{"id":3082,"date":"2017-01-20T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:34:00","slug":"gss-news-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3082","title":{"rendered":"GSS NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #114884; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 21pt;\">Where do you see your GSS in the next five years?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\">You can reshape your graduate student society. Let your voice be heard<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Your GSS is developing a strategic plan that establishes the priorities and direction of the Society for 2017-2021. You are invited to attend an information and consultation session<strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">On-Campus<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Tue. Jan. 24, 5-6pm, Rm. 1510 \u2013 Life Sciences Centre<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Thu. Jan. 26, 5-6pm, GSS Loft in the AMS Nest, 4th Floor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Off-Campus<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Wed. Jan. 25, 5:30-6:30pm, BC Cancer Research Centre (BCCRC), Dorothy Lam Boardroom (1st floor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Come and learn more on the GSS Strategic Plan, have your questions answered, and give us your feedback. All comments and questions are welcome.<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <em><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Light refreshments will be provided.<\/span><\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;\">GSS Strategic Plan<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> The proposed <a id=\"auto_assign_link_num_17\" name=\"gss_ubc_ca_main_wp_content_uploads_Draft\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/trk.cp20.com\/click\/edk1i-7sfp7p-5ksa1348\/\" target=\"_blank\">GSS Strategic Plan<\/a> encompasses three themes to support the success and well-being of UBC graduate students:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Graduate Student Academics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Graduate Student Community<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Our Graduate Student Society<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Within each theme are goals that your\u00a0GSS will work towards, including steps to achieve each goal and specific actions for each step. Many of these actions are already underway at the GSS; they have been included because they constitute essential steps in the five-year vision of the GSS.<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Please read the <strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><a id=\"auto_assign_link_num_18\" href=\"http:\/\/trk.cp20.com\/click\/edk1i-7sfp7q-5ksa1349\/\" target=\"_blank\">GSS Strategic Plan \u2013 Draft<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and let us know your thoughts!<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #114884; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 21pt;\">GSS Catch Up<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\">Multimedia Communications Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Got the knack for digital multimedia design?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Gain essential work experience with your GSS in the creation and management of our\u00a0visual content across a broad range of media. This is a paid, work-learn position. Apply by Jan. 22<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> Count on Our Vote Campaign Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Volunteer and connect with other UBC graduate students<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">We&#8217;re looking for an enthusiastic UBC graduate student to help engage fellow graduate students in the upcoming BC Elections, encourage them to register to vote, and collect pledges to vote. <strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Apply by: January 31, 2017, 5pm<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\">Knowledge Mobilization Commissioner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Volunteer Leadership Opportunity<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Your GSS is looking for a UBC graduate student to volunteer as our Knowledge Mobilization Commissioner who:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Advises the GSS Executive on how the Society can promote knowledge mobilization and community engagement within UBC\u2019s graduate student community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Works in concert with the Executive on various initiatives that support knowledge mobilization and community engagement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #114884; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 21pt;\">GSS Programming<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\">To the Ends of the Earth<\/span><\/em><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\"> &#8211; Film Screening<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">WE&#8217;RE ALL GOING TO DIE&#8230;? SUSTAINABILITY DOCUMENTARY SERIES<\/span><\/strong><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Wed., Feb. 8, 2017, 6:30-8:30pm, GSS Penthouse<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Every two weeks through the spring semester, a new documentary film will be shown on a different topic surrounding sustainability, followed by an interactive discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><em><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">To the Ends of the Earth<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><br \/>\nDirected by award winning David Lavellee<\/p>\n<p>Our first film<em><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> To the Ends of the Earth<\/span><\/em> follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction, bearing witness to a global crossroads. They call for human ingenuity to rebuild society at the end of the fossil fuel era.<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\">Zumba Class<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Mondays, Jan. 16 &#8211; Apr. 10, 2017, 5:30-6:30pm, GSS Ballroom<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">You can still sign up and join the class. <em><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Registration open until Jan. 23<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cbb677; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\">Yoga Class<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Tuesdays, Jan. 17 &#8211; Apr. 4, 2017, 5:45-6:45pm, GSS Ballroom<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Missed our first class? No fret! You can still join. <em><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Registration open until Jan. 24.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do you see your GSS in the next five years? You can reshape your graduate student society. Let your voice be heard\u00a0 Your GSS is developing a strategic plan that establishes the priorities and direction of the Society for 2017-2021. You are invited to attend an information and consultation session:\u00a0 On-Campus Tue. 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