The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on December 7, 14 & 15, 2024.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

To apply for the waitlist for December 7, 14 & 15, 2024 ISW click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-december-7-14-15-2024/

Application opens on October 25 at 9 am and closes on December 4 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

Workshop Eligibility:

Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying.

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

• a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
• a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
• a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
• a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
• a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

• not a graduate student at UBC
• a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
• a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

 

Please notify me about your intention to apply by Nov 15, 2024

UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s

The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master’s competition runs in concert with the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with values ranging from $175 to $16,000 are offered through this competition. Current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students can apply. Students who are eligible for the CGS-M must submit a CGS-M application in order to additionally be considered for Affiliated funding.

Detailed Affiliated Fellowships-Master competition information with links to application and reference forms is available at:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program.

Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M)

Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR) who are applying for or enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select up to 3 universities with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must select The University of British Columbia as one of the 3 available institutions.

Details about this award opportunity, including eligibility and evaluation criteria, are available at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp and our site at:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-cgs-m-program.

Students who apply for CGS-M awards will automatically be considered for open/un-restricted Affiliated Fellowships.
To be additionally considered for criteria-based/restricted Affiliated Fellowships, students should fill out and submit to their graduate programs the checklist available at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/list-criteria-based-affiliated-fellowships.

Deadlines for the Tri-Agency CGS-M / Affiliated Fellowships Master’s Competitions

• Applicant deadline: 1 December 2024 before 5:00 pm PT
• Graduate program nomination deadline:  23 January 2025 at 4:00 pm PT

Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative (NSERC and SSHRC)

The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative consist of a one-year, non-renewable supplement valued at $5,000 for all meritorious Indigenous CGS M applicants and a one-year, non-renewable award valued at $27,000 for all alternate candidates, subject to the limit of available funding. If you self-identify as Indigenous you are eligible to apply for this initiative.  Note: CIHR is not participating in this initiative.  For more information, see the Tri-Agency’s pilot initiative webpage.

What graduate program staff can do now:

• Advertise the competition to your current students and to prospective students you are trying to recruit.
• Stress the importance of the application deadline.  CGS-M applications cannot be submitted or edited after the application deadline.  Late applications will be ruled ineligible.  The CGS-M application deadline is set nationally by the CGS-M funding agency and is not flexible.
• Encourage students to ask for reference letters early and to send the instructions to their referees: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche/Instructions-Instructions/CGSM_REF-BESCM_REF_eng.asp.
• Encourage students to check early if they have all of their official transcripts for all previous studies (including transfer credits).  Transcript guidance for applicants is outlined on our CGS-M webpage, and transcript guidance for graduate programs will be outlined in the Transcript Checklist-Master’s (will be posted soon).
• Note that although the Advising Transcript document (available through Workday) is accepted for UBC CGS-M applications, it may not be accepted by other universities in Canada, so students applying elsewhere for the CGSM in addition to UBC should order official UBC transcripts.
• It would help us greatly if applicants used the same email in their CGS-M Research Portal login as in Workday. This is absolutely not a requirement, but it helps match the applications to correct programs quicker after the application deadline.

 

 

Kind regards,

Lia Maria

Vacation alert:
Nov 7 to 15
Nov 28 & 29
Dec 5 & 6
Dec 12 & 13

Lia Maria DRAGAN

Admissions & Administrative Coordinator
Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

University of British Columbia / Vancouver Campus
#291 – 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Tel.: (604) 822-8373
lia.maria@ubc.ca /landfood.ubc.ca/graduate/

 

On-campus schedule: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday and Thursday

I respectfully acknowledge that I work and live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Wauthuth Nations.

 

Unpacking COP29

Register for Zoom link

November 7, 2024

4:00 – 5:30 PM PST

 

With COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan just around the corner, join our panel of experts for a primer on how United Nations climate summits work, the pressing issues up for negotiation this year, and a question and answer period. The event will be hosted by Zoom webinar.  Hear from:

 

• Robert Godin, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science (moderator)
• Carol McAusland, Professor, Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
• Tarun M. Khanna, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA), Faculty of Arts
• Abul Bashar Rahman, Bachelor of Arts in International Economics
• Mark Shakespear, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

 

See panelist biographies on our website.

 

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The Climate Solutions Research Collective Team
UBC Climate Solutions Research Collective
climate.collective@ubc.ca

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Room 431 AERL | 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada

The Climate Solutions Research Collective is a new UBC pan-university initiative designed to build connections across UBC climate researchers, groups and initiatives, and to encourage new collaborative research on climate change solutions. It aims to foster engagement across departments and faculties, and to support graduate students and faculty in applying their research and expertise to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and/or education.

Hello all,

Happy Friday – I hope that the week has treated everyone well and that a restful weekend is ahead!

I am very pleased to announce the second LFS Scholar Seminar of the series:

Dr. Christy Morrissey from the University of Saskatchewan will join us for a seminar titled, “Perennializing Marginal Agricultural Lands- A Solution to Boost Carbon, Biodiversity and the Bottom Line.”

Thursday, November 7th, 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: MSL 102

Mix and mingle social with coffee and cookies will follow!

Please register using the link.

Email risa.sargent@ubc.ca if you would like to schedule a meeting with Dr. Morrissey while she’s here.

Dr.  Christy Morrissey is a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focusses on issues related to agricultural pesticides and other chemicals and the use of birds and insects as indicators of ecosystem health.  Dr. Morrissey has published over 90 highly cited journal articles and book chapters and in 2020 was named to the Royal Society College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Her work has also been featured broadly in the national and international media and documentaries (CBC, BBC, National Geographic, Nature of Things, and The Messenger film). She is currently co-leading the NSERC funded Prairie Precision Sustainability Network Marginal Land Solutions project and the Bridge to Land Water Sky Living Lab to implement Nature-based solutions to improve sustainable agricultural production.

As provided by Dr. Morrissey a description of her talk:

Marginal croplands are defined as areas within fields that are consistently low yielding and unprofitable. These are often in sensitive higher biodiversity areas near wetlands or field edges but are subject to salinity, flood risk, soil erosion and can be agrochemical sinks. Given the need to address the dual crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change, there is urgent need to find solutions that provide multiple ecosystem benefits without affecting producers’ bottom line.  Our team is working with farmers across the Canadian Prairies to identify, map and model where the marginal cropland exists and target these areas for experimental conversion to tame and native perennial forage mixes to study the changes in agronomic, economic and environmental costs and benefits over the transition.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and we look forward to seeing everyone on November 7^th.

Warm regards,

Madison

Madison Johnstone (She, Her, Hers)
Graduate and Postdoctoral Program Assistant
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
291 – 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 8373 Ext. 28373
madison.johnstone@ubc.ca