Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students
Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students
Meet the people that make UBC a top-40 research university and explore how you can get involved.
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Job Search Strategies – Access the Hidden Job Market
Job Search Strategies – Access the Hidden Job Market
Learn the best ways to go about looking for work both online and in-person, and learn different strategies to access the hidden job market.
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Introduction to podcasting
Introduction to podcasting
Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production, including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. This workshop will also cover the basics of Audacity, a free sound-editing software. Audacity can be used for many digital […]
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Employer On-Campus Info Session: Cascadia Partners
Employer On-Campus Info Session: Cascadia Partners
Date: March 28th Time: 5pm-6:30pm Room: Sauder Henry Angus (ANGU) - 350 Come meet members of the Cascadia consulting team and the Managing Partner for a fun, casual, and informative info session. Learn more about working as a consultant after you graduate and about some of the open job opportunities with Cascadia. *Capacity is limited […]
7 events,
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UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety Program Community Building Event
UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety Program Community Building Event
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, in-person, at the First Nations Longhouse Link to event: https://ubc2324.med.ubc.ca/event/ubc-23-24-students-facilitators-community-building-event/ The UBC 23 24 team is excited to invite the entire UBC 23 24 community to sit with us, share some food and get to know each other! This includes all UBC Health Professional students and leadership […]
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Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
The research article is the most privileged form of publication in which academics present their intellectual contributions. As such, research article conclusions offer writers several final opportunities to engage with readers in this high-stakes writing situation. With conclusions in mind, the facilitator explores some of the organizational patterns of research articles written in English, while […]
Literature reviews: Searching and keeping track
Literature reviews: Searching and keeping track
New to literature reviews? Looking to brush up your skills? This is the workshop for you! We will cover the purposes of literature reviews; the different types of reviews; finding the right databases; developing effective search strategies; locating scholarly articles, theses/dissertations, books, and more; and resources to help you keep track of your research. There […]
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Financial Fundamentals for International Students
Financial Fundamentals for International Students
Looking to budget your money as an international student? Thinking about working to help fund your tuition, living costs, and social life? Hear from advisors from the Centre for Student Involvement & Careers, International Student Advising, and Enrolment Service Advisors at this webinar. We will cover: - What you need to know about working in […]
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Loops and conditional statements in R
Loops and conditional statements in R
This workshop will focus on tools (mostly in base R) to perform customized operations in R including looping, nested looping, and conditional statements. This workshop is intended to expand the capabilities of R users with moderate experience of the language/software. The workshop is one hour, followed by an optional 30 minute practice period to reinforce […]
Free
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Interview Preparation – Learn and Practice Effective Strategies to be Interview Ready
Interview Preparation – Learn and Practice Effective Strategies to be Interview Ready
Want some tried and tested tips for getting interview-ready? Come to this session to learn and practice flexible and effective strategies to maximize your interview preparation.
Introduction to the Unix Shell
Introduction to the Unix Shell
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 […]
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Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Irene Navarro, Career Educator, will be offering virtual drop-in advising for international undergraduate students from 1–3 PM Thursdays. International undergraduate students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless demand is low, in […]
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Alumni Office Hours: Adjacent Possibilities and Following your Gut into Building a Successful Career with Hatim Hanafi – Product Strategy & Analytics @ Microsoft
Alumni Office Hours: Adjacent Possibilities and Following your Gut into Building a Successful Career with Hatim Hanafi – Product Strategy & Analytics @ Microsoft
The UBC Career Centre is excited to bring you a virtual mentorship and networking opportunity to connect with UBC alumni, Hatim Hanafi. This event is open to all students and alumni. Please prepare one question for Hatim's Office Hour and email it to: amir.hariri@ubc.ca. You will also be given an opportunity to ask your questions during […]
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IOF Seminar: Student Presentations!
IOF Seminar: Student Presentations!
Presenters: Yulia Egorova (PhD, EOAS) Global diversity and biomass of mesoeplagic mesozooplankton Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov Anna Schuhbauer (PDF, Fisheries Economics Research Unit) Global economic impact of scuba dive tourism Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila Ema Fatima (PhD, OCF) Bottom-trawl fishery is a flourishing industry in India: Who are trawling, who finances these operations and is it economically […]
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Financial Fundamentals for Domestic Students
Financial Fundamentals for Domestic Students
Looking to budget your money as a domestic student? Thinking about working to help fund your tuition, living costs, and social life? Hear from advisors from the Centre for Student Involvement & Careers and Enrolment Service Advisors at this webinar. We will cover: - Learning more about career resources available to you - How to […]
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Panel & Networking Event
Panel & Networking Event
Celebrate InternationalWomensDay with us! Join our panel and networking event aimed at empowering female students. Let's break barriers About this event 2 hours Mobile eTicket International Women's Day went by, but the spirit still remains. We are excited to invite you to a panel and networking event designed to empower students specifically female students! Join […]
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Pacific Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Pacific Conference on Artificial Intelligence
The Pacific Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PCA) will be taking place on Sunday, April 2nd of this year at the AMS Nest Great Hall. An unprecedented opportunity bringing together data analytics and business innovation, join us for a variety of engaging activities, including panel discussions, technical & professional development workshops, networking sessions, and keynote addresses […]
Free
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Designing Your Life & Career
Designing Your Life & Career
Each day is an opportunity to think like a designer - to be curious, try things out, collaborate with others, reflect, and be mindful when making choices. In this workshop, we challenge you to think about the multiple possible futures you can design for your life and career.
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Diving Deeper with Esri StoryMaps (Virtual Workshop)
Diving Deeper with Esri StoryMaps (Virtual Workshop)
Esri StoryMaps are a map-based presentation tool from the GIS software distributor Esri. Anyone with an ArcGIS Online account can create a StoryMap, and they are a good way to tell a story with maps, pictures, videos, and text. They can be used in place of PowerPoint, especially for those who would like to incorporate […]
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Objectivity and Evaluation in STEM Writing
Objectivity and Evaluation in STEM Writing
In STEM writing, researchers and their audiences value objectivity. However, in academic writing, objectivity is not the same as neutrality. For example, STEM writers must evaluate the existing literature, methods, and findings of others as accurate/inaccurate; positive/negative; strong/weak; and so on. This workshop looks at how STEM writers evaluate others while preserving a stance of […]
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Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Carli Fink, the Arts Career Strategist, will be offering drop-in advising for undergraduate Arts students from 1–3 PM Wednesdays during Term 1. Undergraduate Arts students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless […]
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Exploring tensions and opportunities of community-university engagement work within colonial systems
Exploring tensions and opportunities of community-university engagement work within colonial systems
Event Description This event is an opportunity to engage in meaningful self-reflection and discuss the colonial systems at play within our community engagement work. Our objectives are to foster increased awareness, build interconnectedness between units, and ultimately drive meaningful change. By the end of the event, we hope that you will feel more connected to […]
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Resume & Cover Letter – Learn to Effectively Tailor Your Job Application
Resume & Cover Letter – Learn to Effectively Tailor Your Job Application
Get your resume ready and learn to effectively tailor your application to a particular job posting that highlights your achievements. If possible, bring a draft of your resume and/or cover letter.
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Data Bites – Best Practices for Creating a README file
Data Bites – Best Practices for Creating a README file
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for creating a README file. A README is a guide to your data and assists other researchers to understand your dataset, its contents, provenance, licensing and how to interact with it.
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Employer Virtual Info Session: Cargojet Airways Ltd.
Employer Virtual Info Session: Cargojet Airways Ltd.
Event Overview Come and Join the Cargojet Information Session! As an Employer who will be hiring job opportunities in the future, this is part of our first steps to build awareness about our organization in the community and drive engagement to inspire young minds with your job seeker students as audience. Ground Handler Operator Operations […]
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Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Irene Navarro, Career Educator, will be offering virtual drop-in advising for international undergraduate students from 1–3 PM Thursdays. International undergraduate students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless demand is low, in […]
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Employer Virtual Info Session: The Brattle Group
Employer Virtual Info Session: The Brattle Group
Event Overview Brattle will be hosting a virtual information session for those interested in a Research Analyst career or internship. The information session will enable participants to learn more about economic consulting, the work we do at Brattle, and our full-time Research Analyst and internship opportunities, which will open in the fall. Attendees will have […]
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Design and Innovation Day 2023
Design and Innovation Day 2023
Connect with senior UBC Engineering students on Tuesday, April 11! The Faculty of Applied Science invite UBC students, faculty and staff to join them on April 11 for the annual Design and Innovation Day event. The event is an opportunity to experience world-class design and research projects by senior UBC Engineering students through interactive exhibits […]
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Job Search Strategies – Access the Hidden Job Market
Job Search Strategies – Access the Hidden Job Market
Learn the best ways to go about looking for work both online and in-person, and learn different strategies to access the hidden job market.
4 events,
UBC 23 24 First Contact Screening Event
Join us for an exciting and eye-opening screening of the first season of First Contact, a thought-provoking television series exploring the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians on April 12th from 5:00 – 6:30pm. Food and snacks will be provided. We’re also hosting a follow-up discussion session for those who can’t make it to the screening […]
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Data organization in spreadsheets for the Health Sciences
Data organization in spreadsheets for the Health Sciences
Are you a health sciences researcher who is kept up at night by data cleaning and formatting? Have you ever wondered about the basic principles of good data organization for spreadsheets? Does health data privacy and security confuse you, especially as it relates to good data management practices? Set yourself up for success by attending this workshop. […]
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Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
The research article is the most privileged form of publication in which academics present their intellectual contributions. As such, research article conclusions offer writers several final opportunities to engage with readers in this high-stakes writing situation. With conclusions in mind, the facilitator explores some of the organizational patterns of research articles written in English, while […]
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Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Carli Fink, the Arts Career Strategist, will be offering drop-in advising for undergraduate Arts students from 1–3 PM Wednesdays during Term 1. Undergraduate Arts students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless […]
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Graduate Teaching Practicum: January-April 2023
Graduate Teaching Practicum: January-April 2023
Click “Register Now” to apply for the Teaching Practicum. Your application will be reviewed and if you are selected as a participant you will be contacted by email after application closes. Application closes on December 19. This event will be held online on Zoom. What is the Graduate Teaching Practicum? The next Graduate Teaching Practicum […]
Postdoc Teaching Practicum: January–April 2023
Postdoc Teaching Practicum: January–April 2023
Click “Register Now” to apply for the Teaching Practicum. Your application will be reviewed and if you are selected as a participant you will be contacted by email after application closes. Application closes on December 19. This event will be held online on Zoom. What is the Postdoc Teaching Practicum? The next Postdoc Teaching Practicum […]
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Using RMarkdown
Using RMarkdown
R Markdown turns your analyses into high-quality, elegantly formatted, and fully reproducible output by putting together narrative text, code and plots. This workshop will walk you through the creation and usage of R Markdown. Participants are expected to already be familiar with R and the RStudio environment. The workshop is one hour, followed by an […]
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Data Bites – Best Practices for File Formatting
Data Bites – Best Practices for File Formatting
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for file formatting. Join us to learn more about data formats, data access, and preservation.
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Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Irene Navarro, Career Educator, will be offering virtual drop-in advising for international undergraduate students from 1–3 PM Thursdays. International undergraduate students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless demand is low, in […]
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Understanding the Labour Market
Understanding the Labour Market
Learn where to access labour market information to know what industries are growing, what skills are in demand, and to learn about different roles that leverage the knowledge and skills you’ve developed throughout your degree
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Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Carli Fink, the Arts Career Strategist, will be offering drop-in advising for undergraduate Arts students from 1–3 PM Wednesdays during Term 1. Undergraduate Arts students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless […]
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Data Bites – Best Practices for File Naming
Data Bites – Best Practices for File Naming
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30 mins workshop highlights practical techniques for file naming. Join us to develop a naming convention based on elements that are important to your work.
Free
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Data organization in spreadsheets for the Social Sciences
Data organization in spreadsheets for the Social Sciences
Does data cleaning and formatting keep you up at night? Have you ever wondered about the basic principles of good data organization for spreadsheets? Set yourself up for success by attending this workshop. Good data organization is the foundation of any research project. Most researchers have data in spreadsheets. So, it’s the place that many […]
Free
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Employer Info Session: Tesla Motors
Employer Info Session: Tesla Motors
Tesla Advisor Hiring The event will take place on Saturday April 22nd from 4:00pm - 5:30pm PST. limited seating available Location: TESLA Great Northern Way - 901 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC V5T 1E1 Come and join us on Saturday, April 22nd for our Tesla Advisor Hiring Event. During this time, you will have an opportunity to […]
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Vancouver Coastal Health: Health Care Career Open House
Vancouver Coastal Health: Health Care Career Open House
Are you driven by a desire to help? Get a career in health care! Vancouver Coastal Health in partnership with local post-secondary schools presents an Open House for you to learn more! The event will run from 13:30 to 17:30, where participants will be able to approach and interact with health care professionals and post-secondary […]
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Resume & Cover Letter – Learn to Effectively Tailor Your Job Application
Resume & Cover Letter – Learn to Effectively Tailor Your Job Application
Get your resume ready and learn to effectively tailor your application to a particular job posting that highlights your achievements. If possible, bring a draft of your resume and/or cover letter.
0 events,
1 event,
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Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Drop-In Career Advising for Undergraduate Arts Students
Carli Fink, the Arts Career Strategist, will be offering drop-in advising for undergraduate Arts students from 1–3 PM Wednesdays during Term 1. Undergraduate Arts students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless […]
3 events,
Introduction to Docker
Introduction to Docker
This workshop is meant to introduce you to the set of virtualization tools referred to as Docker, which allow you to use, create, and share container images. Containers create small reproducible computing workspaces on your computer. We'll cover the basics of Docker containerization and the platform of tools surrounding it. We'll also cover Docker's relevance to both general […]
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Tech for Good: How ESG Principles Can Drive Innovation
Tech for Good: How ESG Principles Can Drive Innovation
About this Event Co-Hosted by Toast and UBC, and moderated by UBC Alumni and Toast community manager Christine Somerville, MBA, we are hosting a panel discussion to explore the intersection of ESG and technology, and how these two areas can work together to create a more sustainable and equitable future. Our all star panelists are Hilary Kilgour, Chantelle Carden, Ka-Hay Law, and Justin Bull. […]
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Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Drop-In Career Advising for International Undergraduate Students
Irene Navarro, Career Educator, will be offering virtual drop-in advising for international undergraduate students from 1–3 PM Thursdays. International undergraduate students are encouraged to drop in – no appointment needed! – and ask any career questions they may have. Students will be seen individually for up to 10 minutes each (unless demand is low, in […]
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Managing large hierarchical datasets with PyTables
Managing large hierarchical datasets with PyTables
Abstract: PyTables is a free and open-source Python library for managing large hierarchical datasets. It is built on top of numpy and the HDF5 scientific dataset library, and it focuses both on performance and interactive analysis of very large datasets. For large data streams (think multi-dimensional arrays or billions of records) it outperforms databases in […]
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