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Date & Time

Wednesday, 24 June 2026
12:00 to 1:30 pm

Location

Zoom

Offered by

Graduate Pathways to Success

Registration Closed / Past Event

Overwhelmed by the ever-growing to-do list? Not sure if your organizational system is working? Or maybe the notion of “being productive” itself is starting to stress you out?

As a grad student, you’re probably trying to balance some combination of seminars, labs, papers, chores, family, parenting, caregiving, teaching, working, and several other academic, professional or personal commitments. You may also have attended workshops aimed at helping you “get better at time management” or read an online post or article titled “Top 5 Hacks to Manage your Time More Efficiently!”. 

If you’re finding yourself wishing there were more than 24 hours in a day, or feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated, you are not alone. And often, it’s easier to get started when you feel less alone. 

Join this workshop to 

  • Explore a few (new) “systems” to get organized
  • Identify why some time-management “hacks” or tools might not be working for you
  • Adjust strategies to be more neurodivergence-friendly, and
  • Get started with tackling that to do list

Note: this workshop will include some "working" sessions and thus, will not be recorded.

2 people working/studying at the library

Recommended Prerequisites

We strongly recommend taking some time to review or work through the following beforehand, to make the most of this session:

  1. Planning & Goal-Setting Workshop Recording + Handouts (~1 hr)
  2. Summer Planning Toolkit (20-30 mins)

Facilitators

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Anjali Bauri, MA, is the Coordinator, Student Development and Support at Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. She recently completed her masters in Philosophy from UBC, and has worked in various student-facing roles focusing on mental health, learning strategies, and navigating university as a new student. In her current role, she facilitates and supports professional and personal development programming for graduate students through the Graduate Pathways to Success program, GradStart Orientations and other initiatives.

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Jacqui Brinkman, MSc, is the Director of Graduate Student Professional Development at Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Through this role, she works to improve the graduate student experience. Previously, she has managed postdoctoral and undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Medicine and was a lab-based researcher both within academia and industry. She completed her MSc in Biology at McGill University.

Registration Information

You can register here. Registration is open to current UBC graduate students. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email. If you experience any difficulty using the online registration tool, please e-mail us at graduate.pathways@ubc.ca with your full name, your program, department and/or your UBC affiliation.

No longer able to attend? Please email us at graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. 

Accessibility

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email graduate.pathways@ubc.ca, 604-827-4578, well in advance of the event.