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Science Venture has started our Fall 2022 hiring process! Please follow the links below to view our job postings.

Deadline to apply is August 18th at 4pm.

CanCode Instructor Job Description Fall 2022 copy

Clubs Youth STEM Instructor Fall 2022

 

A picture is worth $500!

Students on a co-op work term can submit up to three photos to the Co-op and Career Photo Contest for a chance to win a cash prize of up to $500! Entries open on July 15^th and close on September 15^th. Winners will be announced in early October.

To learn more and submit your photos, check out the Co-op and Career website: https://www.uvic.ca/coop/photo-contest/index.php?utm_source=coop-listserv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=photocontest

The TBuck Suzuki Foundation is accepting applications for our annual Buck Suzuki Legacy Bursary, valued at $1000. Students in oceans, fisheries, food or marine related studies at the undergraduate, graduate, or trades level are welcome to apply.

Application deadline: July 11, 2022

Criteria:

• Eligible candidates must be enrolled in a marine-related undergraduate, graduate, or trade program in a Canadian institution

• Some examples include: marine trades, chef training, shipwright, fish master, marine biology or ecology, fisheries science, social justice, community health sciences, or marine resource management

• Preference will be given to students with family connections to seafood or the marine sectors

Application Requirements

Please provide a letter or video (max. 3 pages/3 minutes) addressing the following questions:

• In your opinion, what is the greatest challenge facing our oceans and fisheries today? How will your studies help address these challenges and build a brighter future?
• Please describe your relationship to the ocean or marine community:
• How do you interact with the marine environment?
• If applicable, detail family employment in the marine sectors and/or any connection to marine industries.

Supporting documents are encouraged. Please include a letter of reference, transcripts, CV or list of accomplishments including awards, presentations, publications, work experience, public service that you feel would strengthen your application.

Please email all bursary application materials to hannah(at)bucksuzuki(dot)org by July 11, 2022.

Dear Students, 

You are invited to participate in a study titled “Developing an open toolkit for inclusive pedagogy in library instruction and consultation” that is being conducted by Aditi Gupta, Engineering and Science Librarian (PI), Ying Liu, Asian Studies Librarian, Tad Suzuki, Fine Arts and Humanities Librarian and Dr. Tsung-Cheng Lin, Faculty, Department of Pacific & Asian Studies at the University of Victoria.   

The purpose of this research project is to provide librarians and library staff with a suite of comprehensive resources that instill anti-racist pedagogical practices and develop cultural competency skills. 

We are conducting focus groups of library staff, faculty, and students to identify, review, and assess existing programs and practices involving diverse student populations. Your participation in this research is valuable and will help the librarians gain feedback on current practices that can create barriers for library users and to learn about current library instruction practices that might need to undergo changes.  

We ask that you please contribute 75-90 minutes of your time to help us gather input and work toward our goals. As a way to compensate you for any inconvenience related to your participation, you will be given one of 12 gift cards valued at $20 each for time spent in the focus group interviews.  

Please fill out the following screening questionnaire to determine your eligibility for this study: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/YMXV6P8 by June 1, 2022.  

The focus group will take place on June 6, 2022 from 10:00am-11:30am. You will have an opportunity to read and provide consent to the study before the focus group activities begin. 

Your participation in this research is completely voluntary. If you do decide to participate, you may withdraw at any time without any consequences or any explanation. Your responses will be held in strict confidence. No identifying information will be retained.  

If you have further questions by email, you can contact Aditi Gupta at aditig@uvic.ca or Ying Liu at yingliu@uvic.ca 

Thank you in advance for your participation and for taking this opportunity to assist us in our study. 

Sincerely, 

Aditi Gupta, M.Sc., M.L.I.S., 
Engineering & Science Librarian; aditig@uvic.ca, 250-721-6085
 
Dr. Tsung-Cheng Lin, Associate Professor,
Pacific & Asian Studies, tclin@uvic.ca, 250-721-7478 Tad Suzuki, MA, MLS,
Fine Arts & Humanities Librarian; suzukit@uvic.ca, 250 721-8213

Ying Liu, M.A., M.L.I.S.,
Linguistics, Asian Studies & Religious Studies; yingliu@uvic.ca 250-721-8277

Economic Epidemiology (ECON 485)

The Department is offering an exciting new 400 level elective beginning in January 2023. This course provides an overview of the field of economic epidemiology, the study of how behavioural response and policy intervention influence the spread of communicable disease.  Topics may include: biological and behavioral compartment models of the spread of disease, the relationships between disease, economic growth and other economic outcomes, the economics of antimicrobial resistance, and evaluation of policies intended to reduce spread of disease, such as vaccination, mask mandates, and lockdowns.

• Course Instructor: Chris Auld
• Prerequisites: Economics 313 and one of: Economics 345, Economics 365, Statistics 350 (Students who do not have the ECON 313 prerequisite are encouraged to fill out this prerequisite waiver form: https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/economics/assets/docs/nov-2018-prerequisite-waiver-form.pdf if they are interested in taking the course)

DAVID HARRIS FLAHERTY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIP

Established in 2014 and named for donor David Harris Flaherty, this $1000 scholarship is awarded to an in-course, academically outstanding undergraduate student in any discipline who can demonstrate how they have utilized library resources for a class project, assignment or research paper. Eligible students must complete a 500-word essay explaining their use of library resources in an application accessible through the SAFA (Students Awards and Financial Aid) scholarship portal on My page.

This award is valued at $1000 and the annual deadline is May 31.

The Biology EDI Committee is pleased to be able to offer our first internal EDI workshop.  We invite all faculty, department and research staff, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research associates, and biology undergraduates to join us in welcoming Yahlnaaw, EQHR Indigenous Rights and Anti-Racism Officer.  Please share this invite with anyone not on the biology distribution lists.

In this workshop, you can expect to hear about important equity-seeking topics and be able to contribute to a discussion surrounding EDI.  The discussion portion of the workshop will invite you to ask the tough questions (for example, how might I decolonize my biology course curriculum?  How is this related to my biology course?).

We hope you will join us Thursday, May 5, 1:00 – 3:30 PM on Zoom.

To register, please contact biology.edi@uvic.ca.

 

Message from Yahlnaaw:

Jah Xaayda_Ga ‘Las (Hello Wonderful People)! Yahlnaaw (she/her) leads the session, Kil KaahlGalangdal – “Hear Someone’s Voice Before You See Them”: Anti-Oppression Key Principles, Knowledges, and Equity-Focused Action-Based Frameworks through critical equity-seeking topics. Topics covered will include, but are not limited to: white supremacy, white privilege, white fragility, settler moves to innocence, microaggressions, colonization, decolonization, Indigenization, Rematriation, MMIWG2S, intersectionality, and EDI.

Yahlnaaw identifies as a Skidegate Haida, queer, transgender woman which often feels like limbs stretched into many intersecting worlds. Yahlnaaw aims to bridge these epistemologies (ways of knowing), ontologies (ways of being) and axiology (values) into her work to set the stage for the rest of our living and learning journeys.

Our virtual MCAT Week is coming up in May and we’re hoping to see you there!

We’ll be hosting free 1-hour sessions during the week of May 2^nd, where Princeton Review expert instructors will break down the MCAT for you – each day a different section! You’ll have the chance to go through some sample questions and figure out the best ways to approach the different sections of the MCAT!

BONUS: we’ll be hosting an MMI Information Session on May 9^th for those interested in learning more about MMI and engaging in mock interviews with a counselor.

To register for all of these events for free, please visit: www.princetonreview.com/medicaleventscanada

Find the 6-digit course ID for the event/s you’d like to attend and enter it here: https://secure.princetonreview.com/free-event-enrollment