Events

Feb 25 to

BCRPA's Parks Professional Pathways conference

Join 300+ parks professionals from the public and private sector to share insights and strategies on the latest best practices, technologies and trends in parks planning, maintenance, and management. Hosted by BC Recreation & Parks Association.

Feb 26

Webinar: Research Statements for the Academic Job Market

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Job postings in higher education often require a research statement as part of the application process. This session will focus on assembling a research statement for academic jobs, the intended audience, and recent applicants.

Mar 12

Panel(s) of Careers Beyond Higher Education

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Panelists from various disciplines discuss their career paths from grad degree to professional, addressing how they used their degrees and training to prepare them for their current positions and any advice they can give to current grad students.

Mar 18

Workshop: Writing a literature review

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Common structures and strategies for writing literature reviews that are aligned with disciplinary expectations; how to identify patterns in the literature, map scholarly debates, and build a narrative that supports your research direction.

Mar 18

Workshop: resumes

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Key differences between resumes and academic CVs; strategies for conveying program and project or research experience in a resume format; organising a resume for career changes and pivots; organisation, formatting, and common challenges.

Mar 19

IRES seminar: What Makes Systemic Discrimination, ‘Systemic?’

12:30pm - 1:20pm

A reverse-engineered path to effectively use the mechanics of systemic discrimination against itself, this talk shows the very mechanisms that prolong inequities can be harnessed to enhance the effects of equity focused interventions instead.

Mar 25

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.

Jun 2 to

PIBC 2026 Annual Conference

"Bold Plans. Local Action", this year in Penticton, BC. Their keynote speaker is famous Canadian Planning Communicator Uytae Lee.

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