Events

May 2012

Career-Building, Part 3 - Interviews with Impact

Location: 
GSS Ballroom (6371 Crescent Road)
Offered by: 
Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO)
Date: 
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 9:00am - 12:00pm

The Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO) is pleased to welcome Jonathan Lowe of UBC Career Services, who will be delivering a session for UBC PDFs to develop crucial job-finding skills.

GPS Event: Getting Back on Track with Your Thesis

Location: 
Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Rd., Point Grey Campus
Offered by: 
Graduate Pathways to Success
Date: 
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 9:00am - 3:30pm

Lost momentum? Having difficulty managing your research in an efficient way? Need motivation and strategies to complete your thesis?

Informal Postdoc Research Talk - Dr. Ali Ahmadi - Micro-engineering in vitro three-dimensional tissue constructs: a new drug discovery paradigm

Location: 
Life Sciences Centre Room 1510
Offered by: 
UBC Postdoc Association (PDA)
Date: 
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm

The UBC Postdoc Association is happy to launch a new series of informal seminars, featuring postdoc speakers. These seminars will happen once a month and food and drinks will be provided.

GPS Event: Management Essentials for Leadership

Location: 
Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Rd., Point Grey Campus
Offered by: 
Graduate Pathways to Success
Date: 
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 9:00am - 3:30pm

Who will benefit most from this seminar? Graduate students who have, or would like, a leadership role in their research group or scholarly project team as well as those who are car

GPS/Mitacs Session: The Art, Science and Practice of Positive Networking

Location: 
The Gordon & Leslie Diamond Family Lecture Theatre, BC Cancer Research Centre, 675 W. 10th Ave
Offered by: 
Graduate Pathways to Success, Mitacs Step and GrasPods
Date: 
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 9:00am - 3:30pm

You've all heard the saying "you are only as good as your network", but have you ever wondered how to get one?

GPS and Career Services Workshop: Interviews with Impact

Location: 
Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road, Point Grey Campus
Offered by: 
Graduate Pathways to Success and UBC Career Services
Date: 
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 9:00am - 12:00pm

Are you in the job market and feel like it has been ages since you’ve been to a job interview?  Have you been feeling like you've struggled in recent job interviews or are nervous ab

Thriving in the First 5 Years in Academia

Location: 
St. John's College Social Lounge (2111 Lower Mall)
Offered by: 
Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO)
Date: 
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Looking for information, tips and tricks on transitioning to the next step of your academic career?

Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) Seminar

Location: 
Life Sciences Institute, Room LSC3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, UBC
Offered by: 
Centre for Drug Research and Development
Date: 
Monday, May 28, 2012 - 11:30am - 1:30pm

The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) invites you to join us as some of British Columbia’s foremost life sciences CEOs share the

GPS Event: Sustainability--Systems Thinking About Our World

Location: 
Marine Drive Residence, Commons block, 2205 Lower Mall, Point Grey Campus
Offered by: 
Graduate Pathways to Success
Date: 
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Originally developed for the World Wildlife Federation’s Young Leaders program and now included in SFU’s Sustainable Community Development Certificate program, this workshop will provid


 

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