VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Twenty-seven UBC projects have received more than $5.8 million in combined funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
UBC was among 39 universities across Canada to receive funding totalling $51 million, announced today by Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Dr. Sally Aitken is leading a research team finding genomics solutions to combat the impact of climate change on tree populations.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
A broadcast email was sent to the campus community on February 20th.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC is pleased to announce eleven new Distinguished University Scholars. These awards recognize exceptional members of faculty who have distinguished themselves as scholars in research and/or teaching and learning.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Wednesday, February 15th 2017
Location:
Robert H. Lee Family Boardroom (3rd Floor)
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
6163 University Blvd.
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
REGISTER HERE
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Congratulations to UBC winners Dr. Steven Rogak and Dr. Jonathan Holzman and their industry partners Hydra Energy and ExcelSense Technology.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Thursday, February 09 - 10.00-11.00am PSTLocation: Online. Please click here to register.
Speaker:
Dr. Megan Meredith-Lobay
Scientific Analyst, Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
University of British Columbia
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Synergy Award for Innovation goes to Dr. Guy Dumont for his work with UBC spin-offf company Lionsgate Technologies. Gilles Brassard Doctoral Prize for Interdisciplinary Research goes to Amir Abdi.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 07, 2017Location: Online - Please register here.
Speaker: Chris Fjell, Health Research Data Analyst, University of British Columbia
Description:
REDCap is a free, secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies. This online session will provide an introductory overview of:
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Digital Storytelling using Twine
February 6, 2017
1:30pm-4:30pm
SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre, 1520)Registration: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/dh/31927
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 Faculty Research Awards. Winners were selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee, which spans arts and humanities, applied science, science, and medicine.
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Date: Friday, January 27 (11.00am-12.00pm PST)Location: Online. Please click here to register.
As part of our ongoing initiative to keep our users regularly informed and engaged, WestGrid is hosting a Community Town Hall session on Friday, January 27.
WestGrid's management team and support staff will share the latest updates on:
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Date: Tuesday, January 24, 10.00-11.00am PSTLocation: Online - Please click here to register.
Speaker:
Jamie Rosner
Life Sciences Analyst, Advanced Research Computing
The University of British Columbia
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series returns with five dynamic events, where doctoral students tell their community-engaged research stories in just under seven minutes. First event January 26.
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics
UBC’s Research Ethics Boards recently clarified their adherence to the Tri-Council Policy Statement on exclusion of individuals from research participation based on language. UBC’s REBs prohibit the exclusion of non-English speaking individuals from research unless there is sufficient justification for the exclusion. Selection of research participants must be fair and equitable and based on the Tri-Council Policy Statement’s Principle of Justice.
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Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017Location: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, Jack Poole Hall ( 2nd Floor), 6163 University Blvd.
Presented by UBC Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in partnership with alumni UBC
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Date: Wednesday, Feb 01 - Friday, Feb. 03, 2017Location: SFU Vancouver, Habour Centre
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics
The BC Ethics Harmonization Initiative has made considerable progress towards achieving its intended outcomes. See details in the Final Evaluation Report.
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Listen to a series of engaging interviews featuring our 2020/21 University Killam Professors
Watch a recording of the public event: Research horizons: What now, what next?
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Join UBC Language Sciences for Language Science Talks: a speaker series featuring prominent language sciences researchers from around the world.