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Dear ECOSCOPE faculty and trainees,

 

Please disseminate the following to your listservs and individuals who may be interested:

 

Dear UBC graduate students,

 

We are currently recruiting UBC graduate students from all faculties for ECOSCOPE’s 2019-2020 cohort! Our advanced training program bridges the gap between science and industry through education, networking with local entrepreneurs, and internships in industry. If you are interested in learning more about our program, please come to one of our information sessions or visit ecoscope.ubc.ca.

 

The Ecosystem Services, Commercialization Platforms and Entrepreneurship (ECOSCOPE) industrial stream NSERC CREATE training program provides UBC students and post-docs with the skills needed to translate environmental sequence information derived from studying microbial communities in natural and engineered ecosystems into commercial and entrepreneurial activities.

 

Best wishes,

Jennifer

 

Jennifer Bonderoff, Ph.D

ECOSCOPE Network Coordinator
The University of British Columbia
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Life Sciences Institute
2505-2350 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
604-827-4216

 

Make your voice heard and participate in the Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey (CGPSS)! Past CGPSS findings have been used to help better understand what the university is doing right, and to inform resource allocation decisions and needed change.  You have received a unique link by email to an online questionnaire, which should take approximately 30 minutes to complete. The CGPSS will be accessible until April 4, 2019.

Your voice is important! 

Registration is now open for:

Submitting Your Thesis, Thu, Apr 04 |09:30 to 10:30 |Event and registration details here

The Steps for Planning your Doctoral Exam, Thu, Apr 04 | 10:45 to 12:00 |Event and registration details here

Submitting Your Thesis (WEBINAR), Thu, Apr 04 |1 to 2 pm | Event and registration details here

The Steps for Planning your Doctoral Exam (WEBINAR), Thu, Apr 04 | 2:15 to 3:30 pm | Event and registration details here

 

Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for other opportunities including:

Career Building

Visiting and Working in the US, Mar 27

Think of a Living: The Rise of the Knowledge Worker & Gig Economy (WEBINAR), Mar 26

Say ‘Yes’ to Success (WEBINAR), Apr 25

 

Work on Campus

Digital & Social Media Assistant in Office of Indigenous Education and Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP); 8 hrs/week

 

Grad School Success

R for statistical analysis (Introduction), Mar 27

NVivo (Part 2) for Mac, Apr 2

Writing Community for Graduate Students, Apr 2, Apr 4

SPSS for statistical analysis (Introduction), Apr 3

R Study Group,  Apr 3 

Choose the right Citation Management Tool, Apr 4

 

Events

Map the System UBC Final,  Mar 26

 

Please let me know if you have questions!
Thank you,

Jacqui.

Jacqui Brinkman, MSc
Director, Graduate Student Professional Development
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueum Traditional Territory
170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca | @ubcgradschool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

Please notify Lia about your intention of applying by April 19, 2019 (needs time to prepare your transcripts).

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DEADLINE = WEDNESDAY, MAY 1^ST

Attached, please find the LFS Major (Greater Than $10,000) Graduate Awards application package (including instructions).

The application deadline is Wednesday, May 1^st.  By this deadline, all supporting documentation as well as a signed, scanned application must be received.  It is the student’s responsibility to ensure their references have been submitted by the deadline.

Please note – there are several changes for this year’s competition:

• The George Weston Ltd. Doctoral Fellowship is new for this year.  The $60,000 fund will provide three $20,000 awards to PhD students and is open to students in AABI, PLNT, SOIL, FOOD or ISLFS.  Unlike all other LFS Major Awards, this award will be awarded and assigned in May 2019.  All other LFS Major Awards will be offered to nominated students in late August and payments will start in September 2019.

• You are now required to provide a brief rationale for each award you wish to be considered for.  This rationale should explain how your area of research meets the award description.  You also must confirm that your supervisor agrees that you are eligible for award consideration.

• Award applications must be submitted electronically as an email attachment.  Lia will confirm receipt of your electronically submitted application with an email.

• We will no longer have a Round 2 4YF competition as part of the LFS Major Awards.  4YF’s will be assigned in Feb/March each year.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Shelley

Shelley Small
Manager, Graduate Programs
The University of British Columbia
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Room 344 MacMillan Building – 2357 Main Mall
Vancouver BC  V6T 1Z4
Phone:  604-822-4593       Fax:  604-822-4400
lfs.gradmgr@ubc.ca          www.landfood.ubc.ca

Location: Michael Smith Labs, Room 101, 2185 East Mall
Refreshments: 12:45-1 pm
Meeting time: 1-2 pm

At the next LFS Community meeting give your input into the LFS Learning Centre’s Strategic Plan in a session led by Cyprien Lomas, Assistant Dean, Learning Technologies and Director, LFS Learning Centre.

The LFS Learning Centre is many things to many people – but is it doing the right things?  UBC has a new strategic plan and we are four years into the LFS Action Plan. UBC has upgraded the Learning Management System to Canvas and is implementing many changes and guidelines, like Privacy Matters, to modernize our working environment.  What capacities do we need within the Faculty to ensure we are able to reach our full potential with teaching and learning, communication and IT tools and infrastructure going forward. Come to this community meeting to share your ideas with the LFS Learning Centre – all are welcome!

Application Deadline is: April 2nd .

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Job Title:  Biodiversity Coordinator  (Posting ID: 862968)

Department: Sustainability + Engineering and SEEDS Sustainability Program, Campus + Community Planning, VP External Relations

Work Period/Hours: May 1st, 2019 to August 31st, 2019 (Total 300 hours, approx. 20 hours per week)

Wage: $21.00

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration (CBIRD) and inform the development of UBC’s emerging Urban Forest Management Plan and Biodiversity Strategy.

Specific Duties:

• Facilitate the development of new, and coordinating existing partnerships with biodiversity stakeholders including campus staff, students, faculty and external community partners;
• Facilitate a campus-based Biodiversity Steering Committee made up of faculty, staff and students;
• Perform secondary research and environmental scans into best practices to inform the development of the emerging UBC Urban Forest Management Plan and Biodiversity Strategy;
• Work with staff and community partners to identify urban biodiversity challenges and opportunities, and create clearly defined research project proposals that can be integrated with suitable senior level UBC undergraduate and graduate courses.
  • Key priority areas include scoping research that can contribute to a baseline of campus biodiversity assets, business case that articulated the benefits of biodiversity, key drivers in to biodiversity loss, pilot projects to test ideas and increase community engagement;
• Develop and submit funding applications as required;

 

Application Deadline/Process:  Please submit Resume, Cover Letter, Professional Writing Sample (one page max)  via UBC Careers Online by April 2, 2019.

 

Cheers,

Liska Richer

Manager, UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program

Community Development | Campus and Community Planning

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus

Main Office #3331 -3^rd Floor, 2260 West Mall, CIRS Building | Vancouver, BC  Canada V6T 1Z1

Phone 604 822 3270  |  Cell 604 722 5056

Liska.richer@ubc.ca

www.sustain.ubc.ca |  www.planning.ubc.ca  |  @ubc_candcp| Donate to SEEDS