Design Your Life

Date & Time

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 - 12:30pm to Tuesday, 28 January 2020 - 3:00pm

Location

Marine Drive Residence

Organizer

Postdoctoral Fellows Office, Graduate Pathways to Success and the Centre for Student Involvement and Careers

 

What do you want out of life, at UBC and beyond? This interactive session draws on the principles of Design Thinking to help participants begin to orient their plans and philosophy regarding their career and professional life, and for locating career within life overall. We’ll also use practical skills and exercises to develop tools for evaluating and investigating alternatives and choices. Our goal is for participants to leave the session able to see the years ahead as rich with potential for change and promise, and equipped with tools to tap into that potential.

Facilitators

Danielle Barkley

Danielle Barkley is a Career Educator who works with the Centre for Student Involvement and Careers to support graduate students at UBC. She completed her PhD in English literature at McGill University and has previous experience as a university instructor and writing consultant.

Kari Marken

Kari Marken is an Educational Designer at the Centre for Student Involvement & Careers and recently graduated with her PhD in Curriculum Studies from UBC. As an Educational Designer, she is responsible for leading the strategic development of evidence-based approaches to programs, services, and experiences across the unit, with a focus on fostering academic tenacity, career and professional skills development, and successful student transitions into and out of university. In her PhD, she researched the importance of teachers’ stories in education, in particular, teachers who see the capacity for young adults and teenagers to contribute boldly and creatively to society. She has previously worked as an elementary & high school teacher (across Canada and internationally), non-profit organization educator, consultant, and theatre director.

Registration Information

Registration in this session is required, and is now open. There are limited seats available in this session, and those successfully registered will receive an email within one week of the session date.