Celebrate Research Week culminates on Friday, March 10 at 1 p.m. with an insightful presentation by Alex Usher, post-secondary education expert and author of the widely followed and occasionally controversial ‘One Thought to Start Your Day’ blog. Usher will be joined by Phil Barker, vice-principal research, for a focussed Q&A on innovation.
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Celebrate Research Week 2017 Event Schedule
Monday, March 6
BRAES Institute Open House & Poster Session
Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) members will present posters about their research projects. Come browse and learn about the great work being done in ecology, biodiversity, conservation, and environmental sustainability on UBC’s Okanagan campus.
Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Science building third-floor hallway
UBC Engineering Research Night
Speakers: Shahria Alam, Liwei Wang and Jian Liu
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Engineering, Management & Education Building, EME 1151
Tuesday, March 7
Rural health in rural hands: Building partnerships with a regional alliance for health research
Presented by the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention
Join us to identify ways to build action-oriented, community-engaged research collaborations that strengthen health and wellbeing in rural communities and enrich educational programs.
Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ART 219
Presenters: Joan Bottorff, Mike Chiasson, Judy Gillespie, and Betty Brown
Wednesday, March 8
Institute for Community Engaged Research Open House
Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Arts building, room ART 368
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final
Graduate student competitors have just three minutes and one slide to share the depth, significance, and wider-impact of their research with the judges and audience for a chance to win top honours and prize money.
Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: University Centre Ballroom, room UNC 200
To find out more, visit: 3mt.ok.ubc.ca
Thursday, March 9
UBC-KEDGE Wine Industry Collaboration
Presented by the Regional Socio-Economic Development Institute of Canada
Bring your lunch and join us for an overview of the UBC-KEDGE Wine Industry Collaboration – a partnership involving KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux, France) that has brought together
BC wine producers and international wine management expertise.
Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Engineering, Management & Education building, room EME 4116
Presenters: Kim Buschert, Malida Mooken and Marcela Valania
For more information about UBC-Kedge Wine Industry Collaboration, visit: ubckedgewine.ca
Café Scientifique: Side-stepping the effects of stroke
Time: 5 to 7 p.m.
Location: Okanagan Regional Library, 1380 Ellis St., Kelowna
Free registration: sidestepstroke.eventbrite.ca
Friday, March 10
Alex Usher Presents: Trends Affecting Higher Education in Canada
Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
Location: Engineering, Management & Education building, room EME 0050
For more information visit: celebrateresearch.ok.ubc.ca/schedule/usher
Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11
School District No. 23 District Science Fair
Young scientists will be on UBC’s Okanagan campus to participate in the two-day School District No. 23 District Science Fair. Students individually and in pairs interpret their science projects for judges and public viewers.
Times: Friday — 4 to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday — 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Various locations, including the Engineering, Management & Education building’s Richard S. Hallisey Atrium
For more information visit: sd23sciencefair.com