The Postdoctoral Associations of three universities (UBC-Vancouver, UBC-Okanagan, SFU) and GradsPods (British Columbia Cancer Agency Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Society) are organizing our inaugural virtual Postdoc Career Networking Night on March 1, 2022 (4 – 7 pm)! This event features two consecutive career panels and networking opportunities to connect with local company representatives.

All postdoctoral research fellows, research associates, and graduate students from your department and unit are welcome to register and attend.

We would appreciate it if you can circulate the information below and the attached flyer to your network (Faculty of Land and Food Systems). Thank you for your help!

Kind regards,

Doris Chow, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC-Vancouver

On behalf of the Postdoc Career Networking Night organizing team

Invitation to Virtual Career Networking Night 

Unsure about your career options? Got a Ph.D.? Join us for the inaugural virtual Postdoc Career Networking Night, jointly organized by the Postdoctoral Associations of three universities (UBC-Vancouver, UBC-Okanagan, SFU) and GradsPods (British Columbia Cancer Agency Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Society).

Date: March 1, 2022

Time: 4-7 PM PST

Venue: Zoom

Connect and network with a variety of people in academia, industry, and great companies in an informal setting.

Panellists include:

– Dr. Anna Blakney, Assistant Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC

– Dr. David Anekwe, Assistant Professor,  Faculty of Medicine, UBC

– Dr. Carolina Tropini,  Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering & Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, UBC

– Dr. Mike Kennefick, Business Development Specialist at Mitacs

– Dr. Rouh Shafaei, Project Manager- Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Future Grid & Modernization, Integrated  Planning at BC Hydro

Representatives will be joining us from:

– Aspects Biosystems

– Bayer

– STEMCELL

– EarthDaily Analytics

– D-Wave

– 1QBit

– Good Chemistry

– Microsoft

– Ocean wise

 

Info and registration: bit.ly/3BvfZxk

I hope you or your colleagues can join us for our upcoming conference? Our networks are very inter-connected (which is a good thing!), so apologies in advance for any cross-posting duplication. We have lots of news to share with you about what is coming up over for the Virtual BC Organic Conference!

If possible, please share with your students and networks.

Online Auction – https://www.32auctions.com/bcorganic

February 27th – 9 AM to 1 PM

Virtual Conference Day I

Soil Health Series with Molly Thurston and colleagues

We are thrilled to bring field days to you with the launch of our Soil Health Series. These videos include farm tours and conversations with producers from Wild Flight Farm (Vegetables), Hutley Acres Farm (Dairy), and Claremont Ranch Organics (Tree Fruit). Join us to view and discuss these virtual field days.

Mental Health in the Chaos & Convergence with Briana Hagen, who will be presenting on mental health literacy, in combination with how mental health ties in with emergency response models (recognizing the heat dome, wildfires, and flooding in BC last year). Following Dr. Hagen’s presentation, there will be space for Q & A, as well as breakout conversations related to mental wellness. With gratitude to Farm Credit Canada for being our Mental Wellness Sponsor for this session.

Tradeshow Engagement

Virtual Trade Show Exhibitors will also be featured.

March 6th – 9 AM to 1 PM

Virtual Conference Day II

Podcast Guest Q&A with Jordan Marr

Taking a deeper dive into some of the 2022 BC Organic podcasts.

Always Organic: Reframing the Regenerative Conversation – The focus for the panel is to discuss the various aspects of regenerative agriculture, and how organic agriculture is key to sustainability in all senses. We will ask the question: what is needed to make organic the key to regenerative certification? Our answers will come from a variety of perspectives – what the Ministry’s goals for regenerative agriculture are, and how they see involving the organic community; what’s happening at the federal level with various organic organizations; how Regenerative Organic Certification is being put into practice already, and what effect that’s having both on farms and consumer perception; what sort of policy frameworks are needed to support regenerative (e.g., organic) agriculture.

The Full Virtual Conference registration includes our 12-episode podcast series, virtual field days – soil health video series, facilitated conversations over two mornings, and a virtual trade show. We also have a new student price for the Full Virtual Conference. For full event details and to register, visit https://organicbc.org/conference/

 

BC Organic Conference 2022

 

Best,

Eva-Lena

Eva-Lena Lang

Executive Director

organicbc.org | @thisisorganicbc

We respectfully acknowledge our work takes place on the unceded and sovereign Indigenous territories within the colonial borders of British Columbia.

Register for the BC Organic Conference (Feb 27 and Mar 6).

My name is Maya Fromstein, and I am a program assistant for the Masters in Geomatics in Environmental Management (MGEM) this year. I am helping coordinate the annual Geomatics Career Networking Event. Lee just let me know that in past years we have invited LFS students, and passed on your contact information in order to send you the relevant information. We would be so grateful if you could share this with the LFS students, especially as we are requesting students RSVP by Tuesday, March 1st, 2022.

Below, I’ve attached the list of companies (with hyperlinks) that will be attending this year, the date/address, as well as a PDF invitation.

Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I can provide any other information to be helpful. We are hoping for a great turnout since we are able to host it in person this year!

MGEM_CareerFair_Invitation

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Hello everyone,

UBC Forestry’s Masters of Geomatics in Environmental Management (MGEM) is incredibly excited to host our 5th Annual Geomatics Career Networking Event in person this year. This event is free and open to all grad students interested in a career using geomatics tools in environmental or resource management applications. You won’t want to miss out on this opportunity to meet in person a wide range of employers from the private, public, and non-profit sectors.

Our event will be hosted at Jack Poole Hall, in the UBC Alumni Center, on March 11th from 12pm (doors open) to 3pm.

Please see attached invite to the Geomatics Networking Event with  more details and schedule. Please reply by Tuesday, Mar 1, 2022 as we will need to make some catering arrangements to provide a light lunch.

Here is the list of employers who will be attending this year in person.

Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

Ecora

Zoetica Wildlife Research Services Inc.

Cansel

Taking Root

Ostrom Climate

ESRI

Chartwell Resource Group

The Firelight Group

 

Best regards,

Maya

Maya Fromstein

(PronounsLinks to an external site.:    she/her)

Landscape Ecology Lab – Research Scientist

Masters of Geomatics in Environmental Management (MGEM) – Program Assistant

 

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

 

Position Description

McGill University’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, invites applications for a tenure-track position in Agricultural Economics at the Associate or Assistant Professor level. Scale is an important element in analyzing and developing policy alternatives for sustainable development. This position is open to highly qualified agricultural and applied economists who conduct macroeconomic analysis. Preference will be given to candidates with research experience in trade, energy, and the environment. Candidates with research experience in the application of macroeconomics to the Sustainable Development Goals with particular emphases on Sustainable Agriculture, Trade, and Food Security (SDG 2), Renewable Energy from biological feedstocks (SDG 7), Green Growth- SEEA (SDG 8), Climate Change (SDG 13), and Sustainable Production and Consumption (SDG 12) would be an asset. The candidate should have applied quantitative skills in macroeconomic modelling with the ability to incorporate the environment into general equilibrium models. Applied modelling experience in General Equilibrium Modelling, Global Computable General Equilibrium Modelling, Social Accounting Matrices or E3 Modelling is essential.

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If you have a chance to graduate in May 2022, please apply. If you don’t apply you can’t graduate.  

Here is the information from the Graduation Team at Enrolment Services:

The online graduation application for Spring 2022 has just opened for eligible students. They have until Friday, February 25, 2022 to submit their application through the SSC.  They can find the link to the application under the Graduation tab, after they’ve logged in.  

Below are a few dates to note and to add into your calendars:

Application period: December 15, 2021 – February 25, 2022

Program Completion Deadline: April 22, 2022

Senate meeting:  Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Ceremony dates:  May 25-27, 30, 31, June 1-2 (subject to change)

 At this time, we are cautiously proceeding with plans for in-person ceremonies.  However, with ever-changing health protocols, how the ceremonies look and whether we might need to pivot to virtual is to be finalized.  Regardless of the uncertainty, please encourage your eligible students to apply on time.  Account Holds and incomplete assignments will not prevent students from accessing the online application. 

 The schedule for the ceremonies is not available, at this time.  Please visit the Graduation at UBC website for updates to whether we will have in-person ceremonies, or a virtual ceremony.

 If you have questions about applying to graduate please see the Student Services graduation webpage for information.  Alternatively, they can contact GPS office at graduation@ubc.ca.

Please email if you have any questions.

Rockne Hewko
Academic Support Manager
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean and Vice Provost
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 2935 | Fax 604 822 5802
rockne.hewko@ubc.ca | @UBCGradSchool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca