UBCO Diabetes & Obesity Research Day 2024

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Join us in Kelowna on June 12th as we celebrate our 5th annual UBCO Diabetes & Obesity Research Day. This internal academic research day  is focused on all aspects of diabetes & obesity research - […]

Join tables in R

Online/Virtual Event

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 […]

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Writing a Literature Review: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Literature reviews accomplish several purposes for scholars writing up their research study, or research story, in order to summarize the scholarly conversation. In the introduction to a research article, research […]

CGS-D Proposal: Crafting a Compelling Research Story

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This workshop is designed for graduate students applying for the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D) from the national funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. Drawing on evidence-based research about […]

Verbs for Citations: Moving From Paraphrase to Summary

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

“Study A showed that …” “Study B showed that…” Have you ever wondered how verbs like show function in describing and summarizing previous studies when writing your literature review, and what alternative verbs are available for […]

Speaking as a Scholar: Telling Your Research Story

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

How does one give a successful academic talk? “Make eye contact,” “be confident,” “dress professionally”… The advice that we often receive tends to focus on the performance aspect of “presenting”, rather […]

Common Academic Expressions in English: Making Connections

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

One of the major challenges that academic writers encounter is making connections within the text, for example, making comparisons and drawing conclusions. Rather than counting on readers to figure out […]

CGS-D Proposal: Crafting a Compelling Research Story

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This workshop is designed for graduate students applying for the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D) from the national funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. Drawing on evidence-based research about […]

CGS-D Proposal: Crafting a Compelling Research Story

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This in-person workshop is designed for graduate students applying for the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D) from the national funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. Drawing on evidence-based research […]