Events

CityHive's workshop on civics, climate action, and engagement

CityHive is hosting 3 workshops for youth 13-30 “about local governments, what they do and how they operate; a deep dive into local climate action or public space; and how youth can get civically engaged to create change in their communities.”

Canadian Career Symposium for Grad Students and Postdocs

You can join graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from across Canada for the 5th annual Career Symposium, with 3 days of career sessions.

PIBC event: climate action health outcomes (Surrey session)

12:00pm - 1:15pm

PIBC represents networking, knowledge, skills, and RPP certification, and many PIBC events earn points towards certification. This time: extreme weather and public health, and the role of proactive climate action, and innovative solutions.

Ethical community engagement

12:00pm - 1:00pm

UBC's Centre for Community-Engaged Learning is hosting a series of workshops to prepare students to apply for certain grants, though they're open to others as well. This time: incorporating inclusion, privilege and reciprocity to engage communities.

Finding and reaching out to a supervisor

10:00am

For many research-based graduate programs, you'll need to secure a supervisor before submitting your application. In this session, we look at how to search for a supervisor, and how reach out to them.

Youth-led climate litigation in Canada

12:00pm - 1:30pm

As part of the Climate Solutions Research Collective's conversation series is the upcoming primer on youth-led climate litigation and an overview of the "Mathur Appeal". Taking place in the nearby Geography Building!

Two Lessons from Barcelona

12:00pm - 1:00pm

PIBC has networking, knowledge, skills, and RPP certification. Many events earn certification points. This time: SCARP instructor Erick Villagomez and graduating student Maya Korbynn present insights from the Barcelona Urban Planning Field Course.

Regional governments and the housing crisis

12:30pm - 2:00pm

How local governments in Metro Van can be part of the solution, featuring Don Iveson of CMHC, Gabriel Eidelman of the Urban Policy Lab, Alexandra Flynn of HRC, Michael Epp of Housing Planning and Development, and City Councilor Rebecca Bligh.

PIBC event: climate action health outcomes (Burnaby session)

9:00am - 10:15am

PIBC represents networking, knowledge, skills, and RPP certification, and many PIBC events earn points towards certification. This time: extreme weather and public health, and the role of proactive climate action, and innovative solutions.

Urban China talks: Sarah Chang, Miami University

5:30pm

This internationally recognized MIT/UBC/Harvard Urban China Talk Series hosts many voices from the interdisciplinary community of scholars studying urban China, whether locally or internationally.

PIBC Winter Social

6:00pm - 9:30pm

PIBC represents networking, knowledge, skills, and RPP certification, and many PIBC events earn points towards certification. This time: PIBC's South Chapter (here in the Lower Mainland) invites members and friends meet to network and socialise.

Applying to grad school at UBC

10:00am

This session will break down the graduate school application at UBC, explain the process and key application elements, provide some tips on strengthening your application, and answer your questions.

Abstracts: Communicating Research Findings With Brevity and Concision

10:00am - 11:30am

This UBC Library evidence-based workshop introduces two typical structures for abstracts, while accounting for differences in disciplines and purposes.

SCARP PhD Forum presents Keisha Maloney

12:30pm - 1:30pm

SCARP PhD students run their own forum to share and invite questions about their emerging research findings, whether to each other or publicly. This time: Keisha Maloney presents "Rehearsals for Transformation: What have students taught us, so far?"

PIBC event: climate action health outcomes (online session)

12:00pm - 1:15pm

PIBC represents networking, knowledge, skills, and RPP certification, and many PIBC events earn points towards certification. This time: extreme weather and public health, and the role of proactive climate action, and innovative solutions.