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APBI 496 Practicum Opportunities with Animal Welfare!

Are you interested in gaining career experience while obtaining course credit?  APBI 496 is the Applied Animal Biology Practicum and may be the perfect fit!  Students gain hands on experience in a work environment related to their degree while working on relevant assignments and gaining course credit.

The Animal Welfare Program is looking for practicum students who are able to relocate to Agassiz BC for experience at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre.  Please see the wiki for a description of the position as well as application details https://wiki.ubc.ca/Course:APBI496  Be sure to scroll down to the section for placement opportunities.

Applications are still open for a six credit placement in both terms 1 and 2!

Have questions?  Please email Emeline Nogues enogues@mail.ubc.ca for more details!

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A NEW HUMANE CANADA SUMMIT FOR ANIMALS’ MINI EVENT: THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANIMAL WELFARE

Last June, Humane Canada™ hosted the second Summit for Animals Mini Event, “The Future of Sheltering”, and we’re now proud to present the third in our Mini Event series, “The Impacts of Climate Change on Animal Welfare” on September 15, 2021! 

We, humans, have all likely heard the ongoing climate crisis by now, but what does this mean for our animal companions? The ongoing threats of global warming and climate change lay risks to animals and their ecosystems all over the globe, including animals used in industrialized agriculture, who are often associated with accelerating the issue. What exactly does the climate crisis entail for humans and animals alike? What can be done to stop it? Learn more in this unique, one-day event that focuses on climate change and the direct impacts it has on animals and their welfare.

Join us on September 15 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Eastern Time) to learn from experts from across the country on the important connection between the global climate change crisis and animal welfare.

Register by August 13th and save 25%! 

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MSc opportunity with AAFC/LFS in Climate Change and Agricultural Pests

 This is an exciting opportunity for a student interested in climate change and its effect on biological systems – particularly those involving agricultural pests and their management to protect crops. 

The project work aims to summarize i) historical records of agricultural insect pest population densities in selected crops; and ii) historical weather data. Using these summaries and statistical and mathematical procedures, cause and effect relationships will be sought. The central question is whether there is an association between weather variables (e.g. degree days, maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall) and pest temporal occurrence and density. With such an association, the student will project implications for pest control needs into the future, and anticipate changes in population dynamics for other insect pests. 

See here for more information and contact Todd Kabaluk with any questions.

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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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