Peer Exchange: Embedding career & professional development into your grad curriculum

This 90-minute, in-person Peer Exchange session brings together faculty, staff, and graduate advisors to share practical strategies for embedding career and professional development (PD) into graduate curricula.

▼ What you will gain

Through short success-story presentations, small-group discussion, and collective reflection, participants will:

• Identify common challenges related to grad student PD
• Learn examples of successful credit and non-credit PD initiatives across faculties
• Exchange practical strategies to strengthen PD offerings in their grad programs

Lunch will also be provided. 

▼ Speakers

Facilitators

• Jacqui Brinkman, Director, Graduate Student Professional Development, G+PS
• Tony Botelho, Managing Director, UBC Career Centre

Success Story Presenters

1. Richard Price, Director, Graduate Studies & Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts
2. Annie Cierna, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine
3. Amy Angert, Professor, Departments of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science

▼ Speakers

Graduate Advisors (GAs) and faculty seeking practical ideas and peer-informed approaches to embedding career and professional development into graduate programs. Graduate Program Office (GPO) staff and students (e.g., representatives, work-learns, coordinators, etc.) involved in graduate PD activities are also welcome.

Note: students cannot access the Faculty & Staff Intranet (FSI) so please forward them the Qualtrics registration link directly. Please contact Jacqui Brinkman at Jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca for questions.