Schedule 2023

3MT Semi-finals:

3MT Final:

  • Thursday, March 16, 12 – 2 pm, Jack Poole Hall South, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (with online option).
  • The list of finalists and more details coming.
  • Please note: lunch will not be provided at this event.
  • Audience registration.

Training

Workshops

Copyright beyond the Classroom: Considerations for Including 3rd Party Materials in Your Academic Work.

  • Wednesday, February 8, 12 – 1 pm.
  • Register

Short, Sharp and to the Point: Communicating Your Research with Brevity and Impact.

  • Thursday, February 9, 4 – 5 pm.
  • Register

Key Messaging: Effectively Articulating the Why’s and How’s of Your Research (Panel and Workshop)

  • Thursday, February 16, 12 – 2:30 pm
  • Register
3MT Personal Presentation Feedback Sessions (20 min by appointment)

Book a personal presentation feedback session with Jacqui Brinkman and Conny Scheffler from Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Email for available space.

  • Friday, March 3, 1 – 4 pm
  • Monday, March 6, 10 am – 12 pm, 2 – 4 pm
  • Wednesday, March 8, 9:30 – 11:30 am
  • Monday, March 13, 10 am – 12 pm, 2 – 5 pm

Departmental Heats:

February – March 2023.  The last day for departmental heats is Thursday, Mar 9. If you have any questions about hosting a heat of your own or registering to participate in any 3MT heat, please email graduate.pathways@ubc.ca .

Participants may only present in one heat per competition year.

Zoology (for students in Zoology)

  • Wednesday, February 22
  • Contact Department

BC Children’s Hospital (BCCHR) (for students based at BCCHR or BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre )

  • Thursday, February 23, 2 – 3 pm, in-person (with online option).
  • Register.

Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Thursday, February 24

School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME)

  • Wednesday, March 1, 11 am – 12:30 pm, in-person (with online audience participation).
  • For more information, e-mail.

Pharmaceutical Sciences (for students in PharmSci)

  • Wednesday, March 1, 12 – 1:00 pm, in-person (PHRM 3340).
  • For more information, e-mail.

Biodiversity

  • Wednesday, March 1, 5 – 7 pm, in-person (AERL theatre).
  • Register.

Forestry  (for students in the Faculty of Forestry)

  • Thursday, March 2.
  • Heat is currently full.  Students are welcome to join one of the Open Heats
  • For more information, please contact Robin Poirier-Vasic.

Microbiology and Immunology/Life Sciences Institute

  • Thursday, March 2,  11:30 am, LSC 3
  • Register by Feb 27.

Physics and Astronomy (for students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy)

  • Thursday, March 2,  4 pm, HENN 201
  • Register.

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

Open Heat I (for students in any discipline)

  • Tuesday, March 7, 10 am – 12 pm, in-person (with online option).
  • Registration is now closed.  Email for late registration inquiries.
  • Audience registration.

Civil Engineering

  • Thursday, March 9, 1-2:30 pm
  • For more information, e-mail.

Open Heat II (for students in any discipline)

  • Thursday, March 9, 3 – 5 pm, in-person (with online option).
  • Registration is now closed.  Email for late registration inquiries.
  • Audience registration.

Western Regional Competition

Date: Thursday, May 25
Host institution: University of Saskatchewan

National 3MT Showcase

TBD, traditionally held each November at the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Annual Meeting.