UBC Okanagan Graduate Studies

Plain text formats have received increasing attention from scholars in recent years and have been described as among the best ways to store knowledge persistently. This workshop will introduce you to the benefits of using plain text files and simple markup formats to create flexible, robust, and future-proof workflows for digital scholarship, research, and knowledge.

Register: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/4023369

Not sure what CGRS-M, CGRS-D, SSHRC, NSERC, or CIHR mean? You’re not alone!

Join our introductory info session on Tri-Agency graduate awards—some of Canada’s largest and most prestigious research scholarships.

We’ll break down:

🔍 What these awards are
📅 When and how to apply
⏳ How much time you’ll need
🎯 Whether they’re right for you
🤝 Supports available on campus

Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students exploring research-based funding opportunities.

Start early, get informed, and set yourself up for success!

Register: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/YIl_l4BeRSKXhLqFWrbh3A

Shiny apps are web applications that react to user input and provide a visual representation of datasets. They are a great way to make large datasets more accessible to the public and share research findings.

In this workshop, you will learn what Shiny apps are and when it is appropriate to use them. Then, you will learn about the structure of Shiny apps before building one from a minimal skeleton structure in R. The main goal of this workshop is to provide hands on experience building a Shiny app to help set you up to build your own!

Register: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/4021980

For Sandamali Jayakody, pursuing graduate studies was always about more than earning a degree—it was about finding a place where her global perspective could connect meaningfully with real-world challenges. When she discovered the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (Global Studies) program at UBC Okanagan, it offered exactly what she had been searching for: a fully funded scholarship at one of Canada’s top universities, a world-ranked university and a chance to grow within a supportive, research-driven community.

Read more about Sandamali Jayakody's graduate student journey: https://gradstudies.ok.ubc.ca/from-global-perspectives-to-local-impact-sandamali-jayakodys-journey-at-ubc-okanagan/

Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Regular expressions are a powerful and standardized way of representing patterns in text using special symbols and syntax. A core part of many programming languages, search engines, text editors, and other commonly-used software, regular expressions have a surprisingly wide array of uses, from efficiently finding strings of text in large data sets, to easily formatting complex documents, to quickly replacing many small everyday tasks that might otherwise require writing shell scripts or other programs.

This hands-on workshop introduces regular expressions (regex) from the ground up.

Register: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/4023368

Overwhelmed by the ever-growing to-do list? Not sure if your organizational system is working? Or maybe the notion of “being productive” itself is starting to stress you out?

As a grad student, you’re probably trying to balance some combination of seminars, labs, papers, chores, family, parenting, caregiving, teaching, working, and several other academic, professional or personal commitments. You may also have attended workshops aimed at helping you “get better at time management” or read an online post or article titled “Top 5 Hacks to Manage your Time More Efficiently!”.

If you’re finding yourself wishing there were more than 24 hours in a day, or feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated, you are not alone. And often, it’s easier to get started when you feel less alone.

Register: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/115826-managing-mess-prioritizing-getting-started

Doctor of Education Online Information Session Learn about the our Doctor of Education (EdD) program. Hosted by the Program Manager, this online information session will provide you with a brief overview of the program, what you can expect from the degree and the application process. There will also be an opportunity for questions.

Frames of Thought: Short Film Screenings + Discussion - UBC Okanagan Events Calendar Students and faculty are invited to a curated summer screening of two short films as part of Frames of Thought season 2.