Former Fulbright Scholar, Jill Woelfer, was featured in The Daily of the University of Washington, an article titled “The Sound of Self-Expression”, a UW Daily story about the Music of My Life art show. Jill acts as project lead within Friends of Homeless Young People, the organization overseeing the project. On May 30, 2013, some of the drawings will go on display at Molly’s Cafe in the UW’s Henry Art Gallery. The exhibit at Molly’s will consist of 15 to 20 drawings primarily addressing homelessness as a topic to be exhibited.To see story, go to http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/01/30/news/sound-self-expression.
Resume Clinic, Networking + Writing for the Public (All Students)
Three Minute Thesis Competition. To register to present or become an event volunteer, contact your heat organizer or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. For complete event info, please visit http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/. If programs or departments would like to know more about 3MT I am happy to come and meet with you to discuss the program. If you are student whose program or department is not currently organizing a heat, please e-mail us and we can register you in one of the other heats!
Semi-finals will be Tuesday, March 12th, 1:00 – 2:30 PM and 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Final will be Thursday, March 14th, 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Both event will be held in the Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road.
PRIZES:
Each semi-final: 1st place ($250), 2nd Place ($125), Honorable Mention($50) + People’s Choice ($25 gift card).
Final: 1st place ($1000), 2nd place ($500), People’s Choice ($25 gift card).
Registration is now open for the following GPS workshops:
Resume Clinic @ Vancouver General Hospital
Tuesday, Feb 12th, 3:30 to 5:00 PM
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g228f
Networking (in collaboration with Mitacs Step)
Wednesday, Feb 13th, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g22bc
Getting the word out: writing for the public sphere (This will help you move from academic researcher to commercial writer)
Thursday, Feb 14th, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g22bd
For complete session descriptions or to view other upcoming workshops, pleases visit: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events .
Announcing 2012 UBC SLAIS Co-op Students of the Year (All Students)
Arts Coop is pleased to share the winners of this year’s SLAIS Co-op student of the year awards.
MAS Co-op Student of the Year: Helen Brown for her S2012 work term at Playwrights Theatre Centre.
MLIS Co-op Student of the Year: Danielle Watters Westbrook for her F2011/W2012 work term with the Collections Management & Planning Unit of Technical Services at UBC Library.
MLIS Honourable Mention: Mayu Ishida for her F2011 and W2012 work terms at the University of Alberta Libraries.
Each year,Arts Coop awards two prizes of $1000, one to a MAS student and one to a MLIS student who excelled in their co-op work term(s) in the preceding year. A sub-committee of the Arts Co-op Advisory Committee—composed of SLAIS employer representatives, SLAIS Co-op alumni, and co-op staff—adjudicated the awards. The awards were made possible with funding donated by the Members of the former Central Vancouver Librarians’ Group (CVLG). Congratulations to Helen Brown, Danielle Watters Westbrook and honourable mention for Mayu Ishida.
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Arts-Based Competition On Water (All Students)
The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies is running a student competition for arts-based presentations of still images/works or performance/video pieces of 4 to 10 minutes on the topic of water (“the piece”).
In September 2013, the Peter Wall Institute will host a public panel discussion on the need for cross-disciplinary strategies to deal with the global, financial, ecological and societal issues relating to water. The panel will take place at UBC during a conference of University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study, bringing together more than 90 international scholars from around the world. To help showcase these issues, the Institute is awarding up to four student prizes for an arts-based piece on some aspect of water. Full information can be found in the application form, see PDF and Word document format.
CSIS Employment Info Session at SLAIS (All Students)
Two representatives from CSIS will be on campus, specifically to meet with SLAIS students to share information about co-op opportunities in information management at CSIS. SLAIS students interested in future positions with CSIS after graduation are (more…)
SLAIS Alumna Pam Fairfield Celebration Of Life (All Students)
SLAIS alumna Pam Fairfield, co-editor of YAACING, children’s librarian, and friend to many alumni, died on Saturday, January 26, 2013 after a long bout with cancer. There will be a service and celebration of life at Van Dusen Botanical Gardens, in the Great Hall, 5251 Oak Street, this Wednesday, January 30th – A gathering of friends is at 2:30 and the service begins at 3:00 pm.
Librareo – Free Resources For Library Students (MLIS, Dual)
Gale Cengage Learning joins forces with Library Journal to help students power up their college career with the Librareo program. Librareo is a wonderful way for students to explore and/or stay up on their research skills, along with networking with other library students. It’s free and only takes a minute to sign up. Students get to complete access to explore free resources, participate in blogs, and visit the forum. It’s all designed to enhance your studies and help you develop into the superhero that any library would want. Check it out at http://blog.gale.com/librareo/
Expanding the Security Landscape: From New Threats to Novel Issues (All Students)
Centre for International Peace and Security Studies Present the 11th Annual Graduate Student Conference,
May 6th 2013, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Expanding the Security Landscape: From New Threats to Novel Issues
CALL FOR PAPERS
CIPSS is organizing its 11th Annual Graduate Student Conference entitled, Expanding the Security Landscape: From New Threats to Novel Issues. This one-day event will entail four separate panel presentations and discussions organized around theoretical and practical sub-themes with an overarching goal of fostering interdisciplinary and inter-issue area discussion around the expanding Security Studies sub-field.
We are looking for theoretically and practically oriented contributions from various academic disciplines on the following topics:
~ Cyber Warfare
~ Emerging Technologies of Security (Drones and Social Media)
~ WMD Proliferation and Strategic Stability
~ Institutional Roles of IGOs, NGOs, and Regional Organizations (UN, NATO, ASEAN, EU, etc.)
~ Insurgency/Counter-Insurgency and Terrorism
~ Environmental Security and Resource Scarcity (Arctic, Water, Oil, etc.)
~ Immigration Policy
~ Human and Food Security
~ Societal and Identity Security
~ Gender Issues and Security
Papers can be presented either in English or in French.
Please send a 300-word abstract to: cipss.graduate.conference@gmail.com.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15th 2013
Pending the availability of funds, limited travel and accommodation subsidies may be provided to presenters outside the immediate Montreal area.
For more information, please email: cipss.graduate.conference@gmail.com
Academic English Support For Graduate Students (All Students)
UBC’s Academic English Support program currently has places open for graduate students. The program offers free, individualized help from English language teaching specialists including a needs analysis, language coaching, classroom and self-access based course and resources.
You may find this UBC Reports article on a recent graduate’s experience of the program helpful.
Project Mgmt II + Manuscript Writing (All Students)
Registration is now open to present in the Three Minute Thesis Competition. For a schedule of 3MT heats, please visit: : http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/schedule/. A list of heat organizers may be found at: http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/contact/ . If a program or department is not hosting a heat but students still wish to participate, please e-mail graduate.pathways@ubc.ca and we will place you in a heat.
Registration is now open for:
GPS Workshop/Mitacs Step: Foundations of Project Management II
Wednesday, February 6 and Thursday, February 7, 2013
Two Days: 9:00am to 5:00pm
To register, please visit https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2289 .
Manuscript Writing Workshop: So, it’s time to publish a paper!
6 Tuesdays (Feb 19, 26; Mar 12, 19, 26 + Apr 09)*, 4:00 – 5:30 PM (Students must commit to attending all 6 sessions).
First deadline (submission of plan for the paper), is February 12th.
For complete session details visit: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/7742-gps-event-so-it-time-publish-paper-6-sessions
For Graduate Students, please register online at https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2283 .
There is still space available in this week’s sessions:
Working toward Wellness: Health and Graduate Student Life Monday, January 28th, 4:30 – 6:30 PM
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g226e
3MT Coaching Session and Webinar (info session on 3MT logistics + tips on giving an effective presentation) Tuesday, January 29th
To register (and receive webinar login access) please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g222a
Time Management (webinar): , Tuesday, January 29th, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
To register (and receive webinar login access) please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g226f
Presentation Skills: (in collaboration with Mitacs Step), Wednesday, January 30th , 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
To register, please visit https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2270
For a complete session descriptions or information on upcoming sessions, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events .
