Designing Your Life and Career

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Each day, we make choices that shape our realities and lives. In this session, we will examine and reframe myths related to your major and career. You will use design thinking principles – a set of tools and mindsets – to help you make intentional choices and progress towards your goals. A link will be […]

Getting your SoTL Work Published

Online/Virtual Event

Join us for an interactive session on dissemination of your Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project. We will discuss different approaches to writing SoTL and share guiding principles for writing in some of the most common SoTL genres: empirical research articles, reflective essays and conference presentations. We will also compare different styles of publications […]

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 […]

Free

Dancing with change: Finding your rhythm in life’s ever-changing beat (Staff/Faculty only)

Online/Virtual Event

Change is inevitable, uncomfortable and challenging. However, many forget that change also brings about choices, opportunity, and control. That is why learning how to manage change for ourselves and others is so important.    In this workshop, we will explore the impact of change on us from a physical and psychological perspective. We will focus on managing change, uncovering a constant, and assessing control. This workshop will also provide the tools and tips needed for leaders and […]

Sharing the Decision, not the Burden: Toward Integration of Shared Decision-Making in Medication Use for Heart Failure

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WiP Seminar: Dr. Ricky Turgeon   Heart failure (HF) affects over 800,000 Canadians and is on the rise. HF develops when the heart is not strong enough to move blood around the body, impairs quality of life, and reduces life expectancy. Despite high-quality evidence supporting several medication options to treat HF, use of these medications […]

Introduction to Machine Learning: Neural Networks

Online/Virtual Event

In this workshop, participants will dive into the fascinating world of neural networks. Neural networks have emerged as powerful models for solving complex and nonlinear problems. This workshop begins with an introduction to neural networks, covering their architecture, activation functions, and training algorithms. Participants will gain insights into how neural networks can effectively capture and […]

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2024 UBC Pride Connect: 2SLGBTQIA+ faculty & staff reception

Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre 6163 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Overview The UBC Pride Connect reception for 2SLGBTQIA+ faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows is back for 2024! The reception is an annual event for building and sustaining 2SLGBTQIA+ networks, while championing a more inclusive campus community. A photographer will be present. If you are not comfortable being photographed, please indicate in the registration form. Register […]