Invitation: Provide Feedback on Forestry and LFS Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Proposal

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Dear Members of the Faculties of Forestry and Land and Food Systems,

As some of you may know, UBC has launched an application process for a Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative:

https://academic.ubc.ca/faculty-careers/black-faculty-cohort-hiring-initiative

The Faculty of Forestry and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems see this as an important initiative and opportunity to recruit excellent scholars into our programs. We are in the process of developing a joint application in the interdisciplinary area of Food-Forest-(Bio)Fuels.  With apologies for the short notice, we would like to invite Black students, staff and faculty in both Faculties to join us for an open house to discuss the initiative and our joint application.

Meeting Details

In Person: Forest Sciences Centre 4001 (Boardroom)

Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/65420099087?pwd=MzR1UzB4SDZYdHUveC9iZEo1ZlltUT09

Time: Tuesday, May 16th, 10 am (PST)

Sincerely,

Forestry-LFS Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative Committee

Will Valley (Associate Dean, EDI, LFS)

Hisham Zerriffi (Associate Dean, EDI, Forestry)

Alex Moore (Assistant Professor, Forestry)

Warren Cardinal-McTeague (Assistant Professor, Forestry)

Nicholas Grant (Research Facilitator, LFS)

GradUpdate – Self-Identification in the Workplace, West Coast Virtual Career Fair, Policy Reports, Communications Strategy for Policy, Creative Commons Licenses, Collaborative Pathways to Decolonize/Indigenize Teaching and Learning, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Self-Identification in the Workplace, West Coast Virtual Career Fair, Policy Reports, Communications Strategy for Policy, Creative Commons Licenses, Collaborative Pathways to Decolonize/Indigenize Teaching and Learning, and more.

Seats available

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures
Online | Tuesday, May 16 | 2 – 3:15 pm Register

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success
Receive a free Gallup CliftonStrengths Assessment; learn your top 5 strengths
Online | Thursday, May 18 | 3 – 4:30 pm Register

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023-24
Completing your doctoral degree prior to Sept 30, 2024? UBC’s internal Banting Fellowships Competition deadline is 9 am, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Learn more and how to apply for Canada’s most prestigious postdoctoral award on the Postdoctoral Fellows Office Banting Competition page.

For official information, eligibility criteria, regulations, and procedures, visit the Banting website.

Designing for Transformation
A free, non-credit course available to UBC graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows, from across disciplines, to build capacities to empower transformative change, grounded in equity-centred and decolonizing methodologies!
Online | Module 1: Tuesdays, May 16, 23, & 30 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Learn more and register by May 14

Anti-Racism Response Training (ART)
Online | Canadian Association for Graduate Studies event | $50
Thursday, May 25 | 8:30 – 11:30 am or 12:30 – 3:30 pm PT Register by May 21

Using Zotero for Citation Management Tool
Online | Monday, May 15 | 4:30 – 6 pm Register

Creative Commons and Copyleft Trolls
Open session of the Program for Open Scholarship and Education | learn more about Creative Commons licenses
Online | Tuesday, May 16 | 1 – 2 pm Register

CAREER

Employer Info Sessions
Online | Ontario Pension Plan | Recruiting for undergraduate/graduate students to fill 100+ internship and new grad opportunities in their Finance, Investments, Audit, Information Technology, and People & Culture teams.
Tuesday, May 16 | 9 – 10 am Learn more
In-person | Greenlight Innovation | Learn about the fuel cell industry, their products, and the exciting co-op and full-time open positions available
Tuesday, May 16 | 12 – 1 pm Learn more

West Coast Virtual Fair: Career, Volunteer, and Graduate Schools
Online | Wednesday & Thursday, May 17 & 18 | 10 am – 3 pm
Curious about where your degree can take you? Connect with 80+ employers, graduate schools, volunteer organizations and professional programs to explore your options. Full details and list of exhibitors here.

Self-Identification in the Workplace
West Coast Virtual Fair preparation webinar | Learn about your employment rights and obligations, how to approach self-disclosure and accommodation in the workplace
Online | Tuesday, May 9 | 11 am – 12 pm Register.

RESEARCH

Introduction to Docker
Online | Thursday, May 18 | 12 – 2 pm Register

Machine Learning: Finding pre-trained models for transfer learning
In-person | Friday, May 19 | 1 – 2:30 pm | Join the waiting list.

TEACHING

Positionality: How History and Place Inform your Teaching Practice
Online | Monday, May 8 | 11 am – 12 pm Register.

Holding Indigenous Topics with Care in the Classroom
Online | Tuesday, May 9 | 10 – 11:30 am Register.

Guiding Students in Incorporating Multi-Modal Land Acknowledgements
In-person | Tuesday, May 9 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register.

Working Alongside: Collaborative Pathways to Decolonize/Indigenize Teaching and Learning
Online | Tuesday, May 9 | 2:30 – 4 pm Register.

Browse all Celebrate Research Week events.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Policy Reports
In-person | Thursday, May 18 | 12:30 – 2 pm Register

Communication Strategy for Policy (Humanities and Social Sciences)
In-person | Monday, May 22 | 12:30 – 2 pm Register

See the full Policy Communication Workshop Series.

Workshops and events

Services

Resources

YOU’RE INVITED: LFS SCHOLAR SERIES – DR. ERMIAS KEBREAB MAY 15

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Land and Food System Scholar Series

Invited scholar: Dr. Ermias Kebreab

Hosted by:  Marina von Keyserlingk, Applied Animal Biology

Title: Agriculture’s Transition to Net Zero Emissions – What is Livestock’s Role?

Abstract: Agriculture is a key source for greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. It is responsible for more than half of (human-driven) sources of methane, a GHG responsible for 30% of global temperature rise since the industrial revolution, as well as almost three-quarters of the sources of the nitrous oxide released annually. The Paris Agreement set a goal of reducing global agricultural methane emissions by between 24% and 47% by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C. Analysis of mitigation options show that the greatest reductions that can be achieved from agriculture are related to livestock, particularly ruminants. There are several mitigation strategies developed or under development to reduce enteric methane emissions. These can range from direct intervention in the adult through the use of inhibitors or even vaccines, to several indirect methods, modulation of rumen microbiome and breeding towards low methane-emitting animals. An analysis conducted to assess how the world can reduce global methane by at least 30% by 2030 (Global Methane Pledge) showed that it is possible to do so in animal agriculture, however, attaining net zero emissions from the sector will largely depend on reducing nitrous oxide emissions.

Biography: Ermias Kebreab is Associate Dean and Professor of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the Director of the World Food Centre at the University of California-Davis. He also holds the Sesnon Endowed Chair in Sustainable Agriculture. He conducts research in animal nutrition, mathematical modeling of biological systems and impact of livestock on the environment. He is contributing author to 2019 IPCC update on enteric methane emissions. He co-chaired the feed additive and methane committees of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed articles and received several awards including Excellence in Ruminant Nutrition and International Agriculture from American Society of Animal Science, and 2022 Chancellor’s Innovator of the year award. He served on two committees of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on methane and nutrition of dairy cattle. He is a regular invited speaker including a TED talk that has been featured as one of the ‘must-watch climate talks of 2022’ by ted.com. His research was in the top 10 of all research conducted at the University of California system in 2021. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Asmara, Eritrea and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Reading, U.K.

Join in person or via Zoom:

Date: May 15, 2023

Time: 10:00-11:30 AM PDT

Location: In-person at MCML 160, or via Zoom

Meet and greet after the presentation: 11:30 – 12:30 PM, please register here by May 11.

 

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) June 12, 14 & 16, 2023 application opens April 28!

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Hello,

 

Please forward the following information to your graduate students:

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on June 12, 14 & 16, 2023.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

To apply for the waitlist for June 12, 14 & 16, 2023 ISW click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-june-12-14-16-2023-preliminary-application/

Application opens on April 28 at 9 am and closes on June 7, 2023 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

 

Workshop Eligibility:

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

  • a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
  • a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
  • a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
  • a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
  • a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

  • not a graduate student at UBC
  • a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
  • a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

You’re invited: LFS Scholar Series – Dr. Ermias Kebreab May 15

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Land and Food System Scholar Series

Invited scholar: Dr. Ermias Kebreab

Hosted by:  Marina von Keyserlingk, Applied Animal Biology

Title: Agriculture’s Transition to Net Zero Emissions – What is Livestock’s Role?

Abstract: Agriculture is a key source for greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. It is responsible for more than half of (human-driven) sources of methane, a GHG responsible for 30% of global temperature rise since the industrial revolution, as well as almost three-quarters of the sources of the nitrous oxide released annually. The Paris Agreement set a goal of reducing global agricultural methane emissions by between 24% and 47% by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C. Analysis of mitigation options show that the greatest reductions that can be achieved from agriculture are related to livestock, particularly ruminants. There are several mitigation strategies developed or under development to reduce enteric methane emissions. These can range from direct intervention in the adult through the use of inhibitors or even vaccines, to several indirect methods, modulation of rumen microbiome and breeding towards low methane-emitting animals. An analysis conducted to assess how the world can reduce global methane by at least 30% by 2030 (Global Methane Pledge) showed that it is possible to do so in animal agriculture, however, attaining net zero emissions from the sector will largely depend on reducing nitrous oxide emissions.

Biography: Ermias Kebreab is Associate Dean and Professor of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the Director of the World Food Centre at the University of California-Davis. He also holds the Sesnon Endowed Chair in Sustainable Agriculture. He conducts research in animal nutrition, mathematical modeling of biological systems and impact of livestock on the environment. He is contributing author to 2019 IPCC update on enteric methane emissions. He co-chaired the feed additive and methane committees of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed articles and received several awards including Excellence in Ruminant Nutrition and International Agriculture from American Society of Animal Science, and 2022 Chancellor’s Innovator of the year award. He served on two committees of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on methane and nutrition of dairy cattle. He is a regular invited speaker including a TED talk that has been featured as one of the ‘must-watch climate talks of 2022’ by ted.com. His research was in the top 10 of all research conducted at the University of California system in 2021. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Asmara, Eritrea and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Reading, U.K.

Join in person or via Zoom:

Date: May 15, 2023

Time: 10:00-11:30 AM PDT

Location: In-person at MCML 160, or via Zoom

Meet and greet after the presentation: 11:30 – 12:30 PM, please register here by May 11.