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Establishing a Positive TA Experience Working with Faculty Members: Dos and Don’ts
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UBC Okanagan Debates: BC’s Opioid Crisis: Is there a solution?
Over eight years and 14,000 deaths later, BC’s drug emergency rages on. Where do we go from here?
Film Retrospective “Clara Law: Drifting Petals, Floating Lives”
Clara Law: Drifting Petals, Floating Lives A Retrospective Presented by the UBC Asian Independent Cinema Showcase & The Cinematheque January 16 – February 5, 2025 The Cinematheque, Vancouver The Cinematheque and the UBC Asian Independent Cinema Showcase are pleased to present a select retrospective surveying the remarkable, decades-spanning oeuvre of Clara Law. Curated in concert […]
UBC CPD: Orthopaedics for Primary Care Virtual Series 2025
Join us for the popular Orthopaedics Series, featuring discussions on orthopaedic care tailored to support and enhance the practice of primary care professionals. The series is recognized for its high quality, clear and up-to-date content, and educational value, all delivered in an accessible format. 2025 THEME: My Kid is Crazy, Parenting is Hard - Pediatrics & […]
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Writing Queer Utopias: Queer Thriving and Decolonial Futurity
Writing Queer Utopias: Queer Thriving and Decolonial Futurity is a three day immersive co-creating ‘retreat’. There will be writing, world building, a little lecturing, self-reflection, and even some drawing! Ultimately, this event is about building community and resilience by throwing everyone into a (fun) creative crucible. The free event is open to all queer UBC Vancouver […]
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On the Button Curling Bonspiel
HURRY HARD! Sweep those winter blues away with a fun night of curling. Whether it's your first time on the ice or you're a seasoned sweeper this tournament is a great way to try and Canadian national pastime.
Monday, January 13, 2025
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January 13, 2025 -Establishing a Positive TA Experience Working with Faculty Members: Dos and Don’ts
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January 13, 2025 -Facilitating Discussions
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January 13, 2025 -Accessibility Drop-In
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January 13, 2025 -Marking, Assessment, and Feedback as a TA
Establishing a Positive TA Experience Working with Faculty Members: Dos and Don’ts
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. More than ever, effective working relationships between TAs and instructors are key for students to feel supported in their learning. This workshop is intended for TAs who are […]
Facilitating Discussions
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. What can engaging discussions provide in a lesson? How may they benefit your learners and yourself as the instructor? In this workshop, we will explore the fundamental strategies […]
Accessibility Drop-In
Are you interested in making your course materials more accessible and barrier free for all learners? Join us for an informal drop-in where you can chat with accessibility consultants, educational designers, and colleagues about accessibility. The accessibility drop-ins are for anyone who is developing course content or open educational resources (OER) and who is curious […]
Marking, Assessment, and Feedback as a TA
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. One of the most daunting tasks TAs have is marking, assessing, and giving feedback on exams, assignments, final papers, etc. A big challenge when doing this is ensuring […]
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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January 14, 2025 -AI in Teaching and Learning Spaces
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January 14, 2025 -Classroom Evaluation and Research: Do I Need Ethics Approval?
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January 14, 2025 -OER Fund Grant Proposal Development Consulting Session
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January 14, 2025 -Active Learning and Inclusion: Using Student Gender, English as an Additional Language, and Neurodivergence Case Studies
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January 14, 2025 -TA’ing a Community Engaged Learning Course: Exploring Roles, Tension Points and Opportunities for Professional Development
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January 14, 2025 -Employer-Led Workshop: Discover Your Path with TD: A Special Event for Students and Newcomers
AI in Teaching and Learning Spaces
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. Participants should bring a laptop or electronic device to use in the session. The utilization of diverse Artificial Intelligence (AI) forms, including tools like ChatGPT, has become a […]
Classroom Evaluation and Research: Do I Need Ethics Approval?
Many instructors are involved in evaluating their classroom practices, but there is often confusion about whether obtaining ethical approval by the Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) is required. In this workshop, instructors will learn more about what type of classroom inquiry might require BREB review. This workshop will also detail the ethical considerations for conducting […]
OER Fund Grant Proposal Development Consulting Session
Are you developing a proposal for an OER Fund Grant? Register for an OER Fund proposal development consultation session to discuss your project ideas and receive feedback and advice on topics such as OER design, project scope, budget development, open copyright licenses (i.e. Creative Commons), accessibility, OER platforms, open pedagogy, media development, and more. CTLT staff […]
Active Learning and Inclusion: Using Student Gender, English as an Additional Language, and Neurodivergence Case Studies
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. This session will prepare teaching assistants with strategies that support students with diverse identities and learning needs when participating in interactive active learning activities and assignments. Through an […]
TA’ing a Community Engaged Learning Course: Exploring Roles, Tension Points and Opportunities for Professional Development
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. In this session, we will introduce community engaged learning (CEL) as a growing teaching strategy here at UBC. We discuss what community engaged learning is, its principles, and […]
Employer-Led Workshop: Discover Your Path with TD: A Special Event for Students and Newcomers
Discover Your Path with TD: A Special Event for Students and Newcomers Join TD this January for an exclusive session designed to help you thrive in Canada. Whether you're settling in or looking to grow your career, this event is packed with opportunities to set you up for success: Enhance Financial Literacy: Equip students and […]
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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January 15, 2025 -Leveraging TAship for Future Career & Self-Advocacy, Negotiation, and Boundaries
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January 15, 2025 -Developing a Classroom Community
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January 15, 2025 -Generative AI Studios
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January 15, 2025 -Learn About Your Rights as a TA: Intro to TA Union
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January 15, 2025 -Gregorius: The Holy Sinner
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January 15, 2025 -The World of Internal Audit: A Cross-Disciplinary Career!
Leveraging TAship for Future Career & Self-Advocacy, Negotiation, and Boundaries
This session will seek to empower teaching assistants (TAs) to transform their academic role into a strategic career development opportunity. Participants will learn critical skills in professional self-advocacy, strategic networking, and effective boundary setting within academic and professional contexts. The session will cover key competencies including professional communication, negotiating workload and expectations, documenting impactful contributions, […]
Developing a Classroom Community
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. This session will focus on cultivating an inclusive and supportive classroom community by critically examining and addressing personal and systemic biases that can impact teaching effectiveness. Teaching assistants […]
Generative AI Studios
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 presentation […]
Learn About Your Rights as a TA: Intro to TA Union
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. Being a TA is hard work. We’re in between our students and our instructors. Sometimes this is a comfortable place to be; sometimes it’s uncomfortable. Fortunately, our Collective […]
Gregorius: The Holy Sinner
Early Music Vancouver at Green College Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 15, 5-6:30 pm How did Medieval German aristocrats satisfy their appetites for long stories about beautiful, wealthy and tragic fictional characters of their own time? What were the themes which motivated the best storytellers, and how […]
The World of Internal Audit: A Cross-Disciplinary Career!
Join UBC alumnae Nataliya and Sandy as they explore their UBC education and career path that has led them to internal audit roles at Aritzia and Translink. As Academic Relations […]
Thursday, January 16, 2025
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January 16, 2025 -BIPOC Coffee Hour
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January 16, 2025 -Writing a Literature Review: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation
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January 16, 2025 -Social Class in Our Classrooms
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January 16, 2025 -Effective Use of the UBC Early Alert System
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January 16, 2025 -WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Online Drop-In)
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January 16, 2025 -Employer On Campus: Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management
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January 16, 2025 -Climate Justice is Clean Air
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January 16, 2025 -What Can I Do With My Major
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January 16, 2025 -Computer Science Distinguished Lecture
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January 16, 2025 -Astrophysics Over Time
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January 16, 2025 -Employer on Campus: Amazon Canada
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January 16, 2025 -The Phil Lind Initiative: Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser
BIPOC Coffee Hour
The Anthropology Department is happy to host this ongoing opportunity for BIPOC students in Anthropology and other units to make connections and get to know one another. Light refreshments will […]
Writing a Literature Review: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation
Literature reviews accomplish several purposes for scholars writing up their research study, or research story, in order to summarize the scholarly conversation. In the introduction to a research article, research […]
Social Class in Our Classrooms
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. Socioeconomic inequality is […]
Effective Use of the UBC Early Alert System
Eligibility: The TA Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate TAs, and all graduate students who are interested in teaching. This session is not open staff, or faculty. Brian Barth, Manager […]
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 […]
Employer On Campus: Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management is a global investment manager based in Vancouver, Canada. We have been successfully managing quantitative strategies for over two decades and currently manage over […]
Climate Justice is Clean Air
What steps can we take to address unequal exposure to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions? Join UBC Sustainability Hub on Thursday, January 16, for an in-person panel discussion and hear from UBC experts Dr. Amanda Giang (UBC Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. Chris Carlsten (UBC Department of Medicine) about how we can address unequal exposure […]
What Can I Do With My Major
There are many possible directions you might be considering with your degree. Come and explore which options are best for you.
Computer Science Distinguished Lecture
CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone. No registration is required. Location: Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Speaker: Dr. Edward A. Lee, University of California at Berkeley Title: Consistency versus Availability in Distributed Systems Abstract: Distributed software systems often require consistent shared information. For example, connected vehicles require agreement on […]
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Astrophysics Over Time
Disciplines Over Time: Making, Keeping and Breaking the Boundaries of Knowledge William H. McCutcheon, Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy; Jess McIver, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy; and Pedro Villalba González, PhD Candidate, Physics and Astronomy, and Green College Resident Member Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Thursday, January 16, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to […]
Employer on Campus: Amazon Canada
Are you ready to unlock a world of opportunities with Amazon in Canada? Join us for an exclusive info session revealing the dynamic world of Amazon's Operations! Whether you're a job seeker, a supply chain enthusiast, or simply curious about the behind-the-scenes magic of Amazon's vast network, this session is for you. Meet with a […]
The Phil Lind Initiative: Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser
Join us in conversation as we step into the chilling world of the bomb, an immersive art installation by filmmaker Smriti Keshari and writer Eric Schlosser. Combining archival footage, animation, and a powerful electronic score by The Acid, this multimedia experience examines America’s—and humanity’s—dangerous entanglement with nuclear weapons. Inspired by the claustrophobia of missile silos and command centers, the […]
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Friday, January 17, 2025
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January 17, 2025 -The T. Buck Suzuki Foundation’s Integrated Approach to Marine Planning
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Featured January 17, 2025 -Featured Winter Classic 2025
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January 17, 2025 -UBC Concerto Competition
The T. Buck Suzuki Foundation’s Integrated Approach to Marine Planning
Emily Orr Executive Director T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation Integrating the hands-on experience of fish harvesters into Marine Planning is essential. Harvesters have a necessarily close and consistent relationship with marine species and ecosystems, are themselves stewards of oceans and fisheries, and are arguably the most heavily impacted by changes in policy and management. With […]
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Winter Classic 2025
On Friday, Jan 17th, 2025, cheer on the Women's and Men's Hockey teams as they play in the annual Winter Classic hockey games against local rivals, Trinity Western at Thunderbird Arena. Women's puck drop will be at 4PM followed by the men at 7:30PM.
UBC Concerto Competition
Open to all UBC School of Music students, the annual Concerto Competition is an opportunity for young musicians to earn a coveted spot as a soloist with the UBC Symphony Orchestra. Competitors select virtuosic works that highlight their exceptional technical and expressive abilities as musicians. The final round of UBC’s Annual Concerto Competition.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
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January 18, 2025 -Missy D and Tonye Aganaba
Missy D and Tonye Aganaba
Missy D and Tonye Aganaba are two bold, boundary-pushing artists who are elevating Vancouver’s music scene. Missy D, a bilingual “femcee” with roots in Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zimbabwe, fuses hip-hop, R&B, jazz, and rock into her genre of “Rap & Soul.” Influenced by icons like Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill, her electrifying stage presence […]
Sunday, January 19, 2025
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