BESA’s Career Day is becoming Virtual Career Week from May 20th – 22nd.
With speakers from H2i, Klick Health, Apple, and more we’re hoping that these virtual sessions will provide IBBME students with relevant professional development skills and resources that will make the job search much easier upon graduation.
FREE UBEREATS: The first 100 registrations can order one lunch meal straight to their door, on us! More info available closer to the event.
Register for the Virtual Career Day here!
 REMINDER: BESA will issue up to 5 grants worth $100 each for student initiatives aiding those affected by COVID-19. You can find more information and registration here. Application closes May 18th! |
Feb 18 Boardgame Night
🙌 Boardgame Night. Winter, the season of ☕️, 🌨 and 🎲🎮! Come out to RS412 to meet new friends. We start off with simple ice breaker games, no experience necessary! 😁 Sign up here.
Feb 21 ToBe Abstract Deadline. Submit your abstract here!
ToBe Conference Abstract Submission deadline is February 21st. Students at all study stages are encouraged to submit. All abstracts must be submitted here.
The accepted abstracts will be eligible for oral presentation or poster display at the annual conference on May 20th at Victoria College at the University of Toronto.
As a reminder, the student common room is open officially as of today. We will host an official opening at 1PM (in RS410) after the invited seminar talk. There will be refreshments.
Please note the Common Room is open to the IBBME community weekdays from 8 AM to 5PM.
Guidelines for use have been posted in the room, and will soon be added to the website.
Professional Development
| Join the BESA Pro-Dev Committee! The BESA Professional Development Committee creates and delivers professional development events for IBBME students, including industry tours, and most importantly the annual Career Day. Greg and Parmoon are our VPs for Pro-Dev this year; they are planning the first committee meeting date/time. They are looking for volunteers for Pro-Dev events, workshops and programs. If interested please reply to this email (besa.ibbme@utoronto.ca) and we will forward your name to them. This is an excellent opportunity to: – Gain professional experience you can add add to your resume! – Help your fellow students and yourself transition to a career. – Learn about who is hiring biomedical grads. |
Athletics
| Join The BESA Soccer Team Soccer Captain Mohammad Ali Ahmadipour is looking to build up the soccer team. His leadership led the team to semi finals in the Fall 2018 Eng League and in the summer 2019 GECoS Tournament winning 2nd place overall. |
| Want to participate in athletics and intramural sports at BESA? Contact our new athletics director Sareen Kardjian (sareen.kardjian@mail.utoronto.ca) for future sporting events, how you can join the activities and help out. Watch out for future BESA digests on sport and athletic updates. |
Others
BESA is looking for PHOTOGRAPHERS!
Love taking photos?! Put those talents to use as an official BESA photographer! Whenever there is a BESA event, we will email the pool of volunteers to see who is available. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please email besa.ibbme@gmail.com !
The BESA community is extremely diverse and made up of really cool people doing great research. We want to know more about YOU and what you do! If you want to be featured or know someone who wants to be featured, please send your photo and a quick blurb of your project tomegan.kamachi@mail.utoronto.ca.
Social
Come join us for a fun night of Archery Tag for only $15!!
First time? Not a problem!! Lessons are included!
More info here!
Get further details and your tickets here.
The Graduate Engineering Council of Students (GECoS) host’s the 4th annual Winter Welcome Back Pub Night 2020 on Wednesday, Jan 22 at 7:30pm in Prenup Pub (upstairs). Incoming and returning graduate engineering students are welcome to join. Come out and meet new incoming students in your lab or class.
Please sign up using this Google form link to indicate your room preference*. Rooms have limited capacity and will be first come first serve.
Do you have what it takes to escape a locked room? How about in record time? Join us in 1 of 3 missions hosted by Escape Games Canada for a total of 28 available spots. Come make some friends and challenge yourselves! Check out Escape Games Canada’s site (https://escapegames.ca/north-york-escape-room-missions/) for more detailed mission descriptions.
Date: Oct. 16, 2019
Time: 7:00/7:15 pm (please arrive 20 minutes early for your room)
Location: 15 Kodiak Crescent #5, North York, ON M3J 3E5
Missions (& available spots): Crossroad(8), Haunting of Noriko(12), Pathogen(8)
Price: $15 IBBME, $20 Guest (IBBME students may bring 1 non-IBBME guest)
Payment can be made either in-person to your closest BESA Exec or through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/74580485239.
Please bring exact change if you are paying in-person.
*Please note your registration is not complete until payment is received.
Exec location accepting payment:Wenhan Liu: Room 910 Leslie Dan Pharmacy, 144 College St.Vera Pieters: Room 323 Wallberg Building, 200 College St.Gabriel Ng: Room 4W 265 Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab, 150 Kilgour Rd.Angelico Obille: Room 308A Mining Building, 170 College St.Kristie Liu: 13th floor Toronto Rehab – University Centre, 550 University Ave.Yasaman Javadzadeh: 7th floor Krembil Discovery Tower, 60 Leonard Ave.
Professional Development
Help CUBE introduce IBBME to potential students from McGill this Thursday night from 6-8PM. Free food will be available. 5 spots are left, if interested email amir.peimani@mail.utoronto.ca.
Professional Headshots will be taken at Myhal 317 from 12:30 – 2:30PM this Friday January 24, semi-formal attire recommended.
Public speaking makes you an anxious bundle of nerves? Unsure of the best techniques for presenting a compelling message to smaller groups like committee meetings or larger conference audiences? How do you craft attention-grabbing narratives to carry your audience to a place where they understand your findings?
Learn to strategically combine pathos and logos communication techniques in a BESA Professional Development Workshop on Effective Oral Presentation in collaboration with Jonathan Vandor, Learning Strategist at Academic Success, as he delivers an interactive workshop on:- effective communication tactics- crafting your message- considerations for bringing your ideas onto a stage- and strategic tips for building a powerful PowerPoint deck
Date: Oct. 17, 2019
Time: 12-1pm
Location: Donnelly Centre (CCBR) Red Seminar RoomPlease note: Attendance at this workshop will count towards your 6 student seminar attendance requirement.