{"id":5821,"date":"2019-11-04T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=5821"},"modified":"2019-11-04T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:55:08","slug":"gps-update-leveraging-your-strengths-to-strategize-for-success-designing-to-succeed-in-graduate-school-and-beyond-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-5821","title":{"rendered":"GPS Update: Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success + Designing to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond  + more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Registration opens at 9 AM for:<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success | <\/strong>Nov 14 | (includes a free code to complete your online Strengths Assessment) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/17816-leveraging-your-strengths-strategize-success\">In- Person: 10 am \u2013 12 pm<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/17817-leveraging-your-strengths-strategize-success-webinar\">Webinar: 1 \u2013 2:30 pm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Designing to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond<\/strong> | Nov 21 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/17818-designing-succeed-graduate-school-beyond\">In- Person: 9:30 am \u2013 12 pm<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/17819-designing-success-graduate-school-beyond-webinar\">Webinar: 1:30 \u2013 3 pm <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>There are still seats remaining in this week\u2019s:<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation<\/strong> | Nov 6 | 1 \u2013 4 pm | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/17546-assertiveness-speaking-yourself-difficult-conversation\">Register here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Statistics II: Statistical Considerations when Planning your Research Project<\/strong> (via WEBINAR) | Nov 7 | 10 am \u2013 12 pm | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/17877-statistics-ii-statistical-considerations-when-planning-your-research-project\">Register here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Managing Difficult Conversations<\/strong> | Nov 13 | 9 am \u2013 4:30 pm |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/18022-managing-difficult-conversations\">Register here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for these, and other, opportunities:\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Academic Support and Success<\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/6825\">Getting Started with NVivo (Part 1 &#8211; PC or MAC)<\/a> (via Webinar) | Nov 12 | 10 am \u2013 12 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/6783\">Introduction to SPSS for Statistical Analysis<\/a> | Nov 13 | 10 am \u2013 12 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/6452\">Introduction to R<\/a> | Nov 13 | 2 \u2013 4 pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Health and Wellness<\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/6938\">Unwind- Wellness Event <\/a>| Nov 7<sup>th<\/sup> | 10 am \u2013 5 pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Writing and Communication <\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/6698\">Literature Reviews: Writing Workshop<\/a> | Nov 15 | 10 am \u2013 12 pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Career Exploration<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Employers on Campus: Nov 13: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/6920\">Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) South East Asia Ltd.<\/a> (12:30 \u2013 2pm)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/6921\">My Career Story: Getting A Tech Job Without A Tech Degree<\/a> | Nov 14 | 6 \u2013 7:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/6928\">Industry Nights: Spotlight on Cannabis<\/a> | Nov 18 | 6 \u2013 8 pm<u> \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/6909\">Career Professionalism (Mitacs Training)<\/a> | Nov 27 | 9 am \u2013 5 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/6936\">Building Successful Mentorship Relationships in Rehabilitation Sciences<\/a> &#8211; \u00a0Panel Discussion (VGH area) \u00a0| Nov 12 | 4 \u2013 6 pm<\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>Community and Network Building<\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/6929\">Present a Poster at the Annual Life Sciences Research Night<\/a> \u00a0(Nov 22) | Apply now<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/6934\">The World\u2019s Challenge Challenge<\/a> on Feb 6 (compete on a global challenge and present a plan to solve it) | Apply by Dec 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know if you have questions.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<br \/>\nJacqui.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacqui\u00a0Brinkman<\/strong>, <strong>MSc<br \/>\n<\/strong>Director, Graduate Student Professional Development<br \/>\nOffice of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies<br \/>\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musqueam.bc.ca\/\">Musqueum Traditional Territory<\/a><br \/>\n170 \u2013 6371 Crescent Road\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z2 Canada<br \/>\nPhone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca\">jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@ubcgradschool\">@ubcgradschool<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/\">https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration opens at 9 AM for: Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success | Nov 14 | (includes a free code to complete your online Strengths Assessment) In- Person: 10 am \u2013 12 pm | Webinar: 1 \u2013 2:30 pm Designing to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond | Nov 21 | In- Person: 9:30&hellip;<\/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-5821","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\/5821","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=5821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5822,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5821\/revisions\/5822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}