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Foundations of Pedagogy: October-November 2022
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverEvonik’s Careers in Science – Part 2 – Career Pathways
Frank Forward Building 6350 Stores Road, VancouverAuthoring 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
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.
Employer Virtual Info Session: Isaac Operations
Employer Virtual Info Session: Isaac Operations
Event Description Who we are. This is an exciting time to join the Isaac team. We’ve been around for over 15 years and have built a reputation for solving the most challenging front-line operational and financial problems that some of today’s most important industries face. Loving your Monday to Friday is important to us. We’ve been recognized […]
How to Use LinkedIn to Showcase Your Strengths and Explore Career Paths
How to Use LinkedIn to Showcase Your Strengths and Explore Career Paths
Identify key elements to an effective profile and get practice building your profile. We will also talk about how to network and research career ideas using alumni and employer profiles.
Foundations of Pedagogy: October-November 2022
Foundations of Pedagogy: October-November 2022
This course will be held in-person. Click “Register Now” to sign up for the waitlist. Your application will be reviewed and if you are selected as a participant you will be contacted by email after the sign up closes with more details to attend the course. At the end of the one-term course, you will […]
Alumni Office Hours with Patricia Poon: Customer Engineer, Google | From Serving Tables to Google: A 10-Year Career Lookback
Alumni Office Hours with Patricia Poon: Customer Engineer, Google | From Serving Tables to Google: A 10-Year Career Lookback
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 […]
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, 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 accounting for […]
Drop-In Career Advising for All Students (VIRTUAL ONLY)
Drop-In Career Advising for All Students (VIRTUAL ONLY)
Savanah Knockwood, Career Educator, will be offering virtual drop-in advising for all students from 11 AM-1 PM Pacific time today. 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 […]
Employer Virtual Info Session: Google
Employer Virtual Info Session: Google
Event Overview Google's PhD engineers work on an incredibly wide variety of technologies and research areas. Join this session with a PhD Googler to learn more about how research gets done at Google, the main research focus areas and our current opportunities for PhD students. Attending Representatives Amy Tai, Systems Research Engineer, Technical Infrastructure […]
Employer Virtual Info Session: Government of Canada
Employer Virtual Info Session: Government of Canada
📢 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, […]
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. 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 which […]
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 […]
Virtual Go Global 101 Sessions
Virtual Go Global 101 Sessions
Thinking about adding a global learning program to your UBC experience? Check out this introduction to Go Global designed to help you decide if a Go Global program is right for you. During Go Global 101 students will: • Learn about the types of programs available like Exchange, Summer Abroad, Global Seminars and Research Abroad […]
Evonik’s Careers in Science – Part 2 – Career Pathways
Evonik’s Careers in Science – Part 2 – Career Pathways
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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.