PATH Student Representatives:
Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Committee (GPSC) - Madeline Lauener
Graduate Program Curriculum Committee - Simon Teskey
Graduate Student Society - Saumadritaa Kar PATH Awards & Recognition Committee: Amirhossein Bahreyni
PALM Wellness Ambassador: Madeline Lauener (mlauener@alumni.ubc.ca)
Students
GradUpdate - Graduate Pathways to Success Weekly Newsletter:
The current weekly online version is available here.
UBC Library Research Commons Weekly Newsletter:
The current weekly online version is available here.
Professional Development & Workshops:
Registration for 2nd CAGS Virtual Symposia - 26-30 April 2021
View the information in the attached PDF document.
For further information about the 2nd CAGS Virtual Symposia
please visit our website or write to Ian.Wereley@cags.ca.
Entrepreneurship@UBC:
Announcing our esteemed panel of judges for our 2021 Investor Showcase
We are almost one month out from the 2021 Investor Showcase presented by HATCH, entrepreneurship@UBC and ICICS and we could not be more excited!
Happening May 26th, the Investor Showcase spotlights high-potential, investible ventures across industries currently supported through entrepreneurship@UBC and the HATCH Accelerator to our investor community.
Registration launched last week and we are overwhelmed by our community's interest and support! Haven't registered yet? RSVP Now!
Awards Competitions:
SPRING GRADUATE AWARDS (MSc & PhD): The competition was announced via email on April 14th.
The deadline for submission of your complete application is 4 p.m. on Monday, May 3rd, 2021. For more information, such as the complete eligibility requirements and application materials, please refer to the webpage: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/spring-graduate-awards-competition.
Examination Successes:
Congratulations to Chris Wang, PhD, who successfully defended his dissertation on April
Faculty of Medicine:
This year, ComSciCon Canada will be holding both a National Workshop (ComSciConCAN) and a Western Canadian Workshop (ComSciCon-CanWest) in a virtual format from August 13th-15th, 2021. ComSciConCAN will provide training to graduate students with prior experience in science communication, while ComSciCon-CanWest will be designed for those at the beginning of their #SciComm journey. Applicants can choose which workshop(s) they are applying to in the application form, and each workshop will be completely free of charge for selected attendees.
The application deadline is April 25th, 2021 and the application form is available here: https://forms.gle/es9bHw1wesa92XUU9
For more information, please refer to the National Workshop website (https://comscicon.com/comsciconcan-2021) and the Western CanadianWorkshop website (https://comscicon.com/comscicon-canwest-2021) or contact us directly at either of our email addresses below.
ComSciConCAN organizing committee
canwest@comscicon.org
canada@comscicon.org
Coordinator's Corner:
MSc to PhD Transfer Tips:
- You must first meet the following minimum requirements:
- Hold a bachelor's degree, and have completed a minimum of one year of study in a master's program with 9 credits at the 500-level or above and of first class standing (80% or better) in each course.
- Students entering the doctoral program after partial completion of the master’s degree must, during the first two years of study at the graduate level, complete a total of 12 credits with a first-class average (of which at least 9 credits must be at the 500-level or above and at least 9 credits must be of first-class standing) to maintain registration as a doctoral student.
- The earliest you can transfer from MSc to PhD is after one year (12 months) into your program; the latest you can transfer is two years (24 months) into your program.
- You must obtain the support of your supervisor and superisory committee. This is normally completed during a supervisory committee meeting.
- Please allow time for the preparation and signature of the form, and processing of the form by G+PS. This normally takes a couple of weeks time.
- Students must be in good academic and financial standing.
- If a student transfers from a master’s program to a doctoral program without completing the master’s degree, the start of the doctoral program will be the date of first registration in the master’s program. The student is expected to complete the Comprehensive Examination between 24 - 30 months of the date of first registration in the master's program.
