The Gary & Consuelo Corbett Canada-U.S. Fellowships Program provides well-funded opportunities for UBC students to go to the University of Washington for Exchange! The University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast, founded in 1861, with over 31,000 undergraduate students. You can experience a semester abroad at a US university with little financial impact and become part of an elite group of scholars.

Value: The value of this award is dependent on the length of your Exchange program at the University of Washington

• $4,000 (USD) for a Term 1 Exchange: September 2024-December 2024
• $8,000 (USD) for a Term 2 Exchange: January 2025-June 2025
• $12,000 (USD) for a Full Year Exchange: September 2024-June 2025

Eligibility:

• This program is open to both Undergraduate and Graduate students
• You must hold Canadian citizenship or P.R.
• Students from all Faculties and disciplines are welcome to apply-click to view University of Washington Seattle’s Course Offerings

• Priority will be given to students who have attended high school in British Columbia
• Priority will be given to students who wish to participate in longer Exchange programs (Full Year or Term 2)

 

To apply for the award:

1. Check the complete eligibility requirements for exchange
2. Log on to Gateway
3. Click on the “Search Experiences” tab.
4. Search “Corbett” in the “Keywords” section. This will bring up the application in our Gateway system. Submit before the deadline.
5. In addition, complete the application on the Corbett Exchange Scholars Program page: https://jsis.washington.edu/canada/funding/corbett-program/information/

Deadline: December 13, 2023 11:59 p.m.

Please contact go.global@ubc.ca if you have any questions.

Nov. 2: Join the SFU and Forward Food Summit – Deepening Local Roots in Food Service (Plant-Based Edition)

Are you a:

• food service, sustainability and/or nutrition professional?
• leader or decision maker in hospitality, restaurants, retailers and/or consumer-packaged goods?
• student who is beginning their career in the food industry?

On November 2, world-class speakers from multidisciplinary backgrounds will be sharing their knowledge and expertise around the benefits of plant-based foods. This event is presented by SFU Roots and Humane Society International/Canada.

Networking for Food Service Professionals
With 24 chefs participating in the training, and 150+ attendees attending the summit, food service professionals will be able to network with leaders in the industry and learn from each other.

Tradeshow
At the November 2 Summit tradeshow, 12 industry innovators will showcase and sample their plant-based products. Food service professionals can network with these experts and learn about products trending in the industry.

Learn More:  https://www.sfu.ca/food/programs/roots/food-summit-2023.html

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Karen Lee (She, Her, Hers)
Director of Marketing and Communications
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 5297 | Cell 604 312 6343
karen.lee98@ubc.ca | @ubcLFS
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca

Next week’s IRES Seminar is in the Michael Smith Labs Theatre:

October 26, 2023: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Tom Green

Tackling climate change and advancing planetary boundaries: an ecological economist’s forays into research, teaching, policy and advocacy.

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Location: Michael Smith Labs Theatre, Room 102, 2185 East Mall

No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.

Click here to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.

Talk summary:

Ecological economists posit that rather than having GDP growth as the goal that trumps all others, societies should seek to build just and resilient economies that support human and ecosystem wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Long concerned about the accelerating ecological crisis, an ecological economist has worked in different capacities, driven by a desire to help shift society away from an economic path that is breaching multiple planetary boundaries and degrading the natural systems that humanity depends upon. His career has included working for an Indigenous government to advance land rights, as an academic researcher and university lecturer, and as a policy adviser working for environmental organizations. This engaging talk will be of interest to those who are interested in how those who draw upon an ecological economics perspective can inform education, advocacy and policy and the roadblocks, frustrations and windows of opportunity that emerge in a world still largely entangled in an economic worldview of ever growing GDP and consumption.

Dr. Tom Green, Senior Climate Policy Adviser, David Suzuki Foundation

Bio:

Tom Green is Senior Climate Policy Adviser at the David Suzuki Foundation, working to advance climate policies to rapidly reduce emissions and accelerate the shift to a clean economy that delivers wellbeing within planetary boundaries. He advocates for strong federal and provincial climate policies, including on methane, transportation, clean energy transition and carbon pricing.

From 2019 to 2022, he led the foundation’s Clean Power Pathways project, a collaboration with university research partners that coupled strategic electricity decarbonization modelling research with public engagement to advance a national zero-emissions electricity grid by 2035.

Tom has carried out research and taught at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia, Simon Fraser University, Royal Roads University, Quest University Canada and the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics. He has a PhD from the University of British Columbia.

Tom previously worked as socio-economic advisor for Rainforest Solutions Project, a coalition of environmental groups that helped set aside 3.1 million hectares of BC’s Great Bear Rainforest. He also was environmental advisor and assistant to the chief negotiator for the Innu Nation.

See you next Thursday in the Michael Smith Labs Theatre!

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Bonnie Leung

RES Program Support (she/her/hers)

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)

Room 429 – 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada

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For next this we have an exciting panel called Economic Pathways to a Sustainable Climate and Environment: A panel Discussion with UBC Environmental and Resource Economists featuring several of our faculty members.

As always, we highly appreciate if you can share with the LFS students and community through your channels. All information is below and posted on our social media channels.

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/school/master-of-food-and-resource-economics

Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/mfreUBC

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mfreUBC/

Thank you!

Alejandro

 

Economic Pathways to a Sustainable Climate and Environment:

A panel Discussion with UBC Environmental and Resource Economists

 

Date: Friday, October 20, 2023

Time: 3:00-4:30 pm

Location: Sauder School of Business. Room Henry Angus 241

 

 

MFRE Industry Insights Series

Connecting Students to Industry Leaders

Join this weekly series which features industry experts and provides students first-hand knowledge of the important issues that are rapidly reshaping the current climate, food and environmental sector.

Every Friday 3 pm

Visit our website for more information and upcoming speakers.