UBC Symphony Orchestra & UBC Choirs: Beethoven No. 9

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC Choirs UBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Girard, conductor The University Singers and UBC Choral Union join the Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Girard for Beethoven’s epic symphony known for the triumphant “Ode to Joy” sung in the final movement. Soloists and full program to be announced. 

$10 – $25

UBC CPD: Hot Topics in Internal Medicine

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The UBC Division of General Internal Medicine brings together experts to deliver rapid updates on medical conditions seen in both acute hospital care and in multi-system chronic disease management. Don’t miss this half-day collaborative learning opportunity.

Cost Varies

Molecular signatures of pregnancy health and child development: What can measures of biological age tell us?

Online/Virtual Event

The Women’s Health Seminar Series features multidisciplinary research on women’s health. The goal of the series is to provide multidisciplinary training for attendees, including students across a broad range of women’s health research topics. Speakers will present their research regarding the biological, psychological, behavioural, economic and social factors in women’s health and their effects on […]

Free

Deepening Our Understanding of Wellbeing: Reflections from the UBC Community

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. In-person At UBC Vancouver, we often focus on educating our minds and leave our hearts and wellbeing on the margins. The visit by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, in 2004 brought wellbeing back to our attention; and wellbeing was officially recognized […]

Career Paths in Conservation: Dr. Soudeh Jamshidian’s Journey to Indigenous Conservation with the ISAAK OLAM Foundation

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Monday, December 9, 2024 Speaker(s): Dr. Soudeh Jamshidian 12:00-1:00PM in the AERL Building, Room 107 (2202 Main Mall). Meet and connect with Dr. Soudeh Jamshidian, Director of Education and International Relations of the IISAAK OLAM foundation, an organization focused on empowering Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) in Canada. Learn about her path, and how ISAAK OLAM fosters Indigenous knowledge and […]

Free

Unlearning Scarcity: Building a Culture of Flourishing and Reciprocity at UBC

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. In-person The CTLT invites you to join a World Café discussion designed to spark deep reflections and collaborative dialogue around wellbeing at UBC. This year, we are exploring what it means to approach wellbeing as a shared, collective responsibility—one that reaches […]

Using Labour-based Grading in Undergraduate Science Courses

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. In-person Emphasizing the process of learning over the outcome, labour-based grading has been shown to reduce student stress, increase course clarity, promote risk-taking, and enhance student autonomy, fostering a more supportive learning environment. It also minimizes instructor bias and accounts for […]

Why Do I Avoid my Student Evaluations of Teaching?

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. In-person At this roundtable session, we will acknowledge and honour the difficult emotional aspects of the SEoTs and provide an opportunity to discuss this in a collegial and empathetic environment. We will not be discussing the reliability and validity of SEoT, […]

Making Teaching, Learning, and Even Meetings More Joyful Through Improv and Theatre Games

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. In-person Are you tired of sitting and suffering through boring and unproductive meetings or dull lectures? Are you feeling blurgh in your teaching? Do you want you and your students and colleagues to become more receptive to new ideas, take risks, […]

UBC WinterBang! Festival

Roy Barnett Recital Hall (Music Building) 6361 Memorial Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

where code and music meet UBC Music students perform electroacoustic music using computer instruments and audio/video processes. Students control these instruments and processes through gesture tracking of traditional instruments, dance, piano or string performance, or by using webcams, Kinects, Wiis, accelerometers, game controls, custom circuits, Arduinos, iPhones, iPads, or other tablets. MUSC 319: students present […]

Free

UBC CPD: BC Virtual Health Grand Rounds: Reimagining Virtual Care through Patient Partnership

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The second quarterly session of this series will feature Dr. Adrian Yee who will speak on the topic of Reimagining Virtual Care through Patient Partnership. About the Rounds: Virtual Health Grand Rounds is a quarterly provincial rounds series for health-care professionals, health administrators, and IT colleagues to explore transformative, technology-enabled health-care delivery. The rounds spark discussion […]

Free

CTLT Indigenous Initiatives: Classroom Climate Forum

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In-person Please join the CTLT Indigenous Initiatives Team for their inaugural Classroom Climate Forum. Expect a day of connecting, witnessing, learning, and laughs as we move together through curated sessions and facilitated conversations created to engage participants in relationally led learning on Classroom Climate by campus partners and the CTLT Indigenous Initiatives team.     What to Expect:   […]