Friday 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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Thesis Defence: An AI-Augmented Cross-Platform Application for Enhanced Operator Training and Process Optimization in Thermoforming
Online virtual eventNikta Attari will defend their thesis.
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Mindful Break
Online virtual eventJoin Registered Clinical Counsellor and former UBC researcher, Jan Klimas, PhD, for a community mindfulness session to practice moment-to-moment awareness. This summer series offers a space to continue or renew your mindfulness practice through guided meditation. This session involves a counsellor-led mindfulness meditation of 20-25 minutes long. We will practice attentional focused meditation, body scan, and compassionate friendliness practice.
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Tuesday 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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The Working Mind Virtual: Mental Health Training for Employees
Online virtual eventThe Working Mind is an evidence-based training program designed to address and promote mental health and reduce stigma in a workplace setting, established by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. It includes easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos of people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts.
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Co-creating a compassionate campus: Conversations on Grief and Loss
Online virtual eventPlease join the panel on Tuesday, November 18, National Grief and Bereavement Day, to learn ways in which members of the UBC Okanagan campus community are co-creating a compassionate campus community to build awareness and skills in offering compassion to others and to ourselves. You will learn about student-led initiatives, resources to support compassionate responses, […]
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Penalized Models
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada +1 moreThis workshop introduces penalized regression methods (ridge, lasso, etc.), their assumptions and limitations, and when they may be appropriate or not.
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Study and Stay Level 2 — Express Entry: Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
Online virtual eventPlanning to stay in Canada after graduation? Our Study and Stay Permanent Residence workshops are designed to help you navigate the immigration pathways, policies, and processes you’ll encounter when applying for Permanent Residence. This Level 2 Study and Stay session explores Express Entry and the Canadian Experience Class. The Canadian Experience Class is for skilled […]
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Learning R: Iterating Over Data
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada +1 moreThis 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.
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Dissertation Defence: The Memory Remains: Topographies of Remembrance and Belonging Among the Italian Minority in Yugoslav Fiume/Rijeka (1945-1991)
Online virtual eventAngelo Massaro will defend their dissertation.
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Thesis Formatting Q&A
Online virtual eventJoin 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.
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Thrive keynote workshop: Building resilience in times of change
Online virtual eventJoin UBC alumna and Sauder School of Management and Executive Education instructor, Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier for this hour-long online event, as she draws upon her unique blend of business insight and clinical expertise as a practicing workplace psychologist. In this keynote, Dr. Pelletier will challenge common assumptions and offer practical strategies to help individuals, teams, and organizations navigate change and uncertainty—not just to adapt to this current moment but to turn these challenges into opportunities.
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Writing the Academic CV
Online virtual eventWhether you're gearing up for graduate school applications, navigating the academic realm, or preparing for the job market, this online workshop is your key to building a successful CV.
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Featured UBC MD Admissions Info SessionUBC MD Admissions Info Session
Online virtual eventLearn about the admission requirements, evaluation criteria, and admissions pathways for the UBC Faculty of Medicine's MD Undergraduate Program.
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How to Leverage Google Docs for Accessible and Collaborative Learning
Online virtual eventThis active, hands-on workshop will develop educators' skills in using Google Docs to hold live, interactive lessons that increase inclusivity.
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Inclusive & Engaging User Study Design: From Recruitment to Retention
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada +1 moreIf you are conducting user studies involving digital tools, interactive systems, or emerging technologies, this workshop will help you design them to be inclusive, accessible, and engaging.
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Friday 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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Lesson Design in EAP: Addressing Language, Content and Intercultural Development
Online virtual eventExplore the connections between research, theory, and practice in English as an Additional Language (EAL) teaching and learning in this online webinar.
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Post-Graduation Work Permit Application Information Session
Online virtual eventOn Sep 18, 2024, IRCC announced several changes for temporary residents including new language proficiency requirements for PGWP applications and limiting work permit eligibility to spouses of workers in management or professional occupations or in sectors with labour shortages later this year. In this session we will talk about eligibility, documents, application process, and timeline. […]
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Tuesday 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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Survival Models
Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada +1 moreThis workshop will introduce regression methods for time-to-event data, such as Cox proportional hazards. We will discuss assumptions and limitations, and how to model simple time-to-event data in R.
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Post-Graduation Work Permit Application Information Session
Online virtual eventOn Sep 18, 2024, IRCC announced several changes for temporary residents including new language proficiency requirements for PGWP applications and limiting work permit eligibility to spouses of workers in management or professional occupations or in sectors with labour shortages later this year. In this session we will talk about eligibility, documents, application process, and timeline. […]
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Thesis Defence: A Data-Driven Recalibration Methodology for Spatially Transferring an Agent-Based Integrated Urban Model
Online virtual eventIfratul Hoque will defend their thesis.
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Thesis Defence: Different Classifications Approaches Using Deep Learning and Hybrid Deep Neural Network to Quantify Agglutination Process Under Different Concentration
Online virtual eventHridi Juberi will defend their thesis.
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Thesis Writing: Dissecting the Discussion
Online virtual eventEver found it challenging to answer the critical “So what” question in your research? Struggle no more!
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