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• 2023 GPDN Career Symposium: Institutional registration and payment

  • Start
    15 Aug 2023
  • End
    23 Oct 2023
  •  
    11:30 PM

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  Each year, the GPDN hosts a career symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows aimed at professional development and career exploration. The 2023 GPDN Career Symposium is taking place from October 24-26, 2023. A full program agenda (PDF) is now available. 

  Institutions wishing to provide their graduate students and postdocs with access to the symposium can register and pay fees through this form. The cost, per institution, is $250.

  Please note that your registration fee must be paid within 15 minutes of completing the registration, or your registration will be cancelled. 

  In the fall, all registered institutions will receive a sponsorship email with information on how your graduate students and postdocs can register to attend the symposium. 

  
  

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• 2023 GPDN Annual Conference | Building Community: from Practice to Action

  • Start
    7 Nov 2023
  •  
    8:30 AM (PST)
  • End
    8 Nov 2023
  •  
    1:30 PM (PST)
  • Location
    Hybrid (Victoria, BC and virtual on Zoom)
  • Spaces left
    186

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  The Graduate and Postdoctoral Development Network (GPDN) is excited to invite you to our Annual Conference on Tuesday November 7 and Wednesday November 8, 2023. We are pleased to offer a hybrid format with an in-person conference in Victoria, British Columbia and a virtual conference on Zoom. The GPDN Conference will be held during the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies’ (CAGS) conference. This year, GPDN attendees can attend Wednesday and Thursday CAGS keynotes in person at no additional cost. They also have the option to pay extra for the Tuesday CAGS reception and Wednesday awards banquet. 

  Agenda

  • Date: Tuesday, November 7 and Wednesday, November 8, 2023

  • Time: 8:30am- 3:00pm PCT on Tuesday and 8:30am - 1:30pm PCT on Wednesday

  Full agenda coming soon!

  Registration information

  Early bird discounted registration will be available from September 11 to September 26. Regular priced registration will be available from September 27 to October 19 for in-person attendance and September 27 to November 3 for online attendance. 

  The conference is open to members of GPDN who have an active membership that extends past October (i.e. new memberships). Before registering for the conference, you must purchase or renew your membership by following the steps below:

  • Current GPDN members with membership expiring in October 2023: 
  • • Click "login" at the top right of the GPDN website to access your GPDN account on the website (if you have difficulty logging in, please contact our membership manager)
    • Once logged in, select your name (at the top of the screen) to see your profile
    • Look under your membership details to find the "membership level" information and select the "change" button
    • Select "Group A - Regular Member"
    • Click to continue with the membership change and payment
  • Non-members: 
  • • Learn about and purchase a membership by visiting our Join Us page and following the prompts: https://gpdn-rpesp.ca/join-us

  For more information about membership, visit: https://gpdn-rpesp.ca/join-us.

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