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GSS Award winners announced
From left to right, you see Robert DeAbreu (winner), Colúm Connolly, VP Academic and External Affairs, Graduate Student Society and Donnard MacKenzie (winner). Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award! One winner has many accomplishments both in acting and producing as well as research in creative writing while the other [...]
GEOG 419 & GEOG 429 research reports & oral history interviews are here
Not only have the newly added GEOG 419 and GEOG 429 research reports (with the latter showcasing research in historical geography) been made accessible in cIRcle (UBC’s Digital Repository), they arrived just in time to add to your summer reading list! Explore and learn about the daily life of a north coast Japanese-Canadian fisherman; [...]
Recently added: UBC Japanese Canadian student oral history interviews
In 1942, some 21,000 Japanese Canadians were uprooted and exiled from the West Coast and were sent to internment camps. Amongst those sent away were 76 UBC students. These students were unable to complete their university studies or missed their graduation. In November 2011, the UBC Senate approved three measures to recognize what happened to [...]
Get ready for UBC Alumni Weekend 2013
In case you missed it, UBC’s Alumni Weekend is happening on Saturday, May 25th. It is a celebratory day at UBC that is chockfull of educational activities, tours and open houses aimed predominantly at UBC alumni but open to all. Some highlights will include a University Fair, a talk by UBC honorary alumnus – Rick [...]
Basil Stuart-Stubbs scholarly book prize winner announced
B.C. author Derek Hayes is the recipient of the inaugural Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, a new award from UBC Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society. Hayes was chosen for his 2012 book, British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas (Douglas & McIntyre). The book mixes comprehensive text and annotations [...]
President Stephen Toope leaving UBC in June 2014
Professor Stephen Toope, the 12th president of the University of British Columbia, will leave on June 30, 2014 to pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations, UBC Board of Governors Chair Bill Levine announced today. “Professor Toope’s accomplishments during his tenure as president have been truly outstanding,” said Levine. “His vision [...]
Innovative Dissemination of Research Award winner announced
Congratulations are ado to the UBC Library’s Innovative Dissemination of Research Award for 2013 winner, Rowan B. Cockett – a Masters of Science student in Geophysics – who was formally recognized at a UBC research awards reception on March 25, 2013. Cockett’s submission “came from a desire to improve the way geoscience research is disseminated [...]
Popular GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award FAQ
Last November, the numero uno FAQ for the GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award was, “What is the GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award?” but this term, it was replaced by another popular FAQ seen directly below: Q: What types of material can I submit? All projects that are created as part of graduate coursework at UBC [...]
Last FIREtalk for this semester – submission deadline today
The last FIREtalk of the term is this Thursday, March 21st from 2-4 pm. The topic is about Ethics and Dissemination. It ranges from ethics ‘in academic research, practice and dissemination’, ‘how academics and grad students disseminate their work’, ‘academic knowledge translation to the broader public’ to ‘the benefits, hazards and risks of disseminating controversial [...]
CRW 2013 @ UBC
In the spirit of Celebrate Research Week events happening at UBC, here are some upcoming Library workshops featuring a variety of discussions, interactive tools and resources in support of UBC’s research excellence and scholarly output: March 18 & 28 – Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean a Lot!March 20 – Citation [...]
