UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science (SOIL)

Maria Teresa Porter

“Examining soil physical properties in the Fraser River delta following four-year grassland set-aside”

12:00 PM on Monday, December 14, 2020

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EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. A. Riseman

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. M. Krzic – Supervisor
Dr. S. Smukler – Committee member
Dr. G. Bradfield  – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. M. Krzic – Supervisor
Dr. S. Smukler – Committee member
Dr. G. Bradfield  – Committee member
Dr. A. Bomke  – External

UPDATES

 

September 2020 admits: extension to the deadline to clear condition of admission (documents)!

The SAS team has made great progress on working through the thousands of transcripts and degree certificates received the last few months. We’re making our way through documents uploaded in late-October and November, but recognize the December 1^st deadline is getting very close. To help ease student, and staff, anxiety the document deadline for the September 2020 admitted students is now January 31, 2021.

 

G+PS responded to the Covid-19 outbreak with, amongst other measures, a temporary exception to the condition for official documents required of new students.

Reasons for the exception:

• Students admitted to September 2020 were not able to order transcripts as institutions closed in part or in whole for weeks to months.
• The move to remote working at UBC meant that campus mail was inaccessible from mid-March to late-May.

Exception – September 2020: New students were permitted to register for September 2020 even if the condition for official documents had not been met. The deadline given to clear the condition was December 1, 2020.

• Extension to deadline: As noted above, the deadline has been extended to January 31, 2021.
• The deadline extension has been added to the G+PS CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
• Please advise your students with outstanding conditions of the extension.

May 2020: Current students whose condition of admission had not been cleared by May 2020 would normally have been placed on a GCON (Grad Condition) Hold in the SISC. They were instead granted an extension to December 1, 2020.

• As an uncleared condition of admission can hinder graduation, any students who started their program prior to September 2020 will be placed on a GCON hold in early December until the required documentation has been received and processed.

January 2021: Students commencing their programs this coming January are expected to meet their condition(s) of admission prior to receiving registration eligibility.

Questions? Feel free to respond to this email or contact graduate.sas@ubc.ca

 

No questions? We’d love to hear how you’re doing!

 

With thanks and best wishes from the SAS team.

 

Kirsten Cameron
Academic Support Manager
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean and Vice-Provost

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver | Musqueam Traditional Territory

170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 5025
kirsten.cameron@ubc.ca
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy (Applied Animal Biology)

Benjamin Lecorps

“Assessing Mood Changes and Vulnerability to Stressors in Dairy Cattle”

2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. L. Holsti

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk – Supervisor
Dr. D. Weary – Committee member
Dr. Y. Lamers – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk – Supervisor
Dr. D. Weary – Committee member
Dr. K. D. Craig – University Examiner
Dr. J. Vercammen – University Examiner

WorksafeBC Research Training Awards

WorksafeBC Research Training Awards are designed to foster the development of occupational health and safety research among graduate students at the master’s and doctoral levels. These awards enable students to undertake full-time research training in B.C. — focusing on occupational illness, injury, and disability.  Research projects must address WorkSafeBC’s current research priorities to be eligible for consideration.

Value: $20,000 stipend and a $2,500 research and travel allowance

Duration: Master’s students receive one year of funding and doctoral students receive two years of funding. Recipients can apply to renew their grant for an additional year.

Application Deadline: January 29, 2021 at 4:00 pm PST

For further information about the award, such as application procedures and eligibility requirements, please visit WorksafeBC’s weblink: https://www.worksafebc.com/en/about-us/research-services/funding-streams/research-training-awards.  Students with questions about this award opportunity should contact Worksafe directly (resquery@worksafebc.com).

I was hoping to enlist your support with promoting the upcoming online CTLT Winter Institute to Land and Food Systems. From December 14-17, 2020, UBC faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate students are invited to a week of complimentary online professional development workshops during the mid-academic year to reflect on the impact their teaching, learning, and technological practices have on online student learning and experiences. The theme of the 2020 Winter Institute is, Sustainable, Inclusive & Thriving Online Teaching and Learning Communities.

For the first time, the Institute will also feature a multi-day program. Transitioning to Online Teaching: A Blended Approach is designed to explore different approaches to online teaching, and blend synchronous and asynchronous online components. December 15^th is “Wellbeing Day” with sessions examining the wellbeing of educators and students amid the transition to remote teaching and learning.

 

For more info visit https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/winter-institute-2/winter-institute-events/

 

I’ve attached a social media image, Communications Toolkit with sample text for your website/newsletter, Facebook and Twitter accounts and a schedule of events.

 

We would also appreciate your support in amplifying these messages:

• https://twitter.com/UBC_CTLT/status/1326294843769942016
• https://www.facebook.com/UBC.CTLT/posts/1895754417232226

 

Please let me know if you require any additional information/assets.

Thank you,

Sukhi

Sukhi Ghuman  (She, Her, Hers)

Manager, Marketing and Events

Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

214 – 1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6R 1Z1 Canada

Phone 604 827 4816 | Cell 604 315 2599

sukhi.ghuman@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca | http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca

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