This is a friendly reminder for you to register and participate in the 36th Annual Plant Sciences Graduate Student Symposium, which will take place at the U of S on March 13th and March 14th this year. Registration is FREE (meals will be provided) and the deadline is February 1st, 2020.

Abstracts can be submitted through our website until Feb 15th, 2020.

https://agbio.usask.ca/plscgradsymposium/index.php

36th Annual Plant Sciences Graduate Student Symposium (PSGSS) – Plant Sciences Graduate Student Symposium – University of Saskatchewan More Information The 36th Annual Plant Sciences Graduate Student Symposium brings together graduate students studying various disciplines within the plant sciences together. agbio.usask.ca

You will also find a list and brief description of each of the keynote speakers who have been invited for the symposium: Dr. Gita Coaker (Plant Pathology), Dr. Leon Kochian (Root System Architecture), Dr. David Crowder (Plant-Insect and Plant-Insect-Pathogen Interactions), Dr. Curtis Pozniak (Durum Breeding), and Ms. Jennifer Grenz (Invasive Species Management).

Do not hesitate to contact me or any other PSGSA member if you have any questions.

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Regards,

Berenice Romero, MSc. candidate

 

 

We are pleased to announce our new UBC Farm Seed Funding for Research (UBC Farm SFR). This grant provides short-term support (up to $6,000/one year) for the development of innovative research at the UBC Farm. This research competition aims to support early-stage research and enable preliminary data gathering on any theme.Eligibility & Dates:

• Applicants must be UBC students, postdocs, research associates or professors NEWto research at the UBC Farm.
• The research proposal should be in any theme with the only limitation that the research must be carried out at the UBC Farm.
• Deadline for applications:February 1st, 2020.
• Grant Adjudication:March 15, 2020.

Find out more: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/ubc-farm-seed-funding/

All the best,
Melanie

Melanie Kuxdorf (She, Her, Hers)
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4
melanie.kuxdorf@ubc.ca | ubcfarm.ubc.ca

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Students are invited to meet and have coffee with the first of four candidates for the Joint Hire (Foresty and LFS) for Lecturer in Communications, Dr. Neil Leveridge on Monday January 27,  McM 350, 11:15 – 11:45. The position is to provide leadership in teaching communication courses, including LFS/FRST 150 Scholarly Writing and Argumentation, to students in both Faculties.

Please also join us for presentations on Monday Jan 27,  by Dr. Leveridge as follows:

09:30-11:00 McM 258	Teaching Seminar: “The role of the thesis statement in an argumentative essay” and Teaching Philosophy presentation
14:00-14:45 FSC 1220	Talk on Educational Leadership

We welcome your feedback on Dr. Leveridge.  Please email the Co-chair of the hiring committee, at Christine.scaman@ubc.ca to request a feedback form if you are unable to attend the presentations.

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

Christine Scaman  PhD
Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Room 247, 2205 East Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 1804 | Fax 604 822 5143
christine.scaman@ubc.ca
https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/christinescaman/

The MFRE has just published a new post regarding the two MFRE Leadership Award recipients from the 2019 cohort. Additional to hard work, learn what it takes to become a recipient of this award.
Please feel free to share as you deem appropriate.

https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/2020/01/17/2019-mfre-leadership-award-two-smiling-role-models/news-and-events/news/

2019 MFRE Leadership Award – Two Smiling Role Models | UBC

mfre.landfood.ubc.ca

Every year, the MFRE awards students who stood out as positive leaders through their studies in the MFRE program. The recipients are nominated by their classmates and the faculty due to their motivation, hard work, dedication and positive outlook.

Do your studies focus on/involve geomatics?   If yes, you are invited to an event, which brings together potential employers and highly qualified graduate students.

 career networking event

Geomatics Career Networking Event

An afternoon of discovery, mingling, and community

The event will include:

• A brief overview of attending organizations – including any pertinent employment, intern and volunteering opportunities
• Opportunities to meet individually with attending organizations (each will have a table)
• Coffee, tea, and snacks
  

Friday, February 7,2020

1:00-3:30pm

Jack Poole Hall

The Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre,

6163 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

This event is hosted by MGEM, Master of Geomatics in Environmental Management, a professional master’s program blending technical and quantitative geospatial skills with the appropriate landscape ecology backdrop.

If interested, please RSVP by January 31, 2020. Please see the poster attached.