Preparing for your PhD thesis defence:

Tips, expectations, and success!

Date: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Time: 2-3pm

Location: Room 419 at AERL, 2202 Main Mall

Cost: FREE

Rebecca Trainor is the Coordinator of Doctoral Exams

for UBC. In collaboration with her team, she oversees the

planning and execution of the Final Doctoral Exams for all

UBC students. Rebecca will be able to help you plan in

advance for your exam and answer your questions about

the steps in the process.

Dr. Jane Lister is a recent graduate of the RMES PhD

program, and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at

the Liu Institute for Global Issues. She successfully

defended her dissertation last April 2009. Her topic was

forest governance and her interdisciplinary examining

committee included faculty from political science, the

business school, and the faculty of forestry. Jane will share

the 5 most important things she learned about preparing

and executing a stellar defense.

Preparing for your doctoral defence? Do you have questions about the

committee’s expectations? What should your presentation contain?

Who will be there? What’s the process? Ask these and more at this

informative session featuring an expert from FoGS and a recent

successful grad from the department of RMES. Interdisciplinary theses

often create even more questions surrounding the final defence, and

this session is designed to answer some of the questions and put you

on the path to successfully navigating the final exam.

Beverages and light snacks will be available. Please join us!

Please RSVP to confirm your place:

ubc.cpdi@gmail.com