Volume
23
No.
25
Upcoming Deadlines: PIMS Workshop on Mathematical Sciences and Clean Energy Applications
This is a reminder of the upcoming deadlines for the Math and Clean Energy workshop:
-- Applications for funding: Feb. 25
-- Submission of poster abstracts: Feb. 25
-- Early-bird registration: March 25
Please consult our website for information on speakers, topics, accommodations and anything else.
http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/190521-pwmscea
No previous experience in clean energy applications is required.
U.S. Graduate Student Scholarships for the 2019 Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology (USSP)
The 16th Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology (10-26 July; www.urbinossp.it/) will provide graduate students with an intensive program on reconstructing the history and dynamics of paleoclimate through an integrated series of lectures, investigations, case studies, and field and laboratory analyses. To promote U.S. graduate student participation in this international experience, the National Science Foundation is providing support for scholarships to cover airfare, stipend, and course expenses (including lodging). Interested students in U.S. graduate programs should email a single pdf file comprised of a one-page CV and a one-page statement on how the USSP would benefit their professional development as a researcher and educator to nsfusspscholarship@gmail.com. In addition, students should request their primary adviser to email a recommendation letter directly to the above email address. Members of historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Deadline for receipt of application materials, including recommendation letters, is 15 April 2019.
UBC Women and STEM Conference 2019
The UBC Women and STEM Conference 2019 is scheduled to take place on March 2nd from 9:45 am to 4:45 pm, at UBC Vancouver’s Hennings building. The main goal of this conference is to focus on the role of women in STEM fields and their positive impact in the past, present, and future. The conference will be open to the public, but will be aimed primarily at students from UBC and SFU.
At our conference, we will have three invited speakers/panelists who will share their experiences: Dr. Janis McKenna, UBC Professor and Heavy Quarks, Electroweak Physics and CP Violation researcher; Kristin Wilkes, Chief Information Officer for Capilano University; Dr. Lesley Shannon, SFU School of Engineering Science Associate Professor and NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (BC & Yukon). Four of our club members will present as well.
More information about our conference can be found at the following links:
UBC Young Women for Science website: https://ubcywfs.wordpress.com/conference/
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1993938540723692
For those interested, the first step is to register using this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GN3LQNH
Then, buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ubc-women-and-stem-conference-tickets-55846652842
Employment Opportunities
Modelling Positions at CIGLR
CIGLR is recruiting candidates for 2 positions related to the development, testing, and deployment of hydrodynamic and wave models used to support the creation of a real-time hydrodynamics and flood forecast modeling system in Lake Champlain. Please help us by circulating the job ad links below in your networks.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Hydrodynamic Modeling: http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/168566/postdoctoral_fellowship_hydrodynamicwave_modeling_of_the_lake_champlain-richelieu_river_basin
Research Technician: Hydrodynamic Modeling: http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/168857/hydrodynamicwave_modeler
Sessional Instructor, Department of Geography, SFU
All positions have a closing date of 4 pm, Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
Applicants should submit an online application and supporting documents. Further information is available on the Department of Geography Website.
If you cannot submit an online application, we will accept your application in person at the Department of Geography office (RCB 7123) to the attention of Tiina Klasen.
For questions and inquiries, please email the Chair’s Assistant at geogsec@sfu.ca or contact the Manager, Academic and Administrative services at 778.782.2558 or geogmgr@sfu.ca.
In addition to the listed qualifications for each position, the Department of Geography will define qualification in accordance with the Collective Agreement with the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU). Evaluation of the adequacy of qualifications is at the Chair’s/Director’s discretion.
Compensation is based on contact hours and is detailed in the TSSU Collective Agreement salary scales.
Appointment priority is in accordance with the Collective Agreement and the Sessional Instructor Seniority List provided by the University.
Positions marked Reserve Sessional Instructor will be prioritized to Graduate and Post-Doctoral applicants in the Department of Geography. However, all qualified applicants are invited to apply.