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What can you do with your degree? A Career Exploration Speaker Series

Wondering what you can do with your degree?

Learn how you can make the leap from university to a rewarding career at this panel focused on Working in Medical and Health Sciences. Hear from industry experts about how they broke into their sectors PLUS learn what the job market looks like!

When: Wednesday, March 23

Time: 1 – 2:15 p.m.

Where: Online

Who: Open to all UVic students and alumni (students studying Science, Medicine, and Health Information Science may find this event particularly interesting)

Register: Sign in to the Co-op and Career portal to register!

Panelists:

  • Daryl Roddan (Nursing), Nurse
  • Kate Ritchie (Chemistry for Medical, Public Health and Policy), Policy Analyst, BC Ministry of Health
  • Peter Stirling (Biochemistry), Senior Scientist and Associate Professor, Terry Fox Laboratory and University of British Columbia
  • Rachel Fellner (Health Information Science), Analyst, Office of the Chief Medical Information Officer at Island Health
  • Sarah Douglas (Biomedical Engineering, MD), Medical Student and former Engineer

Check out panelist biographies and learn more.

Exchange Program Information Session – March 14

Join the International Centre for Students Exchange Team to learn more about spending 1-2 terms abroad during your UVic degree. On exchange, students can live and learn abroad while earning UVic credits, and continuing to pay UVic tuition fees. Visit the Exchange Program website for more details.

This information session will go over the perks of studying abroad through the exchange program, and the steps to apply. The session will also feature a special guest from one of our English partner universities to share some highlights of studying with them in the UK!

Exchange Program Information Session

When: Monday, March 14th at 3:00-4:00pm (PT)

Where: In person at UVic’s Welcome Centre, 1st floor of the Jamie Cassels Centre

Registration: Please register your attendance here!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best wishes,

Maddy & Kiran

 

Maddy Palmer (she/her) & Kiran Nagra (she/her)

Exchange Student Advisers | goglobal@uvic.ca  

International Centre for Students

University of Victoria | Victoria, BC | Canada| www.uvic.ca/ics

Island Medical Program Info Session – March 15

Want to be a doctor? Want to go to medical school on Vancouver Island? Then check out the upcoming Island Medical Program (@UBCIslandMedicalProgram) info session at UVic on March 15 at 4 p.m.

Co-hosted by Dr. Shahin Shirzad, Assistant Dean of Admissions, and current Island Medical Program students, this session will show you how you can earn your UBC (@UBCmed) MD at UVic (@universityofvictoria). Register to attend in-person or online at imp.med.ubc.ca/shirzadinfosession2022/

UVic Libraries Science Communication Conference – March 17-18 (free)

University of Victoria (UVic) Libraries is hosting UVic’s first science communication initiative aimed towards post-secondary BIPOC students. The event will be held in a virtual setting from March  17-18, 2022, and is free to attend.

Interested students can register here. Registrations close on March 12th.  Preference is given to BIPOC students. Limited Spots. Apply today

The symposium with support from the NSERC Science Communication Skills (promo) Grant, is designed to equip post-secondary BIPOC students and early career scientists with critical science communication skills by leveraging the unique voices and lived experiences of BIPOC speakers in STEM disciplines. Through this symposium, we aim to provide attendees with networking and professional development opportunities to support their long-term goals in STEM.

The symposium will feature a keynote presentation from a distinguished STEM BIPOC leader, workshops on science through a story, opportunities in scicomm, a panel discussion on navigating current challenges in STEM, and a student research PITCH competition.

The symposium will offer the following benefits to the attendees:

  1. Learn about potential science communication opportunities in Canada,
  2. Networking opportunities to meet like-minded STEM leaders, listen to their STEM journeys and build lifetime mentors to support your STEM journey,
  3. Opportunity to participate in an elevator pitch competition, get expert feedback, and win exciting prizes.
  4. Exciting workshops that can help to initiate their own science communication journey

Contact us for more information.

Aditi Gupta, M.Sc., M.L.I.S.
Engineering & Science Librarian,
Advanced Research Services
University of Victoria Libraries
email: aditig@uvic.ca

 

 

IRIC Student Recruitment Event – deadline extended

Following numerous requests, we are extending the deadline to apply in the 2022 IRIC student recruitment event to Monday, March 14, 2022, 10 a.m. (Montreal time).

Open to undergraduate and graduate students with strong interest in cancer research, this event offers a unique opportunity to discover the various opportunities offered by the researchers of our institute.

Being aware of your University’s great reputation and of the quality of your training programs, we would love to see some of your students participate in this exciting and personally enriching event.

Two new information sessions have also been scheduled for Tuesday, March 8, 2022:

  • at 9:00 a.m. (Montreal time) in English

https://umontreal.zoom.us/j/82233421816?pwd=QUp0a2RPZm41UG5SNER0NmxUL2diQT09

  • at 1 p.m. (Montreal time) in French

https://umontreal.zoom.us/j/86815030339?pwd=b2NGQUVUVldEQVIvWjUreEZ3S2Rydz09

Chem EDI updated website

Based on your insightful feedback through the Equity Review (a huge thank you to those who participated), we now have a snazzy newly updated webpage for the Chem EDI committee: https://www.uvic.ca/science/chemistry/about/equity/index.php

On this page you can find information about our mandate (support, education and advocacy), how we can help if you have a concern related to EDI (advice and support to access UVic services), our timelines for response if you get in touch, and who is on the committee (including a short bio and why they joined the committee).

Chemistry seminar: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M

The Chemistry Seminar Program brings visitors from across Canada and beyond to present seminars in their area of expertise.  The seminars are open to everyone, including undergrad students.

Monday, February 28
11:30 a.m.
Engineering and Computer Science Building 116

Sherry Yennello
Professor, Texas A&M University
Director of Cyclotron Institute
https://cyclotron.tamu.edu/sjygroup/

“Diving deep on the periodic table to find a treatment for cancer”

Alpha emitting radionuclides with medically relevant half-lives are interesting for treatment of tumors and other diseases because they deposit large amounts of energy close to the location of the radioisotope. Researchers at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University are developing a program to produce 211At, an alpha emitter with a 7.2 h half-life. The properties of 211At make it a great candidate for targeted alpha therapy for cancer due to its short half-life and decay mechanism. Astatine-211 has now been produced multiple times and novel chemistry has been developed for the separation of the At from the Bi target.

View the full list of seminars at https://events.uvic.ca/chemistry/.