Deepening Our Understanding of Wellbeing: Reflections from the UBC Community
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverCareer Paths in Conservation: Dr. Soudeh Jamshidian’s Journey to Indigenous Conservation with the ISAAK OLAM Foundation
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, VancouverUnlearning Scarcity: Building a Culture of Flourishing and Reciprocity at UBC
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverUsing Labour-based Grading in Undergraduate Science Courses
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverWhy Do I Avoid my Student Evaluations of Teaching?
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverMaking Teaching, Learning, and Even Meetings More Joyful Through Improv and Theatre Games
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverUBC WinterBang! Festival
Roy Barnett Recital Hall (Music Building) 6361 Memorial Road, VancouverCTLT Indigenous Initiatives: Classroom Climate Forum
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverSafer Spaces – Practices to Support Safety and Wellbeing in Learning Environments
Online/Virtual EventWe Are What We Eat: Digesting the Merits of Indigenous Food Systems & Sovereignty
Online/Virtual EventFrench – Discovering Cheese – Lower Intermediate to Advanced
UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver- No events scheduled for December 14, 2024.
- No events scheduled for December 15, 2024.
Week of Events
UBC CPD: Trauma-Informed Care Workshop Program for Midwives
UBC CPD: Trauma-Informed Care Workshop Program for Midwives
Please note this workshop is for Midwives only. Join us for an immersive workshop designed to enhance your understanding and skills in trauma-informed care. This training will guide you through the complexities of trauma and its effects, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to effectively support trauma recovery. This workshop delves into identifying types […]
UBC WinterBang! Festival
UBC WinterBang! Festival
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 […]
Molecular signatures of pregnancy health and child development: What can measures of biological age tell us?
Molecular signatures of pregnancy health and child development: What can measures of biological age tell us?
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 […]
Deepening Our Understanding of Wellbeing: Reflections from the UBC Community
Deepening Our Understanding of Wellbeing: Reflections from the UBC Community
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
Career Paths in Conservation: Dr. Soudeh Jamshidian’s Journey to Indigenous Conservation with the ISAAK OLAM Foundation
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 […]
Unlearning Scarcity: Building a Culture of Flourishing and Reciprocity at UBC
Unlearning Scarcity: Building a Culture of Flourishing and Reciprocity at UBC
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
Using Labour-based Grading in Undergraduate Science Courses
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?
Why Do I Avoid my Student Evaluations of Teaching?
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
Making Teaching, Learning, and Even Meetings More Joyful Through Improv and Theatre Games
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, […]
CTLT Indigenous Initiatives: Classroom Climate Forum
CTLT Indigenous Initiatives: Classroom Climate Forum
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: […]
Safer Spaces – Practices to Support Safety and Wellbeing in Learning Environments
Safer Spaces – Practices to Support Safety and Wellbeing in Learning Environments
This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. Online What does classroom safety mean? What does it feel like to students and instructors, and how is it cultivated? Join members of UBC’s Workplace Wellbeing and Student Health Equity and Education teams for a dynamic session focused on showcasing some […]
Social Wellbeing in the Classroom Environment (Findings from Voice 6): Find Your Ingredients to Create a Classroom that Supports Student Retention, Social Wellbeing and Success
Social Wellbeing in the Classroom Environment (Findings from Voice 6): Find Your Ingredients to Create a Classroom that Supports Student Retention, Social Wellbeing and Success
This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. Online We will present the findings of an on campus Community-Based Participatory Action Project (Voice 6) exploring factors that influence social wellbeing. Research methodologies and results will be presented, followed by interactive discussions to consider how to use these data to […]
Tracking Mastery of Learning Outcomes in Canvas
Tracking Mastery of Learning Outcomes in Canvas
This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. Online While professors work hard to formulate clear and specific learning outcomes (LOs) for their courses, assignments and tests are typically not setup for teachers and learners to adequately monitor the fulfilment of course/program learning outcomes. For accredited programs, detailed demonstrable […]
Developing Learning Ecosystems
Developing Learning Ecosystems
This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024. Online There is a large body of literature that supports the idea that developing mastery of a subject can be achieved through learning-by-teaching. In this workshop, we will discuss some of the ways this type of mastery can be fostered, even […]
Ask Me Anything: How to Use the Break for Career Development
Ask Me Anything: How to Use the Break for Career Development
Are you considering using the holiday break to jump start on preparation for your professional/ career development in the new year? Have you been wondering where to start and what self-directed learning resources are available? Bring your questions to this open Q&A session. We will provide you with food for thought, resources and strategies to […]
We Are What We Eat: Digesting the Merits of Indigenous Food Systems & Sovereignty
We Are What We Eat: Digesting the Merits of Indigenous Food Systems & Sovereignty
In this Indigenous Speakers Series session, we will have a conversation with Jared Williams – Qwustenuxun, an Indigenous foods educator, writer, and consultant from Quw’utsun (Cowichan Tribes) and a Hul’q’umi’num Language Vlogger. Qwustenuxun won several Canadian Online Publishing Awards, gave a TEDx talk on the power of Indigenous foods, and presented at the UN World Food Forum in […]
Data Bites – Introduction to depositing datasets in Borealis
Data Bites – Introduction to depositing datasets in Borealis
Storing your data in a repository like Borealis makes it easy for other researchers, publishers, and collaborators to find, use, and cite your data. It supports the Open Science movement goals of transparency, accessibility, and collaboration, and can increase attention to your work. Please join us for this short hands-on workshop to learn how to […]
WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Online Drop-In)
WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Online Drop-In)
Online The Drop-In Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress and Wiki for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared with a list of questions specific to their sites when attending this session. Specialists at the clinic will assist you in addressing and […]
Land and Food Systems (LFS) Learning Centre Speaker Series: Transitioning to the Lifelong Learning Information System (LLIS)
Land and Food Systems (LFS) Learning Centre Speaker Series: Transitioning to the Lifelong Learning Information System (LLIS)
Join the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS) Learning Centre on Thursday, December 12th from 2-3pm for an informative session featuring Larry Bouthillier, Executive Director of UBC Extended Learning. We'll share how the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS) partnered with UBC Extended Learning to migrate our non-credit microcredential programs from Canvas Catalog […]
Faculty of Forestry Undergraduate Information Session
Faculty of Forestry Undergraduate Information Session
Welcome to Your Future in Forestry: UBC’s Faculty of Forestry Undergraduate Information Session Are you passionate about the environment, sustainability, and the great outdoors? Do you dream of a career that combines your love for nature with cutting-edge science and innovation? Join us for an exclusive online information session where we’ll introduce you to the […]
French – Discovering Cheese – Lower Intermediate to Advanced
French – Discovering Cheese – Lower Intermediate to Advanced
A la découverte des fromages - Cheese appreciation workshop Cheese has long been an important part of traditional French culture. France has documented hundreds of varieties of cheese, and the average person is said to eat more than 26kg of cheese a year. In this two-hour workshop, explore – and taste! – eight major families […]
UBC CPD: Rural POCUS Rounds: Intro to Cardiac
UBC CPD: Rural POCUS Rounds: Intro to Cardiac
Join Dr. Tracy Morton on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, for a talk on Intro to Cardiac for POCUS. The session will include a didactic presentation with case studies and Q&A.