The MFRE has just published a new post regarding one MFRE 2018 alumna Cheenar Shah and her career path with the BC Ministry of Agriculture. Through this interview, Cheenar tells us about her professional life, her experience with MFRE and insights on following a career path in public policy. Click below to read the full interview.

Please share with students!

Beyond MFRE: Analyzing Policies To Save The Environment

Beyond MFRE is a series of interviews focusing on alumni and their life after our master’s degree. From PhD candidates to managers in international companies, our alumni share their stories across sectors and industries.

This week we shine the spotlight on Cheenar Shah, an alumna currently employed with the BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries as a Climate Change Adaptation Program Advisor.

Thank you!

Best,

Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus| Musqueam Traditional Territory

paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

Dear LFS Graduate Students,

As you might be aware we are undoubtedly living in trying times: in addition to the unprecedented challenges of Covid-19, it is unfortunate that some members of our societies have been recently experiencing heightened racism and oppression resulting in what some researchers are calling the “double pandemic”. However, racism against various ethnic or minority groups is not new: it is a historical, long-standing social problem that permeates and threatens the fabric of our societies. To date, a lot still remains to be done to address this challenge.

As an LFS TA or graduate student, have you ever wondered how racism relates to teaching and learning? Are you well-equipped to appropriately respond to such issues? To further reflect and learn more, please join us at the next session on:

Anti-Racism and Solidarity in Teaching Practice Workshop (for LFS TAs)
Now open to all LFS Graduate Students

Mon, Apr 26 (10 AM – 12 PM PDT)

via Zoom

Register here: http://bit.ly/LFSTA_AntiRacism

Facilitator: Colin Dring, ISLFS
Learning Objectives:

• Guided reflection on participants’ own roles and fears as educators, and develop an introductory understanding of concepts such as anti-racism, privilege, allyship, and solidarity especially in the context of online teaching and learning;
• Identification and intensive unpacking of harmful phrases that can lead to further marginalization of racialized or excluded students;
• Introduction of teaching strategies, practical tools, and relevant resources for anti-racist teaching practice.

Best regards,

LFS TA Coordinators (Tebby and Lennie)

 

 

The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is seeking applications to Teaching Assistantships for the upcoming Winter terms in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program. Would you like to share this with your graduate students? More details are below.

Teaching Assistantships – 2021 Winter

Period of Employment:  Term 1 (September 1 – December 31, 2021); Term 2 (January 1 – April 30, 2022)

Current Salary: Graduate Teaching Assistant I (Doctoral) or equivalent – $34.40/hour; Graduate Teaching Assistant II (Masters) or equivalent – $33.14/hour

Application Procedure:

Click here to submit your online application form.

The deadline for submission to the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is May 31, 2021.  Late applications may be considered in special circumstances.

Learn More under Job Opportunities: https://sppga.ubc.ca/about/opportunities/

Thank you,

Lindsay

 

Lindsay Marsh (she/her/hers)
Manager, Communications and Program Development
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
Unceded, ancestral and traditional territory of the Musqueam Peoples
lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca
@ubcSPPGA | sppga.ubc.ca

We are celebrating a big milestone in 2021: 20 years of the UBC Farm and 10 years of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS). We are launching celebrations on April 21, 2021 – when students first started planting at the UBC Farm site – and continuing celebrations all through the growing season: with the 20^th annual UBC Farm Farmers’ Market starting on June 5, as well a new summer podcast series, a 2021 webinar series, free weekly tours during market hours, and lots of fun social content: throw-back photos, videos and interviews, as well as special merch.

CSFS UBC Farm Anniversary Comms Toolkit

Please help spread the word! I’ve attached a comms toolkit here with sample blurbs and assets, but if you need anything else please don’t hesitate to ask!

 

Thanks,

Melanie

Melanie Kuxdorf (She, Her, Hers)

Communications and Marketing Lead

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4

melanie.kuxdorf@ubc.ca | ubcfarm.ubc.ca

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