Indigenous Career Stories: Finding Community and Meaning in the World of Work
January 27, 2022 

The Centre for Student Involvement & Careers invites you to participate in their upcoming Community Connection Event, ‘Indigenous Career Stories: Finding Community and Meaning in the World of Work’. The event will focus on exploring the intersections of their panellist’s Indigenous identities and the world of work.

The panellists will share their lived experiences, talk about their personal journeys and professional growth, and will focus on the unique opportunities and strengths that their individual identities have provided them in their career paths.

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[Screening+Conversation] Reunification
January 28, 2022

This event, [Screening+Conversation] Reunification, organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative, offers an online screening and a conversation with the director, Alvin Tsang.

Filmed over a 17-year period, this award-winning film gives an insider view on the contemporary Asian American immigrant experience, family psychology, and personal filmmaking. In the film, Director Alvin Tsang reflects on his family’s migration from Hong Kong to Los Angeles in the early 1980s – fraught with betrayal from his parent's divorce, economic strife and communication meltdown between parents and children.

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Applying to Grad School
February 2, 2022

Are you an upper-year undergraduate student searching for graduate programs? "

Applying to Grad School" Webinar helps you gain strategies for how to approach the typical graduate school application and respond to questions like “what do you hope to learn?” or “why this program?”. The Webinar will review resources for preparing a CV, statement of intent/personal statement, and requesting reference letters.

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The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Douglas Rushkoff
February 3, 2022

A world-renowned philosopher and futurist, Rushkoff’s inspiring books, documentaries, and articles help communities, companies, and governments navigate the tech-augmented landscape ahead. His funny, agile talks show how we can put human creativity at the heart of businesses, even as we embrace automation and all the change it ushers in.

In his talk, "Distributed A New Operating System for Business and the Economy", drawing from his new book, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, Douglas Rushkoff will offer a new program for business in the digital landscape.

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2021-2022 Colloquia Series: Posters with Glitter Issues
February 3, 2022

Join Dr. Jessica Lapp (UofT) for an overview of the Newberry Library and their collection of 2017 Chicago Women’s March ephemera. The talk explores the ‘leaky’ nature of feminist and queer protest ephemera by ‘following the glitter’ through the Newberry Library’s collection. The event requires registration in advance and will be held online via Zoom.

Dr. Jessica Lapp’s research conceptualizes feminist records creation, expanded notions of provenance and records attribution, and the creation and circulation of digital records of feminist organizing.

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Mixed Messages: Mediating Native Belonging in Asian Russia
February 3, 2022

Join the virtual Sawchen Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Kathryn Graber of Indiana University on February 3, 2022, at 12:30 pm (PST).

Focusing on language and media in eastern Siberia, Mixed Messages (Cornell University Press, 2020) engages debates about the role of minority media in society, alternative visions of modernity, and the impact of media on everyday language use. In this book talk, Kathryn Graber will address questions about language, production, circulation and consumption of media, and their impacts on the everyday social practices through her ethnography of the Russian Federation’s Buryat territories, a multilingual and multiethnic region on the Mongolian border with a complex relationship to both Europe and Asia.

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Geospatial Analysis & Visualization with Python
February 14, 2022

In this workshop, you will be instructed to use a dataset that focuses on a difficult yet crucial dataset with political significance, Police Killings in Canada from 2000-2017, obtained from Pivot Legal Society and initially collected by the CBC.

Using the dataset, you will have the opportunity to visualize the data, investigate racial disparities, and make an infographic using a provided Jupyter Notebook. The end goal of this workshop is to familiarize you with using Python for GIS, and show that programming and data analysis can be powerful tools for promoting social and environmental justice issues.

The workshop is open to anyone interested in attending.

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Decolonizing Research: Collecting Two-Spirit Data in Culturally Affirming Way
February 22, 2022

This event is part of the Women’s Health Seminar Series, which showcases multidisciplinary research on women’s health. The goal of the series is to provide multidisciplinary training and mentorship for trainees, across a broad range of women’s health research topics.

Harlan Pruden (nēhiyo/First Nations Cree Nation), working with and for the Two-Spirit community locally, nationally and internationally, is an Educator at Chee Mamuk, an Indigenous public health program at BC Centre for Disease Control. Harlan Pruden will guide attendees understand what and who is Two-Spirit and the differences between non-Indigenous understandings, notions and ways such as LGBTQI, addressing his research in how to collect Two-Spirit data in a culturally affirming and sensitive way.

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A Seat at the Table Exhibition

A Seat at the Table is a multi-sited and collaborative exhibition project that explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in BC and their struggles for belonging.

Using food and restaurant culture as an entry point, the project highlights stories that reveal the great diversity of immigrant experiences and of the communities immigrants develop. It also addresses themes of belonging, racism, agency, resilience and reparation as important facets of the complex picture of Chinese migrants and their descendants in the province.

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Media and Public Relations Intern Spring '22
Deadline: January 31, 2022

The Charter Cities Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to building the ecosystem for charter cities, is looking for a MEdia and Public Relations Intern for Spring 2022.

This PR intern role is designed for individuals who are passionate about using PR and media relations tools to build brands and help the organization reach larger, more engaged audiences. The intern would have an opportunity to contribute to a range of projects, including but not limited to press release writing and dissemination, media outreach, social media content creation, marketing, and promotion.

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Chapman and Innovation Grants
Deadline: February 4, 2022

The Chapman and Innovation Grants (C&I) offer UBC students the opportunity to create and carry out a meaningful project in partnership with a local not-for-profit community organization. The C&I grants are designed to help students work with a community organization to test a new idea and take initiative in tackling an issue affecting underrepresented populations in their local communities.

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Connect to Community Grant
Deadline: February 4, 2022

The Connect to Community Grant (C2C) offers UBC undergraduate and master's degree students the opportunity to create and implement a meaningful project in partnership with a local not-for-profit community organization.

Designed as an accessible introduction to the grants experience, the C2C grant strives to be a dynamic learning opportunity. It challenges students to learn from the onset of the application through to project completion, without the fear of failing. We encourage students and community partners to test new ideas. Applicants can request funds between $200 and $1500 for their proposed project which must be completed within 4 months of receiving funds.

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Graphic Designer
Deadline: February 5, 2022

Airble, a Canadian private aviation marketplace based in Vancouver is hiring a Graphic Designer.

The Graphic Designer will conceptualize and develop graphics and UX designs and contents for Airble Aviation Inc. including web, app, dashboard, social media, videos and marketing/sales materials for various communication channels.

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UBC and AMS Global Fund
Deadline: February 6, 2022

Do you have a project in mind and are looking for funding? The UBC and AMS Global Fund offers grants of up to $2,000 for student-led initiatives with an international or intercultural focus. All currently enrolled UBC Vancouver students are encouraged to apply.

You are strongly encouraged to schedule a consultation appointment before submitting your application. Applicants who consulted with the Global Fund Committee increased their success rate by 100%.

Schedule an appointment by emailing global.fund@ubc.ca.
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UBC Map the System
Deadline: February 7, 2022

Map the System is a global research-based competition that asks you to think differently about social change. Participants select a social or environmental issue, conduct research, and present the issue in a way that people can share and learn from.

Students register to compete at UBC and one team is selected to represent UBC on the global stage. Winners will virtually compete in the Global Final Competition at Oxford University.

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UX/UI Designer
Deadline: February 12, 2022

Campus Nutrition, a Canadian non-profit organization founded by UBC students, is recruiting a UX/UI Designer volunteer.

Working with multidisciplinary team members, the UX UI Designer will design intuitive interfaces using Figma, create solutions to users' needs, assist in designing print and digital marketing materials and present their ideas, research findings and designs.

If you would like additional information or have questions reach out to contact@campusnutrition.ca.

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Art Director and Content Lead
Deadline: February 13, 2022

AspenClean, a rapidly-growing cleaning company based in Vancouver is hiring Art Director and Content Lead. As the Art Director and Content Lead, the successful candidate will strengthen and lead the AspenClean visual branding aesthetic to improve the brand experience.

Working with the marketing team, the Art Director and Content Lead provide design materials. As well as working with the website developer, the Art Director and Content Lead will help improve the website UI/UX.

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Designing Your Future – Career Exploration Studio
February 22 - February 24, 2022

The Designing Your Future – Career Exploration Studio is a small pilot program for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts. It is being offered for the first time during the February 2022 Reading Week.

The program consists of four virtual workshops and two virtual workplace experiences with alumni (Arts graduates), all of which are designed to support you in exploring what career means in the bigger picture of your life, learning about a range of workplaces where Arts alumni are employed, and leveraging your Arts degree in a job search.

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RAWFILES MAGAZINE 2022 Submissions
Deadline: February 25, 2022

Submissions for the 2022 RAWFILES Magazine print publication are now open for UBC PhotoSoc members.

This year, RAWFILES is looking to feature photographic stories capturing the Natural World—animals in their habitats, spaces rich with natural phenomena, landscape, night skies, wildlife etc. Showcase your dynamic connection to the natural world. Any photography style, short/long stories, or series are welcomed.

Submissions for RAWFILES Magazine online publication are open to all UBC students, alumni and staff, all year-round.

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