UBC Extended Learning

The National Soccer Development Centre at UBC Vancouver is preparing to serve as a team base camp training site for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ this summer. For information on potential operational impacts, facility access and more, please visit the FAQ website: https://soccer2026.ubc.ca

Join our free information session on June 16 to learn about the Mentor Coaching Practitioner program. Meet the instructors, hear from past participants, explore what you'll learn and get your questions answered during a live Q&A.

Whether you're looking to expand your coaching skills or support the development of other coaches, this session is a great place to start.

📅 June 16
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4o9zrs4

This week, consider: What question have you been meaning to explore?

Curiosity is more than a desire to learn. It's a catalyst for growth.

When we ask questions, seek new perspectives and remain open to unfamiliar ideas, we strengthen our ability to think creatively and solve problems in new ways. Curiosity helps us connect concepts, challenge assumptions and uncover opportunities we may have otherwise overlooked.

Whether you're advancing your career, pursuing a passion or navigating change, staying curious can lead to greater clarity, innovation and confidence.

AI-assisted tools are reshaping data science by becoming an increasingly important part of how professionals analyze data, build models and develop projects.

Join our new workshop, Data Science & AI-Assisted Development: Practices and Pitfalls and explore how AI-assisted tools are changing data science workflows, coding practices and project development.

In this hands-on workshop, you'll:
📊 Learn effective prompting strategies and best practices for working with agents like Claude Code or Copilot
💡 Explore practical applications and real-world use cases
⚠️ Identify common pitfalls, limitations and risks of AI-generated outputs

📅 June 28, 2026
Register now: https://bit.ly/4uRWJVU

At UBC, we’re proud to celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ students, faculty and staff. Explore the many Pride activities at our Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, connect with your community, and reflect on what each of us can to do support 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion. https://bit.ly/3Hkn1vX

What would you learn if there were no deadlines or expectations?

This week, challenge yourself to explore something simply because it sparks your curiosity. Read an article outside your field, listen to a podcast on an unfamiliar topic or attend an event you've never considered before.

Learning doesn't always have to lead to a credential or career outcome. Sometimes the most meaningful discoveries happen when we give ourselves permission to explore without a specific goal in mind.

Curiosity begins when we replace "I need to know" with "I wonder."

Curious about a career in coaching or looking to enhance your leadership skills through a coaching approach?

Join our free Organizational Coaching Information Session on June 4 to learn more about the UBC Certificate in Organizational Coaching and how it can help you develop the skills to support individual, team and organizational growth.

📅 June 4

Register today and take the first step toward developing impactful coaching skills: https://bit.ly/3RyCm1d

The tech landscape is evolving fast. Are your skills keeping pace?

This June, explore the technologies transforming organizations across industries:

☁️ AI Cloud Strategy & Technology Implementation (June 16)
🔒 Cybersecurity Risk Management (June 16)
📊 Data Science & AI-Assisted Development Workshop: Practices & Pitfalls (June 28)

Build practical knowledge, learn from experienced instructors and gain insights you can apply right away.

Register today and invest in your future:
AI Cloud Strategy & Technology Implementation: https://bit.ly/4vn377h
Cybersecurity Risk Management: https://bit.ly/4vlZT3P
Data Science & AI-Assisted Development Workshop: Practices & Pitfalls: https://bit.ly/4u7e1gj

Ready to level up your language skills this summer? 🌎☀️

Don’t miss the early bird deadline for summer language courses and register by June 2. Whether you’re learning for travel, work or personal growth, there’s a course for every level.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4ddgXSg

Learning often begins with curiosity.✨ It can also become a way to better understand the world around us and the systems we navigate every day.

For Kelly Chhor, the UBC Certificate in Equity Diversity and Inclusion offered space to reflect, ask deeper questions and connect personal experiences to meaningful change. Through the program, Kelly gained practical tools, new perspectives and the confidence to contribute to conversations about equity and belonging in both professional and community spaces.

As we wrap up this month’s Learning That Fits Real Life series, we are highlighting how learning can support growth beyond career goals by creating opportunities for reflection, connection and impact.