Strategic Conversations and Meetings
Strategic Conversations and Meetings Date & Time: Saturday, October 25 & Saturday, November 1, 10am – 4pm. Location: Buchanan Building Block D, Room 207 Description: This course can be applied to the UBC Certificate in Professional Communication. There is greater demand on employees and supervisors to share knowledge, present ideas, and contribute to teams and meetings. Develop […]
Communicating on the Edge: Managing Emotion, Conflict and Change
Communicating on the Edge: Managing Emotion, Conflict and Change Date & Time: Thursday, October 30 – Friday, October 31. Thu: 6-9pm (Room C225), Fri & Sat: 9am-4pm (Room C400) Location: UBC Robson Square, Room C225 Description: Responding and communicating calmly in highly charged situations requires skills and attitudes that can be learned. Through this interactive workshop, learn to […]
Dealing With Difficult People
Dealing with Difficult People Date & Time: Saturday, October 25, 10:00am – 4:00pm Location: UBC Robson Square, Room 1.150 (Gallery Room) Description: This popular one-day workshop teaches you how to be “hard on the problem, yet soft on the people.” Examine the roots and patterns of conflict situations and discover how to turn conflicts into creative problem […]
Understanding Wine: Champagne and Burgandy
Understanding Wine: Champagne and Burgandy Date & Time: Friday, October 31, 6:30pm – 9:00pm Location: UBC Robson Square Description: Embrace France’s long tradition of making excellent quality wines. Delve into the history of the different regions and explore the styles of wine that each has to offer. Help boost your confidence by learning how to decipher French […]
The Amazon: Politics and Economics
The Amazon: Politics and Economics Date & Time: Saturday, November 1, 9:30am – 4:00pm Location: Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Room TBA Description: Explore the history and economic and political elements affecting both the protection and deforestation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, where about two-thirds of the world’s forest is located. Speaker: Deborah Barros Leal Farias Ticketing Information: […]
All Our Stuff: Understanding Consumption
All Our Stuff: Understanding Consumption Date & Time: Saturday, November 1, 9:30am – 4:00pm Location: Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Room TBA Description: Why do we have so much stuff? Why are our garages and storage lockers filled yet we still want more? Why do we have so much debt? Why do our children keep asking us for […]
Project Management 6: Communicating Progress to Clients and Management
Project Management 6: Communicating Progress to Clients and Management Date & Time: Friday, October 31, 9:00am – 4:00pm Location: UBC Robson Square, Room C.420 Description: This course can be applied to the UBC Award of Achievement in Project Management Using Microsoft® Project. Discover how to report on the progress of a project to stakeholders and management. Find out […]
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Session
Join us to learn how to prevent breast cancer through healthy lifestyle changes and to have your breast cancer risk status objectively assessed.
Open Badge Implementation – Perspectives from the External Badging Community
Digital badges have become a new area in educational innovation. A digital badge signifies a specific accomplishment, and takes the form of a graphical icon which is stored in a personalized space on the web. Clicking the icon reveals information related to the earning of the badge. Typically, badge metadata identifies the recipient, issuer, date of issue, and qualification criteria. Several organizations and academic institutions have begun using badges to micro-credential activities in courses and programs, however, the badge movement is emerging and key learnings have yet to be reported. Kate Chandler, a graduate student from the School of Library, Archival and Information Science and Graduate Assistant to Open Badges UBC, and Erin Fields, Liaison Librarian, Flexible Learning Coordinator, and Co-Lead for the Open Badges UBC FL-TLEF project, have spent the summer interviewing museum directors, technologists, and university professors to learn from their experience implementing badging programs. This session will present both theoretical perspectives, practical advice, and key learnings related to digital badge projects.
UBC Symphony Orchestra
Repertoire:
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2*
Dorothy Chang: Flight: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World”, Op. 95 *
Note: Dorothy Chang is a professor at the UBC School of Music