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/

The information below is a great opportunity for students interested in tackle Fresh Water issues – AquaHacking is a Tech Challenge – Winning teams will win cash prizes for a total of $50,000 and a secured spot in a start-up incubator. (attached you will find: info about the challenge, poster and social media shareables)

My name is Carolina Restrepo and I am the coordinator for the AquaHacking Challenge BC 2020 ( I am also the Coordinator for the BRAES Institute at UBC Okanagan), that is hosted by the Okanagan Basin Water Board in partnership with Universities in BC including UBCO, UBCV, SFU, etc. AquaHacking is a tech challenge designed to engage young innovators to tackle critical fresh water issues. With a view to producing pragmatic and demand-driven solutions, teams are mentored by experts from tech, environment, business, academia and government. Students from all post-secondary Institutions in BC are invited to participate. Winning teams will win cash prizes for a total of $50,000 and a secured spot in a start-up incubator. More information at: https://aquahacking.com/en/bc-2020/. (general info about the challenge is also attached)

We are hosting an info-session at UBC on Wednesday, November 20^th at 1:00 PM at Room MLS 101 Michael Smith Lab Building 2185 East Mall (refreshments served) attached you will find a social media shareable and poster about the event, if you can share this information in your social media channels, and with your members it will be great!. We are also hosting weekly webinars on Thursdays Nov 21 and 28. Registration for the webinars here. I have had previous communications with faculty members at your faculty that might be already aware of the challenge.

I am sharing this information with you, because students that might be interested in the challenge are part of your faculty, we are already working with the faculties on campus with the recruiting of students for the challenge. Here is a list of the departments which students might be interested in participating in the challenge, we already have about 10 students from UBC Vancouver and Okanagan registered and we hope to have many more!:

• Engineering
• Math
• Computer Science
• Political science
• Biology
• Environmental Sciences
• Ecology
• Management
• Fine arts
• Among others

Thanks in advance and if you have any other question please don’t hesitate in contacting me.

Carolina Restrepo-Tamayo, M.Sc. — AquaHacking 2020 – B.C. Challenge  Coordinator

Okanagan Basin Water Board

1450 KLO Road, Kelowna, BC  V1W 3Z4

Office:   250.469.6264

Cell :       250.870.1731

www.obwb.ca