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Course Offering: The Roots of Power – HIST 390B 201

Topics in History – HIST AGRICULTURE- HIST 390B 201

Interested in food production and its social and political implications?  HIST 390B, The Roots of Power, is a student directed seminar about the history of modern agriculture. It examines the intersection between history, geography, agricultural biopower, and colonialism.

The student coordinators Zach Crouch and Geneviève Dubuc chose bananas to represent the course because “bananas are a signature imperial commodity that everyone eats…[and have] deeper roots in historical narratives of power.”  More generally, the course ranges beyond bananas to explore multiple commodities, as well as the landscapes, political and economic systems, power relations, and historical legacies that have shaped what we eat and how we acquire those products.

Register for the course today to dig deeply into race and agriculture, imperial commodities, and the modern agricultural apparatus: https://courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/courseschedule?pname=subjarea&tname=subj-section&dept=HIST&course=390B&section=201

 

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New Course Offering: APBI 490-201 Plant water relations for sustainable agriculture

APBI 490-201 Plant water relations for sustainable agriculture

Instructor: Thorsten Knipfer

Ongoing climate change causes unprecedented challenges for agriculture. To ensure food security, the modern farmers requires knowledge about crop water requirements to avoid losses in yield and quality caused by drought or waterlogging. This course will provide undergraduate students an introduction of how plant-water relations and associated physiological mechanisms determine plant hydration status from cell to whole-plant level and inform precision irrigation strategies. This course will introduce students into cutting-edge techniques and tools to determine plant water status in the laboratory and field, and provide the conceptual background about plant-water relations as necessary to implement sustainable crop management strategies and improve genotype selection.

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Metro Vancouver Zero Waste Conference

Zero Waste Conference: A Future Without Waste

Early bird registration for the 2021 Zero Waste Conference is now open! Taking place live from Vancouver, Canada on Thursday, October 28, 2021, you can secure your general admission spot for only $100.00 if you act now and register before July 31st.

For 11 years, the Zero Waste Conference has been at the forefront of Canada’s circular economy journey bringing together thought leaders, innovators and change makers, surfacing some of the best ideas from the past while presenting pioneering solutions that take us to a future we’ve only begun to dare dream is possible.

Register here

 

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Apply to Become a Student Leader at UBC!

Are you looking for opportunities to build your skills, meet new people and engage with communities? CCEL is looking for Reading Week Student Leaders & UBtheChange Activators for the Winter Term 1&2!
1. Reading Week Student Leaders:

You will collaborate with staff project leaders, community organizations, and schools to plan and implement community service learning projects over the Reading Week break. Your work directly benefits local communities and facilitates meaningful learning experiences for UBC students. (Projects may not all take place over Reading Break.)

 

Find More About Reading Week Student Leader Role
2. UBtheChange Activators:

You will provide support and engagement opportunities for student to explore complex social issues through fun and engaging events, social media campaigns, peer advising, and pop-up activities.

 

Find More About UBtheChange Activator Role
The DEADLINE to apply is Sunday, May 16th at 11:59pm. Please contact Krista at Krista.Knechtle@ubc.ca if you have any questions.
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Field Course Opportunity: Introduction to Field Soil Classification and Assessment

BCIT is offering a field-based course that introduces the basics in soil classification and field descriptions and assessments using the Canadian System of Soil Classification (CSSC) and other common techniques used in natural resource management, including forestry, arboriculture, natural areas management and ecological restoration. Students will gain hands-on experience digging soil pits, interpreting soil horizons, hand texturing, differentiating soil humous forms and analyzing the implications of their findings for various resource management applications. This 12-hour course includes 10 hours of field training with hands-on exercises at two different field sites in the Lower Mainland. The course begins with 2 hours of introduction online prior to the field days. Students are required to arrange their own transportation to the field sites. This course is applicable for anyone working or studying in natural sciences, ecological restoration, forestry, resource management, arboriculture, planners, stewardship outreach and education.

Thu May 27 – Sun May 30

Cost: $285.00

See the BCIT webpage for more information.

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