Looking to improve 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 and in-person. Sign up […]
Speaker: Michael Bond, UBC School of Population and Public Health Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI) is a debilitating condition that can have significant effects on physical function and overall quality of life. Treatment and management are challenging and costly to health care systems, society, and the individual as they absorb privately borne costs that are […]
Crystal Hall (University of Washington) will be sharing research from her new book, Antiracist by Design: Behavioral science has been celebrated as a field whose insights can help design a better world, but its color-blind approach has often perpetuated unjust systems. A more equitable approach can make the field more efficient and effective, even in […]
This one-hour session demystifies citation beyond just mechanically following the rules of citation style guides by introducing the fundamental roles and functions of citations in academic writing. Designed for writers new to academic English, you will discover how effective citation practices can position your work within your field. Next session: Lunch & Learn: Transitions in Academic […]
Research shows that writers of research article introductions establish an original research space by pointing out a research gap or problem that the current study aims to address. In this way, the introduction offers an opportunity for writers to begin to tell the research story, or summarize the scholarly conversation, in order to take their own conversational […]
Looking to improve 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 and in-person. Sign up […]
