Events

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.

"Considering MCRP" Ask-Me-Anything session

11:00am - 12:30pm

Thinking of applying to SCARP's MCRP program for next year? Starting a grad degree often comes with a lot of practical questions, about the School, the University, the city, or your process. SCARP faculty and staff are here for you. Ask us anything!

Habitat: 50 Years of Transforming Cities

Half a century after the Vancouver Declaration first established adequate housing as a basic human right, UBC and UN-Habitat return to the city where it began — to take stock of what cities have become, and to chart what they must become next.

Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogies in the Classroom

3 days. Principles of trauma informed teaching, culturally sustaining practices to teaching and translate theory into concrete teaching and learning strategies that respond to race-based traumatic stress that may present itself in the classroom.

Science Communication Skills: Lay Abstracts and Media Training

12:30pm - 1:20pm

Lay abstracts/summaries; Graphical abstracts; media training and controlling the conversation during a media interview.

Adapting to the Future of Planning in BC

11:30am - 1:30pm

This 2-part online workshop (Nov 6, 13) explores how municipal planning governance, decision-making, and operational practice in British Columbia are evolving in response to recent provincial legislative changes and increasing housing expectations.