Free statistical consultations available from graduate students enrolled in our practicum course STAT 551 (Statistical Consulting).
The students still have capacity to take on more clients over the remainder of this academic term. If you might be interested in a consultation, please do see https://www.stat.ubc.ca/SCARL/HowSCARLHelp/Detail/stat551.php for further details.
New students in the MAS and MLIS programs who are considering the First Nations Curriculum Concentration are invited to attend an information session with FNCC Coordinator Dr. Lisa Nathan, as well as students currently in the program. The meeting will be Thursday November 8, 12 noon to 1 p.m. in the Trail Room, off the iSchool Lounge. This is a brown bag event, so feel free to bring your lunches.
1 bedroom in nice 2 Bedroom Kitsilano apartment, rent is $675 each a month, heat and hot water incl. Available Dec 1st.
Any questions/interest contact Rebekah Adams, rebekah.af.adams@gmail.com
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, the iSchool at University of British Columbia, is pleased to present a panel discussion as part of School Library Day in British Columbia.
“Engaging Youth with Indigenous Materials in Libraries and Classrooms” will be held on Wednesday, October 24, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Dodson Room, in the Irving K. Barker Learning Centre at The University of British Columbia.
Assessing and incorporating teaching and learning resources by and about First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples is critical for librarians, educators and parents. Awareness of diverse epistemologies, notions of cultural authenticity and historical accuracy, and the influence of colonialism, are essential when considering books, films and interactive media for library and classroom collections. This panel will address challenges facing Indigenous and non-Indigenous librarians, educators and parents when drawing upon materials representing Indigenous peoples and cultures. They will offer insights about such issues as cultural appropriation, stereotypes, addressing colonialism and what to do with dated resources. This session is ideal for teacher candidates, classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, youth librarians and parents.
Panelists are:
Convenor for the panel is Jo-Anne Naslund, of the UBC Education Library, and moderator is Lisa P. Nathan, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the First Nations Curriculum Concentration, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
This event is free and open to all members of the community. For more information on this presentation and other events in the 2012-13 Colloquium Series, visit http://www.slais.ubc.ca/news/colloquia.htm.
The CMS site that feeds the announcements in the portal to students now has a search box and access to prior months posts.
There is still no “See previous posts” function that we can turn on, but this should solve the problem. When you click on September, it shows you all the posts for the entire month.
If you are interested in presenting at, attending, organizing or participating in the organization of a conference in your area of study or any allied field before April 2013, SLAIS may be able to provide a small amount of financial support. To apply for funding talk to a full-time faculty member whose research and teaching are in your area of interest and ask them to nominate you for the award. When you talk to the faculty member you will need a description of the conference and, if applicable, evidence of your paper or poster proposal submission/acceptance and an estimate of the amount of funding needed.
This money is separate from the conference travel awards on the SLAIS web site.
Information for students in the MACL and MAS/Dual programs will be made in another announcement.
Please, note that:
• support is for one conference per year for a Masters student
• Students should indicate to the faculty member they ask to make a nomination that they have not received other travel money from this special fund for the current academic year
• Support for students *presenting* at or organizing a conference takes precedence over participation in the organization of a conference or attendance; presenting a paper takes precedence over presenting a poster
• After receiving nominations from faculty members to the program chair and relevant faculty members will evaluate the nominations and select those that will be funded and for what amounts
Nominations that have been received by November 1 will be considered at that time. If funds remain after the initial allocation, nominations received at a later date will also be considered. If a student attends a conference prior to November 1st they may still be eligible for funding so long as all the relevant receipts can be submitted.
Registration is now open for:
Foundations of Project Management I: a team-based approach. Offered in partnership with the Mitacs Step program.
Tuesday & Wednesday, October 30th & 31st 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Students must commit to attending both days)For a complete session description, please visit http://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/7668-gpsmitacs-event-foundations-project-management-i-team-based-approach-2-days
You may register at https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g1ed8
This event is part of UBC’s Celebrate Learning week. For more CLW events see http://celebratelearning.ubc.ca/2012-events/
Strengthening the Self. Learn about individual wellness and building resiliency to stress. Offered in partnership with the UBC Life & Career Centre
Thursday, November 1st, 9:30 – 12:30
For a complete session description, please visit http://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/7739-gps-ubc-life-career-centre-event-strengthening-self
You may register at https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g1ed9
This event was organized in anticipation of UBC Thrive week (Nov 5 – 9) http://thrive.ubc.ca/.
Meditation classes: Are you feeling the need to relax? UBC HR and the GSS are offering free, weekly general meditation sessions on Fridays for staff, faculty and graduate students. For details, visit http://www.hr.ubc.ca/health/healthy-ubc-initiatives/activities-on-campus/#meditation
Changing Times: Inspiring Libraries Summit True or False?
– I want to live, work and learn in a community where knowledge is exciting, important and easy to get.
– My library is not an economic, social or creative hub of my community.
– I want my library to be more.
If you answered true to any of these, then the Changing Times: Inspiring Libraries Summit can help place your public, school or post-secondary library at the forefront of a more knowledge-hungry culture and economy.
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!
December 6th & 7th 2012 (Thursday evening and all day Friday) Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver Keynote speakers:
David Lankes, author of Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries for Today’s Complex World and The Atlas of New Librarianship. Hear more from David Lankes on the topic of Libraries and Communities on his Blog<http://quartz.syr.edu/blog/?p=1721>.
Ken Roberts, former CEO of Hamilton Public Library and former president, Canadian Library Association. Given rapid changes in technology, increasing demands on public spaces and a shifting mandate for libraries, Ken outlines his vision of radical change.
Andrew Petter, SFU President and Vice-Chancellor and leader of the Engaged University initiative. As he says, “I’ve always had a belief that societies that are healthy are societies in which the community is really brought into the decision making”.
Join international, provincial and local leaders in library innovation and community engagement, exploring why and how you can make a library more exciting, more relevant and more effective for the people that use it. Session information and registration information to follow soon. Co-hosted by the British Columbia Library Association, the iSchool at UBC, and Libraries & Literacy, BC Ministry of Education.
For more information, please contact Mari Martin, Summit Planning Committee, Libraries and Literacy, BC Ministry of Education: toll-free at
1.800.663.7051 or email at mari.martin@gov.bc.ca<mailto:mari.martin@gov.bc.ca>
Registration for the 2013 January term WISE courses opens **October 29, 2012**. Information on the available courses can be found here:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/wise/12-13-wt2/wise-12-13-wt2.htm
General information on WISE can be found here:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/wise.htm
It is possible additional WISE courses will be added later. Currently five courses are listed that have been approved for qualified SLAIS students.
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A reminder that space in the WISE courses is very limited. Do **NOT** request a space in a course unless you are firmly committed to taking it if you are offered a space. Being given a requested space and then dropping the course near or after the course begins will put you at the bottom of the wait list for future WISE courses.
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Here is what you need to do to put your name on the lists for a January 2013 WISE course:
On or after October 29, send an email to Susie Stephenson [susie.slais@ubc.ca]. In the email give your program and the course or courses in which you would like to request a space. You need to do this sometime before November 12th, but it is better to do it sooner rather than later to help WISE with their workload and in case they decide to start assigning students a bit early].
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SPECIAL NOTE FOR STUDENTS in the Standalone MAS program:
IMPORTANT- If you are in the standalone MAS – before we can send in your request to WISE to take a course you must have first completed the “Application for Credit for External Courses Form”: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/students/RequestExternalCourses.pdf
It must also be signed by Rick Kopak as SLAIS Graduate Advisor before the WISE registration process can take place.
When you send your request to take a class to Susie Stephenson please indicate that the form has already been submitted and approved. If you forget to tell her or you haven’t completed the approval process it will delay the process of trying to secure a seat for you in one of the WISE courses. Given the small number of seats, it will likely keep you from obtaining one of the seats.
As you may know, UBC is embarking on a pilot project to offer three MOOC courses next year (MOOCs are free, “massive, open online courses”). These are taught by UBC professors, but not for credit.
One of them is Introduction to Systematic Program Design, intended for people who aren’t experts in computer science.
Description: This course is about learning to program well: building programs that are elegant, well tested and easy to maintain. The course is intended for students with no programming experience, but many former students who already knew how to program have said it made them better programmers. The course structure allows you to choose a programming language to target.
