There is a slight change of schedule for tomorrow’s online event. The seminar will start at 12 pm, and not at 1 pm as previously stated. My apologies for any inconvenience.

Our seminar next week presents Mark Podlasly, from Nlaka’pamux Nation and Director of Governance at the First Nations Financial Management Board. He will talk about indigenous rights and current issues in Canada, such as The TMX pipeline and the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq fishing rights. 

You can find the event details bellow or click on the link to read more about Mark and the First Nations Financial Board. Please share as you see appropriate!

Land and Resource Access in the Era of Indigenous Rights

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Mark will give an introduction to the Aboriginal rights history and issues in Canada, with an emphasis on land and resource access. Mark will then discuss two cases that are currently getting a lot of coverage in the news: The TMX pipeline and the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq fishing rights.

Event Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63198895621?pwd=TzlhTUdLMVlhR29WcVZSVFZjK0pKdz09

Meeting ID: 631 9889 5621

Passcode: 521521

Thank you!

Best,

Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus| Musqueam Traditional Territory

paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

Hi LFS Teaching Assistant,

We hope you are doing great and that the term is going well. As part of the faculty’s on-going support for your development, mark your calendars for this upcoming event:

Marking, Assessment and Feedback Workshop 

Are you preparing for midterms, assignments or end of term exams? We are inviting you to a Marking, Assessment and Feedback Workshop to help support you in

1. i) providing consistent, fair, and constructive feedback to your learners.

During the session participants will also

1. ii) practice providing constructive and positive feedback to learners.

Below are the event details;

WHEN: Wednesday, 4th November 2020

TIME: 12pm-2pm

WHERE: Virtual (a link will be provided at a later date)

 

Please RSVP here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9n4LxtDvCKYyiUJ

Best Regards,

 

Lennie and Tebby

TA Training Program Coordinators

For more information email lennie.cheung@ubc.ca or tebogo.leepile@ubc.ca

We are excited to add a new feature section to our newsletter this month: Research Power Tools. Maybe this tool will be the perfect addition to your research toolbox?

Here is the online link to the newsletter for ease of sharing: https://bit.ly/UBCRCNewsNov22020

Check out all of the existing events in the next couple of weeks and let me know if you have any questions.

Sarah Blay

Sarah Blay (she, her, hers)
Program Coordinator | UBC Library Research Commons

Vancouver home office | Traditional unceded territories of:

Musqueam | Squamish| Stó:lō | Stz’uminus | Tsleil-Waututh (source: https://native-land.ca/)

sarah.blay@ubc.ca | researchcommons.library.ubc.ca

GradUpdate In this issue, Managing Stress and Rejection, Cybersecurity Careers, Instructional Skills Workshops, Personal Statements (Writing), and more…

Seats still available

 

Statistics III: Two group comparisons and ANOVA Thursday, Nov 5 | 1:00 to 3:00 PM Learn more

Additional Events and Opportunities

 

The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development

ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

 

How to Manage Stress, Rejection & the Haters in Your Midst Thursday, Nov 12 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Learn more

CAREER EXPLORATION

 

Virtual Information Session: entrepreneurship@UBC (Scotiabank Cybersecurity) Mondays,12:00 – 2:00 PM Nov 02 | Demystifying cybersecurity by exploring a variety of information security roles and responsibilities Nov 9 | Cybersecurity Career Pathways – A Day in the Life Nov 16 | Case Study of some significant cybersecurity threats in recent times and how to protect ourselves Learn more S2BN Virtual Career Cafe – In Focus:Scientific Communications Thursday, Nov 05 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM Learn more Job Search Strategies Thursday, Nov 12 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Learn more Telling Your Transition Story to Non-Academic Employers BeyondProf event | Friday, Nov 13 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM Learn more

COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING

 

The Phil Lind Initiative: Thinking While Black Tuesday, Nov 10 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM | Jesmyn Ward Thursday, Nov 12 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM | Ibram X. Kendi Learn more Indigenous Worldviews, Climate Change and the Way Forward for Northern Trappers Thursday, Nov 12 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Learn more

RESEARCH SKILLS

 

Statistical analysis with R Friday, Nov 13 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM Learn more

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

 

November and December Online Instructional Skills Workshops (ISWs) Various Nov, Dec dates and times, Waitlist registration open Learn more

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

 

Personal Statements: Writing Tuesday, Nov 10 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Learn more

The thesis team in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies reviews students’ theses and dissertations to ensure that certain formatting requirements are met and that they are professionally presented. There is detailed information on our website about the requirements, and several resources to assist students in preparing an appropriately-formatted thesis. However, we still receive many theses with very basic proofreading and formatting mistakes. As an example, a common one is “Error! Bookmark not defined” appearing in the table of contents. If students can recognize simple mistakes before submitting, it will mean a quicker acceptance of their thesis and they will be less stressed by deadlines.

In order to ensure that students take advantage of the resources provided to help them identify mistakes in their theses, we will henceforth be requiring students to check their theses against the Sample Thesis on our website at Resources for Thesis Preparation and Checking before submitting them to cIRcle or for pre-review. Students will no longer receive detailed feedback on errors that can be identified by comparing their theses to the Sample Thesis.

Please share this information with your thesis students, and don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions.

Kind regards,

Max Read
Associate Director, Student Academic Services
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean and Vice-Provost
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 0283
max.read@ubc.ca | http://www.grad.ubc.ca