GSS Student Satisfaction Survey: We Want to Hear from You

The GSS Student Satisfaction Survey (SSS) is back! Since 2014, your feedback has helped the Graduate Student Society (GSS) advocate for improvements in funding, housing, career preparation, and more.
This 10–15 minute survey is your chance to share your experiences and help shape the future for graduate students at UBC Vancouver. Need a break? You can pause and return to the survey on the same device and browser.
Bonus: Complete the survey for a chance to win bi-weekly prizes starting this month, including up to $100 gift cards and GSS swag.
Thank you for helping us better support you. Your voice matters!

Take the Survey: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EE9TzCJm7I246y

Best regards,

Frances Cong, MBA (She/Her/Hers)

Communications, Marketing and IT Manager

E: communications@gss.ubc.ca

Hello and Happy New Year!

The UBC Sustainability Hub is again offering UBC graduate students the opportunity to work on funded sustainability and climate related internship projects. Projects begin May 1, 2025. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines and all UBC campuses are encouraged to apply.

Information on the available internship projects can be found on the Sustainability Scholars Program web page. Applications close at 11:59 pm Sunday January 26, 2025.

I am also holding information sessions on January 15 and 16. I would greatly appreciate if you would please circulate the details about the program and the information sessions provided below to your grad students. If you have any questions about the program or projects, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your help in notifying your graduate students about these opportunities!

Best,

Karen Taylor

The BC Food Web and BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network (ACARN), administered by the CSFS at UBC Farm, are hosting a three-part virtual series on the art and science of effective communication for agriculture extension.

This event is tailored to graduate students, researchers, agrologists, and consultants. Students get a 50% discount on the registration fee.

Please see info below and graphics attached. Thank you!—

 

Register for BC-ACARN and BC Food Web’s Seeding Success: Enhancing Farmer-Centered Science Communication!

Back for a second year, this training will build your skills in the art and science of effective communication for agriculture extension. The three-part virtual series will offer communications training from industry professionals, researchers, graduate students, agrologists, and consultants. Sessions will cover knowledge translation and transfer (KTT) planning, crafting impactful knowledge products, and levelling up your field days.

Join us for three virtual sessions on Tuesdays, February 4, 11, and 18 at 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST

Learn more and register at: https://www.bcacarn.ca/events/5801-2/

 

Juliana Cao (She, Her, Hers)

Communications & Knowledge Translation Assistant

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4

juliana.cao@ubc.ca | ubcfarm.ubc.ca

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Jan. 13 – Invitation to a Networking Reception with UC Chile

Join a networking reception and meet with colleagues from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile).

Learn about new opportunities to engage with UC Chile’s unique and interdisciplinary network of 8 field stations and research sites, each located in unique and distinct ecosystems and geographies throughout Chile.

Connect with UC Chile representatives:

• Professor Pedro Bouchon, Vice President for Research and Innovation
• María Elena Boisier, Director of Research
• Sergio Guitart, Executive Officer, Field Station Network
• Dr. Alejandro Pérez-Matus, Faculty of Biological Science (Coastal Marine Research Station)

Monday, January 13, 2025

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Venue: Sage

Leon and Thea Koerner University Centre

6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver

RSVP to globalengagement.office@ubc.ca

 

Shannon Wong  (She, Her, Hers)
Communications Specialist
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
H.R. MacMillan, 278 – 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 861 9303
shannon.wong@ubc.ca | @ubcLFS
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/

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

 

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on February 22, March 1 & 8, 2025.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

Click the link to apply for the waitlist for February 22, March 1 & 8, 2025 ISW: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-february-22-march-1-8-2025/

Application opens on January 10 at 9 am and closes on February 19 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

Workshop Eligibility:

Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying.

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

• a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
• a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
• a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
• a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
• a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

• not a graduate student at UBC
• a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
• a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

 

 

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca