The power shutdown for the MacMillan Building is scheduled for this Sunday, March 10th from 7:30AM-3:30PM in order to repair one of the high voltage switches in the MacMillan unit substation. This work will affect all areas of the MacMillan building and result in restricted occupancy during this period due to lighting, HVAC, and life safety systems being offline.

It is suggested that Faculty and staff shut down desktop computers, external USB devices and any sensitive equipment prior to the outage.

Any questions please contact Andy Jeffries (andy.jeffries@ubc.ca).

We want to hear from you! If you want to help the UBC Learning Analytics project develop new tools to help your learning, read on!

My name is Brianne Lee and I’m an undergraduate student currently working on the Learning Analytics Project at UBC. We are interested in developing data-driven tools for students and are looking for your feedback on which tools you would like to see to help your learning. Here is a short 5 minute survey to introduce you to some potential tools and collect your feedback: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e3ejSvcslkecfpH?src=abt

We have also scheduled a drop-in consultation session where you can find out more about the Learning Analytics project and provide feedback on the tools we are currently building. The next opportunity to attend is Thursday March 14th anytime from 12-2 PM in BUCH B316.

Please complete our survey for your chance to win a $50 UBC gift card. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at brianne.lee@ubc.ca

Thanks,

Brianne

Engagement Specialist (Learning Analytics Project)

W: https://learninganalytics.ubc.ca

MFRE Speaker Series

Speaker: Ian McLachlan, Manager – Climate Action, B.C. Ministry of Agriculture

Topic: Climate Change For Innovation

Date & Time: Friday March 8, 2019 3:30pm

Venue: MCML 160

About the Speaker:

Ian helped set up the Ministry’s climate action team in 2008, and has led the team and the climate change file since 2012. In 2013 he worked with the B.C. Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative to develop, launch, and implement an industry-led climate change adaptation program funded with $6 million over 5 years (now renewed to 2023). Before joining the Ministry, Ian’s career included working on tax and economic policy with the Saskatchewan Finance Ministry, doing economic evaluations on international oil and gas projects with a major Canadian energy company, supporting the B.C. Chief Forester to make allowable annual cut determinations, and providing socio-economic and environmental assessments for strategic land use plans in Central Coast, North Coast, Sea-to-Sky, Haida Gwaii, Lillooet, Morice, and elsewhere in B.C.

All are welcome!

Kind 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
http://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca

BC Agriculture and Climate Change Education Series – Second Module

ADAPTATION CONCEPTS AND INITIATIVES 

Emily MacNair, Director of the BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative (CAI) 

 

Thursday March 7th – 6.30pm-8.30pm

Orchard Commons Room (ORCH) 3074, third floor (6363 Agronomy Rd) – UBC campus

In this second module, you will extend your knowledge of the impacts of climate change on the BC agriculture sector, and explore considerations surrounding both regional and farm scale adaptation. MacNair will also outline the importance of collaboration in identifying and implementing adaptation strategies, and will use case study examples to highlight current work being done in the province to support adaptation in the BC agriculture sector. During the session, we will access to the Slido platform to facilitate questions and undertake interactive polls; please bring a smartphone or laptop with you. Light snacks and drinks are provided previous to the event. Registration is free at claudia.paez@ubc.ca

Please spread the word, everybody is welcome!

 

 

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The Education Series is a joint endeavor with the BC Agricultural Climate Adaptation Research Network (ACARN) and the BC Ministry of Agriculture, and is hosted in collaboration with six education institutions across the province –UBC Vancouver & Okanagan; UNBC Prince George & Terrace; KPU Richmond; TRU Kamloops; NLC Fort St. John; UFV Abbotsford. 

Go Global Okanagan is trying to reach a larger pool of graduate students for a Global Seminar Program run out of our Okanagan campus with a focus around sustainability. The seminar will run from Sept 5 – 14, 2018 and will have students go to Kluane Lake in the Yukon to explore, in short, how historical and contemporary interactions between humans and the environment have shaped the present landscape.

Our hope is that you will be able to promote this opportunity to students through e-mail communication more effectively than we are able to. Students can reference our webpage for further information. If you would like any further information to assist in any promotions, please do not hesitate to ask. The deadline to apply is May 12, 2019 and we hope to have a mix of students from the Okanagan and Vancouver! Last year we had 6 students, 3 from O and 3 from V, who all spoke very highly of their experience taking part in this program.

For any promotions that are sent out, you can use the following excerpt:

“Using the Kluane Lake region, Yukon Territory as our study area, you will be exploring how historical and contemporary interactions between humans and the environment have shaped the present landscape.  You will also explore how environmental and social drivers of change shape the landscape over scales of space and time, and discuss future resilience and vulnerability in this context. The field component of the course will cover present-day perspectives and visions of the landscape and use by different groups, as well as historical and contemporary natural resource management governance systems & approaches by First Nations, Parks Canada, and the territorial government.

Please go to http://students.ok.ubc.ca/global/outgoing/gsp/current-programs/Landscapes_as_Complex_Social-Ecological_Systems__Kluane_Lake__Yukon.html for more information. The deadline to apply is May 30, 2018.”

Thank you very much for your time and any assistance you can provide!

Matt Harling
Go Global Advisor
Advising & Involvement Centre
The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus
UNC 207 – 3272 University Way | Kelowna British Columbia | V1V 1V7 Canada
Phone 250 807 9763
matt.harling@ubc.ca | @GoGlobalUBCO
http://students.ok.ubc.ca/global/welcome.html