Resources for Students
This resources page is intended to aggregate the disparate bits of useful information one might need in grad school. It is meant to supplement the information found on grad program websites, such as:
CELL program: http://cell.med.ubc.ca/
CELL program calendar: http://cell.med.ubc.ca/news-events/announcement-events-calendar/
GSAT program website: http://www.gsat.ubc.ca/
Neuroscience program: http://www.neuroscience.ubc.ca/index.html
Experimental Medicine program: http://exp.med.ubc.ca/
If you have any updates or suggestions, please submit a resource or contact us!
CELL program: http://cell.med.ubc.ca/
CELL program calendar: http://cell.med.ubc.ca/news-events/announcement-events-calendar/
GSAT program website: http://www.gsat.ubc.ca/
Neuroscience program: http://www.neuroscience.ubc.ca/index.html
Experimental Medicine program: http://exp.med.ubc.ca/
If you have any updates or suggestions, please submit a resource or contact us!
Contents
Key Persons of Contact
Room Booking Info
Mailing List Info
Committee Meeting Guide
Conferences
Scholarships and Travel Awards
Career Resources
Recreation Guide
Software and Tools
Workshop Reviews
Student Wellness Resources
How to View Your Pay Stubs and Tax Forms
Room Booking Info
Mailing List Info
Committee Meeting Guide
Conferences
Scholarships and Travel Awards
Career Resources
Recreation Guide
Software and Tools
Workshop Reviews
Student Wellness Resources
How to View Your Pay Stubs and Tax Forms
Travel
Inter-Hospital Shuttle Service - Free shuttle service is available to all the hospitals in Vancouver going from UBC, VGH, and BCCH. The shuttle operates from 7:00am to 5:30pm, Monday-Friday.
Visit https://bcchr.ca/onboarding/orientation/building-facilities and view transportation for stops and times!
Visit https://bcchr.ca/onboarding/orientation/building-facilities and view transportation for stops and times!
Mailing List Info
Generally, UBC is haphazard about signing people up to the right mailing lists, so if you’re not on one that you should be on, here’s how to get on them:
CPhyGS:
LSI Members ([email protected])
LSI News and Events:
CPS Grad students ([email protected]):
Neuroscience-Physiology Mailing List:
MATLAB tutorials:
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CPhyGS:
- Sign up here! http://eepurl.com/bT744L
LSI Members ([email protected])
- For important LSI info
- https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=LSI-MEMBERS&A=1
LSI News and Events:
- http://lsi.ubc.ca/news-events/, sign up form is at the bottom. (Updated 2016-09-19)
CPS Grad students ([email protected]):
Neuroscience-Physiology Mailing List:
- To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the following words in the BODY of the message: subscribe NeuroPhys-List
MATLAB tutorials:
- Contact Jeffrey LeDue for information at [email protected]
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Commitee Meeting Guide
Conferences
Vancouver Diabetes Day @ LSI, November 2019 TBA
Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Oct 19-23, 2019
American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, San Francisco, Dec 7-11, 2019
LSI Research Day, Late Feb/Early March
CFRI Research Day, June
American Diabetes Association, June
European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Sep 16-20, 2019
Canadian Diabetes Association, October
Keystone Symposia, https://www.keystonesymposia.org/
International Society for Stem Cell Research, http://www.isscr.org/
Loon Lake: Cell Biology Conference - May 2-3, 2019
50th Anniversary of the Northwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference: Mar 20-22, 2019 @ Friday Harbor
Canfly: CanFly XV will be held at the Chestnut Residence and Conference Centre in Toronto, Ontario from June 9-13; https://www.fourwav.es/view/1276/info/
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Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Oct 19-23, 2019
American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, San Francisco, Dec 7-11, 2019
LSI Research Day, Late Feb/Early March
CFRI Research Day, June
American Diabetes Association, June
European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Sep 16-20, 2019
Canadian Diabetes Association, October
Keystone Symposia, https://www.keystonesymposia.org/
International Society for Stem Cell Research, http://www.isscr.org/
Loon Lake: Cell Biology Conference - May 2-3, 2019
50th Anniversary of the Northwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference: Mar 20-22, 2019 @ Friday Harbor
Canfly: CanFly XV will be held at the Chestnut Residence and Conference Centre in Toronto, Ontario from June 9-13; https://www.fourwav.es/view/1276/info/
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Scholarships and Travel Awards
MITACS Accelerate Program
One Year Fellowships (1YF)
Four Year Fellowships (4YF)
CFRI Graduate Studentships
CFRI Travel Award
NSERC
UBC Graduate Student Travel Fund:
IGSN Travel Fund
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- www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/accelerate
- These are 4 month $15,000 internships for graduate students to get non-academic work experience
One Year Fellowships (1YF)
- Every year, the CELL Program awards a number of 1YFs valued from $8,000-$16,000. The competition, held in June/July, is open to domestic and international M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. The Program Coordinator will inform you if you are eligible to apply.
Four Year Fellowships (4YF)
- The 4YF competition is held in June/July. The CELL Program Coordinator will inform you if you are eligible to apply.
- http://cell.med.ubc.ca/prospective-students/tuitionfeesfinancial-support/
CFRI Graduate Studentships
CFRI Travel Award
- Travel award competition for up to $1,200
- http://www.cfri.ca/training/trainees/funding-awards
NSERC
- for MSc students, due Dec 1
- for PhD students, due mid Sept
- To be updated
UBC Graduate Student Travel Fund:
- Offers a one-time use of $500 towards conference travel throughout your degree
- https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-student-travel-fund
IGSN Travel Fund
- To be updated
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UBC Centre for Student Involvement and Careers
- Your on-campus hub for how to get involved and how to approach planning your career
- Online resources for everything from resume writing to salary negotiation
- Career events/workshops and one-on-one advising appointments available at the bottom of this page
- A useful guide from the University of Washington on how to approach discussing your future with your PI, which is sometimes precarious thing to do
- Local job board for life science job postings
- Local job board for life science job postings, part of the Science in the City which is a website provided by StemCell Technologies
Recreation
Software and Tools
Workshop Reviews
Student Wellness Resources
UBC Ombudsperson
UBC LiveWell
UBC Student Health Clinic
UBC AMS-GSS Health Plan
UBC Emergency Phone Numbers
Occupational Health and Safety at UBC
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- http://ombudsoffice.ubc.ca/
- The ombudsperson's office is "ensure students are treated fairly and can learn, work and live in a fair, equitable and respectful environment."
UBC LiveWell
- http://students.ubc.ca/livewell
- Contains links and information about the UBC Wellness Centre, UBC Counselling Services, UBC Sexual Assault Support Centre and more.
UBC Student Health Clinic
- http://students.ubc.ca/livewell/services/student-health-service
- Free on-campus access to doctors and healthcare for students.
UBC AMS-GSS Health Plan
- https://gss.ubc.ca/main/services/health-dental/
- http://www.studentcare.ca/View.aspx?locale=en&uid=UniversityofBritishColumbiaAMSGSS_Home&
- Unless you have opted-out, all UBC students have access to an extended health coverage plan.
UBC Emergency Phone Numbers
Occupational Health and Safety at UBC
- http://rms.ubc.ca/health-safety/
- Includes safety training courses and other information/resources concerning workplace health and safety.
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