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Giving back for 21 Days of Giving

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is encouraging the UBC community to support its annual 21 Days of Giving campaign.

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UBC's next generation of researchers

On November 16, the Government of Canada announced more than 6,000 awards and fellowships awarded to students at Canadian universities, including more than 360 graduate students at UBC.

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Recognizing the graduates of 2020 to 2022

UBC is welcoming more than 1,500 graduands for 2022 in addition to alumni from the classes of 2020 and 2021 for this year's graduation ceremonies.

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Impact story: activism and climate change

Graduate students are at the forefront of research and activism on the climate crisis.

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How Heavy Metal could help the green energy transition

UBC graduate students can take a new course in January 2023 focused on climate change and the mining life cycle.

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Killam Doctoral Scholarship recipients announced

Twenty-six UBC doctoral candidates have received a Killam Doctoral Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Friedman Award recognizes ten students and residents working in health

Ten graduate students and medical residents doing research in the field of health have received the 2022 Friedman Award.

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Graduate student scholars contributing to the public good

UBC's Public Scholars Initiative has welcomed 45 new scholars for its 2022/23 cohort, including seven at the Okanagan campus.

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Climate Emergency Fund recipients share back: Public Scholars Initiative

The Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) is an award-winning program at UBC that is recognized for its excellence in supporting and promoting doctoral students in undertaking impactful research for the public good.  

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Climate Stories from UBC

On October 27, climate researchers from UBC will gather to tell stories about their work for climate justice.

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Graduate student funding and financial wellbeing

The financial wellbeing of our students and postdoc community is important to us.

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UBC appoints Dr. Debroah Buszard as Interim President and Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Buszard will assume the role on October 14 while UBC conducts a search for the university's next president.

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Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into mental health supports

The Community-based Indigeneity, Resiliency and Cyberbullying Lab in Education (C.I.R.C.L.E) at UBC connects with teens, community members, educators and researchers to promote youth wellbeing in online spaces.

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Participate in Orange Shirt Day at UBC

Orange Shirt Day is held annually on September 30, to honour and uphold Survivors and intergenerational Survivors of the Indian residential school system.

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National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Celebrating the postdoctoral fellow community at UBC

National Postdoc Appreciation Week runs September 20 to 23.

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Welcome new and returning graduate students

Attend an orientation event, meet graduate students in the online MyCommunity forums, and learn more about the services available to graduate students.

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Upcoming sessions for prospective students

UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is offering a series of "Ask me Anything" (AMA) sessions live on Instagram, as well as information sessions for prospective students via Zoom.

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Statement on the loss of PhD student Agustín Beltrán

UBC Economics PhD student Agustín Beltrán was killed in a cycling accident.

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Search for Principal and Head of Programs, Green College UBC

Green College seeks a tenured professor at UBC as its next Principal.

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Joint graduate course Heavy Metal wins Killam Connection Competition

A collaborative graduate course has received $25,000 to support invited speakers, public events and public scholarship.

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June is Indigenous History Month

Take time to recognize the history and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.

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Governor General's Gold Medal recipients for 2022

Dr. Mohammad Jafari (PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Nicole Wang (MSc), have received the Governor General's Gold Medal for outstanding achievement.

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Summer Institute for Indigenous Graduate Students

The week-long institute, held July 11 – 17, 2022, is open to new and current Indigenous graduate students.

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Congratulations to graduating Master's and Doctoral students

More than 240 doctoral students and over 1,000 master's students will receive their diplomas.

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Forum supporting mentorship of racialized graduate students

On June 24, attend a day-long forum on effective mentorship of racialized graduate students.

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Apply to become a public scholar

The Public Scholars Initiative Scholarship is accepting applications until Friday, May 20.

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Supporting community engagement with graduate student research

Eight graduate students have received funding from the Community-University Engagement Support Fund (CUES) for community-engaged partnerships and research projects.

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In the news: graduate students and postdocs

UBC graduate students and postdoctoral fellows contribute to research projects, make discoveries and develop solutions to problems. Their outstanding work is featured in the news every month. Here are just some media highlights from this quarter. January Caroline Running Wolf, PhD student in the Anthropology program, was featured in…

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Two graduate students selected as SSHRC Storytellers finalists

Lois Evans (PhD candidate, School of Information) and Niki Oveisi (PhD student, Pharmaceutical Sciences) have been selected as finalists in the 2022 SSHRC Storytellers Challenge.

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Winners of the Three Minute Thesis competition

Ten finalists competed in the 3MT finals on Wednesday, March 30.

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