CERTIFICATES
Why?
Dramatic shifts in the scientific workflow mean that Canadian graduate students urgently require high-demand skills from data management, reproducible research, scientific synthesis and team science in order to remain globally competitive. However, there is currently no formal program for certification in these competencies. Our nationwide certificate program will provide highly sought-after qualifications for both the Canadian and global job market.
The certificates.
The CIEE offers two certificate programs: Certificate in Data Management and Reproducible Research and Certificate in Synthetic and Collaborative Science. Each Certificate program consists of two courses (12 hours each) and one immersive activity (either a data rescue internship or working group participation). Both certificates also require EDI training and participation in a workplace transition evening. You will be mentored by Living Data Project leaders throughout your certificate, and we will help you discover other customized training that can complement these elements.
Eligibility.
Funding for data rescue internships is currently restricted to graduate students in McGill, Université de Montréal, UBC (Vancouver and Okanagan) and University of Regina. Interested students from other universities currently will need to find independent funding for the data rescue internship. Working group participation and technical and professional skills courses are open to graduate students in any CIEE member university. Students who have completed coursework in a certificate program will be prioritized for internships and working groups. We recognize that some students may have constraints (e.g. research-related, family-related, etc.) around their ability to fulfil all certificate elements in a certain order; in such cases, we can be flexible and/or consider equivalencies in training – please contact us to discuss.
Certificate Application.
Please send a single PDF listing all the mandatory and optional training you have completed including the dates of completion for each training to ciee-icee@biodiversity.ubc.ca.
Please specify which certificate you are applying for and include your full name as you would like it to appear on the certificate.
Dramatic shifts in the scientific workflow mean that Canadian graduate students urgently require high-demand skills from data management, reproducible research, scientific synthesis and team science in order to remain globally competitive. However, there is currently no formal program for certification in these competencies. Our nationwide certificate program will provide highly sought-after qualifications for both the Canadian and global job market.
The certificates.
The CIEE offers two certificate programs: Certificate in Data Management and Reproducible Research and Certificate in Synthetic and Collaborative Science. Each Certificate program consists of two courses (12 hours each) and one immersive activity (either a data rescue internship or working group participation). Both certificates also require EDI training and participation in a workplace transition evening. You will be mentored by Living Data Project leaders throughout your certificate, and we will help you discover other customized training that can complement these elements.
Eligibility.
Funding for data rescue internships is currently restricted to graduate students in McGill, Université de Montréal, UBC (Vancouver and Okanagan) and University of Regina. Interested students from other universities currently will need to find independent funding for the data rescue internship. Working group participation and technical and professional skills courses are open to graduate students in any CIEE member university. Students who have completed coursework in a certificate program will be prioritized for internships and working groups. We recognize that some students may have constraints (e.g. research-related, family-related, etc.) around their ability to fulfil all certificate elements in a certain order; in such cases, we can be flexible and/or consider equivalencies in training – please contact us to discuss.
Certificate Application.
Please send a single PDF listing all the mandatory and optional training you have completed including the dates of completion for each training to ciee-icee@biodiversity.ubc.ca.
Please specify which certificate you are applying for and include your full name as you would like it to appear on the certificate.
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Certificate in Data Management and Reproducible Research |
Certificate in Synthetic and Collaborative Science |
Technical skills course (mandatory) |
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Professional skills course (mandatory) |
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Immersive activity (mandatory) |
Working group participation |
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Workforce transition evenings (mandatory) |
Roundtables with representatives from non-academic sectors |
Roundtables with representatives from non-academic sectors |
EDI training (mandatory) |
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National workshops (optional) |
Data management, synthesis, collaboration skills |
Data management, synthesis, collaboration skills |
Customized training (university-specific courses, QCBS, Mitacs) (optional) |
Data wrangling (UBC BIOL 548O, UBC STAT 45, Software Carprentry), high-performance computing (UdeM DDES), statistics (UofR BIOL 440, UBC FRST 507C, QCBS) |
Scientific writing (UBC BIOL548I, McGill Graphos Program, Mitacs), scientific communication (UBC BIOL 548L, Mitacs, UofR BIOL 803), project management (Mitacs, McGill Leading effective discussions). |