Want to have a say in your campus? Masters of Community Planning students are collaborating with Campus and Community Planning and the Alma Mater Society through the SEEDS Sustainability Program to run focus groups and interview sessions to address transportation, wellbeing, and community needs at UBC.

These focus groups and interviews provide a fun opportunity to shape programs and sustainability initiatives at your campus.

All research participants will be compensated with a $5 gift-card for completing an interview or focus group session. Complimentary coffee and snacks will be available at each focus group. For more information, or to sign-up for any of these opportunities, please see below or contact SEEDS.Coordinator@ubc.ca.

We want your input on Green Spaces and Biodiversity at UBC 

UBC wants to capture student values and perceptions around campus retention, recruitment, and green spaces at UBC. We are looking for undergraduate students, graduate students, and international students who would like to share their opinions about green spaces in relationship to retention and recruitment at UBC. We will be holding three focus groups:

Undergraduate Students: Tue, Feb 11th, 5:00PM-6:30PM in the NEST, Room TBD

Graduate Students: Wed, Feb 12th, 5:00PM-6:30PM in the NEST, Room TBD

International Students: Fri, Feb 14th, 2:00PM-3:30PM in the NEST, Room TBD

To sign-up, please follow this link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cISS6pBsHhDaYSx. Drop-ins are welcome. Participants will be compensated with a $5 gift-card. We ask that participants please bring a photo of their favourite green space on-campus to this session.

We want your input on the new Interactive Sustainability Centre 

The Alma Mater Society is building a new Interactive Sustainability Centre in the Life Building. We are looking for students who would like to share their opinions about various designs for the new space and how such a centre could best support student-life, community, and sustainability initiatives at UBC. We will be hosting two focus groups, open to all students:

Tue, Feb 11th, 2:30PM-4:00PM in the NEST, Room 2515

Thu, Feb 13th, 2:30PM-4:00PM in the NEST, Room 2514

To sign-up, please follow this link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06g57QrfoLwiAhD. Drop-ins are welcome. Participants will be compensated with a $5 gift-card and lunch.

What are the barriers to Electric Bikes for campus commuters?: 

UBC wants to determine the barriers to E-Bike transportation for campus-users who want to make the transition to a sustainable commute. We are looking for students, staff, and faculty who drive to campus to participate in an interview in-person or over the phone to determine the barriers to E-Biking and transitioning to an E-Bike commute. We are hoping to conduct all interviews between February 3rd and February 15th.

If you are interested, please contact b.pagnucco@alumni.ubc.ca. Interviewees will be compensated with a $5 gift-card

Info on the other candidates and the schedule:

David Janzen – Thursday  Jan 30

Daniel  Riccardi  Friday Jan 31

Lindsay Cuff  Thursday Feb 6

The details of their talks and bios are below and can replace Neil’s information in the notice below.

Thanks

Chris

 

Dr. David Janzen, Friday, January 31:

14:45-15:15

Coffee with graduate and undergraduate students

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Teaching Seminar
9:30-11:00am
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“The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation

Talk on Educational Leadership
2:00-2:45pm
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Dr. Janzen received his PhD in 2017 from the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, where he specializes in the development and instruction of communication courses for students in the Faculty of Science.  Dr. Janzen is the Principal Investigator on the project “Student Podcasting as Project-Based Learning in Science Communication”. He is also a co-applicant on a research project “Soil as a Relational Media”.

Daniel Riccardi, Monday, February 3:

14:45-15:15

Coffee with graduate and undergraduate students

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Teaching Seminar
9:30-11:00am
McM 258
“The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation

Talk on Educational Leadership
2:00-2:45pm
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Daniel Riccardi received his Master of Arts degree in 2014 in Language & Literacies Education from The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Since 2015, he has been a Lecturer in the Academic English Program at Vantage College, where he has been involved in the design and re-design of communications course linked to various disciplines.  He is the current Chair of the Management Program at Vantage.  His key achievements in the area of educational leadership focus on assessment as well as course-embedded Community Engaged Learning opportunities.

Lindsay Cuff, Friday, February 7:

14:45-15:15

Coffee with graduate and undergraduate students

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Teaching Seminar
9:30-11:00am
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“The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation

Talk on Educational Leadership
2:00-2:45pm
McM 258

Lindsay Cuff received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 2009 in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.  She is currently an Instructor of Communications at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, BC where she has redeveloped courses to respond to student learning needs.  She is leading a funded research initiative investigating how the College of the Rockies can better support English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners.
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Hello LFS,

You are invited to meet and have coffee with the first of four candidates for the Joint Hire (LFS and Forestry) for a Lecturer in Communications, Dr. Neil Leveridge.  The position is to provide leadership in teaching communication courses, including LFS 150 and FRST 150, Scholarly Writing and Argumentation, to students in both Faculties. We welcome student feedback on future faculty hires who will teach these foundational courses.

When: Monday, January 27
Where: MacMillan Building, Room 350 (boardroom close to LFS Student Services)
Time: 11:15 – 11:45am

Please also join us for his presentations on the same day, Monday, January 27, by Dr. Leveridge as follows:

Time: 9:30-11:00am
Location: MacMillan, Room 258
Topic: Teaching Seminar: “The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation

Time: 2:00 – 2:45pm
Location: Forest Sciences Building, Room 1220
Topic: Talk on Educational Leadership

About the candidate: Dr. Leveridge obtained his  PhD in Educational Technology (Computer Science/Education) from the National Central University in Taiwan.  He has extensive experience teaching first-year foundational writing courses.  His course development experience includes senior level communications at both Master and PhD levels.
For the past 4 years he has been course lead for seven sections of VANT 140, at Vantage College, and  has taught 44 sections of 3 different courses, focusing on 6 different communication genres.  He is the Technology Assistant for the Academic English Program at UBC Vantage College.  One of his project is  “Virtual Reality Learning” supported by UBC’s 3D-Learning Initiative

We welcome your feedback on Dr. Leveridge in person, or via email.  Feel free to email me, Dr. Christine Scaman, FNH faculty member and Co-Chair of the hiring committee, at christine.scaman@ubc.ca to request a feedback form if you are unable to attend the presentations, or with any questions.

Thank you,
Dr. Scaman

Christine Scaman  PhD
Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

christine.scaman@ubc.ca

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/christinescaman/

This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Bruce Turris where he will talk about Fisheries Management: How Theory Become Operationalized.

Please share and distribute it as you deem appropriate. Thank you!

Topic: Fisheries Management: How Theory Become Operationalized.

Date & Time: Friday, January 31, 2:30 pm

Venue: Henry Angus – Room 347

Bruce is an economist, but very much a practitioner. For the first 17 years of his career, he was an official with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, in the Pacific region. He subsequently went into private practice, working very closely with industry as well as the government. He does extensive consulting work outside of Canada, as well as within, with examples being the US (both coasts), China and Europe.

 

 

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced the creation of the first Canadian Agricultural Youth Council on January 24, 2020.  This Youth Council will be made up of women and men, aged 18 to 30, from across the country, including representatives of Indigenous communities.

We are looking for young agricultural leaders to share their personal experiences, unique perspectives, and innovative ideas on how to tackle new and emerging issues facing youth in the agriculture and agri-food world.

Please share the attached news release directly with students that may be interested, and display the attached poster publicly to promote the call for applications. The news release includes a link to the AAFC webpage, where those interested can complete an online application to be a member of the Canadian Agricultural Youth Council.

As we are attempting to reach as many young Canadians as possible, you may receive this e-mail through multiple sources.

If you have any questions, please contact aafc.roundtable-tableronde.aac@canada.ca.

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News Release

Join Us!

For more details visit http://scarpsymposium.ca/

 To Register:  https://register.scarp.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=136

12th SCARP Symposium – Imagining Otherwise – March 12th 2020