UBC Farm Workshops: Registration Open!

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The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems is excited to announce that registration for the second half of our 2019 workshop series is now open!

The UBC Farm hosts a wide range of workshops covering everything from gardening to herbal medicine, making fiber, fermenting, foraging, and much more. This year, we have added several new workshops and brought back many favourites. All of our workshops are beginner friendly and open to everyone, so please share with your networks!

For more details and to register, visit http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/workshops/ or view our list of workshops below.

Please sign up early, as popular workshops sell out; and workshops with insufficient registration are cancelled five days prior. To stay informed of new workshop offerings and other events at the UBC Farm, please sign up for our newsletter: http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/contact-us/ubc-farm-newsletter/

We hope to see you at the UBC Farm soon!

Sincerely,

Selin Oguz
Food Skills Education Intern
Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory

CHANGE OF DATE – Annual LFS Faculty and Staff BBQ – Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

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CHANGE OF DATE – Annual LFS Faculty and Staff BBQ –  Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

Please note the date of the Annual LFS Faculty and Staff BBQ has been changed:

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 12:00 – 2:00pm
FNH Building courtyard, 2205 East Mall

Call for volunteers – Faculty BBQ on July 10
The LFS Faculty BBQ will take place on Wednesday, July 10. We are looking for volunteers to help out.  If you would like to be part of the volunteer team, please contact Rebecca at dean.landfood@ubc.ca.

RSVP to rsvp@landfood.ubc.ca by noon on Monday, July 8, 2019

Please indicate:

1. How many of you will be attending? How many children?
2. Omnivore, vegetarian or vegan? Let us know.

The planning committee is busy preparing for a fun and relaxing picnic, with lots of food, grilled salmon, corn-on-the-cob, chips, hotdogs, burgers, grilled veggies, salad, fresh fruit, drinks, and more.  And of course, birthday sweets and/or desserts to celebrate our July birthdays!

If anyone is interested in providing free entertainment, please contact Wayne at wayne.tamagi@ubc.ca

This event is open to all family members. To encourage waste reduction, please bring your own cutlery, plates and cups!

Thesis Defense – MSc – PLNT

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

MASTER OF SCIENCE  (PLANT SCIENCE)

 

CHELSEA GOWTON

“Exposure to volatile organic compounds from peppermint as a management strategy for Drosophila suzukii” 

Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 9:30 am
Room 350, MacMillan Bldg. 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr. L. Lavkulich 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. J. Carrillo – Supervisor
Dr. M. Isman – Committee member
Dr. P. Abram – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. J. Carrillo – Supervisor
Dr. M. Isman – Committee member
Dr. P. Abram – Committee member
Dr. S. Smukler – External

Everyone is welcome

Developing Highly Skilled Professionals – MFRE May Workshops and Seminars

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The MFRE program has just published a news post about our summer workshops & seminars. If appropriate, please feel free to share the link to our latest post with all faculty and students. Thank you!

Developing Highly Skilled Professionals – MFRE May Workshops and Seminars

It’s summer and MFRE students are on their way with their Graduating Projects. In other words, they are officially immersed in the professional world, working in industry and academic projects. To prepare for this challenge they attended professional development workshops and seminars to equip themselves with communication skills, research methods, product development tools and data analysis techniques. 

Read more about these workshops and seminars here

Developing Highly Skilled Professionals – MFRE May Workshops and Seminars | UBC

mfre.landfood.ubc.ca

Throughout the MFRE program students undertake a professional development course where they gain valuable experience and skills through workshops and seminars led by industry professionals. It’s summer and MFRE students are on their way with their graduating projects.

To stay in the loop on all our news & stories, please visit our News page.

Regards,

Shristee

Shristee Rahman  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Land and Food Systems | Master of Food and Resource Economics
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
348A-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
shristee.rahman@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca

Dairy Centre Open House – July 20th

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You may have seen in LFS Today that the Dairy Centre Open House will be held on July 20, from 9 am to 4 pm.  Meet student researchers and see the exciting research being conducted in animal welfare, animal reproduction and resource recovery.

For cyclists, this is the same day as the Agassiz Farms Cycle Tour which is a self-guided cycle route to explore other farms in the area.

 

Dairy Centre Open House – July 20 2019

 

Lesley Dampier  MSc PAg (She, Her, Hers)
Applied Biology Program Coordinator
Animal Welfare Program Research Coordinator

Room 191 MacMillan
Phone 604 822 2794
lesley.dampier@ubc.ca
https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/undergraduate/applied-biology/  |  https://awp.landfood.ubc.ca/