LFS Anti-Asian Racism Dialogue on Monday, March 29

LFS graduate students are welcome to join us on Monday, March 29 (4:00pm-5:00pm) for a dialogue about Anti-Asian racism, with presentations from Dr. Henry Yu and Colin Dring.

Instances of Anti-Asian racism have increased in Metro Vancouver over the past 12 months. Recent acts of violence in the U.S., racist labels used by politicians to describe the coronavirus, and events on the UBC Vancouver campus that invoke terms such as “Yellow Privilege” and “Model Minority” indicate that we have a need to collectively discuss the discrimination, prejudice, and oppression experienced by individuals of Asian heritage in our community. This event is hosted by the LFS EDI working group.

Anti-Asian Racism Dialogue
Date: Monday, March 29, 2021
Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m. PDT
Registration: Click here to register
Questions: email will.valley@ubc.ca or karen.lee98@ubc.ca

Dr Henry Yu is an Associate Professor in UBC’s Faculty of Arts. Dr. Yu teaches in the History Department and the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program at UBC, and is the Principal at UBC’s St. John’s College. He is the Director of the UBC Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC) and Board Member of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia (CCHSBC). His research and teaching centres the true histories of Asian migrants and acknowledge the harsh politics of white supremacy and discrimination they were faced with when moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, or Canada.

Colin Dring is a PhD candidate in the Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems program in UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. He studies how colonial governments, in the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations, attempt to shape agricultural futures in contexts of difference, complexity, and unpredictability. He is interested in the role that state planning plays in achieving justice in the food system. Concurrently, he is conducting scholarship and educational development on food justice pedagogies with three undergraduate students at UBC as part of a Teaching Learning Enhancement Fund project. This work inspires Colin’s studies and actions oriented towards an application of decolonizing, anti-racist, anti-patriarchal, anti-heteronormative framings to advance sustainable and equitable food systems and greater civic engagement through food and agricultural planning.

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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

 

UBC SciComm Week is an event developed in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Office and Graduate Student Society. This event, which takes place from March 29th-31st, will feature workshops from science communication professionals and a closing keynote speech from Dr. Jennifer Gardy. We also have set up a Twitter Conference for graduate students to showcase their research on March 31st, which is similar to a traditional poster presentation except participants will tweet about their research (could be a protocol, general thesis topic, or a specific project) rather than creating a poster. Registration is currently open to everyone including students, faculty, staff and the general public.

We would be extremely grateful if you are able to circulate the blurb below along with the attached image within your organization:

Please join the UBC Graduate Student Society and the UBC Faculty of Medicine (FoM) Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Office for a series of Science Communication workshops, a Twitter Research Conference, as well as a closing keynote with Dr. Jennifer Gardy from March 29 to 31st, 2021!

• Website for more details: https://ubcscicommweek.ca
• Register to present at the Twitter Conference byMonday, March 29^th *recently extended*: http://bit.ly/ubcscwtwitter
• RSVP for workshops & keynote by Friday, March 26th:http://bit.ly/ubcscw2021
• Questions? Email hello@ubcscicommweek.ca

Thank you in advance and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Cheers,

Sarah

 

Sarah Park BSc
MSc Rehabilitation Science Student
Faculty of Medicine | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
The University of British Columbia | GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
Phone 604 714 4108 | Cell 778 681 7275
sarah.park@ubc.ca | @sarahparkkkk

Title: Practicum Program Assistant

Description: The UBC Farm Practicum Work-Learn will support the UBC Farm team in the development and delivery of the UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture. Tasks may include, but are not limited to: coordination, assistance and delivery support of hands-on learning experiences; support of Practicum program, including support the development of new Practicum programming.  The work-learn will have the opportunity to develop skills associated with experiential education in the context of sustainable food production for adult learners.   For more information about the Practicum program, please see https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/learn/practicum-in-sustainable-agriculture/

Application deadline: March 28

Anticipated start date: May 1

For full position description and link to apply, please scroll down to “Practicum Program Assistant” on our website: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/jobs/

Inquiries may be sent to Practicum Coordinator, Seth Friedman: ubcfarm.practicum@ubc.ca

Seth Friedman

Practicum Coordinator

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm

The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory

3461 Ross Drive | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604 822 5092 | Fax 604 822 6839

seth.friedman@ubc.ca | www.ubcfarm.ubc.ca

REGISTER TODAY!

Join the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute for a two-day Virtual Conference on Ag Trade within the context of Climate Change on April 7th and 9th, 2021.

The Trade and Climate Change conference is a joint effort of the U.S.-based Farm Foundation and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute to explore topics in the context of a global trading environment where climate change policies have become increasingly ambitious and diverse among international players. The conference will explore topics such as climate change policies and their impacts on agricultural production and trade, border carbon adjustments as a mechanism for adjudicating among climate change policies amidst global competitors, and how various industry players are adapting to new policies through opportunities like carbon markets and offsets, sustainable sourcing, and investments.

The conference will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 7, and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, April 9. Each day will include a break from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CDT and networking opportunities until 5:00 p.m. CDT.

Click here for the full agenda, including speakers and session descriptions, and to register for this virtual conference.