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JOIN OUR OCTOBER 3 HIBAR RESEARCH ALLIANCE WEBINAR:
Launching HIBAR Research Buddies:
A student-led effort to build a community
Thursday, October 3, 2024
11am-noon PT (2-3pm ET)
All are welcome - please feel free to share this event notice.
REGISTER HERE https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3IqQFe1MRp2bFTuuY6z_vw#/registration
HIBAR Research Buddies is an innovative student-led project at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to build a community of graduate students who care deeply about engaging directly, through their research, with experts working outside of academia. Community activities focus on impactful Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive (HIBAR https://hibar-research.org/hibar-research/) research projects, emphasizing the value of co-leadership and co-production by academics and external experts - a topic that is intrinsic to all HIBAR projects and typically not addressed in graduate student curriculum.
To learn more about the HIBAR Research Buddies, read the pilot project report here. https://hibar-research.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HIBAR-Research-Buddies-pilot-project-report-Summer-2024.pdf
Many graduate students are eager to make a societal impact through their research but struggle to find opportunities, partly due to the traditionally inward focus of academic research. This project seeks to build a supportive community for students, particularly for those who feel disconnected, helping them see how university research can address societal needs and fostering a sense of belonging within academia. Community activities emphasize the vital role that graduate students can take within HIBAR research teams, and highlight opportunities for students to participate in activities that will, over time, help to change the academic culture toward more societally-engaged research.
HIBAR Research Buddies was launched in April 2023 as a 1-year pilot project, led by a team of nine graduate students from UBC's Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Their efforts demonstrated that there is significant interest among graduate students across both UBC campuses to belong to the HIBAR Research Buddies community.
Webinar speakers:
Eight project leaders will share lessons learned from this pilot project over the past year, and they will describe the resulting framework for future activities that can help to build a vibrant and engaged community over the next several years, both at UBC and beyond.
The HIBAR Research Buddies pilot project at UBC was funded by:
UBC Science Strategic Innovation Fund
Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Endowment
UBC Faculty of Applied Science
UBC Faculty of Forestry
UBC Faculty of Health and Social Development
Walter H. Gage Memorial Fund
Tuum Est Student Initiative Fund
For more details about HIBAR Research Buddies, please contact the leadership team by email at hibar.b@ubc.ca.
For more information about the HIBAR Research Alliance, visit www.hibar-research.org.
HIBAR Research Alliance
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Vancouver, British Columbia | V6T 1Z1 | Canada
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Ke Cao
Assistant Professor
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo ON
Canada
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