Year: 2024

CCARM “Food for Thought” Seminar Series: Steven Clarke – Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 11:00 am – ONLINE

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On behalf of Dr. Thomas Netticadan, CCARM Team Leader, please post the attached poster, forward to everyone in your departments, and forward to anyone else that may be interested, 

Steven Clarke, BCSLA, CSLA, Associate Professor, MLS Graduate program Coordinator, Landscape Architecture Community Outreach Coordinator, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, will be giving an in-person seminar on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. 

His seminar is entitled, “Agricultural Urbanism: Designing Healthy Cities Around the Concept of Food” 

Everyone is invited to attend.

Use the link below to join the Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9426959887?pwd=dlVML1llT2djZTZybmhuVnl3Ry9lZz09 

If link above does not work, go into Zoom website, click Join:

Meeting ID: 942 695 9887

Passcode: 4nhjD9

Julie Schoffner

Administrative Assistant
Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM)
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
& University of Manitoba
Room R2019 – 351 Taché  Avenue
Winnipeg, MB  R2H 2A6  CANADA

Email:  jschoffner2@sbrc.ca
Tel: 204.235.3455     Fax: 204.237.4018

GradUpdate – Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures, Mastering the elevator pitch, Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter?, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures, Mastering the elevator pitch, Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter?, and more.

Registration open

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures
Online | Wednesday, Aug 21 | 2 – 3:15 pm

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GPS Session Recordings

GPS workshop recordings and handouts
Miss a recent GPS workshop? Check out our handouts and recordings. Recent recordings include:

  • Developing & Sustaining Your Academic Writing Practice (until Aug 22),
  • Preparing Excellent Fellowship Applications,
  • and more.

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.

CAREER

Mastering the elevator pitch
Online Mitacs training | Wednesday, Aug 21 | 10 am – 1 pm | Mandatory online pre-requisite “Boost your career”.
Learn more and register through Mitacs Edge

LEADERSHIP

Applying the principles of sound leadership and team building
Online Mitacs training | Tuesday, Aug 20 | 10 am – 1 pm | Mandatory online pre-requisite “High performing leadership and teams”.
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Building your project network map
Online Mitacs training | Thursday, Aug 22 | 9 am – 12 pm | Mandatory online pre-requisite “Advance your reach”.
Learn more and register through Mitacs Edge

RESEARCH

Data Bites – Best Practices for Creating a README file
Online | Tuesday, Aug 20 | 12:30 – 1 pm Register

Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)
Online | Wednesday, Aug 21 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register

Introduction to the tidyverse R package
Online | Thursday, Aug 22 | 10 – 11 am Register

TEACHING

Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter?
Asynchronous course | Aug 19 – Sep 4 | Learn more and register.

CTLT Summer Institute
Online and in-person | Aug 19 – 22 | various times | View all sessions and register.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

August peer writing groups
Join your peers in the Graduate Life Centre to work on your academic writing.
In-person | Tuesdays 2 – 4 pm and/or Thursdays 3 – 5 pm Register