Weekly Writing Community
Weekly Writing Community
Tired 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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Accessing Statistics Canada Data for your Research
Accessing Statistics Canada Data for your Research
Looking for data for your graduate thesis or post-doctoral project? This workshop will introduce you to both publicly available and restricted access Statistics Canada data, and how to apply to use restricted access data through UBCO Research Data Centre.
Free
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring Marjorie Mitchell, Copyright, Scholarly Communications, and Research Data Management Librarian
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring Marjorie Mitchell, Copyright, Scholarly Communications, and Research Data Management Librarian
Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.
1 event,
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Stories of Partnership: Kelowna Museums & UBCO Library
Stories of Partnership: Kelowna Museums & UBCO Library
In this session, Erik Beardmore (Kelowna Museums) and Donna Langille (UBC Okanagan Library) will reflect on their partnership and lessons learned over the past two years.
Free
3 events,
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RESCHEDULED: Truth and Legacy: Indigenous Stories Film Showcase
RESCHEDULED: Truth and Legacy: Indigenous Stories Film Showcase
You're invited to a special one-day screening of short films by Indigenous creators, highlighting the profound impacts of the residential school system and the enduring legacy of education on Inuit, Métis and First Nation communities. These powerful stories delve into the deep connections between education and Indigenous identity, revealing how schooling has shaped and continues […]
Learning R: Fundamental Concepts with RStudio
Learning R: Fundamental Concepts with RStudio
Join us on an exciting journey into the world of data with our introductory workshops! This session will introduce participants to fundamental concepts in R that will help them excel at more advanced applications.
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English Language Conversation Circle
English Language Conversation Circle
Do you want to practice your English speaking skills? Join our English Conversation Circle on March 1.
Free
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Copyright and Your Thesis
Copyright and Your Thesis
Do you want to learn how to use copyrighted material in your research, and how to protect your own rights as an author? If so, this workshop is for you!
2 events,
Weekly Writing Community
Weekly Writing Community
Tired 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.
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring the Office of Research Services
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring the Office of Research Services
Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.
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Learning R: Importing Data
Learning R: Importing Data
Join us on an exciting journey into the world of data with our introductory workshops! This session will address importing Excel and comma separated value files into R for analysis.
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Weekly Writing Community
Weekly Writing Community
Tired 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.
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring Writing and Academic Communication support
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring Writing and Academic Communication support
Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.
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Adapting Quality Assurance Processes to Address Academic Integrity
Adapting Quality Assurance Processes to Address Academic Integrity
In the first session of the Academic Integrity Week discussion series, Drs. Patti Dyjur and Kimberly A. Grant will present a quality assurance (QA) framework for examining a program to ensure its quality and improve it in terms of student learning opportunities, with a focus on academic integrity.
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Thanks for your integri-tea!
Thanks for your integri-tea!
Let’s celebrate the commitment UBCO students show as part of the collective effort of upholding academic integrity.
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Q&A Session: Writing the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Application
Q&A Session: Writing the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Application
This online Q&A session, facilitated by the College of Graduate Studies and the Centre for Scholarly Communication, provides an opportunity to ask questions about writing and submitting the application.
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Learning R: Exploring Data
Learning R: Exploring Data
Join us on an exciting journey into the world of data with our introductory workshops! This session will introduce participants to common tasks of initial data exploration.
1 event,
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Voice, Privilege, and Integrity: Navigating Generative AI and Linguistic Imperialism in Academic Assessment
Voice, Privilege, and Integrity: Navigating Generative AI and Linguistic Imperialism in Academic Assessment
In the second session of the Academic Integrity Week discussion series, Dr. Brenda McDermott will highlight how some voices are privileged in academic discourse and that Generative AI can be a tool for others to access that privilege, reflecting on how assessment alignment and critical reflection can increase assessment integrity and promote ethical generative AI use.
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Okanagan Reads book club | White Space
Okanagan Reads book club | White Space
Join the first Okanagan Reads book club on October 21 at 6 pm. Attendees can join in-person at the Okanagan Regional Library (downtown location) or online via Zoom. The first book that will be discussed is White Space: Race, Privilege, and Cultural Economies of the Okanagan Valley edited by UBC Okanagan Professors Dr. Daniel J. Keyes […]
free
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Weekly Writing Community
Weekly Writing Community
Tired 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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Community of Practice: Innovative Teaching Techniques and Tools
Community of Practice: Innovative Teaching Techniques and Tools
Join us for our second discussion of the term! No registration is necessary but if you are not already on the email list, please reach out to Barbara Komlos (barbara.komlos@ubc.ca). Our topic for this session will be Universal Design for Learning. During this session, Dr. Electra Eleftheriadou, Educational Consultant for Inclusion at the Centre for […]
Writing the Literature Review
Writing the Literature Review
Unlock the secrets of crafting impactful literature reviews in this interactive online workshop for graduate students. Discover how to synthesize existing research succinctly while maintaining your own critical perspective and voice.
Free
2 events,
Thesis Formatting Q&A
Thesis Formatting Q&A
Join the Centre for Scholarly Communication for an online Q&A session to ask questions and learn more about how to properly format your thesis for submission.
Free
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OER and GenAI
OER and GenAI
In this session we will discuss the potential of AI in generating dynamic content, including interactive textbooks, and its potential in developing open educational resources and practices.
free
2 events,
“Stop Generating”: Generative AI in the Contexts of Indigenous Studies
“Stop Generating”: Generative AI in the Contexts of Indigenous Studies
In this presentation, David Gaertner Assoicate Professor Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies will draw from Indigenous theorists and authors to situate generative AI and large language models (LLMs) within a long colonial history of extraction.
free
Learning R: Subsetting and Filtering Data
Learning R: Subsetting and Filtering Data
Explore the variety of ways that data can be filtered and subset in R. Working with data frames and vectors, data frames, and lists, participants will learn the nuances of extracting portions of a larger data set for analysis.
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Copyright and Your Thesis
Copyright and Your Thesis
Do you want to learn how to use copyrighted material in your research, and how to protect your own rights as an author? If so, this workshop is for you!
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Accessible events and learning environments
Accessible events and learning environments
In this multi-access session we will explore some essential considerations and introduce avenues for seeking support when planning accessible and inclusive events and learning environments on campus. You are welcome to use an anonymous form to share with the facilitators questions or considerations for safety and access ahead of the event. Intended Audience: CCGS faculty, […]
Open UBC Working Group
Open UBC Working Group
The Open UBC Working Group, which is composed of faculty, students, and staff, meets regularly to advise, communicate, and partner on open scholarship activities and projects happening at UBC.
free
Thesis and Dissertation Structure
Thesis and Dissertation Structure
Embarking on the journey of writing your thesis or dissertation? This online workshop offers valuable tools and techniques to support your thesis writing process.
Free
3 events,
Weekly Writing Community
Weekly Writing Community
Tired 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.
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring the UBCO Research Data Hub
Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring the UBCO Research Data Hub
Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.
Beware the Copyleft Trolls – Questionable Use of Open Licenses
Beware the Copyleft Trolls – Questionable Use of Open Licenses
This session will provide participants with a more in-depth understanding of Creative Commons licenses and some of the potential pitfalls when using and assigning licenses to your work.
free
1 event,
Sharing & Discoverability – Making an Impact with your Open Education Resources
Sharing & Discoverability – Making an Impact with your Open Education Resources
This session will introduce you to workflows for making your resource discoverable, streamlining impact data collection, and marketing and promotion processes to showcase the reach of your open educational resource.
free
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Learning R: Iterating Over Data
Learning R: Iterating Over Data
Join us on an exciting journey into the world of data with our introductory workshops! This session will revisit the vector underpinnings of R, introduce the apply() family of functions for iterating, or looping, over objects, and introduce for loops for those instances when no pre-existing solution exists.
1 event,
English Language Conversation Circle
English Language Conversation Circle
Do you want to practice your English speaking skills? Join our English Conversation Circle!
Free
