Deadlines & important upcoming dates | FOR EVERYONE Science Education Open House - Tuesday, April 28, 2026. This event will be held in person at the Earth Sciences Building between 9:00am and 3:00pm. We will have presentations in the morning, followed by lunch and a poster session.
We will update our website and provide further details via email as we get closer to the Open House. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please email us at skylight@science.ubc.ca. 2026 Open House | FOR GRADS 2026 Summer Tuition Deadline Deferral Application, due April 30, 2026
Students that need a tuition deadline deferral because they're waiting to be paid by GRA and/or TAship appointments can apply for a tuition deferral directly through Enrolment Services. If you’re waiting for your Summer 2026 appointments to be submitted in Workday in order to provide proof of compensation, Mimi will be submitting those in early April. More information in the handbook here | | FOR GRADS May 2026 Graduation Deadlines, application Due: April 3, 2026 Students wishing to graduate in May 2026 must formally apply to graduate.
Program Completion Deadline: April 10, 2026
You must have had your thesis/dissertation approved and your program closed by April 10 in order to be approved for graduation. This is usually a few weeks to a month after you defend depending on how long revisions and collecting signatures for the necessary paperwork. | FOR ALL UBC FACULTY AND STAFF 2026 CLW: Celebrate Learning Week -online and in-person initiative from May 4–8, 2025. UBCV and UBCO will again collaboratively present this A week of celebration and reflection | FOR GRADS and PDFs Graduate Students in Teaching Conference, May 5-6, 2026 Proposals featuring best teaching and learning practices, new resources, innovative approaches, discussion of critical issues, presentation of research, and work-in-progress are welcome. GSiT | | Date: April 13, 2026 Mini-symposium by Gold and Matsuuchi lab members: “The path we’ve taken”
Location: LSC3
Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Remote attendance:
ID: 99313 271520
Passcode: 271520
Mingle and reminisce
Location: West LSC atrium
Date: April 13, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm RSVP to attend in person | | 🌟ZGSA: Zoology Graduate
Student Association🌟
April EVENTS 1- Drag is coming to the BRC, Friday, April 10th 5:00-6:00pm in the BRC Multipurpose Room: come see Vancouver drag performer Genesis and enjoy bingo, comedy and a special performance!
Co-organized by Markus Thormeyer and ZGSA 2- End of Semester Snackerinos on Friday April 10th at 4:00pm during Beveraginos, organized by BotZoo Wellness: as it is almost the end of the semester, the BotZoo wellness initiative wants to help you celebrate your amazing accomplishments with a fancy snackerinos: VOTE HERE. 3- Under the Lens: an evening of microscopic image art - microscope image contest and exposition, Friday, April 24th 4:00-6:00pm in the Biosciences Building: co-organized with BGSA, BIF, and Characterization@UBC. | | ⏰ 2026-Zoology Department Meetings🗓️
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm, unless indicated - Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - BRC Multipurpose room 1014/1024
Calendar invitations will be sent: please RSVP to the calendar invitations at least one week in advance if you plan to attend, so that food can be ordered accordingly.
Room details will be shared closer to each meeting date.
Questions? zoology.info@ubc.ca | ZEDI - Zoology Equity Diversity Inclusion
The Zoology Equity Diversity Inclusion (ZEDI) committee is here to address concerns and promote EDI in the department. These concerns could apply to any group of individuals who work or study in our department, including undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, administrative and research staff, and teaching and research faculty. For example, last October ZEDI hosted an event for undergraduates on tips and approaches to get started in research at UBC.
If you have a concern, comment, or suggestion please reach out to us using this anonymous Qualtrics survey, or directly via email at zoology.edi@zoology.ubc.ca. | | SAVE THE DATE THIRD ANNUAL FACULTY OF SCIENCE RESEARCH MIXER
Wednesday, May 13th at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, from 4-7pm The Faculty of Science is pleased to announce the third annual Science Research Mixer. This is an important part of our strategy to increase external partnerships across Science. We will be in touch with registration and more event details in the coming month. | 🗒️ FINANCE TIP🖊️ Year end deadlines: if you have the approver role in Workday, could you please ensure that all business processes pertaining to supplier invoices, expense reports, ISDs, and accounting journals in your Workday inbox are actioned by the following deadlines? - Tuesday, March 31, 2026 @ 2:30PM: cut-off for supplier invoices and expense reports approvals.
- Thursday, April 2, 2026 @ 4:00 PM: cut-off for ISD approvals.
- Wednesday, April 8, 2026 @ 1:00 PM: cut-off for accounting journal approvals.
| ⛑️ Safety TIPs ☣️
- UBC Safety & Risk Services needs your insights into the learning and research activities that take place near or on water to understand the best ways to support faculty, staff and students. The purpose of this survey is to collect information that can help improve safety resources and programming for everyone involved in marine activities and transport.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by April 10
- Are you looking for BioSafety: general information, permits, acquisition and alerts?
UBC Biosafety | Committees and other units - updates | BIOLOGY Program: Michael Smith Labs presents: Molecular Biology Workshop | BIOLOGY COMMUNITY PANTRY - please contribute to replenish the pantry! Who is it for? Biology undergraduate students Where is it? Biosciences, 2nd floor, East wing | | REFUNDABLE CONTAINER RECYCLING in Biological Science Building: 100% of the money collected will go to purchase food for the Biology Community Pantry ⬆️ ⬅️ Look out for the refundable recycling bins | | Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts
2026
April 10: BioSci Lounge
April 17: BioSci Lounge
April 24: BRC Atrium Please remember to bring your own mug! All members of the department are welcome! Venues might change - for latest updates, please check the zoology website: Friday Coffee and Donuts schedule | | Please disregard the unsubcribe button below - you are receiving this message because you are a member of the Department of Zoology. If you have question or any NEWS or UPDATES to share EMAIL US | | | | | |
