The Centre for Student Involvement and Careers is excited to bring you a virtual mentorship and networking opportunity to connect with UBC Alumna, Patricia Poon. This event is open to all students and alumni. Please prepare one question for Patricia's Office Hour and email it to: amir.hariri@ubc.ca. You will also be given an opportunity to […]
December 6, 1989 marks the day an armed man walked into an engineering class at I'école Polytechnique de Montréal and killed 14 women and injured ten more. As the month of December comes closer, we turn our minds to the memory of the 14 women engineering students who lost their lives on a terrible day […]
📢 Attn Students: Government of Canada Info Session 📢 When: Wednesday, November 30 Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm PT Where: Virtual - Zoom Registration link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_esr8hV7rYlMW3NY You can connect with recruiters from the Government of Canada to learn about opportunities for employment for students and recent graduates. This session will cover employment opportunities and give UBC students tips on applying, […]
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 […]
Evonik’s Careers in Science – Part 2 - Career Pathways Dear UBC Science Students, Are you looking for directions in your career in science or for guidance on how to land your first full-time job? Join us during Evonik’s two-day Careers in Science event on November 25th and December 2nd, 2022 from 12:00pm […]
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, […]
This free, virtual event on December 6 will focus on the translation of relevant neuropsychiatry research to novel solutions to address the ongoing overdose crisis, various mental health challenges, and pain. Topics like progress in psychedelic research, success stories in translational research and novel treatments for substance use disorders will be discussed during this full-day […]
Do you want to learn about R, but don't know where to start? This workshop is for you! R is a popular, free software program, with many applications in both the humanities and sciences. RStudio is a set of integrated tools designed to help you be more productive with R. This introductory-level workshop introduces participants […]
UBC’s Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the First Nations House of Learning, and AISA will be hosting a drop-in information session on Indigenous Pathways to Graduate School for all prospective Indigenous students. Thursday, December 8 from 10 am to 12 pm Where: Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, FNHL There will be support writing grad applications and light refreshments, […]
A moderated panel discussion along with a pre-recorded session with key guest speakers who are unable to make it to the live event but who bring an interesting lens to the bigger discussion.
To imagine and reimagine a more just global health, Dr. Amaya Perez-Brumer asks you to join her in sitting with the discomfort of the following question, “Does global health make data or does global health make health?” To begin to think through this question, she will discuss three ongoing paradoxes rooted in the extractive logics at the […]
An end-of-year townhall for Africans in the diaspora to come together to network, connect, and discuss how to give back to the development of the continent.
