Workshops & Events

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This workshop provides a gentle introduction to web mapping with Leaflet, a free and open-source code library. No prior experience necessary! ...

By popular demand, the Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication is excited to launch anew online writing retreat, open toall membersof the UBC community. ...

What Recruiters Look For: Strengthen Your Interview Game Come and meet Eren Flood, Talent Acquisition Lead at Moment Energy, who will be sharing insights from the other side of the table. ...

Putting things off to the last minute? Having a hard time starting a project? Or is it hard to finish and actually put a close to something you are working on? ...

Learn how to create effective and funder-compliant Data Management Plans (DMPs) in this hands-on workshop led by UBC’s Research Data Management team, designed for graduate students and researchers across disciplines. ...

This workshop focuses on Large Language Models (LLM) to provide participants with a foundational understanding of LLM, their working, and how to fine-tune a pre-trained LLM for your own data. ...

This workshop is designed for students applying for the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s (CGRS M). ...

Career Pathways in Engineering and Geoscience: What I Wish I Knew as a Young Professional ...

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The tidyverse is a collection of R packages designed for data science. All packages share an underlying design philosophy, grammar, and data structures. This workshop presents some of the major tidyverse packages. At the end of the workshop, you will: ...

Regular expressions are a powerful and standardized way of representing patterns in text using special symbols and syntax. ...

By popular demand, the Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication is excited to launch anew online writing retreat, open toall membersof the UBC community. ...

Mendeley is a reference management tool that helps you build libraries of references and then add citations and bibliographies to word-processed documents. This workshop is meant for those using or considering Mendeley as a Citation Management tool, at the beginner and intermediate levels. ...

Have questions as you complete your CGRS-M application? Join this follow-up AMA session for questions and clarifications about application materials, requirements, and application submission procedures. ...

This presentation will cover my current research as it relates to the digitization of tangible cultural heritage. It will firstly present ongoing research into the landscape of 3D models of Indigenous belongings within Canada. ...

This workshop focuses on regression models to provide participants with a foundational understanding of machine learning concepts, techniques, and tools used for linear and nonlinear regression. ...

Workshop: Introduction to De-identification ...

Graduate school applications typically include a statement of intent or purpose, whereby prospective students describe their research background and expertise and begin to map out a research plan. But how do emerging scholars craft their identity in this high-stakes document? ...

Graduate school can be both an exciting and stressful time for many students. Supporting and caring for one’s health and wellbeing is important to learning and completing your degree, as well as building professional competency. ...

An event for ALL degrees! Come discover the many career paths in Arts & Entertainment. About Purpose-Driven ...

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Data manipulation is a crucial part of data visualization and analysis. This workshop introduces common functions in the dplyr package to manipulate rows and columns. Participants are expected to already be familiar with R and the RStudio environment. ...

Everyone who is using Zotero or thinks they might like to use Zotero is welcome at this workshop. This workshop is intended for beginner to intermediate users. ...

Plain text formats have received increasing attention fromscholars in recent years and have been described as among the best ways to store knowledge persistently. ...

What are you good at, and how do you know? ...

Workshop: Introduction to Manual Data De-identification ...

Drawing on recent scholarship, this interactive workshop examines the potential uses and limitations of generative AI tools in grant proposal writing. ...

Introduction to the fire and life safety engineering field: Forensics, Performance based design, Hazardous Assessments, Nuclear Fire Safety, codes and standards, etc. ...

Working on your thesis? This session will review the UBC formatting and submission requirements and include: ...

The Doctoral Defence information session walks students through the doctoral examination process and explains the different defence modes - in-person, virtual, and hybrid. The session includes: ...

Do Work That Matters Come meet the team behind AlgaeCal and learn more about our internship program and what it’s like to work with us. ...

At Associated Engineering, we’re passionate about not only the work we do but the communities we live and work in. Which is why sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. As a carbon neutral company since 2009, we help shape resilient and sustainable communities across Canada. ...

By popular demand, the Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication is excited to launch anew online writing retreat, open toall membersof the UBC community. ...

Are you in the midst of writing your thesis? Are there images or portions of published manuscripts you are planning to use in your thesis? Do you have concerns over how copyright laws could delay your thesis submission? In this session we will discuss: ...

Workshop: Depositing Research Data to Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository ...

This workshop offers an exploration of machine learning models for clustering and classification. With the increasing availability of large datasets, these models play a crucial role in extracting valuable insights and making informed decisions. ...

Film Interview with Psychologist of Addiction Bruce Alexander:Scholarly Knowledge in Action ...

Receiving a major-revision decision from a journal can be intimidating, yet it often represents an opportunity rather than a setback. This workshop equips graduate students and early-career researchers across disciplines with practical strategies for responding to reviewer feedback. ...

Everyone who is using Zotero or thinks they might like to use Zotero is welcome at this workshop. This workshop is intended for beginner to intermediate users. ...

This workshop will introduce concepts and tools for visualizingdata in R, with emphasis on the ggplot2 package. Participants are expected to be familiar with R and the RStudio environment. ...

Opportunity to learn about Ledcor, meet the team, our projects, career paths, what we look for in recruiting and so much more. ...

We live in a culture that emphasizes being perfect as a virtue in everything from body image to relationships to career achievements. The problem is that life and being human, in spite of our best efforts, is messier than this. ...