The LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office is pleased to present the following LFS Scholar Series seminar:

With thanks to Dr. Anubhav Pratap Singh for organizing.

Shelley Small
Administrative Manager, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Room 293 MacMillan Building
2357 Main Mall Vancouver BC  V6T 1Z4
Phone:  604-822-4593       Fax:  604-822-4400
lfs.gradmgr@ubc.ca          www.landfood.ubc.ca

 

The Agricultural Land Reserve in BC: Challenges, Controversies, and Opportunities.

Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2021

Time: 2:00pm – 3:00 pm

In response to public concerns regarding the loss of prime agricultural land in BC, the provincial government responded by introducing BC’s Land Commission Act on April 18, 1973. The Act designated Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) boundaries based on biophysical information related to the natural characteristics of the land and its climate, rather than on the market and other socio-economic conditions. To administer the ALR, the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) was created as an independent administrative tribunal. Regional governments submitted ALR plans to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) based on their guidelines and on maps provided by the BC Department of Agriculture, which identified lands that have the soil/climate combination to support agriculture and that were not already urbanized or irreversibly alienated. Although the ALC has been controversial since its establishment, it continues to receive public support as it has responded to several amendments to the original Act to address public concerns and emergent issues. Although successful, challenges continue.

Event Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63198895621?pwd=TzlhTUdLMVlhR29WcVZSVFZjK0pKdz09

Meeting ID: 631 9889 5621

Passcode: 521521

Thank you!

Best,

Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus| Musqueam Traditional Territory

paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

The deadline to apply for a Sustainability Scholars Program internship is fast approaching (January 31). I would greatly appreciate it if you would circulate this announcement to your grad student networks and encourage them to apply. I have over 60 internships/projects available—the projects this year are noteworthy for the significance and applicability of the work, which lends to them providing a particularly rich and rewarding experience for the students (I’ve attached a brief description of the projects as an FYI) 

As a reminder, applications close at midnight Sunday January 31, 2021. Current full-time UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines and all campuses are encouraged to apply.

Further information on the available projects can be found on the Sustainability Scholars Program web page.

Thank you for your help notifying your graduate students about these opportunities!

2021 Summer Project List v4 2021Jan19

Best,

Karen Taylor

Please see our latest Research Commons newsletter so you don’t miss out on some unique and repeat popular offerings in the next two weeks. Here is the online link if you prefer:

http://bit.ly/UBCRCNewsJan252021

 

Let me know if you have any questions and have a great week!

 

Sarah