Everyone who is using Zotero or thinks they might like to use Zotero is welcome at this workshop. During this session, participants will: Learn the best ways to use Zotero to keep all of your citations in order throughout your research; Gain tips and tricks to get the most out of Zotero  and your citation management tracking […]

The Open UBC Working Group, which is composed of faculty, students, and staff, meets regularly to advise, communicate, and partner on open scholarship activities and projects happening at UBC. In addition to serving as a place of community for those interested in various areas of open scholarship, the working group develops projects and events and […]

UBC supports the Qualtrics survey tool. Qualtrics is a powerful tool that offers UBC faculty, and staff new functionality in survey creation, data analysis, and reporting. Join us for the monthly Qualtrics studio virtual workshop and drop-in session. The session is geared towards UBC faculty and staff using Qualtrics as a teaching and research tool. […]

Throughout Ramadan, student clubs at UBC will be hosting events and activities for Muslim students at the UBC Vancouver campus. Please join the UBC Muslim Student Association for Community Iftar from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Place Vanier Ballroom.

Wanting to chat with peers about career-related topics in a relaxed environment? Join us at the Global Lounge for Java Journeys: Peer Career Coffee Hour to engage in taking your career to the next level! On Tuesday March 12th, 19th, and 26th, each week will have its own theme to spark conversation but it will […]

The Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity is proud to present our next Trainee Research Symposium! The symposium will showcase ten-minute presentations by CGSHE trainees from UBC and SFU on intersectional approaches to gender equity and sexual health, followed by a Q&A session. The CGSHE Trainee Research Symposium is co-hosted by CGSHE in the […]

This workshop offers an exploration of machine learning models for clustering and classification. With the increasing availability of large datasets, these models play a crucial role in extracting valuable insights and making informed decisions. In this workshop, participants will gain insight into clustering algorithms such as K-means, explore popular classification algorithms like decision trees, and […]

The collapse of the internet into "five giant websites, each filled with screenshots of text from the other four" wasn't inevitable. From privacy to harassment to garden-variety ripoffs, the internet's degradation was the result of identifiable policy choices that can - and must - be reversed. Learn how they broke the internet - and how […]

Abstracts play a vital role in the communication of research. Studies show that abstracts are the most frequently read part of a research article: abstracts help researchers determine whether or not to read the entire study. But how do writers communicate the relevance and legitimacy of their research to members of the discipline, and beyond? […]

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 […]

Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions.  If you are wondering: Where do I start? What resources are available on […]

Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for file naming. Join us to develop a naming convention based on elements that are important to your work. Location: ONLINE (A Zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 hours before the event starts.)

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 […]

Practice answering tough questions, asking interviewers good questions, and get tips for how to prepare your stories in advance.

*FREE + IN-PERSON* The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) resulted in historic developments in global environmental politics and climate finance, including the UAE Consensus, calling for a transition away from fossil fuels. While this is a significant step towards climate justice, we still have a long way to […]

Throughout Ramadan, student clubs at UBC will be hosting events and activities for Muslim students at the UBC Vancouver campus. Please join the UBC Muslim Student Association for Community Iftar from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Place Vanier Ballroom.

Drs. Keeve de Villiers and Amy Sawchuk will present on the Maternity and Babies Advice Line, part of the Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS) suite of peer support pathways. Family physicians with expertise in obstetrics are available 24/7 to support rural providers with maternity, newborn or women’s health issues. The service provides a safety net and […]

If you have never opened R, do not know what R packages are, do not know how to read files into R, this workshop is for you! At the end of this workshop you will: Know what R and RStudio are Know what the parts of R Studio are called Know how to organize R […]

Researchers occasionally need high-quality historical climate data for locations not found near an official WMO weather station. One solution to this problem is to generate computer simulated climate data from actual measurements using downscaling techniques. ClimateNA is a climate software database that uses numerical methods to downscale and spatially interpolate a variety of climate variables […]

Looking to level up your public speaking skills? Join our UBC Staff Toastmasters Meetup! If you're looking to improve your communications and public speaking skills, boost your confidence, and connect with colleagues across campus, come to our next Toastmasters meeting. We gather every other Thursday from 12:05 to 12:50 pm via Zoom. Sign up today […]

Got an interview coming up? Pop by this open Q&A to ask any questions you have about how to prepare, what to wear, or anything else you are curious about! We recommend attending our Interview Preparation workshop ahead of time but it’s not required Link will be sent closer to the day of

This presentation focuses on the collection Fa Yuan Zhu Lin compiled by the Tang Dynasty’s Buddhist scholar Daoshi, and explores the role of Fa Yuan Zhu Lin in the canonization of Buddhist stories, focusing on the Jātaka (Buddha’s past life stories), purgatory, and supernatural stories. The Jātaka stories can be divided into types such as treasure hunting in the […]

Are you working on an OER Fund project or developing and incorporating open educational resources (OER) into your teaching and learning? Do you have specific questions on how to format your OER to be accessible for all learners? Drop-in to an OER Accessibility studio to chat one on one with specialists about how to design or adapt […]

There has been a surge of interest in earlier meditation techniques as well as in Theravāda meditation, particularly vipassanā, throughout the Sinitic world over the past few decades. These Theravāda-inspired meditation techniques, whether rediscovered in canonical scriptures or newly introduced from South-East Asia, retain the allure of being early Buddhist practices and are welcomed as such […]

Throughout Ramadan, student clubs at UBC will be hosting events and activities for Muslim students at the UBC Vancouver campus. Please join the Black Muslim Collective of UBC for an Iftar on Thursday, March 28 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the Life Collegium.

Throughout Ramadan, student clubs at UBC will be hosting events and activities for Muslim students at the UBC Vancouver campus. Please join the UBC Muslim Student Association for a Grand Iftar on Friday, March 29 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the Great Hall in the AMS Nest. Get tickets here.

Throughout Ramadan, student clubs at UBC will be hosting events and activities for Muslim students at the UBC Vancouver campus. Please join the UBC Muslim Student Association for Community Iftar from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Place Vanier Ballroom.