Wondering how to make the leap from university to a rewarding career? Sign up for a “What can you do with your degree” session to hear from industry experts who will tell you how they broke into their sectors and share valuable career advice. 

Why attend?

This is a chance to:

• learn about career options in specific industries
• hear about the current job market
• understand the competencies that you’ve developed through your coursework
• get meaningful advice about your career plans
• figure out your next steps after graduation

Current Panel topics include:

• Bio-Medical and Health sector
• Sustainability and Green Technology
• Banking, Finance and Investment
• Community Development, Non-Profit
• Small Business and Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Arts, Culture and Communications

What can you do with your degree in...Banking, Finance and Investment?

WHEN: Thursday, March 7 from 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE: ECS 660

 Visit http://learninginmotion.uvic.ca to sign up for this and other “What can you do with your degree?” sessions.

Free

Free and open to the public.

Celebrating UVic research, scholarship and creativity.

CORNETT BUILDING: PASSPORT TO SOCIAL SCIENCES .... AN ORIENTEERING EVENT 8:30-4:30 during the IDEAFEST-2013

Spend two weeks with dozens of thoughts worth exploring at UVic's second annual IdeaFest, running from March 4-15, 2013 all over campus.

You can help celebrate all that is creative and inventive in every corner of campus while having your curiosity piqued by researchers, scholars and artists that help make the world a little bit more interesting--and a little better tomorrow--for everyone.

Events and activities for the 2013 festival will be announced in January but you can browse the 2012 schedule now to get a sense of the 30 different ideas that were explored at our first ever IdeaFest.

Keep up with festival news, tips and extras by following @UVicResearch on Twitter and visiting the IdeaFest Tumblr.

http://www.uvic.ca/research/learnabout/news/ideafest/

Free, All Welcome.

The ETCL will be hosting a talk by Scott Leslie entitled "Surfing the Flows of the Net – How Academia can Respond to the Deluge" on March 7 from 1:30-2:20pm in Elliott 061.  

Here are a brief abstract and bio:

Abstract:
Sector upon sector have already been disrupted since the advent of the internet, and many predict Higher Ed’s turn is next. Using the lens of Castell’s “space of flows” and Benkler’s “permeable” institutions, this talk will look at some specific strategies and tactics that point towards a possible networked future of the university.

Bio:
Scott Leslie is an educational technologist, hacker, and open content/open network activist. For the last decade he managed Open Education projects for BCcampus, and prior to this worked for Mount Royal College and The Banff Centre. He holds a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, and a MA in Critical and Cultural Theory from the University of Wales, College Cardiff.

Free and open to the public.

The Carrotmob's revenue will go toward making Felicita's a more sustainable business -- perfectly timed for the UVSS PUB & SUB renovations! Take this opportunity to see your contributions make a real difference!

For more info about Carrotmobs, see this Ring article and this Facebook page.

 

No cover charge

UVSS Students: $5.75

SPECIAL FOR UVSS STUDENTS - 9pm shows (or later): $3.75

Seniors (65 & over), Children (12 & under): $5.75

Other Students: $6.75

Cinemagic Members: $6.75

Uvic Alumni, Faculty, Staff & their guests (1 only): $6.75

Non-members: $7.75

MATINEES all seats: $4.75

 

Elementary, middle school, and secondary school students from School District 61 perform various solo and choir performances.

All tickets are $6.

To reserve tickets call the Ticket Centre at (250)721-8480 or visit https://tickets.uvic.ca.

CSRS Public Lecture Series
Conflict in the Life Stories of Tibetan Buddhist Masters

Speaker: Ben Wood
CSRS Religious Studies Teaching Fellow, Senior Instructor in the Religious Studies Program

Traditional Tibetan monasteries are often conceived of as places of cohesion, harmony and peace, yet some Tibetan literature tells us otherwise. Pre-modern writings by Tibetan monastics reveal a record of monasteries steeped in persistent quarrels, fighting, violence and conspiracy. In this presentation, Dr. Wood examines the record of conflict in Tibetan hagiography, demonstrating the major role it has played in the development of Buddhist virtues such as patience, insight, selfless generosity and skillful means.

Ben Wood holds a PhD in Buddhist studies from the University of Toronto and researches Tibetan Buddhist life-writing.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

This IdeaFest event features a panel discussion on models of community-based economies from across different indigenous cultures.

Panelists include:

Dr. Lorna Williams, Lil’wat is the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning and an Associate Professor in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria
Dr. Ana Mari Peredo, Professor Gustavson School of Business and Director Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy
Cliff Atleo Jr., PhD candidate in political science at the University of Alberta.
 

This event is free & open to the public with support from the UVic Office of the Vice-President Research, Central 1 Credit Union, The Co-operators, Federated Co-operatives Limited and the Gustavson School of Business.

To help students deal with stress skillfully and build
self-awareness through meditation, body movements, and relaxation exercises.

This is an eight-week session introduction to mindfulness meditation and is focused on skill-development and experiencing emotional and mental balance.  We will cultivate ease, compassion, clarity and spiritual awareness in living life more openly, less reactively and with increased contentment.  Participants will receive practical tools to deepen awareness through awareness of breath, physical sensations, thoughts and feelings.

This introduction to mindfulness meditation draws upon the work of Jon Kabbat-Zinn, Thomas Keating and Pema Chodron,
and Buddhist, Christian and non-religious approaches to contemplative wisdom.

Instructor:  Henri Lock, United Chaplain, Multifaith Services

This program is free and open to students, as well as staff and faculty.

Participants are encouraged to attend every session and need to register.

To register, please email hlock@uvic.ca

Free

Each year UVic faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees produce an incredible amount of intellectual content that reflects a breadth and diversity of  research, teaching, personal and professional interests. We celebrate this richness annually, at a reception and reading hosted by the Bookstore and UVic Libraries. UVic authors who will read from their works include: John Langford, Jan Zwicky, Arthur Kroker and Magdalena Kay. This event is hosted by Dr. Peter Keller, Dean of Social Science. Registration:  http://library.uvic.ca/events/authors/registration.html

Free.