Quick: tell us about your biodiversity related graduate thesis in three minutes!

That is the point of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) academic competition that assists current graduate students by fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience.

3MT was developed by The University of Queensland in 2008. UBC was one of the first universities in North America to host a competition, when it held its inaugural 3MT @UBC in 2011, and now these competitions are held at many countries around the world.

2023 Competition

This year, UBC is holding its preliminary Heats between February 22 and March 9. A special Biodiversity focused heat has been scheduled, for graduate students in the biodiversity/sustainability/conservation fields (IOF, IRES, SPGGA, Biology, Botany, Land and Food Systems, Geography, etc.). It will be held on:

UBC BIODIVERSITY HEAT

Wednesday March 1, 2023 5:00-7:00 pm

AERL Theatre (2202 Main Mall), UBC

Sign up to participate here! https://oceans.ubc.ca/3mt-participant-sign-up-2023-biodiversity-heat/

And be sure to invite your academic colleagues, friends and family to watch you present!

Please circulate to your UBC graduate student network!

Regards,

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IOF Communications

IOFCommunications@oceans.ubc.ca

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia

Located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People

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Good afternoon,

I hope you had a wonderful long weekend! A few weeks ago, we requested the contact information of the individual who works with Indigenous students in your program so we are better able to communicate Indigenous-specific events and supports to students. As we have two Indigenous student events coming up over the next month, we hope that you can send these events to the Indigenous students in your program and others who can help with distribution. Please find the posters for these events attached.

Event Details:

You can also find information about these events and future events on our website: https://ubc2324.med.ubc.ca/events/

Thank you so much for your help in connecting us to Indigenous students to better support them while they engage with the UBC 23 24 curriculum. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Warm regards,

UBC 23 24 Team
Faculty of Medicine | Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2206 East Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z3 Canada
23.24@ubc.ca
https://health.aboriginal.ubc.ca/programming/ubc23-24/

The UBC Vancouver campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).

Land and Food System Scholar Series

Invited scholar: Dr. Sarah Berger Richardson

Hosted by:  Jennifer Black & Hannah Wittman, Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems

Title: Barn fire prevention and disaster management in the agricultural sector: can insurance law improve industry practices?

Abstract: In the agricultural sector, a barn fire is a devastating disaster that can destroy one’s livelihood in minutes. While barn fires can be traumatic for farmers, farmworkers, first responders and their communities, they are even more tragic when animal lives are lost. Common causes of barn fires are electrical malfunctions or improperly placed or faulty heating devices as well as combustibles. Many farm buildings also lack adequate fire detection systems and suppression methods. Although national model codes establish some fire prevention requirements, they are inadequate and unevenly applied to farm buildings in the agricultural sector. While animal rights advocates have rightly been calling on all levels of government to introduce laws and regulations to prevent barn fires and their associated financial and moral costs, insurance companies also have a role to play. This presentation will provide an overview of barn fire prevention requirements in Canada and explore the advantages and disadvantages of addressing existing regulatory gaps through private systems of governance.

Biography: Dr. Sarah Berger Richardson is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) of the University of Ottawa where she teaches food law and policy, administrative law, and civil liability. She is President and co-founder of the Canadian Association of Food Law and Policy as well as a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Her research focuses on the regulation of the agri-food sector, with a particular emphasis on animal agriculture and meat processing. She holds a Doctor of Civil Law from McGill University and completed her Masters of Law (LL.M) at Tel Aviv University, where she was a research fellow at the Manna Center in Food Safety and Security. In 2018-2019, she was a visiting teaching fellow at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Previously, she served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel and the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal.

Join in person or via Zoom:

Date: March 16, 2023

Time: 4:00-5:30 PM PDT

Location: In-person at MSL 101, or via Zoom

Meet and greet before the presentation: 3:00 – 4:00 PM, please register here by March 13.