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UBC Professor Honoured With a Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Our congratulations go out to Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, recipient of a 2014-15 UBC Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring. The Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring recognizes outstanding mentorship by a UBC faculty member of numerous graduate students over a period many years.  This 2015 award recognizes a faculty member in the…

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3 UBC students are finalists in the national SSHRC Storyteller’s Challenge 2015

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced in Ottawa April 1st, 2015, the top 25 finalists in the 2015 SSHRC Storytellers Challenge. The annual competition challenges postsecondary students from across the country to demonstrate—in up to three minutes or 300 words—how SSHRC-funded research is making a…

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Videos: UBC’s 3-Minute Thesis 2015 Finalists

If you missed the real deal, check out the 3 minute videos of the final round of UBC 3MT 2015. The subject matter is fascinating and the presentation calibre truly outstanding.  We began with 10 polished and articulate 3-minute graduate student research presentations. And in the end, when the dust settled, the people’s choice…

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Top 3 - UBC 2015 3 Minute Thesis Videos are Posted

This year more than 100 University of British Columbia (UBC) graduate students took up the challenge of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) with the aim of effectively expressing their thesis research as a three-minute speech for a general audience. Videos of the winner, runner-up and 3rd place finishers are now up on the Graduate and…

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The Results: UBC’s 3-Minute Thesis 2015 Final Round

We began with 10 polished and articulate 3-minute graduate student research presentations. And in the end, when the dust settled, the people’s choice ballots counted and the judges’ scorecards tallied, prizes were awarded to a select few, but applause and accolades, shared by all. Here are the results. Pictured: First Place and…

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The Results: UBC’s 3-Minute Thesis 2015 Semi-Finals

It was a full house at the Grad Student Centre Ballroom yesterday afternoon. The crowd that gathered to hear the 3-minute research presentations of some of UBC’s finest graduate student researchers were treated to 31 outstanding orations.Here are the results. Ten of the top eleven are moving on to the Thursday, March 12 final – 4:30-6…

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UBC announces Public Scholars Initiative

In recognition of doctoral students' tremendous capacity for and motivation to make innovative and positive contributions to the public good through their scholarly work, UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) is excited to announce a new support and funding initiative geared to support 'Public Scholars' at the doctoral level.…

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Invitation to attend 3MT at UBC 2015

Are you doing something amazing tomorrow afternoon?

You could be! Join the audiience for the semi-final rounds of UBC’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition and be inspired. All around the Vancouver Campus UBC’s fifth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition has seen a flurry of outstanding presentations as graduate students challenge themselves and each other to inform us about their…

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Begin at the Beginning: Defining a PhD Research Plan

UBC Graduate Student and Vanier Scholar Richie Nojang Kahatami shares with us his thoughts and insights as he develops his plan for his PhD study within UBC's Faculty of Arts, Department of Political Science. Written by: Richie Nojang Khatami: UBC Graduate Student and Vanier Scholar, Dept. of Political Science Supervisor: Mark E.…

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UBC doctoral student Kaylee Byers

Two UBC Doctoral Students receive national recognition for interdisciplinary research.

Two of  UBC’s  doctoral students, Kaylee Byers and Rowan Cockett, not only received NSERC Vanier Scholarships in 2014, but have been further acknowledged for the interdisciplinary nature of their research with the annual the NSERC Gilles Brassard Doctoral Prize for Interdisciplinary Research. This national prize is awarded to…

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New UBC PhD Masahiro Minami begins work as a UBC postdoctoral fellow

Recent UBC PhD in Counselling Psychology, Masahiro Minami, continues his work in peace and reconciliation in a new role - as a postdoctoral fellow with UBC Education's Peace Action Research program. Helping survivors of war, and those who tried to kill them, foster peace through relationship building is the mission of Dr. Masahiro…

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New Associate Dean Appointed

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Janice Eng to the position of Associate Dean, Funding, effective January 1, 2015.

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New Online Application

UBC has introduced a new online application system for prospective graduate students applying for programs with start dates in January 2016 or later. This new technology offers applicants a clear and intuitive path through the application process and greater flexibility for applicants and referees to provide required information and…

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5 Reasons Every Grad Student Researcher Should Compete in Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

Here are five reasons every UBC grad student researcher should compete in UBC's 2015 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

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2014 UBC Killam Awards for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of UBC’s Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring, Dr. Wan Lam and Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi. Presented at this week's graduation ceremonies, the Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring recognize outstanding mentorship of numerous graduate students over many years.  Two awards are given…

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Meet our Graduate Students: 2014 Vanier Scholars

This fall, 31 UBC graduate students were awarded a record number of Canada's prestigious Vanier Scholarships. Our congratulations go out to these distinguished young UBC scholars who between them garnered the greatest number of Vanier awards presented this year to any Canadian institution. UBC's 2014 Vanier list also represents the…

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New UBC PhD Helps Save An Endangered Language

Helping to save a language from extinction is beyond the reach of most of us.  But newly-graduated Dr. Heather Bliss has been doing just that.  Pictured: Blackfoot elder Beatrice Bullshields(l) working with Heather Bliss, PhD, Linguistics, UBC 2014 (r) As a linguist, Heather has been assisting the Blackfoot community in…

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Beat the Flu! Join the Resistance!

Beat the flu! Join the resistance. Get the flu shot. Influenza (flu) season is here and it’s important to think about protecting yourself and those around you from the flu. Get your flu shot to ensure you stay healthy throughout the fall and winter months. Reasons you should care about the flu Getting sick can take you away from…

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2014 UBC Killam Awards Celebration Recap

On October 14, 2014, an invited audience of UBC faculty, staff, graduate students and their friends and family joined with members of the Killam family and Killam Trustees to celebrate this year’s UBC Killam Laureates. The awards presentation and reception held at UBC’s Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab (AERL) is an annual event held…

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UBC Grad Student In Global 3MT Competition

Looking for some inspiration? Check out UBC’s 3 minute video entry in the second global Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition sponsored by Universitas 21 (U21). The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) 2014 3MT first place finisher Stephanie Harvard has a video entry alongside the top finishers from 16 other U21 member…

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Fall Grad Student Orientation

This year’s New Graduate Student Orientation offers events from August 27 to August 29 with the main Orientation Day being on Thursday, August 28, 2014, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM. Please see our Orientation microsite for all the events and the latest news.

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Update - New Online Application System

August 12, 2014 - The opening of the new online application system originally scheduled for launch in August 2014 has been delayed. All applicants for Vancouver campus programs will continue to use the existing online application system to apply for programs starting in either Summer 2015 or Fall 2015. The existing online application…

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Summary Report Available: Re-imagining the PhD Symposium

The symposium for Re-imagining the PhD, held at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on June 6th, 2014, was conceived as an "experiment in community dialogue," an attempt to begin a critical conversation around the parameters, content, and purposes of doctoral education.  The summary report of the event, including links to…

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Spotlight On: 2014 UBC Killam PDF Winner Matthias Görges

Dr. Matthias Görges is the recipient of a 2014 UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research prize. Awarded annually, the prestigious $5,000 prize is given in recognition of the distinguished research achievements of a UBC postdoctoral fellow during their time at UBC. Dr. Görges is an exceptional biomedical engineer who specializes in…

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Canada’s Best 3-Minute Thesis: UBC in the Running

It's Canada's first National Virtual 3 Minute Thesis Competition and UBC's Stephanie Harvard (PhD, School of Population and Health) is in the running for the top prize. You can see all the national finalist videos here. https://cags.ca/2018conference/attachment/3mt/Vote for your favourite in the People’s Choice category - voting…

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Picture of UBC's 2nd Annual PostdocSLAM lives up to its name.

UBC's 2nd Annual PostdocSLAM lives up to its name.

May 8, 2014, there were 10 Postdocs, each with 1 slide and 3 minutes to present their research to the multi-disciplinary crowd and judging panel that filled the lecture hall at UBC’s Life Sciences Centre. And then they began.

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New UBC PhD Investigates Global Trafficking in Exotic Animals

We laugh at the antics of monkeys at the zoo. We admire the beautiful plumage of tropical birds in the local pet shop. But how many of us think about where those monkeys and birds came from?  The spotted jaguar - a popular pet with those engaged in the illegal drug trade. Along with hundreds of other species, they, or their…

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UBC PhD Student Advances to National 3MT Final

May 2, 2014 - Congratulations to UBC's PhD Student Stephanie Harvard! She rose to the top of an outstanding group of 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) presentations to place 2nd in the the Western regional English language event hosted by the University of Calgary.

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UBC Graduate student Rachel Cliff wins 2014 Vancouver Sun Run

Rachel Cliff, a student in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health’s MSc OEH program, was looking for a win in her first ever Sun Run race – and she succeeded with a time of 33 minutes, 14 seconds. Congratulations, Rachel from all of us at Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. The Vancouver Sun profiled Rachel and her racing…

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New Associate Dean, PDFO and Graduate Student Development

April 28, 2014 – It is with great pleasure that the Office of the Dean and Vice-Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies announces the appointment of Associate Professor Rachel Fernandez to the position of Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Fellows Office and Graduate and Professional Development. Dr. Fernandez will assume strategic…

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