Workshops & Events

This workshop will introduce the Unix shell, a powerful way to communicate with your computer more directly through a command line interface. There are many ways to interact with a computer. ...

Workshop: Licensing Your Research Data ...

Learnthe basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration. Git is widely usedversion control software that tracks changes to a groupoffiles, referred to as a repository. ...

Negotiation is a common part of the hiring process, and many applicants find this part intimidating. This workshop will cover: ...

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: ...

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

Thisworkshop is for students conducting literature reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Topics covered in the workshop include: ...

A Collaborative Symposium with SFU, UBC & UVic This two-day Tri-University symposium helps PhD students and postdocs explore what their career paths can look like across academia, industry, and public adjacent roles. ...

A Collaborative Symposium with SFU, UBC & UVic This two-day Tri-University symposium helps PhD students and postdocs explore what their career paths can look like across academia, industry, and public adjacent roles. ...

This event is part of the2026 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place fromMay 4 – 8, 2026. ...

The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ...

Considering how to gain meaningful career-relevant experience during your degree? This session introduces a Design Your Own Experience (DYOE) framework for leveraging a diverse ecosystem of creative, applied, and scholarly opportunities that build real, transferable skills. ...

The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ...

We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to acorpus.No prior experience with text analysis is required. ...

Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. ...

This workshop is a brief introduction to the Digital Storytelling tool, Twine. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: ...

Writing a literature review can feel like navigating a maze of research, but it doesn’t have to. Join this practical, research-informed workshop to discover how to map and enter the scholarly conversation in your field. ...

In this session, we present a process for you to use to realign quickly and gracefully when you have found yourself off track or feeling misaligned from your goals. ...

This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: ...

The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ...

Citations do more than give credit or prevent plagiarism. They shape your voice within scholarly conversations. This workshop examines citation strategies, the common functions of citations in academic writing, and effective ways to engage with sources to build your research narrative. ...

We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to acorpus.No prior experience with text analysis is required. ...

This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: ...

Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. ...

This workshop is a brief introduction to the Digital Storytelling tool, Twine. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: ...

The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) invites current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to an on-campus day of dedicated, distraction-free writing time. ...

This workshop is designed for graduate students applying for the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) from the national funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. ...