People are essentialist thinkers – they are attracted to the idea that hidden essences make things as they are. When most people encounter genetic concepts they think of these as essences, and they then think about related phenomena as immutable, determined, homogenous and discrete, and natural. There will be discussions on how our essentialist biases […]

Faculty members (graduate program advisors and research supervisors) are invited to participate in this workshop, which will focus on ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness for dealing with problem situations in supervisory relationships.

This workshop series is open to all UBC Postdoctoral Fellows and is aimed to instruct them on the process of supervising graduate students, a critical skill throughout their career in academia. This professional development opportunity is part of a year-long series of sessions offered by the UBC Postdoctoral Fellows Office to enhance the Postdoc experience while […]

The Best Candidate Wins is suited for postdoctoral fellows who are seeking to further their careers in business or industry. The principles and practices can also be applied to academia. The Best Candidate Wins is a highly experiential four-hour workshop that will build your confidence and help you to: Strategize on ways to get your foot […]

This session will explore how WordPress is used at UBC in different contexts to support teaching and learning. Join us to consider ways that WordPress is being used to support classroom blogs, open pedagogy, backchannels, ePortfolios, and the concept of students as producers. This will be an interactive and hands-on session, bring your computer and […]

The Faculty Association Librarians and Archivists Committee presents “Great People, Great Work”, an opportunity to share with and learn from colleagues in the Library in a genial, relaxed atmosphere. Open to all Library staff.

The Positive Space Campaign is a UBC Vancouver campus-wide initiative to increase the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, transgender, transsexual, gender variant, two-spirit and intersex (LGBQTTI) communities, individuals and issues on campus. Workshops aim to foster a welcoming atmosphere and inclusive, respectful dialogue on campus for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities by […]

The Garden is moving to UBC! During Asian Heritage Month, visitors of the Irving K. Barber Centre will have the opportunity to the experience the history, culture and symbolism of the Classical Chinese Garden in a series of specially-curated and thematic display cases.  This exhibition can be viewed on the IKBLC Foyer, located on the 2nd […]

Last week, the newly designed UBC.ca went live and, as many of you have noted in your tweets, emails and comments, the Library is no longer on the main navigation bar. Among the changes to the new website is the addition of an audience-based navigation scheme and an increased depth of content to the site, […]

This annual career event provides Arts students with an opportunity to kick-start their job search through featured sessions with employers, alumni, and resumes experts. Attendees will be mainly Faculty of Arts undergraduate students who are close to graduation and in various stages of career certainty and exploration. This event should give them tangible next steps on […]