Upcoming Webinars

More webinars will be coming in 2023. Sessions are $8 per person, run approximately 1 hour, and are offered as "lunch-and-learn" sessions, 12 noon to 1pm, Pacific time. See Terms and Conditions below.

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Terms and Conditions:
Each session requires a minimum of 10 registrants. Sessions may be rescheduled or cancelled if there are insufficient numbers. If sessions are cancelled, registration fees will be refunded in full. 

Participants may cancel registration up to 72 hours ahead of the session and receive a credit of 50% of the fee to be used towards future sessions. 

Project Budgeting Basics Workshop - Tuesday 17 September 2019

This 3-hour workshop covers cost management, with specific emphasis on budget construction. At the end of the workshop, participants will have been introduced to the principles of cost management, definitions of budget categories, and budget templates.

This session is offered by the UBC Post-Doctoral Fellows Office Professional Development Program.

MEOPAR Training Program - webinars and a workshop

The Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) is a federally-funded Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE). Established in 2012, MEOPAR funds research, trains highly-qualified personnel, develops strategic partnerships, and works to support knowledge mobilization in marine challenges and opportunities for the benefit of the Canadian economy and society.  MEOPAR offers a free webinar series, as well as a pre-conference workshop at their annual meeting. 2019 sessions:

• Responsible Conduct of Research - Tuesday 15 January 2019
• Project management principles and project initiation - Wednesday 15 February 2019
• Stakeholders, risk, scope management - Tuesday 05 March 2019
• Quality management and project execution, controlling and monitoring, and closing - Tuesday 09 April 2019
• Full-day workshop, 10 June 2019, at the MEOPAR annual conference in Victoria, BC

For more information, visit the MEOPAR website. ​

Project Budgeting Basics Workshop - Friday 25 January 2019

The workshop covered project budget development, including expense categorization and some templates to get started in preparing a project budget. 

This session is offered by the UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Professional Development Program.

Introduction to Project Management Workshop - Wednesday 15 November 2018

This 3-hour workshop covered project management basics and principles, stakeholders, risk assessment, and scope and time management concepts. 

This session is offered by the UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Professional Development Program.

Project Budgeting Basics Workshop - Tuesday 05 June 2018

This 3-hour workshop covered project management basics and principles, stakeholders, risk assessment, and scope and time management concepts. 

This session is offered by the UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Professional Development Program.

Project Budgeting Basics Workshop - Tuesday 17 April 2018

This 3-hour workshop covered project management basics and principles, stakeholders, risk assessment, and scope and time management concepts. 

This session is offered by the UBC Post-Doctoral Fellows Office Professional Development Program.

Introduction to Leadership in Public Health - UBC SPPH 526

Until April 2018, this course was a mandatory element of UBC's Master of Public Health (MPH) program. I delivered the course elements about project management, including principles and elements of project management, development of a project charter,  and team dynamics. The course is offered in both a liver and a distributed learning format, with a combination of in-class and online learning modalities.

Introduction to Project Management Workshop - Friday 03 November 2017

This 3-hour workshop covered project management basics and principles, stakeholders, risk assessment, and scope and time management concepts. 

This session is offered by the UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Professional Development Program.

CV to resume clinic - Making the Leap from Academia - Wednesday, 05 April 2017

This 90-minute session aims to facilitate the transition of a standard academic curriculum vitae into a 2-page resume suitable for job applications outside of academia. Participants will learn about the differences between CVs and resumes,  and translating their current skill set from their academic work into language appropriate for industry, management or other non-academic-track roles. Other topics include using LinkedIn, networking, developing a cover letter, and the basic recruitment process from both within a hiring group and from the candidate's perspective. 

This session in April will be delivered jointly with a colleague at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. ​

Leadership Lessons - Thursday, 30 March 2017

​This 90-minute presentation covers leadership lessons that can be learned through a review of Earnest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition. Learn about the leadership model of this great explorer, while exploring this exciting tale of adventure in Antarctica.

​More info at: http://www.cheos.ubc.ca/news/event/workshop-leadership-lessons/?instance_id=351. ​

Project Management Intensive (2 days) - 26 and 27 October 2016

The two-day Project Management 1 workshop covers scope and time management concepts and tools, as well as team management, communication, risk management and leadership. The workshop includes facilitation of teams developing projects over the 2 days. At the end of the workshop, participants have been introduced to the benefits of defining and managing project scope to maximize the potential to achieve project goals; a step-by-step approach to establishing a schedule for project activities; an overview of basic communication management; a step-by-step approach to establishing a schedule for project activities; an overview of basic communication management; project management terminology (milestones, objectives, Gantt chart); essential leadership lessons and team management.

​This workshop is part of the UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies professional development program through the Postdoctoral Fellows Office. https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/professional-development-events

Getting Started in Project Management - Wednesday May 11, 2016

This 3-hour workshop covered scope and time management concepts and tools, as well as communication and risk management basics. 
​This workshop is part of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and Clinical Research Professional Development (CRPD) program. Visit their website for more information and to register for future sessions. ​

Introductory Project Management Intensive - Tuesday May 17, 2016

This intensive facilitated workshop covered project initiation and planning, with an emphasis on project scope, time, cost and risk management. Participants worked in small teams (4-6 people per team) to develop small projects, such as conference/event planning, renovation projects, website development, program launch and trip planning. Starting with strategic question, through scope planning, stakeholder identification, schedule construction, and budget development, teams completed project plans that could be launched by the end of the day. This workshop is highly interactive, and aimed to enable participants to put concepts into practice quickly and effectively. 
This workshop was part of the Canadian Glycomics Network Symposium 2016. For more information, visit their website. ​

CARA Webinars

CARA is the Canadian Association of Research Administrators. They have an ongoing program of webinars on a variety of topics. I deliver webinars on project management, financial management, communication and leadership. For more information and to register, visit their website. ​