We are looking for a current UBC Land and Food systems student to participate in a national UBC brand campaign. This will be the second year of the Potential is Yours campaign. The campaign will launch in October 2019.

We are specifically interested in students who can speak to one of the following topic areas:

Topics 

• Food security (We’re thinking of a print advert headline that speaks to feeding a fast-growing global population)
• Climate change (For example, print advert headline could be: If the climate can change, we can too)

Student brief

We’re looking for:

• high-achieving undergraduate/masters students
• who look between the ages of 18 and 25
• are available on Wednesday July 24 for a one-day film shoot in Vancouver
• Are comfortable with public speaking and being featured in a national campaign, including TV.

 

If you are interested in participating, please complete this form by Monday July 8 at 3pm.

 

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ctDsWvEHrYBqhX7

 

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Natalie Freeland
Brand & Marketing Communications Associate
Communications | Brand and Marketing
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
6323 Cecil Green Park Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 827 2079 | Ext. 72079 | Cell 778 238 8572
natalie.freeland@ubc.ca | @UBC
https://brand.ubc.ca/

 

The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems is excited to announce that registration for the second half of our 2019 workshop series is now open!

The UBC Farm hosts a wide range of workshops covering everything from gardening to herbal medicine, making fiber, fermenting, foraging, and much more. This year, we have added several new workshops and brought back many favourites. All of our workshops are beginner friendly and open to everyone, so please share with your networks!

For more details and to register, visit http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/workshops/ or view our list of workshops below.

Please sign up early, as popular workshops sell out; and workshops with insufficient registration are cancelled five days prior. To stay informed of new workshop offerings and other events at the UBC Farm, please sign up for our newsletter: http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/contact-us/ubc-farm-newsletter/

We hope to see you at the UBC Farm soon!

• Canning and Preservingon July 11, 2019 5:30 pm
• Traditional Maya Cooking Workshopon July 13, 2019 2:00 pm
• Drawing in Natureon July 22, 2019 9:30 am – July 26, 2019 12:30 pm
• The Natural History of Honey Beeson July 24, 2019 7:00 pm
• Medicinal Plant Walkon July 25, 2019 6:30 pm
• Year-round Vegetable Gardeningon July 27, 2019 11:00 am
• Painting and Exploring Natureon July 29, 2019 9:00 am – August 2, 2019 1:00 pm
• Bees & Honeyon July 31, 2019 7:00 pm
• Bees & Waxon August 7, 2019 7:00 pm
• Hands On Sourdoughon August 8, 2019 5:30 pm
• Beekeepingon August 10, 2019 10:30 am
• Strategic Plant Choices for Sustainable Agricultureon August 21, 2019 5:45 pm
• Let Food Be Thy Medicineon August 22, 2019 5:45 pm
• Garden Herb Walkon August 24, 2019 9:00 am
• Woodland Herb Walkon August 24, 2019 1:00 pm
• Cheese 101: Let’s Make Mozzarella and Burrataon August 28, 2019 6:30 pm
• Putting Your Garden to Bed for the Winteron September 11, 2019 6:00 pm
• Learning the Basics of Herbal Medicineon September 12, 2019 7:00 pm
• Choux Pastry Basicson September 18, 2019 5:30 pm
• Tree Medicineon September 19, 2019 5:30 pm
• What are lichens?on September 25, 2019 5:30 pm
• Rethinking Invasiveson September 26, 2019 6:00 pm
• Learning Medicinal Actions of Herbal Medicine Utilizing our Senseson October 2, 2019 7:00 pm
• Vietnamese Vegan Pho and Fresh Rollson October 3, 2019 6:00 pm
• Fall Pies from Scratchon October 8, 2019 5:30 pm
• Japanese Pickleson October 9, 2019 6:00 pm
• Mushroom Foragingon October 12, 2019 2:00 pm
• Making Shio Koji and Shoyu Kojion November 6, 2019 6:00 pm
• Beginners Guide to Mexican Gastronomyon November 8, 2019 12:00 pm
• Sourdough Hands Onon November 13, 2019 5:30 pm
• Beginners Guide to Mexican Gastronomy (in Spanish)on November 22, 2019 12:00 pm
• Making Daifuku Mochion November 23, 2019 3:00 pm
• Miso Makingon December 4, 2019 6:00 pm

Sincerely,

Selin Oguz
Food Skills Education Intern
Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory

CHANGE OF DATE – Annual LFS Faculty and Staff BBQ –  Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

Please note the date of the Annual LFS Faculty and Staff BBQ has been changed:

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 12:00 – 2:00pm
FNH Building courtyard, 2205 East Mall

Call for volunteers – Faculty BBQ on July 10
The LFS Faculty BBQ will take place on Wednesday, July 10. We are looking for volunteers to help out.  If you would like to be part of the volunteer team, please contact Rebecca at dean.landfood@ubc.ca.

RSVP to rsvp@landfood.ubc.ca by noon on Monday, July 8, 2019

Please indicate:

1. How many of you will be attending? How many children?
2. Omnivore, vegetarian or vegan? Let us know.

The planning committee is busy preparing for a fun and relaxing picnic, with lots of food, grilled salmon, corn-on-the-cob, chips, hotdogs, burgers, grilled veggies, salad, fresh fruit, drinks, and more.  And of course, birthday sweets and/or desserts to celebrate our July birthdays!

If anyone is interested in providing free entertainment, please contact Wayne at wayne.tamagi@ubc.ca

This event is open to all family members. To encourage waste reduction, please bring your own cutlery, plates and cups!

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE  (PLANT SCIENCE)

 

CHELSEA GOWTON

“Exposure to volatile organic compounds from peppermint as a management strategy for Drosophila suzukii” 

Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 9:30 am
Room 350, MacMillan Bldg. 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr. L. Lavkulich 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. J. Carrillo – Supervisor
Dr. M. Isman – Committee member
Dr. P. Abram – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. J. Carrillo – Supervisor
Dr. M. Isman – Committee member
Dr. P. Abram – Committee member
Dr. S. Smukler – External

Everyone is welcome

The MFRE program has just published a news post about our summer workshops & seminars. If appropriate, please feel free to share the link to our latest post with all faculty and students. Thank you!

Developing Highly Skilled Professionals – MFRE May Workshops and Seminars

It’s summer and MFRE students are on their way with their Graduating Projects. In other words, they are officially immersed in the professional world, working in industry and academic projects. To prepare for this challenge they attended professional development workshops and seminars to equip themselves with communication skills, research methods, product development tools and data analysis techniques. 

Read more about these workshops and seminars here

Developing Highly Skilled Professionals – MFRE May Workshops and Seminars | UBC mfre.landfood.ubc.ca Throughout the MFRE program students undertake a professional development course where they gain valuable experience and skills through workshops and seminars led by industry professionals. It’s summer and MFRE students are on their way with their graduating projects.

To stay in the loop on all our news & stories, please visit our News page.

Regards,

Shristee

Shristee Rahman  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Land and Food Systems | Master of Food and Resource Economics
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
348A-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
shristee.rahman@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca