Call for abstracts: LFS Graduate Student Conference

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Are you a graduate or undergraduate student working on research in LFS?

Submit your abstract to this year’s Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference!

The Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference is a one-day, student-organized conference designed to showcase the diverse graduate research and work taking place in our faculty. This conference aims to highlight the excellent work of our graduate students by providing an opportunity to present at a formal and interdisciplinary academic conference.

Where: Online (registered attendees will be sent a Zoom link)

When: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

How:   Submit your abstract here by Feb 7th    |   Register for the conference here by Feb 28th

Info:    Presenter information can be found here 

This one-day event will include an interdisciplinary plenary address, poster and oral presentations, lunch, and an award ceremony. Awards and cash prizes will be presented for outstanding oral and poster presentations.

If there are any questions about the conference or abstract submission, email lfsgrads@gmail.com.

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Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Council

lfsgrads@gmail.com

Thesis Defense – Food Science – MSc – Lanxin Mo

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The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(Food Science)

Lanxin Mo

” Understanding the Swelling Behavior of Individual Starch Granules Using ParCS  ”

Monday, February 7th, 2022 – 2:30 PM

Virtually

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/94620216917?pwd=VEl0YlpBd2ZucXNGeVJKbStoS2VlZz09

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. S. Wang

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. J. Frostad – Supervisor
Dr. A. Pratap-Singh – Committee member
Dr. S. Hatzikiriakos – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition

Dr. J. Frostad – Supervisor
Dr. A. Pratap-Singh – Committee member
Dr. S. Hatzikiriakos – Committee member
Dr. B. Stefanska– External

GradUpdate – 3MT@UBC 2022, Effectively Articulating your Research, Negotiating Job Offers, Overcoming Perfectionism, Common Academic Expressions in English, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, 3MT@UBC 2022, Effectively Articulating your Research, Negotiating Job Offers, Overcoming Perfectionism, Common Academic Expressions in English, and more.

Special Event – Three Minute Thesis 2022

Present your Research in 3MT
Feb 17 – Mar 4 | Various heats, dates, and times | Check out the schedule, including Open Heats for research-based Masters and PhDs from all disciplines, and register.
Curious about the competition but want a little more information or keen to practice first? Register for a 20 min personal coaching session or check out one of the workshops below.

Registration now open

Short, sharp and to the point: communicating your research in three minutes (or less!)
Tuesday, Feb 1 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | Keynote from Simon Clews, Writing Centre Director, University of Melbourne

Register

Negotiating Job Offers
Wednesday, Feb 2 | 12:30 – 2:00 PM

Register

Overcoming Perfectionism
Thursday, Feb 3 | 9:30 – 12:00 PM

Register

Key Messaging: Effectively Articulating the Whys and Hows of your Research
12:00 – 1:15 PM Panel + 1:30 – 2:30 PM Interactive workshop
Arts and Education | Tuesday, Feb 8
STEM | Friday, Feb 11

Register – Feb 8

Register – Feb 11

Seats still available

Caring for Yourself in Grad School: Self-care Strategies for Managing Stress and Avoiding Burnout
Grad Wellness Series session | Wednesday, Jan 26 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM Register

Introduction to Statistical Concepts IV: Correlation and Linear Regression
Thursday, Jan 27 | 1:00 – 3:00 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 SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

Take part in the Effective Mentorship of Racialized Graduate Students (EMRGS) project
The EMRGS project team is inviting racialized graduate students to take part in their project exploring mentorship in graduate school. Learn more

Choosing the Right Citation Management Tool for your Research
Monday, Jan 31 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

CAREER EXPLORATION

Humanizing Tech – Arts Careers after Graduate School
Arts Amplifier Event | Wednesday, Jan 26 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

Higher Education Pathways Beyond the Professoriate
An EDST “Spotlight on Alumni Careers” event | Thursday, Feb 3 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM Register

Unique long-term GAA role at UBC Sauder
Are you interested in decolonizing academic spaces? The GAA will co-develop faculty training modules founded in anti-racism, decolonial principles and topics of Indigenous business.
18+ month position | $30/hr | 10 – 20 hrs/week Learn more

Employer Virtual Info Sessions
Rogers Communications | Monday, Jan 31 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM Register
Isaac Operations | Tuesday, Feb 1 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM Register

RESEARCH SKILLS

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Monday, Jan 31 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM Register

Working with data in Excel: part 1
Wednesday, Feb 2 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

NVivo part 1: getting started with NVivo
Wednesday, Feb 2 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Common Academic Expressions in English
Wednesday, Feb 2 | 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Learn more

14-Day Writing Challenge
via UBC’s subscription to facultydiversity.org | March 14 – 27 Register

USI Sustainability Scholars Program and CSFS

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The USI Sustainability Scholars Program is accepting applications from graduate students for summer 2022. The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS) currently has a project in the program, which involves working with Indigenous knowledge keepers. The project aims to support Indigenous terrestrial foodlands in the Fraser River Estuary by identifying and mapping Indigenous traditional terrestrial foodlands in the estuary; developing shoreline conservation and restoration strategies to steward and retain traditional foodlands in response to climate change-related impacts in the region; and considering a policy framework to support Indigenous food sovereignty and foodlands retention.

The CSFS project through the USI Sustainability Scholars Program is 2022-042. To view all the projects and to apply, visit: https://sustain.ubc.ca/teaching-applied-learning/sustainability-scholars-program/apply

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Karen Lee  (She, Her, Hers)
Director of Marketing and Communications
Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Room 235
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
H.R. MacMillan, 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 5297 | Cell 604 312 6343
karen.lee98@ubc.ca | @ubcLFS
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca

Information Session: Research Opportunities in Japan offered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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Information Session: Research Opportunities in Japan offered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is the largest research-funding agency in Japan, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Education.

JSPS offers hundreds of funding opportunities that are available to all fields (social-science, humanities, STEM, multi-disciplinary) for research at all Japanese Universities and public research institutions. There are opportunities available for:

  • Pre-PhD students (summer and short-term fellowships) (Pre-PhD meaning PhD candidates pre-graduation)
  • Postdocs (summer, short and long term fellowships)
  • Faculty fellowships at junior, mid-career and senior levels (short and long term)

Information session details:

  • Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
  • Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  • Host: JSPS alumni and staff

Register for the information session here:
https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/event/1982-jsps-information-session-japan-society-promotion-science