{"id":4884,"date":"2018-10-15T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2018-10-15T10:45:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T17:45:44","slug":"gps-updates-assertiveness-build-your-scientific-and-technical-writing-skills-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-4884","title":{"rendered":"GPS Updates: Assertiveness + Build your Scientific and Technical Writing Skills + More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

U21 3MT competition : <\/b>If you haven\u2019t voted yet, this is the last week to vote for the Universitas 21 Three Minute Thesis 2018 Competition! For more details and to view this year\u2019s submissions, including UBC\u2019s very own <\/span>Andrew Robertson<\/a><\/b>,<\/b> please visit: <\/span>ow.ly\/Aj6930ma72w<\/a><\/span> .<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Registration is now open for:<\/span><\/p>\n

Assertiveness \u2013 Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Wed, Oct 24 | 3 \u2013 6 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Event and registration details: <\/span>www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/16953-assertiveness-speaking-yourself-difficult-conversation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Build your Scientific and Technical Writing Skills (2-Days)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Thu & Fri, Oct 25 | 9 AM \u2013 4:30 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Event and registration details: <\/span>grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/16950-build-your-scientific-technical-writing-skills-2-days<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for other opportunities including: <\/span><\/p>\n

NCFDD Webinar: Writing for Broad Audience<\/b>, Oct 24 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5369<\/a> <\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Employers on Campus <\/b>\u00a0(Oct 15-19) \u2013 Amazon, CGG, Coeur Mining, Facebook, Associated Engineering, Yelp, Shopify | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/calendar<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Career Days 2018<\/b>, Oct 17, 18 |<\/span> <\/u>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5367<\/a> <\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

NVivo<\/span><\/span><\/b> for PC, Oct 16 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/5303<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Post-Graduation Work Permits<\/b>. Oct 17 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/5339<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Innovation OnBoard<\/span><\/span><\/b> Mixer, Oct 19 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5377<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lived Experiences from Refugees in Metro Vancouver (Public Forum), Oct 27 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5372<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you,<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacqui.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacqui\u00a0Brinkman, <\/span><\/b>MSc<\/span>
\nDirector of Graduate Student Professional Development
\nOffice of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus |\u00a0 <\/span>Musqueam Traditional Territory<\/a><\/span>
\n170 \u2013 6371 Crescent Road\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z2 Canada
\nPhone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
\njacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0@ubcgradschool<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U21 3MT competition : If you haven\u2019t voted yet, this is the last week to vote for the Universitas 21 Three Minute Thesis 2018 Competition! For more details and to view this year\u2019s submissions, including UBC\u2019s very own Andrew Robertson, please visit: ow.ly\/Aj6930ma72w .   Registration is now open for: Assertiveness \u2013 Speaking Up for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4885,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions\/4885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}