So you’ve invested in yourself and your education, and you want your contribution to count — but how can you maximize your impact as a leader? And how do you build the skills you need to advance yourself when the future is uncertain? Spoiler alert: develop your coaching skills. Join us for this interactive webinar […]
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
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.
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 […]
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.
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
Equitable compensation for external community partners is an important step in valuing community expertise, and critical to doing principled community-university engagement. Last year, the Indigenous Finance Guidelines were created to better support the gift giving and compensation components in reciprocal, respectful, relationship-based collaborations between Indigenous partners and UBC. But, how do UBC units compensate non-Indigenous […]
Join this workshop to understand the basics of generating next-generation sequencing data and how to assess its quality, including choosing the appropriate Illumina sequencer for your experiment, understanding the outputted sequencing data format, and understanding the report generated by the quality control tool, FastQC.
Irene Navarro, Career Educator, will be offering virtual drop-in advising for international undergraduate students from 1–2 PM today. 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 […]
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.
R is a popular, free software program used for quantitative analysis in both the humanities and sciences. Many state-of-the-art models and various graphs are available in R. This workshop covers data preparation and management, descriptive statistics, and common statistical analyses (T-test, ANOVA, correlation, regression). This workshop is for participants who already have a basic understanding […]
Gain strategies for how to approach the typical graduate school application and respond to questions like “what do you hope to learn?” or “why this program?”. We will review resources for preparing a CV, statement of intent/personal statement, and requesting reference letters
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan. Description: Join Aisha Tejani for a 20-minute, virtual mindfulness session every Monday from November 7 to December 19 – you can take part in a single session or multiple sessions! Taking place from 12:15-12:35 p.m. join Aisha and an engaged community to build connections, increase […]
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.
Register here: shorturl.at/HNQUV Want to learn about how to be strategic in planning your finances for groceries, social outings, entertainments, and getting the best deals? Come join your Financial Wellness Peers in learning about and sharing tips! In this workshop we will be sharing information that not only pertains to student life but also cool […]
GIS Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and community. Organized by Simon Fraser University Library, University of British Columbia Library, and UBC Faculty of Forestry, GIS Day 2022 will be an online event, to be held via Zoom. This event is open to the public, and all skill levels […]
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
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.
Register here: shorturl.at/aegkM Come join the Financial Wellness Peers at their Credit Crash Course workshop to learn more about how to manage your credit. They will dive deeper into some key topics: What to look for when choosing a credit card Building and maintaining a good credit score How to get the most out of […]
Register here: shorturl.at/JST29 Managing finances can be a source of stress in students’ lives. In this workshop, you will learn about: Tips and tricks to thrive on a student budget, UBC resources during Thrive Month and all year long. This webinar will be hosted on Zoom, with the Zoom-enabled closed captioning. If you have any […]
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 […]
FAST Evidence begins with a half‐day, interactive course that teaches physicians how to conduct effective internet searches in order to find credible and evidence‐based medical information from a variety of databases and online sources. Designed for a small group of up to 12 learners, the course is facilitated by two College of Physicians and Surgeons […]
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.
This fall, we are excited to partner with the David Lam Chair and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Well-being to hold a series of three connected workshops focused on articulating the tensions, paradoxes, and multiple and moving layers of complexity that exist at the interface of Indigeneity and migration in what is known […]
On November 18th at 5pm, UBC WEC will be hosting a free, online seminar “Women in the Workplace”. We will be hosting three women in three different professions (non-profit founder, engineer, lawyer) to share their experiences about their work and the effects of inequitable gender ratios and societal gender expectations on their careers. We hope […]
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.
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
If you need hep with your Go Global application, drop into one of our Application Drop-In Sessions for support from Go Global staff and peers. Tuesday, November 22nd from 3pm-4pm in Life Building 1504 Friday, December 2nd from 3pm-4pm in Life Building 1501 Monday, December 12th from 12pm-2pm in Life Building 1501
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 […]
Many students and recent alumni feel unsure about how to negotiate and discuss compensation during the hiring process. This workshop will discuss how and why to negotiate, and help you to feel more confident while doing so.
Discover the contraceptive landscape, unmet needs for contraception and the benefits and risks of contraceptive options in Canada. Limited spots available for hands-on implants and IUD workshops hosted by local and experienced providers.
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.
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan. Description: Join Aisha Tejani for a 20-minute, virtual mindfulness session every Monday from November 7 to December 19 – you can take part in a single session or multiple sessions! Taking place from 12:15-12:35 p.m. join Aisha and an engaged community to build connections, increase […]
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.
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
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 […]
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 […]
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
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 […]
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.
If you need hep with your Go Global application, drop into one of our Application Drop-In Sessions for support from Go Global staff and peers. Tuesday, November 22nd from 3pm-4pm in Life Building 1504 Friday, December 2nd from 3pm-4pm in Life Building 1501 Monday, December 12th from 12pm-2pm in Life Building 1501