Services & Resources

Resources and training for students and instructors around academic integrity, its importance, and how to apply best practices to learning and teaching.

Activities, examples, and scenarios, for modifying and redesigning active learning techniques in order to remove barriers to participation and accommodate learners with disabilities or mental health needs.

Training, consultation, research proposal support, commercial cloud computing infrastructure to support data-intensive research across disciplines.

Book a consultation to help with your questions about your research involving human participants including your ethics application.

A curated recommended reading list to help you navigate grad school and strategize for your career.

Whether you're planning to launch your own lab, transition into biotech or pharma, or simply want to speak the language of business, this dynamic, self-paced online course demystifies core principles of business strategy, finance, and development.

Individual in-person or online advising conversations on topics including: career options/exploration, job search, networking, interviews, resume, academic CVs, etc. 

Tools, resources, advice, and career stories to help guide your career planning and development. 

Check out past recordings or register for upcoming sessions. Topics include career exploration, knowing what your employer wants, preparing application materials, interviews, negotiating, and more.

A year-long teaching development program that prepares graduate students who seek faculty positions focused on teaching and learning or future educational leadership positions.

Guidelines, samples and information about curricula vitae.

A checklist, sample workplan, and past presentation materials and recordings to help you prepare for a smooth doctoral examination process.

An interactive learning space to explore resources and activities to embed EDI in the design of research projects, development of research teams and culture, conducting research, and sharing research outcomes within and outside research spaces.  

Bookable Graduate Student Society spaces, available for graduate student events.  Fees apply for commercial bookings.

Free online, on-demand courses 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. 

Materials, handouts, and recordings from many past Graduate Pathways to Success sessions, including our career, wellbeing, and statistics series.

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, Parenting, Thesis-writing, and more.

In-person support group for graduate students to connect with each to help navigate the unique challenges of grad school such as motivation, procrastination, perfectionism, feelings of being an imposter, isolation and making connections, work/life balance and setting boundaries, and managing work relationships.

Information and strategies on food and nutrition, sleep for success, understanding stress, sexual health, substance use and harm reduction, and flu and colds.

CIHR's IDP is a tool that supports graduate students and postdocs 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).

ImaginePhD is a free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. 

My IDP is a free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdocs in the sciences.

Online true-to-life job simulation exercises that allow PhD-level scientists and humanists, regardless of professional stage, to explore future career options. 

Advice and resources for job search strategies including links to UBC, general, and industry-specific job boards

Free online e-modules to help researchers better communicate ideas and innovations generated from research.  Topics include data-driven decision making, storytelling for impact, building and navigating partnerships, accessible and inclusive event planning and infographic design.