Welcome to UBC Recreation’s Free Week – a week where you can try out over 80 fitness classes for free. Open to UBC Students, UBC Staff & Faculty, and the public! No experience is required for any of the classes and all abilities are welcome!
New to citation management, don't know where to start, or trying to get familiar with the free tools supported at UBC? This workshop compares the two citation management tools supported at the Research Commons, Zotero and Mendeley, including a discussion of the similarities and unique features of each tool. We will also go over some commonly encountered challenges, […]
To celebrate Asian Heritage Month, join us for a unique cultural experience at Abbotsford’s Gur Sikh Temple, a historic landmark that embodies the rich heritage and traditions of the Sikh community in British Columbia, led by historian and EDI Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra. This tour event invites you to explore the spiritual and architectural marvel that […]
Don’t miss the only multi-vendor farmers’ market in Vancouver located on a working farm! It’s our biggest weekly event on the Farm, bringing in dozens of vendors selling local fruits, vegetables, meats, baked goods, beverages, mushrooms, coffee and food trucks, alcohol, treats, crafts and prepared foods, as well as – of course! – the certified organic, […]
Location: Kelowna Community Theatre & UBC Okanagan This Symposium will bring together British Columbia’s leading wildfire experts and practitioners to highlight the urgent need to develop a transformative vision and implementation strategy for wildfires before it is too late. We will shed light on the profound impacts of wildfires and tremendous costs to the BC […]
Everyone who is using Zotero or thinks they might like to use Zotero is welcome at this workshop. During this session, participants will: Learn the best ways to use Zotero to keep all of your citations in order throughout your research; Gain tips and tricks to get the most out of Zotero and your citation management tracking […]
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. Launching in Summer 2024, Indigenous Learning Pathways (ILP) is a multi-course online training program led by CTLT Indigenous Initiatives and the Orientations & Onboarding program in Central HR, and involving collaboration and support from numerous staff, faculty, and programs across UBC. […]
This workshop will introduce the Unix shell, a powerful way to communicate with your computer more directly through a command line interface. There are many ways to interact with a computer. Most of the time we click on things and select options with a cursor through a graphical user interface (GUI). A command line is […]
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Register today for an online information session about the UBC Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) degree and how it can empower you to move ahead professionally and make a difference in your industry. This online presentation and question-and-answer session is for engineers, architects, planners […]
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. In 2021, UBC Vancouver made a commitment to position students as collaborators in the academic mission of the university through the Students as Partners (SaP) Initiative. The Initiative compensates undergraduate students working with faculty in the redesign and scholarly evaluation of […]
The UBC Faculty of Medicine (FoM) Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) is pleased to invite you to join our 3rd virtual Annual Symposium. The symposium will be held virtually on Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 3:15 PM. During this year's symposium, we will focus on embedding inclusive excellence into […]
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. Building on the foundational insights shared during a past panel discussion, Students as Partners in Course Re-design: Reflections from Student, Faculty, and Staff Partners on Learning through Partnership, this interactive workshop aims to dive deeper into the practical aspects of actively […]
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. In this session, Dr. Shadi Mehrabi and Mirella Livoti from the Centre for Community Engaged Learning will introduce a Faculty Toolkit with a focus on Inclusive CEL Courses for International Students. The toolkit serves as a guide for faculty members to […]
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has developed a tool to assist learning activity designers who seek guidance on ensuring activities are designed with an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) perspective in mind. The initial application was to an asynchronous online module […]
Don’t miss the only multi-vendor farmers’ market in Vancouver located on a working farm! It’s our biggest weekly event on the Farm, bringing in dozens of vendors selling local fruits, vegetables, meats, baked goods, beverages, mushrooms, coffee and food trucks, alcohol, treats, crafts and prepared foods, as well as – of course! – the certified organic, […]
Mendeley is a reference management tool that helps you build libraries of references and then add citations and bibliographies to word-processed documents. This workshop is meant for those using or considering Mendeley as a Citation Management tool. Attendees will learn to add, edit, and organize references; create bibliographies; manage PDF and use the Mendeley Papers […]
The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. These rounds are typically scheduled on the second Wednesday every month during the academic year (September to June), from 7 am to 8 am, and are […]
MOA is reopening! Celebrate the much-anticipated reopening of the Museum on June 13 at 5pm.
There are many cases where it's helpful to combine data from multiple sources or tables. This workshop will introduce how to work with multiple data frames in R. Participants are expected to already be familiar with R and RStudio. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Understand the need to work […]
The Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics is hosting the 2024 Business for Social Good Summit: Balancing Purpose and Profit to advance the cross-sectoral dialogue about how business can be a force for social good—benefitting the planet and the people that live on it. To tackle the pressing question of how businesses can find […]
Don’t miss the only multi-vendor farmers’ market in Vancouver located on a working farm! It’s our biggest weekly event on the Farm, bringing in dozens of vendors selling local fruits, vegetables, meats, baked goods, beverages, mushrooms, coffee and food trucks, alcohol, treats, crafts and prepared foods, as well as – of course! – the certified organic, […]
Shop at the UNA Spring Fair & Craft Market with over 25 local artists! Crafts will include jewelry, stain glass, prints, nails, and more. Local artists include: Bingle’s Craft Jewelry Garogato Art Grace’s Crochet Cloves Indian Summer Designs JJW Aromas Lemonface Studio Sparkforge Workshop Stellar Jewelry Tema Olive Art Treasure Box
About the Talk In this presentation, Dr. Cerdeña will discuss how state failure in Latin America drives migration to the United States, how racist and capitalist policies of immigration enforcement control migrant bodies, and how migrant mothers living in Connecticut demonstrate “imperative resilience”—defined as social and cognitive strategies to resist oppression—to build futures for their […]
The prospect of talking to young people about sex and sexual health can be a difficult one, often made more challenging by a lack of knowledge, personal discomfort, or shame around the topic. The good news is that these conversations don’t need to be feared or avoided. If you are a parent, guardian, or an […]
Don’t miss the only multi-vendor farmers’ market in Vancouver located on a working farm! It’s our biggest weekly event on the Farm, bringing in dozens of vendors selling local fruits, vegetables, meats, baked goods, beverages, mushrooms, coffee and food trucks, alcohol, treats, crafts and prepared foods, as well as – of course! – the certified organic, […]
The Open UBC Working Group, which is composed of faculty, students, and staff, meets regularly to advise, communicate, and partner on open scholarship activities and projects happening at UBC. In addition to serving as a place of community for those interested in various areas of open scholarship, the working group develops projects and events and […]
Learn the basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration. Git is widely used version control software that tracks changes to a group of files, referred to as a repository. GitHub is a popular website for hosting and sharing Git repositories, making it easier to collaborate and share your work. Together, Git and GitHub provide a […]
Pacific Spirit Park is a beautiful well-marked forest located right here beside UBC with 73km worth of walking trails! During this Wellbeing Walk & Roll, the Move U Crew will show you a short walk in the park that can fit into your lunch break.
Don’t miss the only multi-vendor farmers’ market in Vancouver located on a working farm! It’s our biggest weekly event on the Farm, bringing in dozens of vendors selling local fruits, vegetables, meats, baked goods, beverages, mushrooms, coffee and food trucks, alcohol, treats, crafts and prepared foods, as well as – of course! – the certified organic, […]
Vancouver is full of built environments that are the result of urban planning, grassroots community place-making, and sometimes a bit of both. Depending on their histories, consultation processes, and the intention behind the project, these built environments can be spaces of inclusion for some and exclusion for others. Inspired by the Museum of Vancouver’s (MOV) […]