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Research Internships at Mitacs!

Mitacs Accelerate Updates

Mitacs is pleased to share a few updates about Mitacs Accelerate! Accelerate supports collaborative research internships between students, faculty members, and non-academic partners.

  • Undergraduate students are now eligible again for Mitacs projects.
  • SME companies (less than 500 employees) and NFP are eligible to SME discount (while quantities last). With this discount the contribution of the first 4-6 months per student is only $3,750.
  • Eligible partner organizations include companies, not-for-profit organizations. Municipalities and hospitals are now eligible partners again in 2021. Mitacs | Hospital
  • Industrial Postdoctoral fellowship is back. This programs offers funding of up to $60k per year with a $30k contribution from the partner (or $25k contribution with the SME discount applied).
  • If projects involve non-academic partners or students that self-identify as Indigenous, then the program offer 3:1 matching! (partner contributes only 25%) Mitacs | Indigenous Call
  • Applications are accepted any time, reviewed in 6-8 weeks, and have >95% success rate as always.

    Mitacs representatives are available to support – looking forward to discussing research partnership opportunities with you.
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21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

Food Solutions New England will host its 8th version of the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge from April 4th to the 24th in 2022.

The 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge is simple!

You commit to deepening your understanding of, and willingness to confront, racism for twenty-one consecutive days in April of 2022. The Challenge will raise your awareness, change your understanding and shift the way you behave.

However, the Challenge goes beyond individual or interpersonal racism by helping to demystify structural and institutional racism and white supremacist patterns that are sometimes invisible to people. Finally, the Challenge inspires you to act, on your own or with others in your organization, business or group, to dismantle these systems, to make changes in your work and the world that can build true equity and justice for all.

Learn more here: https://foodsolutionsne.org/21-day-racial-equity-habit-building-challenge/

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UN Climate Change Conference 2021

Apply to Attend COP26 in Glasgow

Join UBC’s delegation at COP26 to engage with the international climate negotiation process, share UBC’s leading research and climate actions, and build new partnerships with people from around the globe.

The UBC Sustainability Initiative is pleased to announce details of a competition for COP26 passes open to all current UBC students, faculty, post-docs, and staff. UBC has received four badges for each week of the event (October 31-November 6, and November 7-12).

Applications are open now and will close on September 10, at 12pm (noon) PST.

Learn more and apply here: https://sustain.ubc.ca/ubc-cop26-0

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Webinar: Examining Whiteness in Food Systems

The Duke World Food Policy Center is holding a webinar focused on how white dominant cultural narratives play out in the food system on Wednesday, August 25th at 1:00 PM EDT. The webinar discussion will frame ways in which whiteness impacts the food system, based in a historical context of structural racism. They will also present examples of how whiteness fuels power, decision-making, and investment in food systems.

Who Should Attend
Individuals and organizations who want to understand how white dominant culture and the resulting narratives function to reinforce historical and systemic racial inequalities in the food system.

Please register at https://tinyurl.com/cfxbfm54. There will be a recording of the webinar and a transcript following the event.

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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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