Blog and Opportunities

Residence Services is hiring a third Residence Education Community Leader for their Science Living Learning Community to meet increasing demands. As such, they have posted the role on the Residence Services website. It will be closing June 27^th. The job can be found in the right rail under ‘Opportunities’ and is open to students who have completed at least one year of university, and are enrolled in the Faculty of Science. It is a live in position, similar to the Community Leader role, but living in a theme specific Living Learning Community.

https://www.uvic.ca/residence/assets/docs/job-ad-science-recl.pdf

STEM Fellowship is a Canadian, youth-led, non-profit organization that creates mentorship and experiential learning programs to equip students with skills in data analytics, research, and scholarly communication. STEM Fellowship Journal (SFJ) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Canadian Science Publishing. The SFJ is dedicated to showcasing research from first-time high school and undergraduate authors.

We are now calling all young scientists to submit their interdisciplinary STEM research papers, including original research articles, viewpoints, and review articles that detail inconclusive results, to celebrate our belief that failures are the basis of scientific understanding. As such, the theme of this call is Inconclusive Results. SFJ believes that researchers need to communicate their inconclusive findings in order to logically direct future research initiatives. More information can be found here. The deadline is on July 15, 2019.

We are also proud to announce the latest release of our STEM Fellowship Journal (Volume 4, Issue 1). The issue hosts a wide range of original investigations done by young STEM researchers. This issue includes research on the predictors of HPV vaccination completion; how Tigecycline demonstrates anticancer activity; and how milk can be made less allergenic. In addition, this issue showcases the proceedings of the Indicium and unERD (Undergraduate Engineering Research Day) conferences. The PDF of the issue can be found here.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or require any further information.

Heide Adham
Design Team Lead of the STEM Fellowship
heide.adham@stemfellowship.org |
www.stemfellowship.org

 

 

STEM Fellowship, a national, youth-led, not-for-profit organization that creates mentorship and experiential learning programs to equip students with skills in data analytics, research, and scholarly communication is recruiting students for roles on several committees on their national team.

The open positions can offer new recruits the opportunity to design and implement novel marketing strategies, collaborate with the partners of our STEM Fellowship Journal (including Youth Science Canada and Canadian Science Publishing), organize our annual scholarly writing competition or coordinate programs to reduce inequities in STEM fields. New recruits will also contribute to the development and expansion of the programs, such as the STEM Fellowship Journal (an open-access peer-reviewed journal supported by Canadian Science Publishing), the Big Data Challenge (which combines elements of global citizenship education and social entrepreneurship with big data analytics and research skills) and STEMpowerment (which provides research and mentorship opportunities for students from communities traditionally underrepresented in STEM).

The call for applications can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OEXVYQ5h03v3CXMPWD31N7rnVmrexh-CRrwfzXHhxDI/

The deadline for applications is June 1, 2019.

Heide Adham
Design Team Lead of the STEM Fellowship
heide.adham@stemfellowship.org | www.stemfellowship.org
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Join the STEM Fellowship Community by becoming a STEM Fellow!

 

Dear Biology Students,

We are in the process of searching for a new Dean of Science. Two BlueJean sessions have been arranged at short notice for students to meet and interact directly with two of the candidates.   Brittany, an SLI from MATH will be the virtual host, providing a brief candidate introduction and asking the students to submit completed Feedback forms, which can be found on the Opportunities website.

Session with H. Peter Loock (Candidate C):         Thursday, May 9^th from 9:30 am  to 10:00 am (Pacific Standard Time)

Participants, to join the meeting with video on a computer or mobile phone, click the link: https://bluejeans.com/725961337

You may also join via audio only using the telephone number: +1.888.240.2560 (US Toll Free)

Additional numbers: http://bluejeans.com/numbers then enter Meeting ID: 725961337

Notes:  You may require administrator access to install BlueJeans on your computer – please make arrangements with your local IT support.  You are encouraged to connect to the conference call approximately 30 minutes prior to the stated start time – you MUST initiate the connection to BlueJeans.  Connecting 30 minutes early helps alleviate stress for the participants and ensures maximum presentation time – please be considerate and connect early.  We recommend that you use a wired connection for better bandwidth.

Please test your video and audio connection in advance of the video conference date using: https://bluejeans.com/111/ For assistance go to http://bluejeans.com/support/ or call: +1 (408) 791-2830.

PRIVACY: BlueJeans Network is a cloud-hosted service that transmits data outside of Canada. Please ensure your usage of BlueJeans Networks is in accordance with BC privacy legislation. If you have any questions, please contact the University Privacy Office – foipp@uvic.ca – prior to using this service.

Session with Jack Gray (Candidate B):                  Thursday, May 9^th from 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Participants, to join the meeting with video on a computer or mobile phone, click the link: https://bluejeans.com/243525322

You may also join via audio only using the telephone number: +1.888.240.2560 (US Toll Free)

Additional numbers: http://bluejeans.com/numbers then enter Meeting ID: 243525322

Notes:  You may require administrator access to install BlueJeans on your computer – please make arrangements with your local IT support.  You are encouraged to connect to the conference call approximately 30 minutes prior to the stated start time – you MUST initiate the connection to BlueJeans.  Connecting 30 minutes early helps alleviate stress for the participants and ensures maximum presentation time – please be considerate and connect early.  We recommend that you use a wired connection for better bandwidth.

Please test your video and audio connection in advance of the video conference date using: https://bluejeans.com/111/ For assistance go to http://bluejeans.com/support/ or call: +1 (408) 791-2830.

PRIVACY: BlueJeans Network is a cloud-hosted service that transmits data outside of Canada. Please ensure your usage of BlueJeans Networks is in accordance with BC privacy legislation. If you have any questions, please contact the University Privacy Office – foipp@uvic.ca – prior to using this service.

Your input is valuable to the Committee.  The position criteria, the Candidates’ CVs, and fillable feedback forms are posted on a confidential password-protected page (Netlink login/password required) on the VPAC Opportunities site.  Please submit your feedback by email to apasst@uvic.ca, or hand deliver it to the Office of the Vice-President Academic, Michael Williams Building A244 no later than 12:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Sincerely,

Sandra Duggan

Assistant to the Associate Vice-President

Academic Planning

Office of the Vice-President Academic and

Provost

University of Victoria

Tel: 250-853-3761 / Email: apasst@uvic.ca

https://www.uvic.ca/vpacademic/

 

The Royal BC Museum recently announced it is undertaking a Museum Modernization Project, and the paleontology collection is looking for new volunteers to help organize the fossil collection!

We are looking for some keen individuals to help with tasks like inventorying specimens in our cabinets, putting catalogue numbers on fossils, cutting out foam for re-housing specimens in trays, and other similar types of organizational jobs we may identify along the way. Volunteers will get a chance to work directly with the fossils, and should be able to safely lift and handle small and medium-sized delicate objects. No prior experience is necessary, and there is no minimum time commitment (although it would be great if volunteers could commit at least a few hours at a time per session). We’re generally able to host volunteers between 10 am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday.

We’d love to hear from you! For questions or more information about volunteer opportunities in the paleontology collection, please feel free to contact me at varbour@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

Volunteer applications are submitted to Holli Hodgson (volunteer services manager) at the following link:

http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/support-us/volunteer/about-volunteering#how-to-apply

Volunteers who are over the age of 19 are required to have a current Police Information Check, this may be completed online with the instructions at this link:

http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/images/ministry_of_justice_application.pdf

If you prefer to take a letter to your local police station a letter may be prepared for you, just contact Holi:

hhodgson@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

Volunteers who are under the age of 19 require a signed Minor Consent form at this link:

http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/images/minor_consent_form_0.pdf

 

 

 

Position: Summer intern

Number of Positions Available: 1

Job Location: University of Victoria, Victoria BC

Term : part time, flexible, May 1 to August 31, 2019; majority of time will be required in June-July

Salary: $15 per hour

Deadline: Please apply by April 30, 2019

Contact: Morgan Black – morganjb@uvic.ca

Are you interested in building strong community relationships? Are you passionate in engaging Indigenous youth in Science and post-secondary?

The Living Lab Project is a community-UVic- schools project seeking to connect ecocultural restoration, science education and indigenous knowledge.

Job Description

This position will involve approximately ten hours per week but vary dependant upon events and opportunities as the project continues to develop.

Student will be assisting in many aspects of the project including but not limited to:

• Facilitating ecocultural science field and lab days with youth in and around Victoria

• Taking photos and videos of these outings as permissible

• Writing short descriptions documenting outings

• Updating and developing website

• Researching and assembling information on community engaged projects in the region

• Developing contact lists and a database of related people and projects

 

• Attending relevant networking events and meetings and document discussion

Job requirements

Be pursuing an undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria

Provide a criminal background check when hired

Preferred applicants will:

Be pursuing an undergraduate degree in science or related field at the University of Victoria

Have excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Be competent with computers and have good organizational skills

Be mature and conduct themselves responsibly in sensitive situations

Be able to work independently as well as in team settings

Application Procedure:

1. Get to Know the Living Lab Project

www.livinglabproject.ca – be sure and read the brochure available on the website

2. Submit a resume and cover letter by email

In your cover letter, let us know why you are interested in the Living Lab Project and how you think your skills and experience will be of value to our goals. Please also provide three references in your resume.

Questions or send your resume to

Morgan Black – Science Engagement Coordinator – Living Lab Project – morganjb@uvic.ca

 

Interested undergraduates should contact Jillian Martin.

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I work for a small environmental non-profit organization in Victoria and we’ve recently received some funding to deliver in-class educational programming to two or three different schools in Victoria. I’d like to bring in a biology undergrad or grad student who’s currently working on research in the field of marine biology to speak to our students about their research and participate in our programming. The programming dates are still being finalized but they would be taking place during May 4-19. We are also able to offer the students an honoraria in recognition of their time and contribution.

 

Thanks so much,

Jillian Martin
jillian.worldfish@gmail.com

Education and Outreach Coordinator
World Fisheries Trust
16-831 Devonshire Road
Victoria BC
Tel: 778-430-7585