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.
Description Ever felt too afraid to speak up at a meeting, highlight your accomplishments, or tackle difficult conversations? Professionals at all stages of their career can experience these challenges. So, what’s the solution? Self-advocacy — which can be learned, practiced, and encouraged. From building trust and influencing others to maintaining boundaries, this webinar will offer […]
This workshop is designed to provide participants with a foundational understanding of the concepts, techniques, and tools used in machine learning. Through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises, participants will learn about types of learning and get practical experience with some of the most popular machine learning algorithms and techniques such as regression, clustering, and […]
This event aims to create a conversation for those who hold the role of both a parent and an academic. Several faculty members will be there to give a brief overview of their experience being an academic, as well as a parent, and how to navigate those roles (as both can be demanding!). We hope […]
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.
This is an introductory workshop focusing on the fundamental concepts and skills needed to begin using QGIS to explore and analyze spatial data. It is also meant to help you understand how to get started composing a map document for print production. By the end of this workshop, attendees will have a basic understanding of […]
R is often used for quantitative analysis in both the humanities and sciences. This workshop demonstrates how to produce descriptive statistics with R. Participants are expected to already 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 […]
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.
Knowledge is power, and the more you know about your financial responsibilities and opportunities, the better prepared you will be for your time at UBC. Feel more confident about the financial road ahead, and learn how your financial well-being can support your academic goals at UBC. Open to all UBC Indigenous students of all year […]
There are many cases where it's helpful to combine data from multiple sources or tables. This workshop will introduce how to work with multiple data frames in R. Participants are expected to already be familiar with R and RStudio. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Understand the need to work […]
This workshop is intended for anyone with a basic understanding of web mapping who wishes to expand their skillset and design more customizable maps. There are 3 main sections: an introduction to Mapbox and its products, a guided developer environment set-up, and a hands-on portion where we will modify given code to design an interactive […]
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Time: 11 am–12:15 pm PST Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom Webinar. About this webinar: Join UBC alumni, Dr. Caitlin Dunne and Chandra Sen for this special webinar focusing on the physical and emotional aspects of fertility and reproductive health. Our expert speakers will shed light on the factors that can impact fertility, including age, health conditions, lifestyle choices, and discuss the emotional stress this journey can have on everyone involved. In […]
