The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is again offering UBC graduate students the opportunity to work in funded sustainability internship projects. Projects begin May 3, 2021. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Further information on the available internship projects can be found on the Sustainability Scholars Program web page. Applications close at midnight Sunday January 31, 2021. I am also holding information sessions on January 14 and 19 for those who would like to know more about the Program.

I would greatly appreciate if you would please circulate the details provided below to your grad students.

If you have any questions about the program or projects, please don’t hesitate to contact me. And, thank you in advance for your help spreading the word about these opportunities!

Best wishes for a relaxing holiday break,

Karen

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – UBC SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS (PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS) 

The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is pleased to offer UBC graduate students the opportunity to work in funded sustainability internship projects.

We are currently accepting applications for over 50 UBC Sustainability Scholars (including Greenest City Scholars) internships that will commence May 3, 2021. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to confirm the eligibility requirements and apply.

Successful candidates will work under the mentorship of a partner organization, and are immersed in real world learning where they can apply their research skills and contribute to advancing organizational sustainability goals. Each Scholar receives $25 per hour to complete 250 hours of work.

For more information on the available projects and to apply, visit the Sustainability Scholars Program website.

Applications will be accepted until midnight Sunday January 31.

We also appreciate your help in circulating this notice to anyone in your grad student network that may be interested!

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SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM INFORMATION SESSION

Are you interested in . . .

• applying your research skills to solving real-world sustainability questions and challenges?
• getting paid while gaining valuable professional work experience?
• developing applied sustainability skills and knowledge under the guidance of a mentor?
• building a professional network of sustainability practitioners?

If this describes you, please attend the Sustainability Scholars Program information session on January 14 at 12:00 pm or January 19 at 5:00 pm. At the January 19 session representatives from several of our partner organizations will speak about the kinds of opportunities Scholars can have while working in the program. We will also have former scholars and mentors there to answer your questions about what you can expect as a Scholar and what kinds of opportunities the program offers in terms of skills and job prospects.

Thursday January 14, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm or

Tuesday January 19, 2021 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Register Here

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Karen Taylor  MA (she, her)
Manager, Sustainability Scholars Program | UBC Sustainability Initiative
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2343 – 2260 West Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 9362 | karen.taylor@ubc.ca | https://sustain.ubc.ca/scholars

Just a friendly reminder for the graduate students who are starting their programs or relocating to Vancouver for January,  we have:

• Living in Vancouver Pre-Arrival webinars this week (Dec 15 or 17)
• Jan 7^th Official Welcome and International Student Development Info sessions
• A suite of GSS community building events Jan 5-8
• Welcome workshops (school life balance, flourishing in grad school with career planning from the start,  Equity and Inclusion’s working in a diverse environment, and supervisory relationships).

All event info as well as information for enrolling in GradStart Online may also be found at  http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca

 

Please forward this week’s GradUpdate to your graduate students.  The online version is available here.

 

GradUpdate will return in early January.

All the best for holidays,

Jacqui.

MFRE is opening limited seats to non MFRE Grad students to take the following 6 weeks course (1.5 credits):

Navigating the Opportunities and Risks in Global Food and Resource Governance taught by Dr. Matias Margulis

Students taking this course will develop a better understanding of the roles of governments, businesses, civil society and international institutions in global food and resource policy-making.  The course is organized around the examination of real-world controversies in global food and resource governance – such as, but not limited, to global food crises, large-scale land acquisitions, and the agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization.  We will use these cases as the basis to explore how an issue or problem comes to be placed on the international policy agenda, which actors get to participate in the global policy-making process, and why global policy-making efforts succeed or fail.  Students who complete this course will develop substantive knowledge of global policy-making around food and resources and be able to assess the efficacy, fairness and legitimacy of, and possible alternatives to, current global policies and governance arrangements.

 Class Schedule:

• Fridays, Jan 7 to Feb 12
• 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
• Online

You can view the outline here.

 Please email Gabi at gabrielle.menard@ubc.ca if you are interested.

Best,

Gabi

Gabrielle Menard  MFRE (She, Her, Hers)
Academic Coordinator, Graduating Projects Manager
Land and Food Systems | Master of Food and Resource Economics
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
348A-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 764 0305
gabrielle.menard@ubc.ca
http://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

INTERNAL DEADLINE – Feb 12, 2021

SSHRC Talent Award – 2021 Competition

The SSHRC Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on April 1, 2021, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship. The Talent Award ($50,000 value) is given to an individual who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization, and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector.

One Talent Award will be awarded by SSHRC from the nominations submitted by Canadian universities. The Talent Award may be taken up as a fellowship to fund the recipient’s doctoral or postdoctoral research over a one-year period, or may be used, within one year of receiving the award, as a grant to support research, knowledge mobilization or other research-related activities. At least 10 per cent of the award funds must be used to promote the recipient’s research achievements.

Eligibility: A nominee must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada at the time of nomination, must be an active social sciences and humanities researcher or student, and must hold a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship on April 1, 2021.

Nomination Deadline: Complete nomination packages must be received by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) by 4:00 pm on Friday, 26 February 2021.

For nomination procedures, please consult the G+PS website (https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/sshrc-talent-award). The contact for this funding opportunity is Natalie Thorson (natalie.thorson@ubc.ca).

INTERNAL Deadline – Jan 29, 2021

Please notify Lia (lia.maria@ubc.ca) about your intention of applying by January 15, 2021

Aboriginal Graduate Fellowships

The University of British Columbia offers multi-year fellowships to Master’s and Doctoral Indigenous students. Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through an annual competition, administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Approximately a dozen new fellowships are offered each year.

Each fellowship provides a stipend of $18,200 per year for Doctoral students or a stipend of $16,175 per year for Master’s students. Additionally, AGF recipients are eligible to receive tuition funding. Tuition funding will not exceed the current value of the standard Doctoral or Master’s degree tuition fees. Applicants for Master’s funding will receive fellowship funding until the end of their second year of Master’s studies; applicants for Doctoral funding will receive fellowship funding for four years or until the end of their fifth year of Doctoral studies, whichever comes first.  In all cases, continued fellowship support is conditional on satisfactory academic progress. Recipients of Master’s fellowship funding must re-apply to be considered for Doctoral funding.

All Indigenous students are eligible to apply, but priority is given to Indigenous students whose traditional territory falls, at least in part, within Canada. This includes Canadian First Nations, Métis or Inuit students and may include Indigenous students from Alaska and other states of the USA. The University may request further information to confirm Indigenous eligibility.

For complete application and nomination details, see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/aboriginal-graduate-fellowships

Internal application deadline: January 29, 2021
Graduate program nomination deadline: Friday, 12 February 2021 at 4:00 pm