Resources

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Academic Integrity Resources for an Educative Approach

Check out this page https://academicintegrity.ubc.ca/resources/ for numerous resources and supports for both students and instructors. In particular, there are several relevant Canvas modules including:

Academic Integrity Foundations”: this module introduces academic integrity in terms of what it is, why it is important within the UBC community, how students can put it into practice, and what pitfalls to watch out for. It also reviews the different types of academic…

Academic, Writing and Communication Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication
Book List: Succeeding in Grad School and your Career

Below is a list of recommended reading to help you navigate grad school and strategize for your career.  These are some examples and there are many more!  Many have very similar topics.  Pick one or two depending on where you are in your program.  You do not need to read them all! They range from helping you choose your research project, to navigating each stage of your program, to helping you select opportunities for career planning. (Note: many of these are available through the UBC library)

  • Designing your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans…
Academic, Career, Writing and Communication Graduate Pathways to Success
Business Concepts for Life Scientists (Online, Self-paced)

The purpose of this online, on-demand course is to enhance PhD scientists’ understanding of foundational business concepts. This business coursework is unique because it is designed to prepare scientists for career transitions into both academic and non-academic settings. The course comprises a series of three modules - Business Strategy, Finance and Business Development.

This course is designed for graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty who wish to gain a basic understanding of business fundamentals. The goal is to impact participants' career readiness by helping prepare…

Career, Leadership iBiology
Career Planning, Graduate

Visit the graduate student career page for tools, resources, advice, and video stories to help guide your career planning and exploration.

Career, Leadership, Working with others UBC Career Centre
Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning

The Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning is a year-long teaching development program that supports the development of graduate students' expertise in teaching and learning. It serves both graduate students seeking excellence in teaching and learning in their future roles as faculty, as well as those who will apply the skills outside of traditional faculty roles.. Learn more.

Career, Teaching Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
Curricula Vitae

This site provides samples and information about curricula vitae . See here for additional examples of grad-specific CV and samples.

Career, Leadership UBC Career Centre
Dissertation Success Curriculum

The 12-week Dissertation Success online, on-demand program is designed for doctoral candidates who are focused on finishing their dissertation. Each module includes a recorded training video and resources.

Join with the University of British Columbia's subscription to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, then register.

Week 1: Orientation & Daily Writing
Week 2: Dissertation Plan
Week 3: Exploring Your Mindset
Week 4:…

Academic, Health and Wellbeing, Writing and Communication National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
Effective Teaching Online, Workshop Recordings

CIRTL's Effective Teaching Online playlist on YouTube includes pre-recorded versions of two 2020 workshops: one designed to give instructors a brief introduction to online, evidence-based, inclusive teaching strategies; the other designed to share top-level recommendations on how to effectively support online instructors during temporary distance learning. Related workshop materials are provided in video descriptions. Workshops address:

  • Building a…
Teaching Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Research (online course)

Developed specifically for the UBC research community, this canvas course helps develop the understanding and application of appropriate EDI practices to the research environment. Start today.

Research, Working with others Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation
Event Venues, Free

The Graduate Student Society has several spaces within the Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road, as well as the GSS Loft in the Nest,6133 University Blvd, available for graduate student professional development and social events as well as meetings and study groups.  Learn more about the venues, their capacity, and how to reserve a space here.

Working with others Graduate Student Society
Good Clinical Research Practice Courses, Online

Online, on-demand courses are available on Good Clinical Practice, Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), Biomedical Research Ethics, Social and Behavioral Research, Transportation of Dangerous Goods TDG/IATA, Health Canada Division 5 - Drugs For Clinical Trials Involving Human Subjects, and CITI Canada Privacy.  These are available through a UBC subscription and are free to UBC students, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.

Academic, Research N2 Network of Networks
GPS Workshop Materials, Recordings

Materials, handouts, and recordings from many past Graduate Pathways to Success sessions, including our career and statistics series, are posted online here (cwl login required)

Academic, Career, Research Graduate Pathways to Success
Grad School Confidential Podcast

Grad School Confidential is a podcast dedicated to breaking the silence over academic and personal challenges common to grad student life. Topics include Impostor Syndrome, Dealing with Criticism, Burnout, Balance, Thesis-writing, and more.

Academic, Health and Wellbeing University of Alberta
Guides to Writing and Research

The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication developed these resources to assist students across the disciplines and professions. These evidence-based resources describe some of the typical practices that occur in high-stakes writing situations, with a focus on academic genres: abstracts, lay summaries, literature reviews, research article introductions, and so on.

Writing and Communication Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication
Health topics to take care of your health

Get information and strategies from UBC Health and Wellbeing to maintain a healthy lifestyle.  Topics include:

  • Food and nutrition
  • Sleep for success
  • Understanding stress
  • Sexual health
  • Substance use and harm reduction
  • Flu and colds

 

Health and Wellbeing Wellness Centre
Hidden Handbook

A mini-series of short videos (5 - 10 mins each), to provide quick tips for success in a variety of areas across the academic sphere. Join for free with UBC's subscription, then watch.

Chapter 1: Accountability Matters: When it comes to research and writing, accountability matters. This video highlights three ways to increase academics’ accountability and boost their research productivity.

Chapter 2: Creating Micro Goals to Maximize Your 30-Minute Writing Sessions

Chapter 3…

Academic, Health and Wellbeing, Research, Working with others, Writing and Communication National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
Individual Development Plan, Health

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has developed an online Individual Development Plan (IDP) and resources.  The IDP is a tool that supports graduate students and PDFs in actively preparing for the career(s) of their choice by exploring career paths, establishing career goals, and identifying skill gaps, culminating in an action plan to achieve their career goal(s).

Academic, Career UBC Career Centre, Graduate Pathways to Success
Individual Development Plan, Humanities and Social Sciences

ImaginePhD is a free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The ImaginePhD project is powered by the Graduate Career Consortium (https://gradcareerconsortium.org/; GCC).
Note: This website is not hosted in Canada, and your personal information may be stored or accessed outside of Canada.

Academic, Career UBC Career Centre, Graduate Pathways to Success
Individual Development Plan, Sciences

My IDP is a unique, web-based career-planning tool tailored to meet the needs of PhD students and postdocs in the sciences.  This website was developed by AAAS/Science, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), and experts from several universities (see authors on their site). 
Note: This website is not hosted in Canada, and your personal information may be stored or accessed outside of Canada.

Academic, Career UBC Career Centre, Graduate Pathways to Success
InterSECT Job Simulations

InterSECT is an online platform that allows PhD-level scientists and humanists, regardless of professional stage, to explore future career options. Our goal is to provide true-to-life job simulation exercises that help individuals consider the following questions:

What are my professional interests and skills?
How do my interests and skills translate to potential careers?
What are my career options?
Which careers haven’t I considered?

Career Graduate Pathways to Success
Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) modules

Research Impact Canada has developed freely accessible online e-modules, each focused on a specific skill important in KMb. These online modules are stand-alone and can be completed in any order at any time.

The purpose of these modules is to:

  • Introduce important KMb skills in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step manner
  • Build your skillset in knowledge mobilization
  • Provide tools and additional resources for increased uptake
  • Apply this training directly to your own work

Topics include data-driven decision making, storytelling…

Research, Writing and Communication Research Impact Canada
KxM Research to Impact Foundations Course

KxM Research to Impact Foundations Course is a self-paced, online course designed for members of the UBC community — including faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and researchers — whose research aims to create social impact through informing practice and policy and/or expanding public conversation.

Learn more and enroll here: https://kx.ubc.ca/programs/kxm-research-impact-foundations

Course format:

  • A self-paced, online course hosted on Canvas. 
  • Five learning…
Academic, Writing and Communication Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation
Library Orientation for Graduate Students in 30 minutes_Links, Materials

The Graduate Student Orientation to the Library will briefly introduce you to resources, services and people at UBC Library. The recorded workshop, you will enable you to:

  •     Identify how the library can help you
  •     Find updates on library services
  •     Describe how a librarian can help
  •     Find top library resources
  •     List services for graduate students
Academic, Research UBC Library
Management Consulted

All degree seeking UBC students can log in to this online tool to access resources related to consulting, including resources for preparing for case interviews, learning about what consulting is, free webinars, and finding peers to practice case interviews with. Students can log in with their CWL at https://managementconsulted.com/ubc-student-login/ 

Questions?  Contact career.centre@ubc.ca

Career UBC Career Centre
Media training for UBC researchers

This course is designed by UBC Media relations specifically to help scholars develop the confidence to engage with media about newsworthy research. Researchers will learn:

  • how to evaluate the likelihood of media interest in a particular research story
  • how to distill complex findings into media-friendly messages
  • what to expect from various interview formats
  • how to prepare for an interview
  • how to control the focus of an interview
  • when and how to connect with UBC Media Relations to promote findings

You can access…

Academic, Writing and Communication UBC Media Relations