Events

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (in-person)

A 3-session in-person workshop on January 17, 24, and 25, 2026. If you're a grad student in Winter Session Term 1 (September-December 2025), you can apply for the waitlist of this workshop.

Geography Colloquium Series: intersections of plantations, dispossession, and resistance

12:30pm - 2:00pm

Kenney-Lazar conceptualizes land as social relationships entangling peasant farmers, state officials, civil society groups, and plantation capitalists, examining how/why ties to land are socialized in contradictory ways that shape control over land.

Talk/Q&A: academic book publishing

3:00pm - 4:15pm

The process of publishing a book with a university press. Beginning with a talk and proceeding with a Q&A. Facilitated by Randy Schmidt, Assistant Director, Acquisitions, UBC Press.

Workshop: data de-identification

10:00am - 10:45am

Part of series on anonymizing and preparing sensitive data for responsible research use and sharing: core concepts, terminology, and conceptual frameworks that underpin data de-identification practices across disciplines.

Workshop: academic English and writing for graduate success

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Academic English is, in many ways, a new language with its own conventions and expectations. build a repertoire of these common academic expressions that can help you signal and facilitate different kinds of scholarly moves.

Workshop: Academic CV

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Typical sections, what makes the CV different from a business-style resume, and how to understand the ways in which the hiring committee will use the CV.

Webinar: gentle density

8:00am - 11:30am

A multidisciplinary group discusses tools, best practices, and shared understanding to discuss the challenges earlier in the process.

UBC Climate Connections

4:30pm - 7:30pm

The capstone cohort of UBC’s Certificate in Climate Studies and Action is hosting a community/networking gathering of UBC students, alumni, and industry experts, all about translating diverse studies into climate careers.

ReROW Ideathon undergrad design competition

Teams collaborate to reimagine a prominent campus public space through creative, practical, and research-informed design ideas. Cash prizes. All part of Rethinking the Right Of Way, the research cluster led by SCARP Professor Kelly Clifton.

Urban Studies Capstone Showcase Launch

12:00pm - 1:00pm | GEOG 112

Our Urban Studies graduating class invites us as they showcase their community-engaged capstone projects. Faculty, peers, future students, and community members, come talk with these students as they present their work!

A talk with David Suzuki

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Suzuki reflects on his experiences, from surviving an internment camp, to being a pioneering geneticist and one of North America’s most trusted voices in science communication, to advocacy for Indigenous sovereignty and environmental stewardship.

SCARP Planning Studio 2026 Final Presentations

3:30pm - 7:00pm

In one of our most exciting events of the year, after months of research, community engagement, partnerships, and planning, MCRP's Planning Studio student teams present their findings and formal proposals to our community partners across BC.

ICP Practicum Final Presentations

9:30am - 2:00pm

Musqueam has again welcomed SCARP's students faculty and staff, partnering Nations, family, and invited friends, to gather in Musqueam's Cultural Centre and share in the knowledge ICP's latest cohort have generated in partnership.

Urban Development Institute panel on policy and housing delivery

11:30am - 1:30pm

Senior municipal planners from across the region on how planning policy is translating into housing delivery in today's challenging market.

The Big Ten GIS Conference

Students, educators, researchers, librarians, professionals, and humanities scholars to share their geospatial work and explore emerging directions in research and practice. Submit a presentation to participate (by March 5) or join as audience.