IFSA UBC Writing Challenge: Future of Our Forests – Deadline February 14

Have you always wanted to share your research on forests with a wide audience, but haven’t gotten the right opportunity to spread the word? Well, you are in luck!

 

This writing challenge is an open call for all students to share about problems and/or solutions related to the world’s forests. Each entry must be approximately 700-1000 words long. The top THREE submissions will each receive a $150 GIFT CARD to the UBC BOOKSTORE, will be published in the IFSA Tree News and will also be invited to attend a public appreciation event co-hosted by IFSA UBC and the GLOBAL LOUNGE!

• You can write about your research or your personal/professional experience related to forests
• You can even write about a topic related to forests and sustainability that you feel is important and you would like to explore.   
• The write-up should be compelling and easily understandable to a lay audience.
• Be creative, engage the reader with a good story.
• Don’t hesitate to include infographics, pictures, tables, charts.

If you have any questions please write to us at ifsa.ubc@gmail.com

Please send your submissions to ifsa.ubc@g

 

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Other Conference Information:

Conference Website: https://www.kpu.ca/pbfs2018

Twitter:

Conference handle: @placebasedfood #pbfs2018
Institute for Sustainable Food Systems handle: @ISFS_BC

Place-based food systems conference description
Short Blurb:

Place-Based Food Systems 2018: Making the Case, Making It Happen
Metro Vancouver, August 9-10th, 2018

This two-day conference will draw together academics and community leaders to share the latest research and actions on building capacity for and empowering, place – based food systems. Participants will leave fortified with knowledge and understanding of the latest and best work making the case for place-based food systems, as well as innovative practices putting place-based food systems to into action. The event aims to give participants an empowering vision of the critical role that place-based food systems can and will play in achieving our sustainable economic, ecological, and societal futures, as well as a revitalized dedication to strategic, collaborative, and forceful strategies moving forward. Call for presentations and papers is now open! Visit https://www.kpu.ca/pbfs2018 for details.

. Participants will leave fortified with knowledge and understanding of the latest and best work making the case for place-based food systems, as well as innovative practices putting place-based food systems to into action.  The event aims to give participants an empowering vision of the critical role that place-based food systems can and will play in achieving our sustainable economic, ecological, and societal futures, as well as a revitalized dedication to strategic, collaborative, and forceful strategies moving forward. Call for presentations and papers is now open! Visit https://www.kpu.ca/pbfs2018 for details.

Registration is open for this year’s Think Global, Link Local 2018 Networking Breakfast, hosted by the United Nations Association of Canada-Vancouver! This is an event for students and recent graduates to meet and learn from professionals in local charities, non-profit and civil society organizations. 

Tickets on sale now at Eventbrite. 

Get your Early bird tickets now until February 19th for $25 (plus fee). Regular priced tickets, after early bird special, are priced at $35 (plus fee). 

New this year! Buy your raffle tickets ahead of time on Eventbrite for some amazing prizes! Check Eventbrite for details. 

This year’s event is on March 15th at 8:00 am – 10:30 am PST
 Location: Holiday Inn, 711 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC.

~A light breakfast will be served~ 

Information about this year’s organizations is added everyday! Check out the website for updates. 

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram!

Facebook: @UNAVancouver

Twitter: UNACVanvouver

Instagram: unacvancouver

 

Sincerely,

Student Organizers

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

on behalf of United Nations Association of Canada – Vancouver Branch

thinkgloballinklocal@gmail.com

Waitlist registration is now open for the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) March 24, 25, 31 2018.  The ISW is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation. In addition, graduate students in STEM departments are eligible to become CIRTL associates upon completion of the workshop.   The ISW is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience.  Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.

IMPORTANT: The workshop runs from 8:15am-5:00pm. Please note you must be able to attend all three days, i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop.  Please find attached the policy for registering in an ISW and an FAQ sheet.

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the March 24, 25, 31 2018 ISW, please go to the following link and sign-up: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-march-24-25-31-2018/ . Waitlist registration will close on Friday at 4:30pm. By clicking this link, you can register for the waitlist, however this does not register you for the workshop. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted directly by our office.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Julia 

Julia Levasseur
Senior Events Program Assistant
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 822 0064
julia.levasseur@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT
http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca/

Intercultural Fluency and Excellence in the Graduate Supervision Context  

A Symposium for Faculty, Staff and Students 

SAVE THE DATE:

Thursday May 10, 2018

11:30 AM –‐ 4:00 PM

St John’s College, lunch served 

Keynote speaker: Nanda Dimitrov

Building Effective Graduate Student Supervisor Relationships Across Cultures

 

Dr. Nanda Dimitrov is the Director of the Teaching Support Centre at Western University, and adjunct research scholar in

the Centre for Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher

Education.