UBC Reads Sustainability with Simran Sethi

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UBC Reads Sustainability presents Simran Sethi 

Thursday November 10

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Jack Poole Hall, UBC Alumni Centre

6163 University Boulevard

UBC Vancouver Campus 

Join Simran Sethi for this UBC Reads Sustainability talk to find out more about the loss of agricultural biodiversity, efforts to conserve endangered foods and ways we can help save the foods we love. Simran Sethi has spent close to five years meeting tireless, courageous and innovative people dedicated to making our food supply secure, abundant and more delicious. She has travelled across six continents to interview more than 200 scientists, farmers, chefs, bakers, winemakers, beer brewers, coffee roasters, chocolate connoisseurs, conservationists, religious leaders, and advocates and experts of all types to learn the intimate stories of our foods and ways we can better save—and savor—them 

Tickets $5/students $10/general 

Kshamta B. Hunter M.A.
Manager, Advising and Student Involvement
Teaching, Learning & Research|UBC Sustainability Initiative
The University of British Columbia
2260 West Mall|Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z4
Phone 604 827 3754
kshamta.hunter@ubc.ca
sustain.ubc.ca/get-involved

Ag Canada visiting

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Consider a career with Ag Canada 

In 2014, the agriculture and agri-food system generated $108.2 billion, accounting for 6.6% of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The agriculture and agri-food system also provided one in eight jobs in Canada in 2014. Come and find out what this means for you!  Is there a position with the government in your future?

Dr. Joyce Boye from Agriculture Canada will be giving 2 talks for undergrad and graduate students considering a career with Agriculture Canada. Come see what the future of Agriculture Canada is and how you can contribute. 

MSL 102 (Michael Smith Lab Lecture Theatre)

Tues Oct 11
3:30 Undergraduates 

1:30 Graduate Students

AAWE Wine Econ Conference Padua, Scholarships, New Journal, WP#204

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Dear wine friends,

(1) CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS

The 11th Annual Conference of the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) will be held from Jun 28 – Jul 2, 2017 in Padova/Italy. We consider all wine topics related to economics, statistics, and business including submissions that overlap with adjacent fields such as (but not limited to) psychology, neuroscience, history, linguistics, viticulture, law or enology. Submission Deadline: Dec 15, 2016 (Details).

(2) THREE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS

AAWE is offering 3 Research Scholarships. Each Scholarship pays US$1,500 and grants free admission to the Annual AAWE Conference in Padova/Italy. Submission Deadline: Nov 15, 2016. (Details)

(3) New Journal: JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS: SELECTED PROCEEDINGS (JWE:SP)

From 2017 on, the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) will publish a new Journal called “Journal of Wine Economics: Selected Proceedings”. JWE:SP will appear once a year, immediately after AAWE’s  annual conference, and will draw on selected conference papers, which are typically short (up to 3,000 words) and may be non-technical. For JWE:SP, the editors will consider single papers as well as entire sessions.

Also, we posted a new AAWE Working Paper on our website. For free online access please click on the link provided below.

AAWE Working Paper No. 204 – Economics Everything You Know About Wine is Wrong Lee Hannah & Terra Alpaugh

You will find 203 more free Working Papers here.

Please also check out the Journal of Wine Economics (JWE).  Membership fees are $39/year (online only) or $59 (online + hardcopies). Members have full online JWE access and receive a substantial registration discount at our annual conferences. You can sign up or renew your membership here.

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Best wishes,

Karl Storchmann

President:  Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton) Vice Presidents:  Kym Anderson (Adelaide) Victor Ginsburgh (Brussels) Robert Stavins (Harvard) Karl Storchmann (New York University)

Managing Editor, Journal of Wine Economics www.wine-economics.org

 

 

Graduate Pathways to Success: StrengthsQuest/Career Planning, Getting on Track with Thesis and Networking

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Registration is now open for:

Know your Strengths, Explore your Options, Design your Career

Discover your strengths using Gallup’s StrengthsQuestTM assessment and create your own Individual Graduate Success Plan.

Wednesday, October 12 | 9.00 AM to 3.00 PM

For further information or to register, visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/15677-know-your-strengths-explore-your-options-design-your-career  $10.00 registration fee applies (includes your online code for StrengthsQuest, a light lunch and refreshments).  Direct registration link: https://webforms.students.ubc.ca/csic/ubc-strengthsquest 

Getting on Track with your Thesis

Learn how to efficiently structure your thesis or dissertation process for timely completion, manage the emotional roller coaster, and find support when your motivation ebbs.

Thursday, October 13 | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM

For further information or to register, visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/15465-getting-track-your-thesis

Practical Tips for Growing your Network

Building and maintaining your network can be daunting, but it is an important component of your career as an academic and researcher. This Mitacs workshop provides you with easily applicable knowledge and tools, based on the unique networking opportunities available to you as an academic.

Friday, October 14 | 9.30 AM to 11.30 AM

For further information or to register, visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/15739-practical-tips-growing-your-network

Postdoctoral fellows can register at https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/event/406-practical-tips-growing-your-network

Please visit the community.grad.ubc.ca forums for other graduate student opportunities including:

Graduate Student Teaching Drop In Session, Oct 03, 1.30 PM https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/2850
Multi-disciplinary
Graduate Student Writing Community, Oct 03, 2.00 PM https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/2834

Tips and Tricks for Formatting your Thesis, Oct 6, 10:00 AM https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/2796

Navigating Copyright in the Digital Environment, Oct 11, 10.00 AM https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/2775
Volunteering with the GSS (on grad council, as a departmental councilor or on a committee) https://community.grad.ubc.ca/forums/volunteering

Discover your Community Instagram Contest (win a $500 UBC bookstore gift card) https://community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/2924 

Please let me know if you have questions

Jacqui

Jacqui Brinkman
Manager, Graduate Pathways to Success Program
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca | @ubcgradschool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

 

 

AAWE Wine Econ Conference Padua, Scholarships, New Journal, WP#204

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Dear wine friends,

(1) CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS

The 11th Annual Conference of the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) will be held from Jun 28 – Jul 2, 2017 in Padova/Italy. We consider all wine topics related to economics, statistics, and business including submissions that overlap with adjacent fields such as (but not limited to) psychology, neuroscience, history, linguistics, viticulture, law or enology. Submission Deadline: Dec 15, 2016 (Details).

(2) THREE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS

AAWE is offering 3 Research Scholarships. Each Scholarship pays US$1,500 and grants free admission to the Annual AAWE Conference in Padova/Italy. Submission Deadline: Nov 15, 2016. (Details)

(3) New Journal: JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS: SELECTED PROCEEDINGS (JWE:SP)

From 2017 on, the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) will publish a new Journal called “Journal of Wine Economics: Selected Proceedings”. JWE:SP will appear once a year, immediately after AAWE’s  annual conference, and will draw on selected conference papers, which are typically short (up to 3,000 words) and may be non-technical. For JWE:SP, the editors will consider single papers as well as entire sessions.

Also, we posted a new AAWE Working Paper on our website. For free online access please click on the link provided below.

AAWE Working Paper No. 204 – Economics
Everything You Know About Wine is Wrong

Lee Hannah & Terra Alpaugh

You will find 203 more free Working Papers here.

Please also check out the Journal of Wine Economics (JWE).  Membership fees are $39/year (online only) or $59 (online + hardcopies). Members have full online JWE access and receive a substantial registration discount at our annual conferences. You can sign up or renew your membership here.

For interesting news (e.g., like the attached snippet below)

Follow us on Facebook!
Follow us on 
Twitter at @wineecon