Professional Development and Academic Support

Various units on UBC campus organize events and provide services and resources to support the professional development of graduate students. Some upcoming events and opportunities from these providers are also listed within forums in community.grad.ubc.ca. Click on the links below for more information on these providers.

alumni UBC

alumni UBC provides career education for every stage of your professional life. Their innovative collection of programs and resources, many available to current graduate students, connect you to a vast network of UBC graduates and empower you to design a meaningful and fulfilling work life, aligned with your education, strengths and values.

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Career Centre

The UBC Career Centre is a hub of career development expertise, programs, initiatives, and resources to help empower graduate students and recent graduates to explore possibilities and actively engage in professional development and career exploration throughout their time at UBC.

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Centre for Community Engaged Learning

The Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) connects communities with UBC faculty and students to work on issues that impact society today. Their programs provide students with opportunities to ignite change by collaborating, innovating, and leading through dynamic projects, workshops, and community engagement.

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Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) provides a variety of graduate student programs and support related to teaching, TA training, use of technology in educational programming as well as a certificate program for those wishing to pursue a career in teaching and learning in higher education. 

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Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning

CIRTL@UBC is the UBC node of the Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), a network of research-intensive universities interested in improving STEM undergraduate teaching through graduate student and postdoc training.

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Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication

The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) provides evidence-based writing consultations, workshops, and resources for UBC Vancouver community members. We welcome those with varying levels of English language proficiency, including multilingual speakers new to academic and professional English at a research university.

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Counselling Services

Counselling Services provide a variety of resources, workshops, and in person support, including group counselling, to support your health and wellbeing.

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Enrolment Services

Enrolment Services Advisors can help students manage their finances, create a financial plan, learn about loans and bursaries, and more.

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Graduate Pathways to Success

The Graduate Pathways to Success (Pathways) program is designed to complement your graduate program's academic curriculum and mentorship experience and offers a wide range of personal and professional development sessions and resources to support you throughout your time in graduate school and to allow you to develop some of the skills and competencies needed to thrive as prof

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Graduate Student Society

The Graduate Student Society (GSS) provides an independent voice for UBC-V graduate students.

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Innovation UBC

Innovation UBC works with UBC’s researchers to support and accelerate the translation of their research into real world impacts. Through research partnerships, technology transfer, and venture building services, UBC researchers have access to a robust ecosystem of services and support to strengthen their translation opportunities.

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Library Research Commons

The UBC Library Research Commons, located on the 4th and 5th floors of Koerner Library, is an interdisciplinary, research-driven learning environment for graduate students that provides research support services by graduate students, for graduate students.

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Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office

Located in the Walter C. Koerner Library, the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office supports UBC faculty and staff through workshops, guides and one-to-one consultations on a range of scholarly communication issues including copyright, open access, research metrics, cIRcle, author rights, publishing services, and more.

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Wellness Centre

The Wellness Centre believes that a healthy mind, body, and spirit are foundations for students to achieve their personal and academic goals. Located in the UBC Life Building, the Wellness Centre is a peer-hosted space that offers many wellbeing programs, services and resources for students.

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Academic Integrity Hub
UBC values an educative approach to academic integrity that seeks to support through education and deepen awareness for students and instructors, as well as an approach to academic misconduct that is fair and effective.  Learn more about academic integrity, understand its role, and learn what happens when it is breached through informative modules, GenAI tools, and additional resources and support.

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Advanced Research Computing
Advanced Research Computing is UBC’s dedicated service for researchers across all disciplines working on questions that have large computational and data needs. They offer consultation, training, and digital research infrastructure for data-intensive research across disciplines free-of-charge to the UBC community.

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Applied Statistics and Data Science Group
The Applied Statistics and Data Science Group (ASDa) is the research support and general statistical consulting group of the UBC Department of Statistics. Their professional statistical consultants and scientific programmers can help graduate students with data analytics needs, from study design and grant proposal support, analysis, and hands-on training including free support through the Statistical Opportunity for Students (SOS) program.

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Centre for Accessibility
The Centre for Accessibility assesses disability-related accommodations for UBC students in all faculties and programs in order to remove barriers for students with documented disabilities and ongoing medical conditions. The Centre works with students to explore their accommodation needs, and to connect them with appropriate support and resources. We have a graduate student specific team and tailored graduate accommodations and supports. Please familiarize yourself with UBC Disability Accommodation Policy LR-7 to understand more.

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Equity & Inclusion Office
The Equity & Inclusion Office works to advance equity and anti-racism across UBC, helping to create more inclusive and welcoming environments in classrooms, residences, workplaces, and all aspects of campus life. Find resources and take workshops that support employment equity, education, leadership, and proactive initiatives while building resiliency and a respectful environment. Unsure if you are experiencing discrimination or personal harassment, you can always make an appointment with a Human Rights Advisor at the Equity & Inclusion Office..

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Go Global
Go Global develops and facilitates international learning opportunities for UBC students through Global Seminars, Exchange, Summer Abroad and Research Abroad. Go Global’s programs offer UBC students the opportunity to explore the world; build independence, initiative and adaptability; and foster global citizenship while participating in meaningful international learning experiences.  

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Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies strives to enhance the education of graduate students through responsive and responsible administration that is transparent, consistent and equitable, superior service with activities and support programs for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff, and outstanding opportunities for personal and professional development to help graduate students and postdocs to contribute positively to a civil and sustainable society.

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Office of Research Ethics
UBC's Office of Research Ethics oversees and manages the process of reviewing and approving research involving human participants and animals, and compliance with US financial conflict of interest regulations.  They offer one-on-one consultations as well as workshops and extensive guidance to support graduate students preparing their research ethics applications.

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Public Humanities Hub
The Public Humanities Hub fosters innovative, collaborative public humanities research and advances public-facing, engaged scholarship across Arts, Law, and Education at UBC.

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Public Scholars Initiative
The PSI reimagines doctoral education in ways that facilitate purposeful social contribution, the production of new and creative forms of scholarship and dissertations, and support graduate students' broader career perspectives. Key components of the initiative include a Public Scholars Network for collaboration and networking, professional development and training, mentorship, academic support for broad forms of publicly-engaged scholarship, and funding.

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Scholarly Integrity Initiative
The Scholarly Integrity Initiative offers teaching and resources in areas such as mentorship, data management, writing, authorship and publishing to help you conduct your research and scholarship responsibly. This includes a short self-paced course on Responsible Conduct of Research.

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UBC Library
The UBC Library is a vital support for research, learning and teaching excellence at UBC.  Subject Librarians can help you select appropriate databases and use them effectively and efficiently.  Library services and resources, available through one-to-one consultations, workshops, and online guides, help with data management, digital scholarship, scholarly communication and writing needs, and more

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UBC graduate students have access to additional professional development opportunities provided by UBC-sponsored institutional memberships as well as through other national and international organizations. Learn more about these organizations below.


Canadian Institutes of Health Research

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada's federal funding agency for health research. Composed of 13 Institutes, they collaborate with partners and researchers to support the discoveries and innovations that improve our health and strengthen our health care system.


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iBiology

iBiology, part of Science Communication Lab, provides free open-access learning to bridge the gap between traditional research training and real-world success. Video courses teach skills for career planning, experimental design, mentee training, and science communication through a library of in-depth content that offers flexible, self-paced learning with practical and actionable insights for researchers in the life sciences.


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Mitacs Training

Mitacs Training, free to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows currently registered at a Canadian university, provides professional development courses built skills across 5 key areas including professional and career fundamentals, interpersonal skills, networking skills, communication, leadership and management, and intrapreneurship. Courses are delivered in 2 parts: a self-pace online component followed by a live online expert-led workshop.  Mitacs Accerate supports research internships with industry and not-for-profit partners.  Mitacs Globalink offers travel funding for international research collaborations.


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N2 Network of Networks

The Network of Networks (N2) is a not-for-profit incorporated organization and an alliance of Canadian research networks and organizations working to enhance national clinical research capability and capacity.  Professional Education and Training is provided through a partnership with the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI).  UBC members may register through the 'University of British Columbia (N2) subscription.


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Research Impact Canada

Research Impact Canada (RIC) is a national leader in helping universities and other organizations create value and impact from knowledge. Through a focus on sharing best practices, co-developing resources, and delivering training in knowledge mobilization, RIC helps build institutional capacity to turn knowledge into action.


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