Hi,

My name is Meenakshi Swaminathan and I am part of the Student Services for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Network (iGSN) at UBC. The iGSN serves as a platform to connect grad students from across various disciplines. We organize academic as well as social events to promote interdisciplinary mingling. We also provide travel awards to well-deserving candidates who choose to apply. You can find more information on our website: http://igsnubc.com/.

Our upcoming social event is a Welcome Back Mixer which is targeted towards bringing together both new and old students of our network. We would love if you could promote our event among the members of your department in an effort to educate more grads about our resources and give them an opportunity to socialize among like-minded peers 🙂

If possible, you can forward along the following message:–

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. iGSN presents: FRIGHT NIGHT! ???? Join us in your best Halloween costume for a night of treats, tricks, and drinks. Be sure to be at your spookiest, for we have a fine set of prizes to give away for the best costume designs ????. Test your Halloween knowledge, indulge in a game of punch pong (with vampire blood, of course) and shake a leg to Thriller on Friday the 25th ????. All for free of course, if you are a member of iGSN! If not, it’s absolutely free to sign up here: http://igsnubc.com/

 

Where: Thea’s Lounge, Thea Koerner House

When: 25th October 2019, Friday

What time: 7pm – 11pm

 

SIGN UP HERE: https://forms.gle/qFSHCepBZ3EKYbsw5

 

Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s upon us now. See you there ????

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Thanks in advance,

Meenakshi

iGSN Team

The waitlist for the Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) for November 24, 30 & December 7, 2019 opens on October 7, 2019.

The ISW is a three-day, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors. The ISW is an internationally recognized program and participants who successfully complete the workshop will receive a certificate of completion and a transcript notation. Participants will have the opportunity to teach three mini-lessons to a group of students, receive critical feedback on their teaching, provide feedback to their peers, and reflect on their teaching practices. For more information, visit the ISW Network official site.

IMPORTANT: The workshop runs from 8:15am-5:00pm. Please note you must attend all three days for the complete duration of the workshop, i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop.

To register for the November 24, 30 & December 7, 2019 ISW waitlist please sign up here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-november-24-30-december-7-2019/

Waitlist registration will close on November 20, 2019 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are signing up for the WAITLIST only,  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 register for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has registered 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

 

 

Thank you,

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 827 4871
elisa.herman@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) Graduate Student Award of Merit

​​The Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada organization was founded in 1987 to provide a forum and a collective voice for women in senior administrative ranks in Canadian universities, colleges and technical institutes.

At least three awards, each in the amount of $3,500, will be awarded annually to the women graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the university or general community while maintaining exemplary academic records.

The application deadline for this opportunity is November 1, 2019 at 4:00 pm PST.

For more information, including application procedures and eligibility requirements, please see this link: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/senior-women-academic-administrators-canada-swaac-graduate-student-award-merit

Registration is now open for:

Networking Skills (Mitacs) | Wed, Oct 16 | 9 AM – 5 PM | Register here

Increase your Article’s Chance of Publication | Thurs, Oct 17 | 10 AM – 12 PM  | Register here

Financial Pressures | Oct 24 | 11:30 AM – 1 PM (lunch provided) | Register here

 

There are still seats remaining in this week’s:

Statistics I: Data Exploration through Descriptive Statistics and Graphics (via Webinar) | Tues, Oct 08 | 10 AM – 12 PM | Register here

Overcoming Perfectionism | Thurs, Oct 10 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Register here

 

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

 

Graduate School Success

NVivo (Part 2) for Mac – Classification and Datasets | Oct 15 | 10 AM – 12 PM

Introduction to Python | Oct 16 | 10 AM – 12 PM

Introduction to R | Oct 16 | 2 – 4 PM

Thriving in Grad School Panel discussion  | Oct 17 | 3:15 – 4:45 PM

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop | Nov 24, 30 and Dec 7 | waitlist registration opens Oct 7

 

Workshop / Lecture

“Should ‘Clinical study reports’ ” be included in Cochrane Systematic reviews? | Oct 30 | 12 – 1 PM (available by videoconference)

 

Career Building

Employer on Campus: Fluor Canada Inc. |Oct 16 |  5:30 – 6:30 PM

How to Network Effectively: Leveraging LinkedIn (presented by Wonsulting) | Oct 17 | 5:30 – 7 PM

 

Funding

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) – Student Initiative Fund | apply by Oct 18

Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program (for research projects in Japan) | apply by Nov 27

 

 

Please let me know if you have 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/

UBC’s BeeHIVE Research Excellence Cluster is pleased to host a public talk by Dr. Jeff Pettis, President of Apimondia (International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations), and retired USDA entomologist.

Tickets are available at beehive3.eventbrite.ca.

Please see the poster below for event details.

BeeHIVE is headed by Dr. Dominique Weis (Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences), and the research cluster’s mission is to improve bee and pollinator health through academic research and community involvement.