GradUpdate

In this issue, Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures, Breaking Patterns of Procrastination, Virtual Resume Reviews, Open Education Tools, Publishing in the Open, Project Management for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Project and Time Management, and more.

Registration now open

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 2:00 - 3:15 PM

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Breaking Patterns of Procrastination
Thursday, Nov 4 | 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Resume & Cover Letter
Tuesday, Oct 26 | 12:30 - 2:00 PM Register

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success
Includes a free Gallup StrengthsFinder Assessment
Wednesday, Oct 27 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM Register

Intro to Statistical Concepts II: Study Design and Data Collection Essentials
Thursday, Oct 28 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM Register

BPOC Graduate Student Funding Engagement Sessions
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is making new award funding available to Black and graduate students of colour. We invite racialized graduate students to come to an upcoming engagement session - happening October 25 to November 4 Register

Events and Opportunities

The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development

ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

Using RefWorks for Citation Management
Monday, Nov 1 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM Register

Publishing In the Open: A Discussion on Open Access in Canada
Tuesday, Nov 2 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Register

Creative Commons and Copyleft Trolls
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Register

Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation on Open Access with Leslie Chan
Thursday, Nov 4 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM Register

Literature Reviews for Engineering, Forestry, Health Science, Land & Food Systems, and Science
Thursday, Nov 4 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM Register

CAREER EXPLORATION

Your Next Step: Virtual Resume Review
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 5:00 - 6:00 PM or Thursday, Nov 4 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM Register

PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Project and Time Management (Mitacs Training)
Monday, Nov 1 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM Register

Professional Communication: From Classroom to Workplace
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Register

Basics of Project Management for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Register

Building Your Project Network Map (Mitacs Training)
Thursday, Nov 4 | 9:30 AM - 11:30 PM Register

More on the new curriculum from Mitacs Training
Mitacs Training has released a new suite of courses that blend short synchronous sessions with an asynchronous module. Topics currently available include Project and Time Management, Building your Project Network Map, and Refined Project Communication Plan.
UBC dates are now listed. Learn more and register.

RESEARCH SKILLS

Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools
Tuesday, Nov 2 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Register

Translating Database Searches and Finding Grey Literature ONLINE
Systematic and Scoping Review Workshop Series
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 1:00 - 2:45 PM Register

An Introduction to OSF
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM Register

Preparing and Preserving Your Research Outputs: Basics and Beyond
Thursday, Nov 4 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Register

Working with data in Excel: part 1
Friday, Nov 5 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

Open Scholarship in Practice - Faculty Lightning Talks
Wednesday, Nov 3 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Register

Exploring Open Tools: How the Faculty of Education is Developing Interactive Learning Activities with H5P
Thursday, Nov 4 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Lay Summaries: Going Public With Your Research (Part 1)
Thursday, Nov 4 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Register