Category: Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

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Online Volunteer Mentors Needed for Rural eMentoring BC

Hello Students!

We are Rural eMentoring BC and we are looking for student volunteers to be mentors for our online mentoring program. ReMBC connects rural high school students to post-secondary students around BC. No experience required!

Time commitment:

All communication is through our online platform.

    • Asynchronous messaging: so you can send messages whenever you want—as long as you respond to your mentee within 3 days.
  • Flexible timing: Logon 2-3 times per week at your convenience—it’s usually about a 1-3 hour commitment per week.

What you’ll do:

  • Answer questions and give advice about life after high school.
  • Help your mentee work through a flexible online curriculum of videos, articles, and discussion that covers topics like well-being, post-secondary and careers.

We hope you’ll join us for the 2021/2022 school year! To apply, please visit our website: https://www.ementoringbc.com/mentor-requirements

Have questions? Email e.mentoring@ubc.ca 

Thanks!

The ReMBC Team

 

Juliet Oshiro PhD  (She, her, hers)
Project Manager, eMentoring BC: https://www.ementoringbc.com/
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus| unceded xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam) Territory
5102A – 2405 Wesbrook Mall University of British Columbia | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z3 Canada
Phone 604 827 4197
juliet.oshiro@ubc.ca

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The 4th Food Structure and Functionality Symposium

October 19-20, 2021

The 4th Food Structure and Functionality Symposium – Structuring Foods for a Sustainable World will bring together renowned speakers from academia and industry – the people that push the boundaries in food research and production.

Presentations will describe developments in food structure design and functionality that confront the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

Contributions are invited in the areas of macro-molecular interactions in complex food systems, structure-function relationships, food materials science, alternative proteins, oral processing, digestion, advanced visualisation, novel imaging techniques and much more….

Learn more and register here.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Indigeneity (EDI.I) Spotlight

Eckelbarger, M., Rice, S. L., Osano, A., Peng, J., Ullah, H., & Rhee, S. Y. (2021). Recognizing pioneering Black plant scientists in our schools and society. Trends in Plant Science.

This article highlights the achievements of four pioneering Black plant scientists to raise awareness of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in science. Their stories come alive at Historically Black Colleges and Universities through exhibits of science and art and classroom activities (https://www.plantcellatlas.org/pca-art-exhibit.html).

*If you have an article, book or resource you would like to share and have highlighted, please send citation and links to Anisha Sandhu (anisha.sandhu@alumni.ubc.ca)

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xWc̓ic̓əsəm Indigenous land-based Summer Internship at UBC Farm

INDIGENOUS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (IURE) AT XWC̓IC̓ƏSƏM GARDEN, UBC FARM

IURE is based at xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden at UBC Farm and collectively led by a group of Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers, community members, students, and Indigenous Faculty. Interns participate in on-going research projects with faculty, graduate students, and community members. They participate in planning, designing, implementing pilot-scale research projects, and assist in data collection using qualitative and quantitative methods and Indigenous methodologies. Students learn about Indigenous research, frameworks, research methodologies, land-based pedagogies, research ethics, and Indigenous Community protocols for reciprocal and productive community engagement.

Applications must be received by Sunday, April 22, 2021.

See here for internship details and to apply.

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West Vancouver Foundation Scholarship

This year the West Vancouver Foundation is offering the Hartvikson Memorial Scholarship in Memory of Lourdes Llamzon to be awarded to an individual enrolling in a post-secondary institution in Canada studying sustainable agriculture and food systems.

2021 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE – Wednesday April 14, 2021 (by end of day).

For information on eligibility and how to apply, visit their website.

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