Hi Shannon and Lia,

 

I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to inform you that our last speaker series for the year will be taking place this week. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for all of your help promoting the speakers we have had throughout the year. Your contributions have been greatly appreciated.

 

In regards to the upcoming event, I would like to request your assistance in promoting the following post to the LFS communication channels/ LFS grad students

 

Join us for the seminar with #JadeHerrmann on “The Story of Yoggu – A Journey through the Business Model and Success Story of a Plant-Based Yogurt Business”! join us this Thursday and learn about @Yoggu! and the plant-based industry

 

 

The Journey of Yoggu! Through the Plant- Based Yogurt Business

 

Date: Thursday, April 13^th 2023

Time: 3:00-4:30 pm

Location: MCML 154

 

Jade Herrmann is founder and CEO of Yoggu! A plant-based yogurt manufacturing company based in Coquitlam, BC. Her vision is to build Yoggu! as a force for good – creating nourishing food for all as well as using business as a means to create positive impact in the world.

 

Regards,

Olivier

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Olivier Ntwali, BSc Ag, Econ, MFRE

Academic Program Manager
Master of Food and Resource Economics| University of British Columbia

http://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/ | olivier.ntwali@ubc.ca

3MT videos are now online! Did you miss the 3MT final? Listen and learn from all the 2023 3MT semi-finalists and finalists! A huge thank you goes out to all the presenters for taking the time to share their research with us. GradUpdate In this issue, New Forms of Doctoral Scholarship/Next-Generation Dissertations, Partnering in Research Conference, Designing for Transformation course, Research Article Conclusions, Summer Teaching Institute, and more. Registration now open New Forms of Doctoral Scholarship / Next-Generation Dissertations Join this interactive panel event to explore the evolving landscapes and boundaries of doctoral-level scholarship and its expression in the dissertation. In-person (encouraged) and online | Thursday, Apr 27 | 9:30 – 11 am Register Seats available Interviews Online | Wednesday, Apr 12 | 12 – 1 pm Register Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation Join this interactive session (in person encouraged) to practice expressing yourself with self-confidence In-person or Online | Thursday, Apr 13 | 1 – 4 pm Register Careers in Non-academic Research (Panel) UBC/SFU session for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows Online | Tuesday, Apr 18 | 4 – 5:30 pm Register Events and Opportunities A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar. ACADEMIC Partnering in Research Conference In person | Thursday, Jun 15 | 9 am – 4 pm Join the conference to explore the ethical, cultural and political challenges of partnered research and develop strategies for driving real change Learn more and apply to attend for free Keen to get more involved? Join the planning committee (3 – 4 spots available). Designing for Transformation A free, non-credit course available to UBC graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows, from across disciplines, to build capacities to empower transformative change, grounded in equity-centred and decolonizing methodologies! Online | Module 1: Tuesdays, May 16, 23, & 30 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Learn more and register by May 14 CAREER Vancouver Coastal Health: Health Care Career Open House In-person | Monday, Apr 24 | 1:30 – 5:30 pm Register RESEARCH Introduction to Git and GitHub Online | Tuesday, Apr 18 | 10 am – 12 pm Register Data Bites – Best Practices for File Naming Online | Thursday, Apr 20 | 12 – 12:30 pm Register Data Organization in Spreadsheets for the Social Sciences Online | Friday, Apr 21 | 10 am – 12 pm Register TEACHING CIRTL Summer Teaching Institute In-person | May 15, 17 & 19 | 8:15 am – 6 pm This 3-day, in-person intensive session caters to those who have some basic skill and experience, but are looking to continue to build a deeper understanding of teaching and learning, both in theory and in practice. Register by Apr 17 WRITING AND COMMUNICATION Research Article Conclusions: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward In-person and online | Wednesday, Apr 12 | 10 – 11:30 am Register Social Media Strategy for Policy Workshop (Humanities and Social Sciences) In-person | Tuesday, Apr 18 | 12:30 – 2 pm Register See upcoming workshops in the Policy Communications series Workshops and events Services Resources  SEND TO A FRIEND   WEBSITE

Are you working on a complex challenge and searching for ways to empower transformation – grounded in social, racial and ecological justice and community-engaged research? If so, this offering might be for you.

Registration is now open to UBC graduate students for Designing for Transformation – a free, non-credit course for learning and applying approaches from social innovation, systemic design and regenerative development, using equity-centered and decolonizing methodologies. The course is led by interdisciplinary practitioners Lindsay Cole, Lerato Chondoma and Jennifer Cutbill (with feature guests to be announced during the course).

The challenges we face demand more than incremental change, they require transformation. This in turn requires transforming our ways of knowing, being and doing, and our roles and responsibilities in relation. This offering provides opportunities to un/learn and apply emergent and resurgent practices with peers across disciplines, working on an enriching diversity of complex challenges; all supported by practitioners working across sectors, disciplines and knowledge systems.

Together, we will co-create an inter/transdisciplinary learning environment centering abundance, joy, courage, and compassion to work transformatively on complex, applied challenges that really matter.

Unlock and nurture the transformative potentials in your graduate work and beyond.

Register today to secure your space! 

Who is This For: current UBC graduate students (Ph.D. or Masters) and Postdoctoral Fellows.

Format: two modules; a total of eight synchronous, online sessions. Option for peer groups to meet in person (we may also meet in person for the closing session of Module 2 – but TBC together).

Schedule:

• MODULE 1 – Planting Seeds (introduction): Synchronous class sessions: May 16, 23 and 30, 2023. Register by May 14, 2023 to secure a spot
• MODULE 2 – Growing Roots & Shoots (deeper application): Synchronous class sessions: June 13, 20, July 4,18, August 1, 2023. Register by June 3, 2022. Students applying for Module 2 must have completed Module 1.

Learn more here and register today to secure your space!

FISHGLOB Consortium – April 6, 2023. 2:00-3:00 pm Fish biodiversity facing global change Global change, linked to climate and direct anthropogenic impacts, is causing redistribution of marine species worldwide, modifying fish population and stock structure, as well as community compositions. These changes may have strong impacts on fisheries and natural fish biodiversity as well as related ecosystem services. However, our capacity to assess and monitor short and long-term changes in species distribution and biodiversity is hampered by data availability and heterogeneity. This event will present activities of the FISHGLOB consortium which has collected and combined a unique data set of scientific bottom trawl surveys conducted regularly during the last decades across the globe. Topics will cover species assemblages’ homogenization/differentiation through time, consequences on fish stocks shared across countries, and fishery management. Finally, FISHGLOB aims to provide a platform enhancing international cooperation and knowledge transfer among data providers, scientists and stakeholders in order to support biodiversity and fishery management adaptation in a time of global change. SPEAKERS Bastien Mérigot, Marbec Aurore Maureaud, Yale University Zoë Kitchel, Rutgers University Juliano A. Palacios, University of British Columbia Malin Pinsky, Rutgers University Nancy Shackell, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) James Thorson, NOAA Deng Palomares, University of British Columbia Robert Guralnick, USC SPONSORS Sea Around Us, French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) – Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity(CESAB), French Embassy in Canada, Rutgers University, University of Montpellier.

Thursday, April 6, 2023 2:00 – 3:00 pm IN PERSON: Michael Smith Lab Theatre 2185 East Mall, UBC Vancouver

Please RSVP at: https://oceans.ubc.ca/rsvp-iof-seminars/