UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture – Accepting Applications for 2021 program 

The UBC Farm Practicum can be taken as either a six-month (April – October), or as a four-month (April – August), experiential-learning program. 6-9 academic credits are available for interested students; however, the program may also be taken as a non-credit course.

Please view the UBC Farm Practicum website for detailed information and access to the online application:
http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/community/practicum-in-sustainable-agriculture

For those interested in applying, a Practicum Open House will occur online on Saturday, September 19, 12 pm – 1 pm; and another will occur on Wednesday, October 7, 5:30 – 6:30 pm. We will provide a forum to ask questions and provide a virtual tour of the site from the perspective of the program. Registration is required at the following link: http://lfs-ubcfarm-epayment.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2020/08/11/open-house-registration/.

 

Thank you!

Seth

 

Seth Friedman

Practicum Coordinator

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm

The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory

3461 Ross Drive (location)

2357 Main Mall (mail) | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604 822 5092 | Fax 604 822 6839

seth.friedman@ubc.ca | www.ubcfarm.ubc.ca

The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is again offering UBC graduate students the opportunity to work on funded sustainability internship projects. Projects begin October 19, 2020. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are eligible to apply.

Further information on the available internship projects can be found on the Sustainability Scholars Program web page. Applications close at midnight Sunday September 20, 2020.

Subject: Call for Applications: Sustainability Scholars Program (paid internships)

The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is pleased to offer UBC graduate students the opportunity to work in funded sustainability internship projects.

We are currently accepting applications for over 40 internships that will commence October 19. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are eligible to apply.

Successful candidates will work under the mentorship of a partner organization, and are immersed in real world learning where they can apply their research skills and contribute to advancing organizational sustainability goals. Each Scholar receives $5500 to complete 250 hours of work.

For more information on the available projects and to apply, visit the Sustainability Scholars Program website.

 

Applications will be accepted until midnight Sunday Sept 20.

 

We also appreciate your help in circulating this notice to anyone in your grad student network that may be interested!

 

 

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Karen Taylor 

Program Manager | UBC Sustainability Initiative

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Room 2343, 2260 West Mall Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604 822-9362 | karen.taylor@ubc.ca | www.sustain.ubc.ca

Things are already picking up at the library. Please register for an online orientation to the library workshop, even if you have been here for a while. This orientation will help you navigate the research support available to them in the new more online library world at UBC.

Find the complete newsletter below, or if you prefer to share the newsletter by link, you can find it here:

http://bit.ly/UBCRCNewsAug212020

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Sarah

Sarah Blay (she, her, hers)
Program Coordinator | UBC Library Research Commons
Vancouver home office | Traditional unceded territories of:
Musqueam | Squamish| Stó:lō | Stz’uminus | Tsleil-Waututh (source: https://native-land.ca/)
sarah.blay@ubc.ca | researchcommons.library.ubc.ca

Dear LFS Graduate Students,

All new and returning LFS Teaching Assistants are invited to attend the upcoming Virtual LFS TA Orientation scheduled for 10 AM – 12 PM (PDT) on Friday, August 28th.

This session will be an opportunity for new TAs to meet the Dean and Associate Dean (Academic), the Learning Centre, CUPE 2278 representatives, and their fellow TAs. Topics to be covered include TA roles and responsibilities, confidentiality and best practices, online teaching tools used at UBC, and the CUPE 2278 collective agreement.

2020_08_28_LFS_TA_Orientation

Please see the attached poster for more details and register at: http://bit.ly/LFSTA2020
The zoom link and additional event details will be sent following registration.

Best wishes for the upcoming academic year,
Your TA Coordinators Tebby and Lennie

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science (FOOD Science)

Shenmiao Li

“Identification of natural compounds to quench quorum sensing in
Campylobacter jejuni for the reduction of biofilm formation”

02:00 PM on Friday, August 28th, 2020

Virtually

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. C. Scaman

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. B. Vallance – Committee member
Dr. T. Huan  – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. B. Vallance – Committee member
Dr. K. C. Chou – External