NPAW 2023: National Postdoc Appreciation Week Barbecue

UBC, and especially the PDFO, would like to take this opportunity to thank our Postdocs for their hard work and for all the contributions they have made. We would like to celebrate the postdoc community through our Annual BBQ event on Friday, September 22, 2023 at the AMS Nest.

Join us for check-in beginning from 11:45 AM, followed by the barbecue at 12:00. The event is expected to last between 1.5 to 2 hours.

As part of this event, postdocs will be eligible to win prizes from a variety of on- and off-campus donors; in order to receive a prize, attendance is required at the time of the draw. Thank you to our generous prize donors!

REGISTRATION

As of September 19, 2023, we are nearly at capacity for the barbecue.

Registration in this session is required and is now closed.

As we have to provide numbers to the caterer in advance of the session, RSVPs are requested by Friday, September 8, 2023.

NO-SHOW PENALTY: If you register and do not attend or cancel after 3pm on the day before the event, it may affect your eligibility to join future events. To avoid this no-show penalty, please cancel by at least 3pm the day before the event by e-mailing postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca.

Accessibility

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca in advance of the event.

This session will be held in-person at the AMS Nest. If weather permits, the event will be held in the open-air Rooftop Garden. In the event of rain, the event will be held in an indoor location within the Nest. On the day of the event, the PDFO will post signage around the Nest directing participants to the venue.

PDFO EVENT COMMUNITY AGREEMENT

The PDFO has created a community agreement for our events in order to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment in which all event attendees feel safe and supported.

By participating in a PDFO event, we commit ourselves to:

• Treating one another with kindness, courtesy and respect in all interactions;
• Engaging in gracious, active listening and valuing others’ opinions;
• Not dominating discussions so that others can share during the session;
• Ensuring that any potentially confidential or sensitive information shared as part of the session is not shared outside of the session;
• Actively participating in the session; and
• In online sessions, when possible and if comfortable sharing audio and/or video to create a greater sense of community and participation.