Dear Students,

We would like to invite you to apply for TA positions in the Biology program for the 2024 winter session. These are full TAships, at 192hr per term.

Please:

1. Go to http://www.biology.ubc.ca/
2. Click on the “teaching assistants’ tab” for various documents related to the 2024W TA hire.
3. To apply, click on “Biology TA application 2024W”.
4. Fill the form and please read info given on this form.
5. Application must be submitted by May 12^th 2024 (Sunday) 11:59PM.
6. Offer acceptance must be sent by July 15^th 2024 to ensure that your first paycheck will not be delayed. (Note: if you miss these deadlines, you can still be hired, BUT there is a possibility of delay for your first paycheck).
7. We will start sending offers by late June/early July (offers to internal Zoology and Botany graduate students will be sent first and followed by external applicants). Please check your email daily so that you can reply to our offer promptly. Offers to external applicants will continue throughout the summer up to the start of terms 1 and 2 until all positions are filled.
8. Do not forget to get permission from your PI to TA for Biology.
9. All communication regarding TAship application must be sent to this email address: biology.taship@ubc.ca

If there is a problem or if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

Biology TAship Team

Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC), in partnership with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations, is seeking a full-time Indigenous Programs Manager to lead our Nourishing Indigenous Food and Foodways in Schools initiative. Details about the position and the call for applications are available here and in the attached PDF.

Location: This is a remote work position open to any location in Canada/Indigenous Territories

Hours of work: Monday – Friday with flexible hours, provided availability to meet with team members and partners across a range of time zones. (We are open to discussing a range of 28-40 hours/week for this contract.)

Rate: $38.40 / hour

Deadline for application: Friday June 7th, 5pm PST

Position Summary

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Indigenous Programs Manager will work in collaboration with other F2CC staff, the initiative’s Circle of Advisors, and project partners to advance Nourishing Indigenous Food and Foodways in Schools, a 4-year partnership-based initiative. The Indigenous Programs Manager will be responsible for overseeing the initiative’s multiple workstreams including managing the development of a dedicated grant stream for schools that are located in Indigenous communities or that serve many Indigenous students; the development of an adapted Food is Our Medicine learning journey for the K-12 school setting; and supporting relationship building, project learning, impact measurement, and knowledge sharing.

Any questions can be directed to Carolyn at cwebb@farmtocafeteriacanada.ca.

Internal Deadline: Monday, May 13th 2024.
Please notify me about your attention of applying (as I need to prepare transcripts) by May 8, 2024.

Spring Graduate Awards Competition

A number of university awards for the upcoming academic year are available to current and incoming graduate students.  The maximum value of funding that can be offered to a student is $16,000, or up to $22,000 for the #491 Rick Hansen “Man in Motion” Fellowship, or $25,000 for the #6495 Andrew Nord Fellowships in Rheumatology and the #6887 Clifford Alexander Robson and Else Loella Robson Memorial Scholarship respectively. Applicants will apply via their graduate programs with a single application that may be considered for as many of the Spring Graduate Awards as they are eligible for, taking note of the following important considerations:

• Eligibility: To be eligible to receive funding, applicants must meet both the overall eligibility requirements as outlined on the award webpage (ex. months of study) and all of the eligibility requirements for each individual Spring Graduate Award they apply for. Applicants will not be considered for an award if they do not clearly meet the criteria for the award.
• Students must be registered, full-time graduate students during the period of the award (September 2024 to August 2025). Incoming students (ie. will start in September 2024 or January 2025) are also eligible to apply (ex. a successful Spring Awards applicant starting in January 2025 could receive funding covering January to August 2025).
  https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/spring-graduate-awards-competition

• Selection:   While award recipients will be selected based on the evaluation criteria, priority will be given to eligible candidates who do not hold significant scholarship funding (i.e., $16,000 or higher) for the 2024/2025 academic year (September 2024 to August 2025).  If a student is offered Spring Awards funding, and later receives other scholarship funding of $16,000 or higher for the same period, the Spring Awards funding offer would normally be rescinded.
  • Exception: Some of the Spring Graduate Awards have very niche award descriptions (eligibility requirements).  For example, the #6362 award ‘James and Setsuko Thurlow Scholarship in Peace and Disarmament Studies’.  If a Spring Graduate Award receives a very low number of eligible applications, it may be awarded to a student who already has significant scholarship funding.

A complete application consists of:

• Completed Application Form – PART 1
• Completed Application Form – PART 2
• Canadian CCV – CGS-Master’s version
• Official, up-to-date, complete transcripts for all undergraduate and graduate studies (including studies undertaken but not completed) up to December 31, 2023.
• One recommendation letter/form. In some cases, a reference letter submitted for a previous scholarship competition may be used; see the application instructions for details.

Important: Please refer to the application instructions for essential details on each application item noted above.

Application deadline: Monday, May 13th 2024.

Deadline for graduate program nominations to G+PS: 4:00 pm PT on May 27, 2024

For more information, such as the complete eligibility requirements and application materials, please refer to our webpage:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/spring-graduate-awards-competition

Results will be announced in mid-August.

Kind regards,

Lia Maria

Lia Maria DRAGAN
Admissions & Administrative Coordinator
University of British Columbia / Vancouver Campus

Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
#291 – 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Tel.: (604) 822-8373
lia.maria@ubc.ca /landfood.ubc.ca/graduate/

On-campus schedule: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday and Thursday

I respectfully acknowledge that I work and live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Wauthuth Nations.

The LFS Young Alumni Council’s is hosting their Social Event this Thursday: May 9 from 6-8pm at Kafka’s Roastery & Bakery, 577 Great Northern Way, Vancouver. Student tickets are $10 and alumni/community are $15. Enjoy refreshments, mingling, making connections in an alum owned coffee shop.

They can FOLLOW and connect the YAC Community of students and alumni here: UBC LFS Young Alumni Council: Company Page Admin | LinkedIn and find out more about the event.