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Walk for Joy
Walk for Joy (formerly Walkabout) is a 9 week walking, rolling and physical activity challenge designed to get people moving and reduce sedentary time. This challenge is open to all UBC students, staff, faculty, and community members. A large emphasis is placed on being social while completing physical activity, so find a friend to get […]
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UBC CPD: Surgical First Assist Workshop (Vancouver)
Registration now open Feb. 10–11 (Sat–Sun) | BC Women's Hospital, Vancouver, BC Audience: family physicians, midwives. Overview: Our interprofessional faculty will review core content and facilitate hands-on skills development in workshops to help you be ready for your entry into the OR as a surgical assist learner. Participants will be supported to develop competency in the role of […]
Monday, February 5, 2024
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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February 6, 2024 -Master of Health Leadership and Policy Info Session
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February 6, 2024 -MEDTalks | Cellular and Gene Therapies
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February 6, 2024 -Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools
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February 6, 2024 -Disability in the Workplace! Interactive workshop
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February 6, 2024 -Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)
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February 6, 2024 -Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Profile Tools
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February 6, 2024 -Employer on Campus: Aercoustics Engineering Limited
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Featured February 6, 2024 -Featured TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
Master of Health Leadership and Policy Info Session
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Register today for an online information session about the UBC Master of Health Leadership and Policy (MHLP) degree and how it can empower you to move ahead professionally and make a difference in your health care sector. This online presentation and question-and-answer session is for clinicians […]
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MEDTalks | Cellular and Gene Therapies
Immerse yourself in the frontier of medical advancements with our UBC wide online panel dedicated to cellular and gene therapies. Join leading experts in the field from across the Faculties of Applied Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Sciences as they unravel the potential of these therapies in treating various diseases. From groundbreaking research to real-world […]
Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools
This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: List common tools and what they might be useful for Identify […]
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Disability in the Workplace! Interactive workshop
Are you ready to deepen your understanding of disability awareness and inclusion in the workplace? Join this interactive virtual workshop developed specifically for Faculty of Medicine faculty and staff members by postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Jon Breen.
Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)
This workshop focuses on Large Language Models (LLM) to provide participants with a foundational understanding of LLM, their working, and how to fine-tune a pre-trained LLM for your own data. In this workshop, we will use cloud-based platforms, so you don’t need to have Python installed. Please make sure that you have a Google Colaboratory […]
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Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Profile Tools
The growth of social media and networked technologies has allowed for new and interactive ways for scholars to circulate their research, expand their scholarly networks, and track their research impact. Understanding how your academic identity and your research outputs (articles, books, patents, conference proceedings, posters, data contributions, videos, blog posts, etc.) are tracked and showcased […]
Employer on Campus: Aercoustics Engineering Limited
Join us for this info session, during which we'll introduce you to the company and walk you through the internship roles, including firsthand experiences from our current students. All welcome! Who are we? Aercoustics is an award-winning, national leader in consulting engineering services in the field of acoustics, noise, and vibration. Our team of […]
TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
UBC Theatre and Film presents TomorrowLove, a captivating blend of heart and humour exploring futuristic love directed by Camyar Chaichian and Ming Hudson, featuring the talents of UBC student actors and designers. TomorrowLove takes place in a near-future world where technological evolution and human connection collide. An office-worker catfishes a colleague with a new dating […]
$13 – $27
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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February 7, 2024 -Master of Engineering Leadership Information Session
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February 7, 2024 -UBC CPD: Practice Foundations: Surviving to Thriving
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February 7, 2024 -Q&A about recent evidence on opioid prescribing
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February 7, 2024 -Wednesday Noon Hours- Invisible Cities
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February 7, 2024 -Foundations of Pedagogy: February – April 2024
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February 7, 2024 -Common Academic Expressions in English: Making Connections
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February 7, 2024 -Vision Research Seminar
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Featured February 7, 2024 -Featured Generative AI Studios
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February 7, 2024 -Introduction to Voyant Tools
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February 7, 2024 -UBC CPD: Sports Medicine Virtual Series for Primary Care 2024
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February 7, 2024 -UBC CPD: Practice Foundations: Surviving to Thriving
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Featured February 7, 2024 -Featured TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
Master of Engineering Leadership Information Session
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Register today for an online information session about the UBC Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) degree and how it can empower you to move ahead professionally and make a difference in your industry. This online presentation and question-and-answer session is for engineers, architects, planners and technical […]
Free
UBC CPD: Practice Foundations: Surviving to Thriving
New two-part virtual conference — designed for busy clinicians Feb. 7 (Wed) and March 5 (Tue) | 6–8 p.m. and 6–8:30 p.m. PST | Virtual Conference Audience: health professionals interested in improving their practice and day-to-day work-life balance, family physicians, specialists, especially those early in their careers, as well as residents and medical students. Overview: Tune in to this new […]
Cost varies
Q&A about recent evidence on opioid prescribing
This seminar is a follow-up to the recently published study in the BMJ on the effect of opioid and stimulant Risk Mitigation Guidance dispensations on mortality (Slaunwhite et al., BMJ 2024;384:e076336). This seminar is aimed at care providers and will be led by Dr. Bohdan Nosyk, who will answer pre-submitted and live questions on the analysis […]
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Wednesday Noon Hours- Invisible Cities
Celebrated duo Marina Thibeault and Janelle Fung delight international audiences with their spellbinding performances and engaging presence. They will perform a compelling program for viola and piano which includes works from two leading European women composers. Marina Thibeault will premiere Flourish, an innovative work for solo viola, interactive electronics & interactive video written by UBC […]
$5 – $10
Foundations of Pedagogy: February – April 2024
Online Click “Register Now” to apply. Your application will be reviewed and if you are selected as a participant you will be contacted by email by January 24, 2024. Application closes on January 12, 2024. At the end of the one-term course, you will be able to use concepts in evidence-based teaching to effectively teach a lesson […]
Common Academic Expressions in English: Making Connections
One of the major challenges that academic writers encounter is making connections within the text, for example, making comparisons and drawing conclusions. Rather than counting on readers to figure out the meaning of a difficult text, academic writing requires writers to make clear connections between ideas. In this workshop, we introduce a variety of academic […]
Vision Research Seminar
Join us at the next Vision Research Seminar! Dr. Miriam Spering will be speaking on, "Eye movements as a window into cognition". Philipp Kreyenmeier will be speaking on, "Eye movements as a continuous indicator of sensorimotor integration". This research seminar is for anyone interested in the topics.
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Generative AI Studios
Online These sixty minute, weekly sessions – facilitated by Technologists and Pedagogy Experts from the CTLT – are designed for faculty and staff at UBC who are using, or thinking about using, Generative AI tools as part of their teaching, researching, or daily work. Each session is broken into 3 parts. First, a weekly insights […]
Introduction to Voyant Tools
We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to a corpus. No prior experience with text analysis is required. This workshop is part of the Digital Toolkit workshop series presented by the UBC Library Research Commons. Location Details Location: *ONLINE* If […]
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UBC CPD: Sports Medicine Virtual Series for Primary Care 2024
Save-the-date Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 (Wednesdays) | 5–6:30 p.m. PST | Virtual Conference Series Audience: family physicians, physiotherapists, residents and medical students. Overview: Experience cutting-edge sport and exercise medicine education and research. Our expert panels will bring together a variety of health professionals and community stakeholders to deliver an innovative platform for education, interactive discussions and a […]
Cost varies
UBC CPD: Practice Foundations: Surviving to Thriving
New two-part virtual conference — designed for busy clinicians Feb. 7 (Wed) and March 5 (Tue) | 6–8 p.m. and 6–8:30 p.m. PST | Virtual Conference Audience: health professionals interested in improving their practice and day-to-day work-life balance, family physicians, specialists, especially those early in their careers, as well as residents and medical students. Overview: Tune in to this new […]
Cost varies
TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
UBC Theatre and Film presents TomorrowLove, a captivating blend of heart and humour exploring futuristic love directed by Camyar Chaichian and Ming Hudson, featuring the talents of UBC student actors and designers. TomorrowLove takes place in a near-future world where technological evolution and human connection collide. An office-worker catfishes a colleague with a new dating […]
$13 – $27
Thursday, February 8, 2024
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February 8, 2024 -UBC CPD: Rural Rounds 2023–2024
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February 8, 2024 -Indigenous Health Administration and Leadership Program (IHALP): 2024 Information Session
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February 8, 2024 -Individual Consultation with a Learning Designer about Your Course
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February 8, 2024 -30 + 30 Exploring GenAI Tools for Teaching Material Development – February 8, 2024
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February 8, 2024 -Evaluating the implementation of programs to improve emergency department care for people who use opioids in B.C.
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February 8, 2024 -Introduction to Web Mapping with Leaflet
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February 8, 2024 -Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Socio-Affective Signals as Facilitators of Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction
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February 8, 2024 -Women in Science
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Featured February 8, 2024 -Featured TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
UBC CPD: Rural Rounds 2023–2024
Just announced Nov. 2, Dec. 7 (Thursdays) | 8–9 a.m. PT | Rounds Audience: rural health professionals and urban physicians supporting rural communities. Overview: Each session will include a didactic presentation, relevant case studies and time for Q&A. Dates & Topics Nov. 2| Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Rural Setting by Dr. Pamela Kryskow Dec. 7 | Managing Young Febrile Infants in […]
Indigenous Health Administration and Leadership Program (IHALP): 2024 Information Session
Join us for the 2024 Indigenous Health Administration and Leadership Program information session! Learn about the IHALP certificate program that is designed to support Indigenous organizations and communities to build strength-based, holistic programming that promotes health and well being. Learn about Indigenous communities and their own measures for success and unique cultural and geographical needs. […]
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Individual Consultation with a Learning Designer about Your Course
Do you have questions and challenges about creating meaningful and successful learning experiences for your students? Maybe you want help in the process of teaching your course in online, hybrid or blended modes. Request a virtual one on one course consultation with a Learning Designer to explore ways to enhance your students’ learning experience. This […]
30 + 30 Exploring GenAI Tools for Teaching Material Development – February 8, 2024
This in-person session focuses on how faculty can use various GenAI tools, including CoPilot, ChatGPT, Eduaide, Elicit, Gem, and Dall-E 3, for creating effective teaching materials. It will provide practical insights into applying these technologies for designing case studies, rubrics, scenarios, discussion questions, and lesson plans, emphasizing their role in enhancing the quality and interactivity […]
Evaluating the implementation of programs to improve emergency department care for people who use opioids in B.C.
Andrew Kestler, MD, MBA, MSCPH, DTMH Scientist, Advancing Health Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC Physician Lead, Emergency Department Opioid Crisis Response, St. Paul’s Hospital Emergency Physician, St. Paul’s, Vancouver General, and BC Children’s Hospitals Evaluating the implementation of programs to improve emergency department care for people who use opioids in B.C. In […]
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Introduction to Web Mapping with Leaflet
This workshop will first give an introduction to web maps, including the differences between digital maps and web maps, their structure, and how they work. The second part of the workshop will be a short hands-on session where we will create our own web map showing UBC campus buildings – with clickable with popups – […]
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Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Socio-Affective Signals as Facilitators of Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction
Everyone is welcome! Speaker: Elisabeth André, University of Augsburg Homepage: https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet/fai/informatik/prof/hcm/team/andre/ Location: Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Title: Socio-Affective Signals as Facilitators of Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction Abstract: Social interactions profoundly shape our human life. This presentation explores the potential of imbuing machines with socially-aware interfaces, creating pathways for more natural and […]
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Women in Science
Join us as we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Thursday, February 8, 2024. Hear from inspiring female leaders who are paving the way for research in health sciences. Presented by BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Women's Health Research Institute and BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services Research Institute. Registration for this free […]
Free
TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
UBC Theatre and Film presents TomorrowLove, a captivating blend of heart and humour exploring futuristic love directed by Camyar Chaichian and Ming Hudson, featuring the talents of UBC student actors and designers. TomorrowLove takes place in a near-future world where technological evolution and human connection collide. An office-worker catfishes a colleague with a new dating […]
$13 – $27
Friday, February 9, 2024
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February 9, 2024 -What can black carbon in the ocean tell us about wildfire in the Earth system?
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February 9, 2024 -Building Bridges: Connecting Foundational Science and Clinical Practice in Precision Health and Translational Medicine
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February 9, 2024 -Behavioural Insights Seminar Series
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February 9, 2024 -Critical Thinkers Series: Gabrielle Berry
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February 9, 2024 -University Singers & Choral Union
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February 9, 2024 -University Singers & Choral Union
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Featured February 9, 2024 -Featured TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
What can black carbon in the ocean tell us about wildfire in the Earth system?
Speaker: Dr. Sasha Wagner, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute In the deep ocean persists an enigmatic class of organic compounds that are presumed to have a condensed aromatic structure, are biologically unreactive, and are broadly termed “black carbon”. In the dissolved phase, black carbon comprises ~2% of the total […]
Building Bridges: Connecting Foundational Science and Clinical Practice in Precision Health and Translational Medicine
Are you a foundational scientist wanting to collaborate on a research project with a clinician? In this meeting and networking session, you will learn from researchers who have achieved successful partnerships between foundational scientists and clinicians, on how to initiate new collaborations to advance your precision health and translational medicine research. The meeting will consist […]
Behavioural Insights Seminar Series
UBC's Decision Insights for Business & Society (UBC-DIBS) is excited to announce our 2023-2024 Behavioural Insights Seminar Series featuring an exciting set of researchers and practitioners sharing their field and lab projects using the behavioural and decision sciences to "nudge for good". Register to attend at https://bit.ly/DIBSseminars. Join us on select Fridays at 1-2pm Pacific […]
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Critical Thinkers Series: Gabrielle Berry
Presented by the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World, the Critical Thinkers Series features research talks by notable and emerging scholars in cinema and media studies. Next up in the series is a talk by Gabrielle Berry, “: Read/Listening to Sound and Music On Screen”. All are welcome and there is no […]
Free
University Singers & Choral Union
University Singers Graeme Langager conductor UBC Choral Union Hyejung Jun conductor The award-winning UBC Choirs presents a powerful program of music featuring the beautiful voices of the University Singers, Choral Union, and Vox and Oriana choirs.
$5 – $20
University Singers & Choral Union
University Singers Graeme Langager conductor UBC Choral Union Hyejung Jun conductor The award-winning UBC Choirs presents a powerful program of music featuring the beautiful voices of the University Singers, Choral Union, and Vox and Oriana choirs.
$5 – $10
TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
UBC Theatre and Film presents TomorrowLove, a captivating blend of heart and humour exploring futuristic love directed by Camyar Chaichian and Ming Hudson, featuring the talents of UBC student actors and designers. TomorrowLove takes place in a near-future world where technological evolution and human connection collide. An office-worker catfishes a colleague with a new dating […]
$13 – $27
Saturday, February 10, 2024
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February 10, 2024 -UBC CPD: 20th Hot Topics in Cardiology
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February 10, 2024 -Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – February 3, 10 & 11, 2024 (Preliminary Application)
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February 10, 2024 -UBC Bands: Legendary
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Featured February 10, 2024 -Featured TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
UBC CPD: 20th Hot Topics in Cardiology
Save-the-date Feb. 10 (Sat) | 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. PST | Virtual Conference Audience: family physicians, internists, hospitalists, cardiologists, specialists, nurse practitioners, nurses, residents and medical students. Overview: In our 20th year, we are thrilled to announce our partnership with the UBC Division of Cardiology for the 2024 virtual conference. This event will feature essential updates on cardiovascular disease […]
Cost varies
Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – February 3, 10 & 11, 2024 (Preliminary Application)
This ISW will be held in-person. Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying. Preliminary Application Process When you submit an application, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and your spot in the workshop is NOT confirmed. If you meet the requirements and are selected as a participant you will receive an email to […]
UBC Bands: Legendary
UBC Bands Robert Taylor conductor Maggie Whiteman & Michael Witt graduate student conductors UBC Bands returns with an anthemic program featuring music by Eric Whitacre, John Mackey, Chen Yi, Roshanne Etezady and the majestic Symphony No. 1 “Lord of the Rings” by Johan de Meij! Full program CONCERT WINDS Alfred Reed Hounds of Spring Larry Daehn As Summer Was Just Beginning […]
$5 – $10
TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small
UBC Theatre and Film presents TomorrowLove, a captivating blend of heart and humour exploring futuristic love directed by Camyar Chaichian and Ming Hudson, featuring the talents of UBC student actors and designers. TomorrowLove takes place in a near-future world where technological evolution and human connection collide. An office-worker catfishes a colleague with a new dating […]
$13 – $27
Sunday, February 11, 2024
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February 11, 2024 -Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – February 3, 10 & 11, 2024 (Preliminary Application)
Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – February 3, 10 & 11, 2024 (Preliminary Application)
This ISW will be held in-person. Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying. Preliminary Application Process When you submit an application, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and your spot in the workshop is NOT confirmed. If you meet the requirements and are selected as a participant you will receive an email to […]
