Congratulations to Will Valley, Instructor I (tenure track)

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Congratulations to Will Valley, Instructor I (tenure track)

Will Valley has been appointed as an Instructor I (tenure track), effective July 1, 2014. He will take a leadership role in undergraduate teaching, curriculum and pedagogical development, and community engagement related to the interdisciplinary Land, Food and Community Core Series in LFS. Will is currently a PhD candidate in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems and has taught as a Sessional Lecturer in LFS. He has been the project coordinator for the Think&EatGreen@School project and is co-owner of Inner City Farms, a Vancouver-based urban farming company.

Thesis Defense – MSc – HUNU

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The University of British Columbia – Faculty of Land and Food Systems
announces

The Oral Examination For the Degree of

M.Sc. (Human Nutrition)

On

Thursday, July 10, 2014
01:00 p.m.

in Room 3113 CFRI

of

Abeer ALJAADI
THESIS TITLE: Programming of Hepatic Gene Expression by Maternal Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Imbalance

Supervisory Committee

Dr. A. Devlin (Supervisor)
Dr. T. Green (Committee member)
Dr. Y. Lamers (Committee member)
Dr. W. Robinson (Committee member)
Examining Committee

Dr. G. Chapman (Chair)
Dr. A. Devlin (Supervisor)
Dr. T. Green (Committee member)
Dr. Y. Lamers (Committee member)
Dr. W. Robinson (Committee member)
Dr. W. Beristain (External)

UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre Open House

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You are invited to the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre open house on Saturday, August 2, 2014 from 9am-4pm. This is a great opportunity to meet student researchers and learn more about the Centre’s internationally renowned research and education programs in animal welfare, animal reproduction and resource recovery.

Throughout the day members of the Agassiz Slow Food Cycle Tour, a 25-km self-guided cycle tour that invites cyclists to explore the countryside and meet local farmers, will be stopping by. This year, the Invasive Species Council of BC will be on hand with an invasive plants display. Visitors can also enjoy a glass of ice cold chocolate milk, donated by the BC Dairy Association, while supplies last.

Dru Yates receives NACTA award

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Congratulations to MSc alumna Dru Yates (supervised by Assoc. Prof. Maja Krzic) who is this year’s recipient of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching Award.

The award is given in recognition of meritorious efforts in postsecondary teaching by a graduate student. Dru is a double alumna of Land and Food Systems, having completed her BSc in Global Resource Systems in 2010, and her MSc in Soil Science this past spring.

(Original post: http://reachout.landfood.ubc.ca/2014/06/26/dru-yates-receives-nacta-award/. Re-posted with permission.)

Graduate Student Instructional Skills Workshop

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For Registered UBC Graduate Students Only

Our three day Instructional Skills Workshops (ISWs) are designed for graduate students interested in developing and enhancing their instructional skills. It caters to individuals new at teaching as well as those who wish to refresh and enhance their skills. Due to the interactive nature of this workshop, participants must be comfortable communicating verbally in English. Participants benefit from practicing skills and sharing ideas in a cooperative environment.

You will work closely with peers and trained facilitators (who are themselves UBC graduate students and teaching assistants from across campus). In this supportive atmosphere you will have a chance to begin to develop new teaching skills, to enhance existing skills, and/or to try new and challenging ideas. The workshop consists of teaching practice, theory application, and topical sessions specifically relevant to Teaching Assistants and Graduate Students at UBC. We take a learner-centered approach that may have you looking at your students in a whole new light!

During the workshop you will teach 3 short lessons and receive feedback from your peers. After completing this workshop you will be awarded a Certificate of Completion, and you will receive a “pass” standing in INDS 501 as an entry on your transcript indicating that you have participated in the ISW.  All ISWs run for 3 days, from 8:15am-5:00pm each day.  ISWs require a $60 deposit to confirm your registration. This deposit is refundable only upon completion of the workshop. If you have to cancel before the workshop starts or if you are otherwise unable to complete the workshop once it has started, the deposit cannot be refunded. The deposit cannot be transferred to other dates.

See www.events.ctlt.ubc.ca/series/view/5 for a full schedule of upcoming workshops.