Resources

The Graduate Student Orientation to the Library will briefly introduce you to resources, services and people at UBC Library. The recorded workshop, you will enable you to:

•     Identify how the library can help you
•     Find updates on library services
•     Describe how a librarian can help
•     Find top library resources
•     List services for graduate students

This course is designed by UBC Media relations specifically to help scholars develop the confidence to engage with media about newsworthy research. Researchers will learn:

• how to evaluate the likelihood of media interest in a particular research story
• how to distill complex findings into media-friendly messages
• what to expect from various interview formats
• how to prepare for an interview
• how to control the focus of an interview
• when and how to connect with UBC Media Relations to promote findings

You can access…

Create a free profile on The UBC Hub to connect with a UBC alumni mentor from anywhere in the world. Gain insight on global job markets and industries, receive feedback on your job search materials and online profile, or conduct informational interviews.

Careers online is an online job and volunteer board for UBC students and alumni (scroll to bottom of page). This page also includes advice on job search strategies.

Check out this page for handouts and materials from sessions on Geospatial Information and Technology, Data Analysis and Visualization, Digital Scholarship, Research Data Management, Citation Management, Copyright, and more.

To help prepare you for a smooth examination process, the doctoral exams team provides tools and resources including a checklist, sample workplan, and past presentation materials and recordings to help you map out a timeline for your final doctoral examination.

The Research Commons’ in Koerner Library (1958 Main Mall) has several project rooms (Rm 454, 456, 495, 496, 499, 553, and 555) bookable through the Library Room Booking System, to study and work in a private space.  Use of rooms is restricted to UBC graduate students and faculty, and your UBC card is needed for entry.  Each Project Room includes whiteboards,…

Online, on-demand Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course, free to UBC researchers through a University of British Columbia (N2) subscription to CITI. The course discusses many scholarly integrity topics including:

• Introduction to RCR
• Ethics and the Responsible Researcher
• Research Misconduct
• Data Management
• Publication Practices and Responsible Authorship
• Writing with Integrity
• Peer Review
• Mentoring
• …

Developed by UBC's Scholarly Integrity Initiative in the Office of the VP, Research + Innovation, the Foundations of Responsible Research is a self-paced course which aims to increase understanding of our responsibility as UBC scholars, provides an opportunity to reflect on our own research practices, and to practice navigating ethical dimensions of research using a systematic decision-making framework.…

This site provides samples and video tutorials to help target and tailor your resumes and cover letters. See here for additional examples of grad-specific resume and cover letter templates.

Applying for graduate scholarships or awards? Learn more about sources of funding and guidance for apply for awards.

Study guides, videos, and quizzes to help with Communicating Science, Finding, Integrating, and Citing Sources, Grammar and Style, Developing an Effective Writing Process, and more.  There are also resources, including podcasts, that provide strategies for teaching writing, grading assignments, using peer review, giving feedback, and more.

This statistics webinar series is annually presented by the Applied Statistics and Data Science Group. Recordings and descriptions of each session are provided.

Fundamentals of Statistics Series

The UBC Library provides several bookable study spaces in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Rooms are available to book for students, faculty, or staff members for: 2 hours per day, 2 times a week, and up to 7 days in advance.

Learn more or book: https://ikblc.ubc.ca/spaces/book-a-study-space/

Catch up on previous Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT) workshops and panel discussions on their YouTube channel.

Finishing your thesis or dissertation?  G+PS provides sample templates, checklists, past presentation materials and recordings, as well as information on how to submit your thesis for review and final submission.

Developed by the Public Humanities Hub, as part of their public scholarship series, each toolkit is themed around a specific kind of public scholarship, including:

• Art and Testimony
• Trauma-informed Research
• Witnessing Genocide
• Creating Accessible Events
• Curating Exhibitions
• Making Infographics
• Podcasting
• Using Wikipedia
• Writing Op-Eds

Toolkits include presentation recordings, examples, resources, and more.

A series of videos to introduce students to the fundamentals of academic writing and research: “Writing in Situations”, An interview with Dr. Anthony Paré plus
5 videos (“The Writing Process”, “The Prewriting Stage”, “The Writing Stage”, “The Revision Stage”, and “Managing Time to Write”) featuring conversations with 4 graduate students from Chemistry, Civil Engineering, English Literature, and Linguistics.  (Playlist)

A wide range of self-directed learning courses are available to all UBC students.:

• Navigating Your Health and Wellbeing at UBC and Beyond
• Mental Health: The Basics
• How to Help a Peer
• Inclusive Event Planning
• SAVE Lives: Harm Reduction & Naloxone Training

This program ($245US), exclusively for graduate students and postdocs, offers 12 weeks of access to the WriteNow platform and timer for increased writing productivity, goal setting, and community support.

Join NCFDD through UBC's subscription then learn more about the WriteNow program, including future offerings. 

What to expect:

Every Day (Monday - Friday):

• Log into WriteNow and write!
• Support your group and…

A short video in which Drs Susan Porter and Beth Haverkamp discuss the importance of writing with integrity (the importance of writing and contributing new knowledge and scholarship with integrity; avoiding plagiarism)