Dear Students and Staff,

The Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES) invites you to attend their annual research conference on Thursday, October 9^th, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at the SFU Segal Building. The event will kick off with breakfast and round-table discussions and continue with various activities throughout the day, including an oral presentation as well as a poster session with opportunities for discussion and audience participation throughout. Dr. Brian Hodges, Director of the University of Toronto’s Wilson Centre, will be offering the Gordon Page Invited Lecture, and Dr. Anna Kindler, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Academic and Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia, will conclude the event with the closing plenary talk.

Faculty, staff and students from the School of Nursing are invited to join CHES to share their work and celebrate the accomplishments of the health professions education scholarship network. Click here to visit the event page for event and registration details. Whether you are new to the exciting domain of health professions education or are a seasoned veteran, you are welcome to join the dialogue!

2014 CHES Celebration of Scholarship
SFU Segal Building
500 Granville St
Vancouver, BC V6C 1X6
Thursday, October 9, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (PDT)

As the academic term is coming to an end, we would like to bring you attention to some selected teaching and learning workshops offered at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT). Click on the link below for more information and to register:

Faculty Instructional Skills Workshop (April 9-11; May 7-9; July 16-18; or August 6-8)

If you have any questions regarding our workshops and/or would like to make appointment to chat about your teaching, please do not hesitate to contact one of the educational developers at CTLT, myself included. We love to learn about how you teach in your classes.

With warmest regards,
Judy

Judy C. K. Chan, PhD, Educational Developer
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

Hi folks,

As any people are tied up with BSN admissions interviews of other matters here this week (RSVPs were low, and we have had a few cancelations) we have decided to reschedule tomorrow’s Journal Club. We will now hold it on the 23^rd of April at 12:00 in room T206 (next week, same time, same place).

Apologies for any inconvenience, and hope to see you there. Please RSVP as usual to  Allana Hearn (allana.hearn@alumni.ubc.ca ).

Regards
Bernie