Weekly Writing Community
Online virtual eventTired of solo writing sessions? Craving a supportive environment to fuel your creativity? Look no further than our weekly Writing Community, tailored for the UBCO community.
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College of Graduate Studies
Thesis Defence: The Public Library and Intersections of Houselessness in Two Small Cities of Interior British Columbia
Online virtual eventEmilie Isch will defend their thesis.
Thesis Defence: Development of a novel model of conditional Casd1 deficiency to investigate the role of Sialic acid O-acetylation in colon homeostasis
University Centre (UNC) 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaSimin Jafaripour will defend their thesis.
Dissertation Defence: Effect of Graphene Oxide and Magnetite Decorated Graphene Oxide Supplements on Anaerobic Digestion Utilizing Municipal Sludge
Online virtual eventMilad Goodarzi will defend their dissertation
Dissertation Defence: Extended Reality-Based Training and Adaptive Machine Learning-Based Optimization for Thermoforming Process
Engineering, Management, and Education Building (EME) 1137 Alumni Ave, Kelowna, BC, CanadaIman Jalilvand will defend their dissertation.
Dissertation Defence: Developing a Multicriteria Feasibility Assessment Model for Hemp-based Biocomposite Supply Chains incorporating Techno-Economic, Environmental, and Social Measures: A Case Study
Engineering, Management, and Education Building (EME) 1137 Alumni Ave, Kelowna, BC, CanadaNiloofar Akbariansaravi will defend their dissertation.
Writing the Academic Cover Letter
Online virtual eventWhether you're on the path to graduate school, working in academia, or venturing into the academic job market, our online workshop will help you compose a compelling cover letter.
Free
Thesis Defence: Exploring Syilx Responsibility Through Sqilxwcawt
Arts Building (ART) 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, CanadaSarah Alexis will defend their thesis.
Thesis Defence: Death as a Gift: A Heroic Celebration of Life in The Lord of the Rings
Online virtual eventAli Mirzabayati will defend their thesis.
Weekly Writing Community
Online virtual eventTired of solo writing sessions? Craving a supportive environment to fuel your creativity? Look no further than our weekly Writing Community, tailored for the UBCO community.
Thesis Defence: Detecting levels of attention from Electroencephalography (EEG) signals
Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC) 3187 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThuppahiralalage Eranga De Saa will defend their thesis.
Thesis Defence: Learning From First Nations and Métis Nurses’ Stories and Experiences of Graduate Nursing Education in BC
Online virtual eventHelen Hamel will defend their thesis.
Awards and Funding Q & A
Online virtual eventJoin the College of Graduate Studies’ awards team for a question and answer session about funding.
Introduction to Spatial Data in R
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThis two-part workshop will introduce essential concepts for working with spatial data in R, such as point and line data, polygons, raster data, and geographic projections.
Introduction to Spatial Data in R
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThis two-part workshop will introduce essential concepts for working with spatial data in R, such as point and line data, polygons, raster data, and geographic projections.
Graduate Supervision Workshop
Office Modular 2 (OM2) 1161 Alumni Avenue, Kelowna, BC, Canada +1 moreJoin Dr. Margaret Reeves and Dr. Paul Shipley for this workshop that will strengthen your graduate supervision skills, enhance your understanding of policies related to supervision, and help you to explore approaches to managing difficult situations.
Dissertation Defence: Raman spectroscopy and deep learning for tumour radiation response evaluation
Arts & Sciences Courtyard 3187 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaAlejandra Maria Fuentes Nunez will defend their dissertation.
Having Difficult Discussions in the Classroom for TAs
Online virtual eventJoin SVPRO for a workshop that explores how to intervene and create an inclusive and safer classroom.
Career Strategies for Graduate Students
Online virtual eventJoin the Academic and Career Development Office for a discussion to help you explore career possibilities and prepare for your career after graduate studies.
Working with Your Supervisor
Office Modular 2 (OM2) 1161 Alumni Avenue, Kelowna, BC, Canada +1 moreA healthy relationship between you and your supervisor is key to your success and wellbeing as a graduate student. Attend this workshop to learn practical approaches to build a productive relationship with your supervisor.
Dissertation Defence: Buildings Energy Data Analytics with Multi-task and Federated Learning
Online virtual eventRui Wang will defend their dissertation.
Introduction to Research Ethics & Writing the Ethics Application
Online virtual eventJoin the Office of Research Services for this overview of research ethics and writing the ethics application.
Simple Linear Regression
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThis workshop will introduce linear models (i.e., one-way ANOVAs), their assumptions, and limitations, in a format tailored towards visual and spatial learners.
Free
Population, Sampling, Sampling Distribution and Central Limit Theorem
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThis session will introduce participants to the foundational concepts of statistical inference, including population distributions and the process of random sampling. Attendees will learn how sampling distributions evolve towards normality as sample sizes increase and will visually explore the Central Limit Theorem.
By the end of the session, participants should be able to visualize and understand population distributions, illustrate random sampling processes, recognize the normalizing effect of larger samples on sampling distributions, and demonstrate the Central Limit Theorem visually.
Free
Fitting Linear Models in `R`
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThis workshop will illustrate how to fit linear models in R, diagnose any issues with model assumption violations, and interpret linear model summaries, including model coefficients, degrees of freedom, standard error estimates, t statistics, F statistics, p-values, R2, statistical significance, adjusted R2.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to fit linear models in R and interpret model outputs, including the output of the summary() function in R.
Free
