- Events
- Audience – Faculty and Staff – Okanagan
Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund Information & Consultation Sessions
Online/Virtual EventExtended Learning: Professional and Personal Writing – Online Information Session
See DescriptionAuthoring scientific documents with Markdown and Quarto
Walter C. Koerner Library 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver- No events scheduled for December 3, 2022.
- No events scheduled for December 4, 2022.
Week of Events
Mindful Mondays with Aisha
Mindful Mondays with Aisha
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan. Description: Join Aisha Tejani for a 20-minute, virtual mindfulness session every Monday from November 7 to December 19 – you can take part in a single session or multiple sessions! Taking place from 12:15-12:35 p.m. join Aisha and an engaged community to build connections, increase […]
How do I get started? Creating safer learning environments for Indigenous students in STEM at UBC – November 29, 2022
How do I get started? Creating safer learning environments for Indigenous students in STEM at UBC – November 29, 2022
Within this session, we will explore a recently developed resource that responds to commonly asked questions about how STEM faculty can ‘get started’ with “Indigenizing our curriculum’ (UBC ISP Goal #4) and creating safer classroom environments for Indigenous students. As a group, we will learn about the impetus for this student-partnered resource development, hear from […]
Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund Information & Consultation Sessions
Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund Information & Consultation Sessions
Information Sessions The Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (OISI) will discuss information about the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund. This information session will discuss Stream 1: Innovative Projects, Stream 2: Transformative Projects and Stream 3: Student-led Projects. The ISI Fund is open to UBC-Vancouver and UBC-Okanagan faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students. To find out […]
DIY Media Support Drop-In Session
DIY Media Support Drop-In Session
Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions. If you are wondering: Where do I start? What resources are available on […]
Extended Learning: Professional and Personal Writing – Online Information Session
Extended Learning: Professional and Personal Writing – Online Information Session
Everyone has different goals and aspirations when it comes to their writing skills. We’ve put together this information session to help you choose among our 20+ courses so you can achieve your professional or personal goals. In this 60-minute session, get an overview of our professional and personal writing course portfolio, and tips on choosing […]
Substance Use Among International Students from Punjab in BC’s Lower Mainland
Substance Use Among International Students from Punjab in BC’s Lower Mainland
Health After 2020 dialogue sessions are held as part of the Health After 2020 program, which enables researchers to engage in interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations that aim to create change in health and health producing systems. These collaborations respond to the broad effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and further our understanding of the determinants and experience […]
Anti-Racism and Solidarity in University Settings
Anti-Racism and Solidarity in University Settings
This foundational workshop offers participants an overview of key concepts related to race, racism and systems of oppression, and explores anti-racist practices through a lens of solidarity and allyship in university settings. We situate our concepts in current events and we look at how racism shows up at UBC. We will also discuss anti-racist practices […]
WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Drop-In)
WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Drop-In)
The Drop-In Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress and Wiki for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared with a list of questions specific to their sites when attending this session. Specialists at the clinic will assist you in addressing and resolving […]
CTLT Indigenous Initiatives Virtual Coffee Drop-in
CTLT Indigenous Initiatives Virtual Coffee Drop-in
Do you have questions about how to thoughtfully integrate Indigenous content and representation into your course work? Curious about how to offer meaningful land acknowledgements in online meetings or events at UBC? Indigenous Initiatives’ Virtual Coffee Drop-ins are great place to explore these topics, connect with others on the same learning path, or just get […]
OER Fund Online General Information & Consultation Session
OER Fund Online General Information & Consultation Session
The UBC Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund was established to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through the adaption, adoption, development, and integration of OER in UBC credit courses. To support prospective applicants who are seeking OER funding support in 2022, CTLT will hold an online General Information Session on the OER Fund on […]
Advanced skills in R
Advanced skills in R
Advanced skills in R will focus on tools (mostly in base R) for performing complex and/or highly-customized operations in R. The main skills taught in this workshop will include looping, nested looping, conditional statements, and custom functions. This workshop is intended to expand the capabilities of R users with moderate experience of the language/software. To […]
Reflections on the 20th Party Congress and the Future of Chinese Politics
Reflections on the 20th Party Congress and the Future of Chinese Politics
This roundtable will bring together a group of leading China experts to reflect on the recent 20th Party Congress and its implications for the future of Chinese politics. Securing an unprecedented third term, President Xi Jinping has consolidated his grip on power, while signaling a growing emphasis on security, a shift away from market-oriented reforms, […]
UBC CPD: CME on the Run! 2022-2023
UBC CPD: CME on the Run! 2022-2023
Our popular and award-winning series of short and focused sessions, CME on the Run! 2022-2023, will be offered virtually again this year from Sept. 2022 to May 2023. The UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next series of lectures and incredible speakers. Session dates and themes: Sep 16, […]
Authoring scientific documents with Markdown and Quarto
Authoring scientific documents with Markdown and Quarto
This in-person workshop will show you how to easily create beautiful scientific documents (html, pdf, websites, books…)—complete with formatted text, dynamic code, and figures. We will first cover the simple and ubiquitous markdown syntax, then introduce you to Quarto (https://quarto.org/), an open-source tool combining the powers of Jupyter and Pandoc to turn your text and […]