The LFS Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies office has been working on ways to keep in touch will our graduate students.

We’ll be scheduling another informal Zoom meeting with all LFS grad students, much like the one held during the summer.  This session will offer students a chance to meet with the LFS G&PS team and discuss whatever issues, concerns, questions, etc. you might have.  An invitation will be sent once we’ve set a date/time (mid-late October).

In addition, throughout the term, we hope to schedule topic-specific sessions, for example:

• Professional development
• Committee composition
• Awards
• Thesis writing and defence

Could you please let me know by return email if you would be interested in attending any of the sessions listed or if you have any ideas for additional topics by Friday, October 9^th?  This will help us with our planning and scheduling.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Shelley

Shelley Small
Administrative Manager, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Room 293 MacMillan Building
2357 Main Mall Vancouver BC  V6T 1Z4
Phone:  604-822-4593       Fax:  604-822-4400
lfs.gradmgr@ubc.ca          www.landfood.ubc.ca

Our seminar next week will host the director of Lyft Commodity Trading, Nima Salmani. He will give an introduction to the structure of negotiation from a practitioner’s point of view. Through small cases, students will follow the process of negotiation in a bilateral and multilateral setting. The talk is not specific to the agricultural industry.

 

You can find the event details bellow or click here to read more about Nima. Please feel free to share!

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

Meeting ID: 631 9889 5621

Passcode: 521521

Don’t miss this great opportunity open to all to receive free statistics support through the STAT 551 course that is currently running this term.  Statistics graduate students taking this practicum consulting course will consult with you on your project, discuss it with their class and the statistics professor teaching the course and provide you with a formal report of recommendations.

Apply now by submitting a one page description of the project (see https://www.stat.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/sample551project.pdf for an example of what we are looking for) to asda@stat.ubc.ca.  We will accept submissions until the end of October but the sooner you submit the better the chances your project is selected.

 

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Carolyn Taylor
Managing Consultant
Applied Statistics and Data Science Group (ASDa)
Department of Statistics, UBC

https://asda.stat.ubc.ca/

GradUpdate In this issue, Mitacs Internship Info Sessions for STEM & Arts and Social Sciences, Ethics of Publishing, CTLT Indigenous Initiatives, Research Data Mgmt Sessions, and more!

Open Registration

 

Mitacs Internship Info Session: Advance your career with non-academic collaborations-STEM Wednesday, October 7 | 3:00 to 4:30 PM Register Mitacs Internship Info Session: Advance your career with community partnerships – Arts and Social Sciences Thursday, October 8 | 3:00 to 4:30 PM Register

Seats still available

 

The Ethics of Publishing Friday, October 2 | 12:30 to 1:30 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

 

Citation Management for Researchers Using Multilingual Materials Tuesday, Oct 6 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Learn more Systematic & Scoping Review Workshop Series: Translating Database Searches and Finding Grey Literature Wednesday, Oct 7 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Learn more

CAREER EXPLORATION

 

Employer Virtual Information Session Microsoft | Monday, Oct 5 | 3:00 – 5:00 PM Learn more Duke Marine Technical Services | Wednesday, Oct 7 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Learn more TC Energy | Thursday, Oct 8 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Learn more

COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING

 

COVID-19 and African Economies: Impact and What is Needed for the Post-Pandemic Recovery Wednesday, Sept 30 | 9:00 – 10:30 AM Learn more COVID-19 – Seizing Opportunities to Advance Indigenous Self-determination through Policy Friday, Oct 2 | 8:30 – 10:00 AM Learn more CTLT Indigenous Initiatives Virtual Coffee Drop-in Wednesday, Oct 7 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM Learn more

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

 

UBC Graduate Student Online Support Group Thursdays, Oct 1 – Dec 3 | 1:30 – 2:45 PM Learn more

RESEARCH SKILLS

 

Introduction to Open Science Framework Monday, Oct 5 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Learn more Introduction to Docker Monday, Oct 5 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM Learn more Introduction to Data Repositories Tuesday, Oct 6 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Learn more Introduction to Dataverse Wednesday, Oct 7 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Learn more Data Discovery Using FRDR and Geodisy Thursday, Oct 8 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Learn more

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

 

Practice your Presentation Skills (Mitacs Training) Tuesday, Oct 1 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Learn more