubc.ca | @UBCGradSchool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca

Two graduate students in soil science program won awards for their oral presentations at the 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International conference in San Antonio, TX:

• Kiran Padda (PhD student with Dr. Chris Chanway) won the 1st place award in the Soils in Ecological Restoration session
• Chantel Chizen (MSc student with Dr. Maja Krzic) won the 3rd place award in the Soil C and GHG Emissions session

Both Kiran and Chantel also won travel awards from the Canadian Society of Soil Science to attend this conference. Well done!

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science

(Applied Animal Biology)

Paige McDonald

The effect of heat stress on the behavior of dairy cows at the drinker 

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 10:00am
Room 342, MacMillan Bldg.

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE  

Chair: Dr. R. Cerri 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. D. Weary – Supervisor
Dr. S. Gulati – Committee member
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. D. Weary – Supervisor
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk – Committee member
Dr. J. Vercammen – External examiner

Everyone is welcome!

This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Tegan Adams, CEO of New Maple Holdings.

Topic: The Cannabis Industry – One year after legalization

Date & Time: Friday, November 22, 3:00 pm

Venue: MCML 160

Tegan’s career began in 2014 as a management consultant in the cannabis industry for public companies new to listing on the exchanges in Canada. Later, Tegan was hired in a Direction/Management role at Eurofins Scientific, a Health Canada accredited lab, for Marketing/Sales. As CEO with New Maple Holdings Tegan helps oversee finance and operations for more than 1.5M ft2 production space of medical-grade cannabis. Tegan attended UBC where she earned a BSc degree in Global Resource Systems and a MSc in Agricultural Economics. 

In this talk, Tegan will provide an overview of the first year after the legalization of cannabis, the current state of the industry, the business opportunities, the challenges, and more.

Please share and distribute it as you deem appropriate. Thank you.

 

 

The dates for the semi-final and final of 3MT@UBC 2020 are set for March 10 and 12^th.   This will be our 10^th annual 3MT competition!  Will your department be hosting a 3MT heat?  Please email jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca to learn more, obtain a heat organizers package or schedule a “Giving an effective 3MT presentation” for your program.

The GSS Funding Survey 2019-2020 is now open (until Nov 29^th)

Registration is open for:

FIREtalks on Drinking Water, Wed. Nov. 27, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Designing to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond: Do you have a strategy to complete your program? Do you know your intended career path? In this interactive session participants will work on their strategies for succeeding in grad school and beyond. | Thurs. Nov. 21 | In-Person 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Register here | Webinar 1:30 – 3:00 pm Register here

Dealing with Criticism: Giving and Receiving Feedback | Tues. Nov. 26 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm | Register here

Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for these, and other, opportunities: 

Wellness

Off-Campus Wellness Workshop (@BC Cancer): Live well to Lead Well | Nov. 22, 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Career Exploration

Employer Information Session with JLL (off campus) | Nov 19, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

University Of Southern California Information Session (Summer, Master’s and PhD programs) | Nov. 25, 5:00 – 6:30 pm

Interviews and Negotiation (via Webinar) | Nov. 26, 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Info-Session with the Local Government in Northern BC (12 month internships) | Nov.  27, 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Drop-in session)

Career Professionalism (Mitacs Training) | Nov. 27, 9:00 am  – 5:00 pm

Study Medicine in Australia | Nov. 28, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Academic Support and Success

Why Social Justice in Doctoral Education?, Webinar series| Nov 18^th, 9:30

Don’t Rock the Boat: Interactive Theatre workshop on Graduate Supervision | Nov. 20, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Literature Reviews: Analyzing with NVivo | Nov. 26, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Introduction to Python | Nov. 27, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Lind Initiative Seminar (GPP 591C): Thinking While Black | Apply by November 30, 2019

Community and Network Building

Flash Talks (Brown Bag Lunch): Italian Sign Language | Nov. 21, 12:00 – 2 pm

Memory, Intimacy and Difficult Knowledge: A Dialogue between Noo Saro-Wiwa and Dr. Juliane Okot Bitek | Nov. 29, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Teaching Development

Student Evaluations of Teaching (SEoT) Open Forum | Nov. 25, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Jacqui.

Jacqui Brinkman, MSc
Director, Graduate Student Professional Development
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueum 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/