Blog and Opportunities

The UVic Women in Science (WIS) initiative is to foster a supportive and engaging environment to establish a network for women who are currently involved or interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. We are hosting our third annual STEM Research Symposium on November 28th in the Medical Sciences Bldg, Rm 160. This symposium aims to connect females from different areas of research at UVic and within the community in an effort to highlight their contributions to these fields. During this event we will host a poster session accompanied by short oral presentations given by graduate and undergraduate students. This event will also feature keynote presentations and panel discussions composed of women from diverse fields and stages of their careers. Graduate and undergraduate students involved in research are encouraged to present either a pecha kucha style oral or poster presentation on their current research. Registration forms are available on our website: https://www.uvicwomeninscience.com/2019-stem-research-symposium

Registration is free! And we will cover the cost of printing a poster if submitted to events.uvic.wis@gmail.com by November 15th.

Chloe Christensen,
on behalf of the UVic Women in Science Team

Dr. Caroline Colijn, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics at SFU is coming to UVic as part of the Provost’s Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture series.  The organizers are hosting  a student luncheon with Dr. Caroline Colijn, Friday October 25, 2019, HHB 128 (Learning and Teaching Centre).

Dr. Colijn’s research is at the interface of mathematics and epidemiology and the evolution of pathogens. In a casual setting, students will be able to ask Dr. Colijn about her career path in Math/Biology. Undergraduate and graduate students are all welcome.

To register please sign up at:

https://events.eply.com/Lunch_with_Professor_Colijn_25OCT2019

To promote sustainability and reduce our carbon footprint this will be a vegan, no plastics event.

 

 

 

Dear Students,

On behalf of the Search Committee for the Associate Vice-President Academic Planning (“the Committee”), I am writing to inform you of the next steps in the search process. The Committee has crafted a position profile in consultation with constituency groups, completed six long list video-conference interviews, and, selected three candidates to participate in site visits over the coming weeks. The site visits are scheduled to take place on:

Candidate A: September 26-27

Candidate B: September 30-October 1

Candidate C: October 3-4

During the site visits, the three short-listed Candidates have been asked to do a public presentation on the following question:

How do you see the role of AVP Academic Planning contributing to the Strategic Framework of the University? What do you see as some of the future opportunities for the role and UVic?

The presentations have been scheduled at the following times and dates:

Candidate A: September 26, 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm in Medical Sciences Building (MSB) 160

Candidate B: September 30, 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm in University Club Salal Room

Candidate C: October 3, 12:15 pm – 1:05 pm in Medical Sciences Building (MSB) 160

The Committee encourages all members of the campus community to attend the public presentations and provide feedback to the Committee. We acknowledge that September 30th is Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year and the first of the Jewish High Holy Days. All presentations will be recorded and uploaded to the VPAC site for those who are unable to attend in person. You will also find the finalized position profile on the VPAC site (https://www.uvic.ca/opportunities/leadership/current/avpap-2019.php), and CVs for each candidate will be uploaded a few days prior to each scheduled site visit. You will need to log in with your netlink ID.

The policy and procedures for the Associate Vice-President Academic Planning role may be viewed at https://www.uvic.ca/universitysecretary/assets/docs/policies/GV0350.pdf.

Thank you for your participation and engagement in this process.

Sincerely,

Valerie S. Kuehne, Ph.D.
Vice-President Academic and Provost & Chair of the Appointment and Re-appointment Committee
University of Victoria

 

 

Community Gathering

A community gathering for reflection and support will be held at the University of Victoria on Tuesday, Sept. 17 to provide students, faculty and staff with a space to unite and reflect in the wake of the recent bus accident in which two students died and several were injured. Everyone is welcome to attend the event organized by UVic in collaboration with University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS). The event will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at BiblioCafé, on the ground floor of the Mearns Centre for Learning (McPherson Library), with brief remarks from university and UVSS leaders. UVic support staff will be present to assist members of UVic’s community. This venue is in the heart of campus, yet there is limited space so please arrive on time.

 

Hello Students,

Registration is now open for the 2019 Health and Regenerative Medicine Hackathon!

You may have heard of hackathons for programmers and software engineers but what is a Health Hackathon? The Health Hackathon is a competition event where teams will work for 24-hours to solve a variety of challenges being faced in our community. Whether it’s a problem in the clinic or on the lab bench, each challenge has been submitted by someone involved in BC healthcare or medical research and they span a variety of disciplines in engineering and science. The goal at the end of the competition is to have a usable solution that can be implemented.

Students at all levels and from all disciplines are welcome. There is no prerequisite knowledge or experience required!

Why should you attend the Health Hackathon?:

• You enjoy problem solving and want to apply it to improve your community
• You want to learn about new innovations in healthcare
• Looks great on a resume especially when applying for co-ops
• Free food and cash prizes!

Curious about the Health Hackathon? Come to our kick-off event on September 6^th (ECS660 – 6-8pm) to learn about the challenges, learn about the resources available for completing the challenges and make teams. Teams will have a month after the kick-off to plan/prepare for the Hackathon.

Event details:

• Kick-off: September 6^th, 2019 – Engineering and Computer Science Building, Room 660, UVic – 6pm
• 24-hour Hackathon: October 4^th-5^th, 2019 – Fort Tectoria, 777 Fort Street – 6pm (Oct4) to 6pm (Oct5)
• Team presentations, judging and prizes: October 6^th, 2019 – Fort Tectoria, 777 Fort Street – 10am

More info and registration:

This event is being run by UVic’s Centre for Biomedical Research and the BC Regenerative Medicine Network. Concurrent events will be held in Victoria and Vancouver. More information on the 2019 Health and Regenerative Medicine Hackathon can be on the CBR website : https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/biomedical/events-outreach/health-and-regenerative-medicine-hackathon/index.php.

Registration is through the BCRegMed website, please indicate which campus you will compete on : https://bcregmed.ca/hackathon/. You can also register at the kick-off event.

If there are any questions regarding this event please email Laila at cfbr@uvic.ca.

Hope to see you at the kick-off!

 

Laila Abelseth

Assistant to the Director, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 Stn. CSC,  Victoria, V8W 2Y2/  Phone: (250) 472-4067; Fax: (250) 472-4075: Email:  cfbr@uvic.ca;  Website: cbr.uvic.ca