PSI Home What is the PSI Meet our scholars News Events Blog Resources FAQ / Contact Public Scholars Initiative PSI Home What is the PSI Meet our scholars News Events Blog Resources FAQ / Contact Apply Public Scholars Award Latest updates from the PSI network, as well as photos, videos, and other material from past events. Five Lessons on Rethinking the PhDTuesday, 19 January 2016 The Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) brought together faculty, staff, and students to continue the conversation on the future of the PhD, and how we can better prepare ourselves for it. Here are some takeaways. Read More Report: UBC's Public Scholars Initiative as a way to "rethink the PhD"Monday, 30 November 2015 In a recently published report featured by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, UBC Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Susan Porter and Assistant Dean Jennifer Phelps introduce the Public Scholars Initiative as a pilot program offering an integrated approach to doctoral scholarship and career development. Read More Why Academics Need To Be StorytellersFriday, 20 November 2015 VIDEO: Speaking at the inaugural session of the PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series, Emmy Award-winner journalist and UBC faculty Peter Klein makes a call to scholars at all levels to be storytellers to elicit positive social change. Read More Being a Public Scholar: Professor Wade Davis’ Address to Doctoral StudentsTuesday, 20 October 2015 In his inspiring talk delivered at the inauguration of the Public Scholars Initiative, UBC Professor of Anthropology Wade Davis challenges graduate students to act as "entrepreneurs of knowledge". Read More UBC Launches a Pilot Public Scholars Initiative for Doctoral StudentsTuesday, 13 October 2015 The UBC Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) was launched as an innovative pilot program intended to explore how a top-tier university can offer PhD pathways that encourage purposeful social contribution, innovative forms of collaborative scholarship, and broader career readiness for doctoral students. Read More UBC announces Public Scholars InitiativeTuesday, 10 March 2015 In recognition of doctoral students' tremendous capacity for and motivation to make innovative and positive contributions to the public good through their scholarly work, UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) is excited to announce a new support and funding initiative geared to support 'Public Scholars' at the doctoral level. Read More Summary Report Available: Re-imagining the PhD Symposium Wednesday, 16 July 2014 The symposium for Re-imagining the PhD, held at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on June 6th, 2014, was conceived as an "experiment in community dialogue," an attempt to begin a critical conversation around the parameters, content, and purposes of doctoral education. Read More Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2
Five Lessons on Rethinking the PhDTuesday, 19 January 2016 The Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) brought together faculty, staff, and students to continue the conversation on the future of the PhD, and how we can better prepare ourselves for it. Here are some takeaways. Read More
Report: UBC's Public Scholars Initiative as a way to "rethink the PhD"Monday, 30 November 2015 In a recently published report featured by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, UBC Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Susan Porter and Assistant Dean Jennifer Phelps introduce the Public Scholars Initiative as a pilot program offering an integrated approach to doctoral scholarship and career development. Read More
Why Academics Need To Be StorytellersFriday, 20 November 2015 VIDEO: Speaking at the inaugural session of the PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series, Emmy Award-winner journalist and UBC faculty Peter Klein makes a call to scholars at all levels to be storytellers to elicit positive social change. Read More
Being a Public Scholar: Professor Wade Davis’ Address to Doctoral StudentsTuesday, 20 October 2015 In his inspiring talk delivered at the inauguration of the Public Scholars Initiative, UBC Professor of Anthropology Wade Davis challenges graduate students to act as "entrepreneurs of knowledge". Read More
UBC Launches a Pilot Public Scholars Initiative for Doctoral StudentsTuesday, 13 October 2015 The UBC Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) was launched as an innovative pilot program intended to explore how a top-tier university can offer PhD pathways that encourage purposeful social contribution, innovative forms of collaborative scholarship, and broader career readiness for doctoral students. Read More
UBC announces Public Scholars InitiativeTuesday, 10 March 2015 In recognition of doctoral students' tremendous capacity for and motivation to make innovative and positive contributions to the public good through their scholarly work, UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) is excited to announce a new support and funding initiative geared to support 'Public Scholars' at the doctoral level. Read More
Summary Report Available: Re-imagining the PhD Symposium Wednesday, 16 July 2014 The symposium for Re-imagining the PhD, held at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on June 6th, 2014, was conceived as an "experiment in community dialogue," an attempt to begin a critical conversation around the parameters, content, and purposes of doctoral education. Read More
