Webcast of interest to grad students

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Special webcast “Diet and Health Across the Lifespan” by Dr. Walter Willett

When:  Friday, November 15

Time:  10:15-11:30 PST

Where:  Webcast at UBC in LSC 1002

You are invited to attend a screening of a keynote address that Dr. Walter Willett will be delivering to the Food as Medicine conference being held in Toronto. His keynote will be followed by Q&A, and presentation of the Rundle-Lister Lectureship award to him.

Dr. Walter Willett is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts and is among the top three most cited persons in all areas of science. He served as Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for 25 years. Dr. Willett has focused much of his work over the last 35 years on the development of methods to study the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases. Dr. Willett has published over 1,800 articles, primarily on lifestyle risk factors for heart disease and cancer, and most recently has led the ‘Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on health diets from sustainable food systems’ report.  He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the recipient of many national and international awards for his research.

 

No need to register! Please come see this important lecture, and bring your colleagues and friends.

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MFRE Speaker Series: Kim Grout, CEO, BC Agricultural Land Commission- November 15, 2019

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This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Kim Grout from BC Agricultural Land Commission.

Topic: BC Agricultural Land Reserve

Date & Time: Friday, November 15, 3:00 pm

Venue: MCML 160

In response to public concerns regarding the loss of prime agricultural land in BC, the provincial government responded by introducing BC’s Land Commission Act on April 18, 1973. The Act designated Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) boundaries based on biophysical information related to the natural characteristics of the land and its climate, rather than on the market and other socio-economic conditions. To administer the ALR, the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) was created as an independent administrative tribunal. Regional governments submitted ALR plans to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) based on their guidelines and on maps provided by the BC Department of Agriculture, which identified lands that have the soil/climate combination to support agriculture and that were not already urbanized or irreversibly alienated. Although the ALC has been controversial since its establishment, it continues to receive public support as it has responded to several amendments to the original Act to address public concerns and emergent issues. Although successful, challenges continue.

Kim is the CEO of the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), an independent administrative tribunal dedicated to preserving agricultural land and encouraging farming in British Columbia. Kim is a registered professional Agrologist with the BC Institute of Agrologists and a registered professional planner with the Planning Institute of BC and Canadian Institute of Planners. Prior to her appointment with the ALC in December 2015, Kim spent over 17 years working for local government in numerous roles, including chief administrative officer (CAO), deputy CAO, director of operations and development services, and manager of development and environmental services.  Kim has also worked for several environmental NGO groups.

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Thesis Defense – SOIL- PhD – Hughie Jones

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

Doctor of Philosophy (SOIL)

Hughie Jones

Effect of Different Plastic Films as Soil Mulches and in Low Tunnels on
Crop Microclimate and Production

Friday, November 15, 2019 at 9:00 am
Room 200 of the Graduate Student Centre (6371 Crescent Road).

EXAMINING COMMITTEE  

Chair: Dr. R. Stull 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. A. Black – Supervisor
Dr. A.  Christen – Committee member
Dr. M. Johnson – Committee member
Dr. S. Smukler – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. A. Black – Supervisor
Dr. M. Johnson – Committee member
Dr. S. Smukler – Committee member
Dr. N. Coops – University examiner
Dr. M. Novak – University examiner

Everyone is welcome

Thesis Defense -AANB – PhD – Lucia Amendola Saavedra

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

Doctor of Philosophy (AANB)

Lucia Amendola Saavedra

Understanding Individual Variation in Rat Responses to Carbon Dioxide

Monday, November 18, 2019 at 9:00 am
Room 350 – MacMillan Building

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. J. Vercammen 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. D. Weary – Supervisor|
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk  – Committee member
Dr. C. Schuppli – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. D. Weary – Supervisor
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk  – Committee member
Dr. C. Schuppli – Committee member
Dr. D. Fraser – University examiner
Dr. B. MacLeod – University examiner

Everyone is welcome