Friendly reminder 

On Behalf of the LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office

To:  LFS Graduate Students

We hope this email finds you well, safe and healthy!

The LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office is offering mandatory annual Academic & Wellness Check in’s with all research-based students (these check-in’s are also available for all professional program students as well, on a voluntary basis).  These individual zoom meetings will cover several topics including academic progress, funding, and wellbeing.

As access to our office has been restricted due to COVID,  it’s important that you feel supported by us and that you are aware of resources and services available to you, even if most of you still aren’t on campus.

You can book your appointment through Canvas (instructions attached).  The available appointments for September are now posted. Additional appointments will be scheduled as needed.

We hope you will find these meetings valuable.  Please don’t ever hesitate to contact us if you need anything.  We are here to help you.

BEWELL booking instructions

Sincerely,

Sean, Shelley, Lia and Iris

The LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office

 

(newly added links)

Student Health – this link includes an online navigation tool that can help you find the most appropriate resource/service based on your location and symptoms

Getting through Grad School with Grace and Grit Online Support Group – led by Dr. Karen Flood (RPsych) from UBC Counselling Services

 

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy
(Food Science)

Shaolong Feng

” Development of Novel Molecularly Imprinting Chemsensors for the
Detection of Chemical Hazards in Foods”

9:00 AM on Monday, August 30th, 2021

Virtually

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. H. Trajanao

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. C. Scaman – Co-Supervisor
Dr. K. Chou – Committee member
Dr. R. Algar– Committee member
Dr. E. Li-Chan – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. K. Chou – Committee member
Dr. S. Hatzikiriakos – University Examiner
Dr. M. Chiao – University Examiner

As you may or may not know the UBC Black Caucus, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, and the Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program have partnered to offer a pilot initiative, a Black Student Orientation (BSO) for the Fall 2021 term. I was hoping that you could share this information with your LFS colleagues to help promote to Black identifying LFS students. Deadline to register is Aug 25^th.

The purpose of this orientation is to create a space for new undergraduate and graduate Black students at the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses to start to build community with each other, receive tips for transitioning to UBC, and connect with Black-identifying student groups. Current UBC Black students are welcome to join the session.

The session will be free and held virtually on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 from 10 am – 2.30 pm. More details can be found here: Black Student Orientation | UBC Black Caucus

We sincerely appreciate your support in promoting the BSO and have attached a toolkit and promotional package that can support features in a newsletter, images for an Instagram or twitter post as well as other social media posts. You are also welcome to link to the UBC Black Caucus Instagram, @ubcblackcaucus or the link above.

Please let me know if this would be possible and many thanks in advance for spreading the word about the BSO.

BSO promo package_Aug2021

Thank you,

Natasha

Natasha Philander

(Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Program Manager

Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2205 Lower Mall Building 1 | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 2388
natasha.philander@ubc.ca
https://beyondtomorrow.ubc.ca/

I acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples – specifically the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations

The UBC Food Services Nutrition and Wellbeing team is hiring 2 graduate student Nutrition Research Assistants to work 12 hours per week on 2 exciting projects with us (total wage $28/hr)!

If you’re passionate about healthy, sustainable eating and have some basic research experience apply by August 26th!

Search Job ID 891685 at UBC Careers Online to learn more and apply!

Melissa Baker-Wilson, MHSc, RD
Manager, Nutrition & Wellbeing, Food Services
Student Housing and Community Services
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
2205 Lower Mall, Marine Drive Bldg. 6 | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 4987
melissa.baker-wilson@ubc.ca
http://www.food.ubc.ca/nutrition/