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Using LinkedIn to Navigate your Career in the Midst of COVID-19

We are excited to invite Arts alumni and graduating students to this presentation from the LinkedIn Guys. As we begin to emerge from the sudden effects of COVID-19 and the economic shift, we know that there is still so much up in the air and it will take time for us to have a clear […]

Alumni Office Hours featuring Bill Chung (BA’08)

In this talk, Bill will discuss ways to react when things go sideways in your life, in your studies, or at work. Stories of his own personal failures, some against the backdrop of his time at UBC, will help to illustrate some of these strategies. He’ll end the talk by leaving students with concrete habits they should form to best recover from failure, and hopefully, see failure as the best teacher we’ve always known.

Career Insights: Uncovering Journalism in Asia

Join moderator Kathryn Gretsinger (Associate Professor of Teaching, UBC Graduate School of Journalism) and panelists Sherisse Pham (Reporter at CNN Hong Kong), Nathan Vanderklippe (Reporter at Globe & Mail Beijing), Emily Rauhala (Staff Writer, Washington Post) and Joanna Chiu (Senior Journalist at Toronto Star), for what will be an intense dive into working as a journalist today, what’s involved in uncovering a story, and any particular additional challenges of the Asian media landscape.