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Meet this year’s Governor General’s Gold Medal recipients

The Governor General’s Gold Medal is an opportunity to honour the best in the graduating class within the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. One gold medal is awarded to the graduate student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record as a master’s student completing a thesis. And a second gold medal is awarded to…

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Public Scholar alumna wins the Starkey-Robinson Award for Graduate Research on Canada

Public Scholars Initiative alumna, Jessica Hallenbeck, has won the Canadian Association of Geographers’ Starkey-Robinson Award for Graduate Research on Canada, in recognition of high-quality graduate research that furthers understanding of the geography of Canada. Dr. Hallenbeck’s research expands on Women in Fish: We Have…

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Working Towards Change: MPPGA Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) alumni are responding to the COVID-19 situation with policies, recommendations, and actions in professional roles that span the public and private sectors, and non-governmental agencies. We heard from twelve MPPGA alumni about what their current policy work entails and…

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UBC doctoral student wins the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship

Jennifer Lavalley is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Studies exploring the experiences of Indigenous people who use drugs.

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On this International Women’s Day, meet our amazing grad students

In honour of this year’s International Women’s Day, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies wants to highlight some of the amazing research by our graduate students. From studying socio-cultural dynamics that shape our perceptions of morality, to practicing empowerment journalism, to mapping Indigenous sovereignty through assurgency,…

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Interview with G+PS Dean on why and how doctoral education needs to change

Dr. Susan Porter, past President of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies and Dean & Vice-Provost of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of British Columbia(UBC), shared her reflections on why and how doctoral education needs to change to better serve academia and society in the…

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Happy Holidays from G+PS!

Everyone at UBC Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies wishes you a happy holiday season, filled with peace and joy.

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Congratulations to this fall's graduating master’s and doctoral students!

From November 27 to November 29, UBC holds graduation ceremonies to students receiving their baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. Everyone crossing the stage this fall has their own story of hard work, challenges, setbacks, and achievements. Some of these year’s graduates include: Dr. Warner, from Kinesiology, studied the…

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Public Scholars Initiative Launches its Fifth Year!

UBC’s groundbreaking Public Scholars Initiative has launched its fifth year on September 26, 2019 with a new cohort of 34 students!  

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Graduate Student Wellbeing Ambassador Training and Support Program launched

The purpose of the all-day training program is to build the capacity of graduate students to become a Graduate Student Wellbeing Ambassador (GSWA) for their peers, and to provide health information and resource support to graduate students in order to improve their overall wellbeing.

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G+PS staff member receives 2019 President’s Staff Award

Our warm congratulations to G+PS staff member Kelli Kadokawa on receiving the 2019 President’s Staff Award under the Community Engagement category. The President’s Staff Awards recognize contributions in advancing diversity and inclusion, community engagement, creativity and innovation, emerging leadership, enhancing the UBC…

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Recipient of Killam Connection 2019-2020 announced

The Office of the Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is proud to announce that the winner of the 2019-2020 Killam Connection competition is the “Healthy Aging: From Cells to Societies”course proposed by Dr. Eli Puterman (CRC in Physical Activity and Health) from the School of Kinesiology. …

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New support group series for graduate student mental health and wellbeing

We are pleased to announce a new joint pilot initiative with Counselling Services, Wellbeing and Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies designed to offer additional mental health and wellbeing support geared specifically towards graduate students and centered around known stressors many graduate students are faced with. This pilot was…

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2019 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship announced

Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced more than $285 million for over 6,900 researchers and graduate students across Canada. This investment, through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), will fund research in areas including education, immigration, Indigenous health and…

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Picture of 2019 Friedman Award for Scholars in Health recipients announced

2019 Friedman Award for Scholars in Health recipients announced

Eight graduate students doing research in the field of health have received this year’s Friedman Award for Scholars in Health.

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Congratulations to this year's #GreatSupervisors

May 6-12, 2019 was the third annual Great Supervisor Week at UBC, when students were invited to give kudos to their graduate supervisors using the hashtags #GreatSupervisor and #UBC. These are just a few of the ways our students feel their faculty are helping mentor them: My sincere and heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to…

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Congratulations to the 2019 graduating master’s and doctoral students!

From May 22 to May 30, UBC is holding graduation ceremonies to honour thousands of students receiving their baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. Everyone crossing the stage this spring has their own story of hard work, challenges, setbacks, and achievements. In all, 1,234 master's and doctoral students have earned the right to…

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Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients announced

Twenty-three doctoral students at UBC have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship, and four postdoctoral fellows have received a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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UBC professor wins 2019 CAGS Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship

Matei Ripeanu, UBC Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the Faculty of Applied Science, is the winner of the 2019 Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship, given by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies. The award recognizes graduate faculty members with a record of outstanding mentorship of graduate students…

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Two UBC students are finalists in the 2019 SSHRC’s Storyteller challenge

Miriam Miller, a doctoral student in Human Development, Learning and Culture program, in the Faculty of Education, and SIQI Xiao, a masters student in Sociology program, in the Faculty of Arts, are among the 25 finalists of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)'s 2019 Storytellers challenge.

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PhDs Go Public Research Talks are back in 2019!

The PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series returns once again in 2019 with four exciting talks, where doctoral students tell their community-engaged research stories in just under seven minutes.

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Six Strategic Plan projects will directly impact grad students and postdocs

Graduate students and postdocs will directly benefit from at least six of the recently funded UBC pilot projects and change initiatives.

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G+PS wishes you Happy Holidays!

Everyone at UBC Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies wishes you a happy holiday season, filled with peace and joy.

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Congratulations to the master’s and doctoral students graduating this November!

From November 28 to November 30, UBC holds graduation ceremonies to students receiving their baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. Everyone crossing the stage this fall has their own story of hard work, challenges, setbacks, and achievements.

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U21/PwC Innovation Challenge is launched

What is the U21/PwC competition? This online competition challenges U21 students to respond to contemporary, globally-important work-related issues (set by PwC) via a short three-minute video. The videos are judged by PwC and their clients, who are leaders in graduate career development. The challenge offers students the…

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UBC Psychology and PSI alumna awarded the 2018 CAGS Distinguished Dissertation Award

UBC psychology graduate and Public Scholar alumna, Dr. Ashley Whillans, has received the 2018 Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award.  The CAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding Canadian doctoral dissertations. The initiative seeks to showcase original research…

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The PSI Launches its Fourth Year

The Public Scholars Initiative Launches its Fourth Year!

UBC’s groundbreaking Public Scholars Initiative has launched its fourth year on September 21, 2018 with a new cohort of 35 students!  

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2018 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients announced

Twenty-one doctoral students at UBC have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship, and nine postdoctoral fellows have received a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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Province to support UBC’s graduate students with new scholarships

The University of British Columbia will be receiving a $6 million graduate student scholarship fund, as part of an effort to encourage research and innovation in the province. 

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Congratulations to this year's Vanier Scholarship recipients

The federal government announced the 2018 recipients of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Of the 167 recipients, 21 are pursuing graduate degrees at UBC.

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