Ocean Education: Developing knowledge, caring, and taking action

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

Overview Connecting with our oceans is more crucial today than at any time in our history. Renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle describes the Ocean as the Blue Heart of the planet. Today, due to environmental devaluing and destruction resulting in climate crisis, the world’s oceans are experiencing ecosystem collapse, biodiversity loss, and mass extinctions. Following […]

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Ocean Education: Developing knowledge, caring, and taking action

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

Overview Connecting with our oceans is more crucial today than at any time in our history. Renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle describes the Ocean as the Blue Heart of the planet. Today, due to environmental devaluing and destruction resulting in climate crisis, the world’s oceans are experiencing ecosystem collapse, biodiversity loss, and mass extinctions. Following […]

Free

Ocean Education: Developing knowledge, caring, and taking action

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

Overview Connecting with our oceans is more crucial today than at any time in our history. Renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle describes the Ocean as the Blue Heart of the planet. Today, due to environmental devaluing and destruction resulting in climate crisis, the world’s oceans are experiencing ecosystem collapse, biodiversity loss, and mass extinctions. Following […]

Free

Financial Planning and Resources for Students with Disabilities | Webinar | Jun 7 (6:30 – 7:30 PM PDT)

UBC Vancouver Campus Vancouver, British Columbia

Register here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4UxadhuN0Caky46 Join advisors from the Centre for Accessibility and Enrolment Services to learn about strategies and resources for financial planning for students with disabilities. Topics include: – Financial planning – Tuition and student fees – Internal and External awards – Government Student Loans and Grants and establishing disability status  If you require slides […]

Financial Fundamentals for Domestic Undergraduate Students | Webinar | Jun 8 (4:00 – 5:00 PM PDT)

UBC Vancouver Campus Vancouver, British Columbia

Register: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e53dJA4vddw6xjU Join Enrolment Services Advisors and Career Advisors at this webinar to help you understand some basics of planning your finances while at UBC. We will cover: - Costs of attending UBC - Resources for funding (Student loans, awards and bursaries) - Creating a financial plan - Resources to support finding employment - Enrolment […]

Reset your Wellbeing: Rest, nourish & move this spring

Online/Virtual Event

Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan  Location: Zoom.  Description:  In this 60-minute session, come learn about the foundations of health and create your own unique plan to reset your mind and body as the season comes to a close.        We will:     - Begin with a 5-minute guided mindfulness […]

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Navigating Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools in the Classroom: Faculty Approaches

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This forum will provide a conversational space for faculty members to share the diverse approaches taken in classrooms, departments and Faculties during the Winter 2022/23 sessionon: How have instructors across UBC’s Faculties been using generative AI tools? Have departments set up guidelines or best practices? What strategies and rationales have they been using to mitigate […]

Bring a Friend: Job Search Strategies

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Bring your friend, partner, roommate, or classmate! These small-group advising sessions will be facilitated by a career advisor, and will focus on answering questions, providing feedback, and sharing potential strategies. You might also meet other students who share the same questions

Financial Fundamentals for Domestic Undergraduate Students | In-person | Jun 13 (5:00 – 6:00 PM PD

UBC Vancouver Campus Vancouver, British Columbia

Register: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5JcRBQvpcCXpFI Join Enrolment Services Advisors at this in-person workshop to help you understand some basics of planning your finances while at UBC. We will cover: - Costs of attending UBC - Resources for funding (Student loans, awards and bursaries) - Creating a financial plan - Resources to support finding employment - Enrolment Services Support […]

Thrive at Work with Emotional Intelligence

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Event Description Learn 10 critical skills for relationship success We’re facing a new world of work requiring a greater emphasis on strong interpersonal skills. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is becoming essential for leadership excellence, organizational development, recruitment and retention, product innovation, and customer experience. This keynote talk by world-renowned expert Dr. Martyn Newman will explain the […]

Data visualization with ggplot2

Online/Virtual Event

R is a popular free software program. This workshop will introduce concepts and tools for visualizing data in R, with emphasis on the ggplot2 package. Participants are expected to be familiar with R and the RStudio environment. The workshop is one hour, followed by an optional 30 minute practice period to reinforce what you learned or […]

Free

Introduction to Git and GitHub

Online/Virtual Event

Learn the basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration.  Git is widely used version control software that tracks changes to a group of files, referred to as a repository.  GitHub is a popular website for hosting and sharing Git repositories, making it easier to collaborate and share your work.  Together, Git and GitHub provide a […]

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