Designed for the graduate students and Post-Doc’s of UBC’s PrePARE and SFU’s PIPPS clusters to bring everyone together to build new connections and explore future career opportunities within yourself and from professionals in academia, industry, and government.
November 7th, 2025
SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Schedule of events:
3 PM: Design your Life workshop
Presented by Jacqui Brinkman from UBC GPS and Rebecca Dirnfeld from UBC Career Centre
This workshop will guide you to reflect on your future career path, ask the right questions to take your next steps, and get the most out of the insights shared by our panelists.
4 PM: Career Panel
Comprised of two parts:
- 30 mins panel answering your pre-submitted questions.
- 2 rounds of breakout tables to ask individual panelists more specific questions.
Featuring five professionals across industry, academia and government
Jessica Silva– Senior Scientist II – Team Lead at Nanovation
Nick Van Buuren– Associate Director of Oncology Biomarkers and Diagnostics at Immunome
Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews– Population Health Epidemiologist at VCHRI Indigenous Health Research Unit
Leela Steiner– Knowledge mobilization Director at BCCDC
Ben Matthews– Assistant Professor in UBC Zoology
5 PM: Networking Social Hour
Opportunities to mingle with panelists, PrePARE and PIPPS members.
Network for now and your future
Very well catered with one drink
Registration closes on October 28th.