Employment & Opportunities

Call for TA Applications for MDS and STAT 545 for 2022 Winter Term 1 - UBC

We are now accepting applications for TAships with the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) program and related courses Stat 545 in 2022 Term 1 (September 2022 to December 2022). Please complete and submit the form if you are interested.

The soft deadline to apply is May 31 2022. The Term 1 course offerings span machine learning, data visualization, collaborative software development, cloud computing, and more. (If you want to know the exact courses, check out courses from blocks 1, 2, and 3 here.) With the MDS schedule, it is possible to TA for only portions of the term, which may be appealing to those who are not available for the entire term.

We hope you will consider working with us! If you have any questions about this (or anything related) please do not hesitate to email Betty Zhao at 

Application for the 2023 MEXT Research Student Scholarship - Consulate General of Japan

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Government of Japan is currently accepting applications for the 2023 Research Student Scholarship for students who wish to study at Japanese universities as research or post-graduate students. The scholarship covers:

• Full tuition
• Monthly allowance
• Round-trip flight between Japan and Canada

The Research Student Scholarship is aimed at university graduates, born on or after April 2, 1988 (for the 2023 scholarship year). The area of research or post-grad study should be in the same or related field that the applicant has previously studied.

Application guides and forms are available through the links on the Consulate General of Japan website. Application deadline for the 2023 scholarship year: May 18, 2022.

Applicants who successfully pass the written application screening are required to undertake an interview and examination (English and Japanese language) to be held in late June/early July 2022. Due to COVID-19, the process for the interviews and examinations will be announced at a later date. Normally, interviews and examinations must be conducted in-person at the Consulate General of Japan's offices. Please note that fluency in Japanese is not necessarily required, but dependent on the nature of the university and study program as selected by the scholarship candidate.

We hope that you will share this information with your students, colleagues and associates, and invite you to promote the programs to all qualified candidates. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at 604.684.5868 or by Email at jet@vc.mofa.go.jp.

News & Events

PhD Thesis Defense: Tereza Jarnikova   

Title: A Submesoscale Modelling Approach to Understanding the Past, Present and Future Carbonate Chemistry Balance of the Salish Sea

Date & Time: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 1:00 pm

Location: Graduate Student Centre - Room 200

The State of Ocean Deoxygenation Research in Canada - Workshop

This workshop will provide an opportunity for members of the Canadian marine scientific community to pinpoint what we currently know about ocean deoxygenation and discuss challenges in relation to research in Canadian waters.

The workshop is divided into three themed sessions: 1) observations, 2) modelling, and 3) biological impacts of deoxygenation. Each session will provide an overview of current research and tools being used by different groups from Canadian institutes working to understand deoxygenation mechanisms, future projections, and impacts in the Canadian Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic regions. At the end of each themed session we will discuss how we can better enhance collaborations, share techniques, and address current challenges.

This is a full day event. Presenters and schedule to be announced. For more details, please visit here.

If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact Ana Franco at afranco@eoas.ubc.ca or Hayley Dosser at hdosser@eoas.ubc.ca.