Why an AGM matters to you ? 

http://gss.ubc.ca/news/why-an-agm-matters-to-you/ An Annual General Meeting isn’t sexy. I get that. Most GSS members are probably more excited by the social and professional development events the society runs, but that doesn’t mean the AGM isn’t important to all of you. We’re currently in the process of electing next year’s GSS Executive Officers. I mention that, not just to encourage you all to vote, but because one of the most important things about the GSS is that it is run by graduate students for graduate students.  It is your society, and the elected officers are there to promote and protect the academic, social, and recreational interests of the members. Although we have regular council meetings the AGM is one of the best opportunities for UBC graduate students to help shape the future of the GSS.

At this year’s AGM we’re discussing some of the most important parts of the GSS’s work. One of the topics under the discussion will be how graduate students benefit from our fees paid to the AMS and what student services could be improved for graduate students. We’ll also be looking at student contributions to the GSS AMS Health and Dental Plan.

But even aside from these topics, the AGM is a forum to raise any issues that matter to you as a UBC graduate student and a member of the GSS. This could be supervision, mental health, transport or access to social spaces. Your involvement with the future of the GSS shouldn’t stop once elections are over and the views and feedback you provide at the AGM will help the elected officers decide the priorities of the society for the next year. 

Taran Dhillon 

The Annual General Meeting will be held on March 14th, 2018. Free catered dinner will be provided!

Graduate Students of UBC Vancouver: Your presence is important at the AGM in order to secure a quorum and vote!

RSVP here.

Questions?

Email info@gss.ubc.ca or visit the AGM website at gss.ubc.ca/redefine/agm

Centre for Food, Resource and Environmental Economics (CFREE) Seminar Series 

Speaker: Brian Dillon, University of Washington

Topic: Communication, Search, and Mobile Phones: A Telephone Directory Intervention in Tanzania

Date/Time: Friday, 9th March 2018, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Venue: MacMillan (MCML) 139 

More details

 

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

Food in Space Event

The MacMillan Space Centre will be hosting a range of space events for the public and Let’s Talk Science will be hosting a booth on March 19 and 20th at their event to demonstrate to the public how food is grown in space. We will even be giving out tomato seeds that were harvested in the International Space Station! Join us at the Food in Space event to help demonstrate to people how we grow food in zero gravity. 

Who: Public

When: March 19th 11am-4pm AND/OR March 20th 11am-4pm

Where: HR MacMillan Space Centre (1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC)

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/nprCdhM6GAcSJdlY2

 

Uhill Elementary BBQ

Join UBCLTS and University Hill Elementary for the Annual uHill Elementary Earth Day BBQ! The Earth DayBBQ is an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate the environment. We are looking for 4-6 volunteers to run some fun, crowd pleasing activities, including Edible DNA, H2Woah, and Smell your way Home for students and their families. Materials and training will be provided and volunteers will be provided with delicious barbecue!
Who: Elementary Students
When: April 19th, 4:30pm-7pm
Where: UHill Elementary School (5395 Chancellor Blvd, UBC Campus)

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/5a8kOIQLUbDIe8Gr1

Highlands EcoFEST

Highlands Elementary is running a full day event to promote Earth Day and teach students about environmental issues. They have partnered up with Let’s Talk Science to bring workshops to their classroom about issues such as overfishing (Activity: Salmon Jenga). We are looking for volunteers to help run hands-on workshops for students. Multi-shifts will be available. Sign up for your preferred shifts. There are 8 available workshops, please sign up for at least 2. 
Who: Elementary Students
When: April 26th: 9-9:30; 9:30-10; 10-10:30; 11-11:30; 11:30-12; 12-12:30; 1:15-1:45; 1:45-2:15
Where: Highlands Elementary (3150 Colwood Dr, North Vancouver, BC)

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/H7lPdjC6gOAJ7YX23

Thank you! 

Cheers, 

Evelyn

Community Events Coordinator

 

Email: community@ubclts.com

Website: www.ubclts.com

Twitter: @ubclts

You’re Invited: Insights from Women and People of Colour Leading Change 

On Wednesday, March 14th, join the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Equity & Inclusion Office, and alumni UBC, and hear insights from and celebrate women and people of colour championing race and gender equality. Learn from and connect with others working to make communities inclusive and welcoming to all. 

Opening Remarks: The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General

Moderator: Anita Bathe – CBC Reporter, News at 6pm 

Speakers:

• Cicely Blain, BA ’16 – Writer, facilitator, activist, artist, and founder, Black Lives Matter Vancouver;
• Shushma Datt, OBC – Recognized Indo-Canadian Broadcaster, SPICE RADIO 1200 AM
• Leonora C. Angeles, Ph.D – Associate Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
• Patricia Barkaskas – Academic Director, Indigenous Community Legal Clinic and Instructor, Peter A. Allard School of Law 

Event Host: Dr. Jennifer Love – UBC Senior Advisor on Women Faculty 

This event is part of efforts to recognize and celebrate the International Women’s Day (March 8^th) and the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21^st). 

Reserve your seat! 

Thank you again! 

Marko

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Marko Pajalic  MA
Communications Manager
UBC Equity & Inclusion Office
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2306 – 1874 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 827 2384
marko.pajalic@ubc.ca | https://twitter.com/EquityUBCV
http://www.equity.ubc.ca | http://www.equity.ok.ubc.ca

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

For Teachers and Education Professionals 

 

PART-TIME GRADUATE COHORT PROGRAM

MEd in Education for Sustainability (EFS2)

Engage in Real-World Sustainability Projects

Begins: August 2018
Delivery: Face-to-face, UBC & CityStudio Vancouver

Application Deadline: March 30, 2018 

This innovative MEd cohort program will engage participants in real-world projects enmeshed in questions of learning and scholarship. 

This partnership program features an Adaptive Education model, which builds a pedagogical bridge that ties the project and classroom to the community. Participants will consult on, experiment with, and co-create solutions that address problems which come to light in the course of working with the City of Vancouver on sustainability priorities.

The unique structure of this program includes a body of advisers and experts that support classroom-based research projects and instructors who act as research designers to facilitate group projects with real-world outcomes. Participants will:

§  develop a critical awareness of the concepts of education and sustainability, how they relate, and their implications;

§  demonstrate their learning throughout the program, thereby increasing their employability;

§  build their abilities to work with governments and other partners by collaborating with city staff on sustainability policies;

§  embody the knowledge and skills associated with community building, political engagement, social movement participation, real-world research, design, dialogue, network building, and knowledge dissemination. 

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Interested in Sustainability, Education & real-world projects? Check out @edstUBC‘s Education for Sustainability program offered in partnership with @CityStudioVan and supported by @CityofVancouver + @MetroVancouver staff: pdce.educ.ubc.ca/EFS2.