Year: 2023

GradUpdate – GPS workshop recordings, Work Learn, Entrepreneurship Week, Online Writing Community, TA-Instructor Working Relationship, Inclusive Teaching, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, GPS workshop recordings, Work Learn, Entrepreneurship Week, Online Writing Community, TA-Instructor Working Relationship, Inclusive Teaching, and more.

Resource Highlight

Graduate Pathways to Success Kaltura Channel
Miss a Graduate Pathways to Success workshop? Many of our workshops, including Fellowship Applications, Career Panels, and Fundamentals in Statistics have been recorded and can be accessed here

UBC Library Research Commons Workshop Materials
The UBC Library Research Commons offers an online repository on workshop materials such as Digital Scholarship, Data Analysis and Visualization, Geographic Information Systems and Research Data Management access here

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

UBC Library Orientation for Graduate Students
Online | Thursday, Aug 17 | 3 – 3:45 pm Register

Using Mendeley for Citation Management
Online | Monday, Aug 21 | 4:30 – 6 Register

CAREER

Work Learn positions for graduate students
Interested in a career in academia? Learn more about university admin through the numerous opportunities available including positions in Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre , and many more.
10 hours/week | Sep to Apr | Learn more and apply by 11:59 today, Monday, Aug 14

Entrepreneurship Immersion Week
In person | Sep 26 – 28 | @UBC Robson Square | Free for UBC students
Learn more

RESEARCH

Annotating Audio Visual materials with AudiAnnotate
Online | Friday, Aug 18 | 10 – 11: 30 am Register

TEACHING

CTLT Summer Institute is next week!
Fundamentals of teaching & learning
The Institute is a forum for new members of the teaching and learning community to collaborate, network and engage in knowledge exchange.
In person and online events | Aug 21 – 25 | various times
Check out the schedule of events and register. Sessions include:

  • Connecting Power, Privilege, and Positionality to Teaching and Learning Contexts
  • TA-Instructor Working Relationship (For TAs)
  • Learning Objectives to Foster Student Learning
  • Engaging Activities for Learners: Active Learning Techniques in the Classroom
  • Inclusive Teaching: Reflecting on Your Teaching Practice
  • Can I Use This? Copyright Basics and Working with Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • and more.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Online Writing Community
The Centre for Scholarly Communication at UBC-Okanagan has a drop in weekly writing community for grad students, postdocs, and faculty.
Tuesdays, 2 – 4 pm Join

Science Slam Canada
In person | Fox Cabaret | Tuesday, Sep 12 @ 7:30 pm
Keen to improve your science communication? Learn more and apply to present by Aug 21.

EDI in TAing workshop

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I want to share an upcoming workshop that the Equity & Inclusion Office is hosting for Teaching Assistants. If you see this as relevant to your audiences, please see the communications toolkit below to help you raise awareness of this opportunity. The toolkit includes newsletter and social copy, as well as visual assets for web, email, and social.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in TAing
September 1, 8, 15 or 21
UBC Teaching Assistants are encouraged to attend this discipline-specific workshop to learn how they can build an inclusive learning environment. TAs will learn about power and privilege, the policies and guidelines that frame their work, and how best to support students as they navigate ethical dilemmas and potential conflicts. 
Register now

Please access the communications toolkit to support you in sharing this opportunity through your channels: EDI in TAing Communications Toolkit.

If you need additional materials or further details, please let me know. Thank you so much for your support.

Best,

Vanessa

Vanessa Kim (She, her, hers)
Events and Communications Coordinator
Equity & Inclusion Office
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
1874 East Mall #2306 | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada

vanessa.kim@ubc.ca
https://equity.ubc.ca/
Vanessa’s virtual office

The UBC Vancouver campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).