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Upcoming library workshops geared toward graduate students
Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot!
Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff will help you with your questions about the nuts and bolts of formatting: page layout, numbering, headings, front matter, and more! As well, find out more about the resources that are available to help you in writing your thesis/dissertation. Graduate students at any stage of the writing process are welcome; some prior knowledge of Microsoft Word will be helpful.
Monday, June 10, 10am-12pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4166
Thursday, June 20, 1-3pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4172
Thursday, June 27, 2-4pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4167
Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? Email research.commons@ubc.ca for an appointment.
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Citation Management Using RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley
Need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work? Citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve your citations in an effective manner, and can also help you in formatting in-text citations and bibliographies in your work.
Sign up for a tool specific hands-on workshop about the coreconcepts of citation management and detailed instruction for use of either RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley.
Are you new to citation management tools entirely, or do you have advanced-user questions? Email research.commons@ubc.ca to set up a one-on-one appointment with one of our citation management experts
Citation Management Using Zotero:
Tuesday, June 18, 10am-12pm
Citation Management Using RefWorks:
Wednesday, June 26, 2-4pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4188
Citation Management Using Mendeley:
Friday, June 28, 10am-12pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4186
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Interview with Jo-ann Archibald, trailblazer in Aboriginal education
Jo-ann Archibald – photo by Don Erhardt
UBC News has an interesting interview with Sto:lo Nation member Jo-Ann Archibald. With June being National Aboriginal History month, UBC News felt it fitting to discuss her work helping transform Indigenous education in Canada.
Special lecture on Colonialist Stereotypes and Narrative Form in European Comic Books
The Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program is co-sponsoring a lecture on June 12th by Dr. Ian Horton of the London School of Communication called “Colonialist Stereotypes and Narrative Form in European Comic Books.” It will be a very exciting lecture.
Please RSVP if you can make it.
Wednesday June 12th, 12:00-1:30 pm
West Mall Annex 216, 1933 West Mall, UBC
RSVP: alk1959@interchange.ubc.ca
Check out the Aboriginal History Month Display at UBC Education Library
The Display for National Aboriginal History Month is up and ready for June. Come by and have a look at the various books and DVDs related to the history and culture of Canada’s First Nations communities.
“June was declared National Aboriginal History month in 2010, after Nanaimo-Cowichan Member of Parliament, Jean Crowder, introduced a motion to make June a month of recognition for First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The motion received unanimous consent in the House of Commons.
Aboriginal History Month provides an opportunity to recognize not only the historic contributions of Aboriginal peoples to the development of Canada, but also the strength of present-day Aboriginal communities and their promise for the future.
Celebrating National Aboriginal History Month in June is a fitting tribute to the heritage and diversity of First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada.” (http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100013778/1100100013779)
UBC Education Library has selected a wide array of our collection, mostly geared toward the instruction of Aboriginal History to children, for the display.
June is National Aboriginal History Month, Aboriginal (Un)History Month at UBC
Throughout the month of June, the Library will be celebrating Aboriginal scholarship, creativity, and intellectual traditions with its second annual Aboriginal (Un)History Month.
Featuring exhibits at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC), Asian Library, and book displays at several library branches, the (Un)History month activities introduce ways UBC Indigenous scholars are bridging communities and transforming academic spaces through Indigenous approaches to research, pedagogy, and governance. It aims to educate and invite dialogue about (inter)relationships between place, recognition, and memory.
The UBC Education Library will also have book displays on the main level. One on the table near the circulation desk and another in the glass display case near the Reference area. Photos of the displays will be posted shortly in an upcoming blog post.
The month includes:
Engaging Indigenous Knowledge(s) installation – features six cases at the IKBLC level 2 foyer.
- Place, Belonging and Promise: Indigenizing the International Academy
- Being Well Being: The Institute for Aboriginal Health’s Teaching and Learning Garden
- Year of Indigenous Education
- Living Our Indigenous Languages
- Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
- Raven in the Library at X̱wi7x̱wa
Indigenous cultures in Asia exhibit (Asian Library)
Iron Pulpit: Missionary Printing Presses in British Columbia exhibit (Rare Books and Special Collections, IKBLC Level 1)
- Featuring materials produced on missionary printing presses in British Columbia between the 1850s and 1910s, this exhibition looks at printed materials in context of Indigenous-Christian encounters, colonialism, and print culture in the province.
and Aboriginal literature displays in Education, Koerner, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, X̱wi7x̱wa and Woodward libraries.
For those interested in online resources,
- Aboriginal Business Education and Resources from the Small Business Accelerator program
- Aboriginal Law research guide
- Delgamuukw Resources guide – Aboriginal Land and Title case
- Delgamuukw Trial Transcripts
Posters are available as well (11×17) PDF.
For more information about Aboriginal (Un)History month activities, please contact Ann Doyle, Head, X̱wi7x̱wa Library at ann.doyle@ubc.ca.
The University of British Columbia Point Grey campus is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. We thank Musqueam for its hospitality and support.