NPAW 2025: National Postdoc Appreciation Week Barbecue

This event is part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week. Click here to view all events in celebration of NPAW 2025.

Our traditional barbecue is back for another year! Postdocs are invited to join the Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO) at the AMS Nest for check-in at 11:55 AM, with the barbecue kicking off at 12:00 PM. The event will run for approximately 1.5 hours.

Postdocs in attendance will have the chance to win exciting prizes, generously donated by both on- and off-campus partners.To be eligible for a prize, you must be present at the time of the draw.

Due to venue capacity and catering requirements, advance registration is required by Thursday, September 4.

Registration

Update September 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM: We are currently at venue capacity for this event. Those registering at this time will be placed on the waitlist.

Registration in this session is required and is now open. Those successfully registered will receive a registration confirmation within one week of the session date. The registration deadline of September 4 has been extended, and registrations are still being accepted.

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.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS!

The PDFO is pleased to feature a prize draw as a part of our in-person NPAW events, but we could not offer this draw without the generous support of our donors. We would like to thank the following organizations for their generous donations in support of 2025 National Postdoc Appreciation Week.

• False Creek Ferries
• Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours
• Hyatt Regency Vancouver
• Loafe Café - Alumni Centre
• Museum of Vancouver
• UBC Opera
• UBC Recreation - Aquatic Centre
• UBC School of Music
• Vancouver Art Gallery

Accessibility

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

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; and
• Actively participating in the session.