This two-part workshop is for first-year undergraduates who are new to the types of scholarly communication they are expected to engage with at a research institution like UBC. Registration is required.
This two-part workshop is for first-year undergraduates who are new to the types of scholarly communication they are expected to engage with at a research institution like UBC. Registration is required.
This workshop aims to demystify the who, what, when, where, and why of citational practices. No matter the citation style they are being asked to engage with, participants will come away from this workshop with a greater understanding of the purpose behind citation, as well as a pragmatic conception of how to apply that understanding in their own academic writing. Registration is required.
This workshop introduces researchers to the typical structure of an annotated bibliography, while accounting for variations in purpose. Registration is required.
The personal statement is written for admission to graduate and professional programs at academic institutions like UBC. This workshop draws on research to introduce participants to some of the typical stylistic features of the personal statement, such as personal narrative, identity construction, and self-promotion, and includes dedicated time for participants to revise a statement and receive feedback from the facilitators and other participants. Registration is required.
Increasingly, faculty positions in both research and teaching streams require a statement of teaching philosophy as one component of a teaching portfolio or dossier. This workshop draws on research to introduce participants to some of the typical stylistic features of the teaching statement. Registration is required.
Conference abstracts play a vital role in the communication of scholarly research. This workshop, designed for students submitting an abstract to the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) at UBC, introduces undergraduate researchers to two typical structural models of the abstract across disciplines, while accounting for disciplinary differences and community norms.
In both the classroom and the workplace, the ability to communicate professionally is a valuable skill. This is especially true today, when so many of our interactions take place digitally through print and video. This workshop will teach participants how to make informed decisions about their communicative choices and represent themselves in an appropriate, professional manner. Registration is required.
This workshop introduces researchers to the typical organizational structure of a research article in the STEM disciplines, while accounting for variation in disciplinary differences. That is, some conventions and features of English academic writing remain constant across STEM disciplines, while others vary to account for discipline-specific norms and expectations of community members. Registration is required.
Increasingly, faculty positions in research and teaching streams require a statement of teaching philosophy as one component of a teaching portfolio or dossier. Teaching statements reflect personal beliefs about teaching and learning, but also reflect disciplinary cultures and institutional structures and norms in a particular context. This workshop grounds the discussion of typical organizational and stylistic features of the teaching statement in several real world examples from diverse disciplines. Registration is required.