Thesis Defense – Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems – MSc – Chris Thoreau

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Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems)

Chris Thoreau

” Opportunities and Constraints to Seed Sovereignty for Organic Vegetable Farmers in BC ”

Tuesday, December
7th, 2021 – 2:00 PM

359, HR MacMillian Building, 2357 Main Mall

(Only examining committee will be present in the room)

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66062149525?pwd=T2tXMWZSbEhqMmFmLytvSVk0YzVrUT09

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. J. Black

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. H. Wittman – Supervisor
Dr. A. Riseman – Committee member

Dr. L. Newman – Committee member

Dr. A. Lyon – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. H. Wittman – Supervisor
Dr. A. Lyon – Committee member
Dr. R. Sargent – External

Thesis Defense – Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems – MSc – Seri Niimi-Burch

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Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems)

Seri Niimi-Burch

Middle Class Mothers’ Experiences and Perceptions of School Lunch: Labour, Care, and Responsibility

                                    Monday, December 13th, 2021 – 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63423146721?pwd=bEY1V3Zkd1lYbGljOXU0WCtHT255dz09

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. A. Conklin

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. J. Black – Supervisor
Dr. E. Huddart-Kennedy – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. J. Black – Supervisor
Dr. E. Huddart-Kennedy – Committee member
Dr. G. Hammond – External

GradUpdate – How to Get Hired_The Job Search and Application, Overcoming by Understanding Academic Writer’s Block, Teaching Professionalism, Careers in the Green Economy, Online Graduate Student Teaching Practicum, SciComm workshops, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, How to Get Hired_The Job Search and Application, Overcoming by Understanding Academic Writer’s Block, Teaching Professionalism, Careers in the Green Economy, Online Graduate Student Teaching Practicum, SciComm workshops, and more.

Registration now open

 

How to Get Hired: The Job Search and Application
Alumni panel | Thursday, Dec 2 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM

Register

Seats still available

 

Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation
In person | Wednesday, Nov 24 | 2:00 – 5:00 PM Register

Introduction to Statistical Concepts III: Two group comparison and ANOVA
Online | Thursday, Nov 25 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Register

Events and Opportunities

 

The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development
ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

 

Free Data Anaylsis Through Stat 450
Submit one-page project description now (deadline Jan 14) Learn more

Using RefWorks for Citation Management
Monday, Nov 29 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

CAREER EXPLORATION

 

Industry Nights – Building a Sustainable World: Careers in the Green Economy
Tuesday, Nov 30 | 3:00 – 5:00 PM Register

Transdisciplinary Climate Action Co-Design Research Assistant
Part-time | Jan to Jun 2022 | Apply now Learn more

PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

 

Refined Project Communication Plan (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous course requirements must be completed prior to synchronous session.
Wednesday, Dec 1 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Learn more
For additional Mitacs Training courses specific to UBC, including project and time management, check out the list under the events tab here.
RESEARCH SKILLS

 

Powerful searching with Regular Expressions
Tuesday, Nov 30 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

NVivo part 2: classification and datasets
Wednesday, Dec 1 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

 

Qualtrics Studio
Monday, Nov 29 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM Register

Exploring Complex Classroom Dynamics Using Case-Studies
Wednesday, Dec 1 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

Teaching Professionalism: Nailing Jell-O to the Wall?
Monday, Dec 6 | 9:00 – 10:30 AM Register
This is the first of many workshops on the CTLT Winter Institute Schedule. This year’s Institute’s theme is Sustainable, Inclusive and Thriving Communities.

Online Graduate Student Teaching Practicum
Jan 12 – Apr 12 | To register, you need to be a Graduate Student and have completed a Graduate ISW, the CIRTL Summer Teaching Institute, or Foundations of Pedagogy.
Registration is now open and closes Jan 11th.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

 

Overcoming by Understanding Academic Writer’s Block
Tuesday, Nov 30 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Register

Science Communication Workshops
Hosted by (un)scientific method
Part 1: SciComm101 – Telling your science as a story | Dec 6 & 12 | 12:00 – 12:45 PM
Part 2: Communicating your science through podcasting interviews | Jan 17 & 24 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM Learn more

GradUpdate – Designing your Grad School Strategy, Impostor Syndrome, Writing Personal Statements, Academic Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Decolonization, Indigenization and Reconciliation within STEM, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Designing your Grad School Strategy, Impostor Syndrome, Writing Personal Statements, Academic Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Decolonization, Indigenization and Reconciliation within STEM, and more.

Registration now open

 

Getting the Most Out of your Academic Experience: Designing your Grad School Strategy
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM

Register

Grad Wellness Series: Impostor Syndrome
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Register

Events and Opportunities

 

The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development
ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

 

Academic Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Strategies and Considerations for Graduate Students
Monday, Nov 15 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM Register

Using Mendeley for Citation Management
Monday, Nov 15 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Register

Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Author IDs
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM Register

CAREER EXPLORATION

 

Virtual Mock Interviews
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM Register

Investment Banking For Life Sciences
s2bn Vancouver-Victoria Chapter events
Job Simulations (2-part session) | Monday, Nov 15, 12:00 – 1:00 PM & Wednesday, Nov 17, 10:00 – 11:00 AM Register
Panel | Thursday, Nov 18 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Register

PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

 

Refined Project Communication Plan (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous course requirements must be completed prior to synchronous session.
Monday, Nov 15 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM Register

Project and Time Management (Mitacs Training)
Asynchronous course requirements must be completed prior to synchronous session.
Friday, Nov 19 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Register

More on the new curriculum from Mitacs Training
Mitacs Training has released a new suite of courses that blend short synchronous sessions with an asynchronous module. Topics currently available include Project and Time Management, Building your Project Network Map, and Refined Project Communication Plan.
UBC dates are now listed. Learn more and register.

RESEARCH SKILLS

 

Understanding Spatial Data: Map Projections
Tuesday, Nov 16 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Register

Advanced Unix Shell usage
Tuesday, Nov 16 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

GIS Day 2021
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM | various sessions Register

NVivo part 1: getting started with NVivo
Wednesday, Nov 17 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM Register

Introduction to Research Data Management
Thursday, Nov 18 | 10:00 – 11:15 AM Register

Geospatial Analysis & Visualization with Python
Thursday, Nov 18 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM Register

Using Deep Learning to increase image resolution
Westgrid advanced computing workshop series.
Thursday, Nov 18 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

Introduction to Voyant
Friday, Nov 19 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

 

Indigenous Scholars Panel: Decolonization, Indigenization and Reconciliation within STEM
Thursday, Nov 18 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM Register

Open Pedagogy with Scalar: Publishing Digital Books
Friday, Nov 19 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

 

Writing Personal Statements: Crafting Your Professional Identity
In person | Wednesday, Nov 17 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

 

Workshops and events
Services
Resources

 

COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT: AFFILIATED FELLOWSHIPS-MASTER’S AND CGS-M COMPETITIONS AND UPCOMING INFORMATION SESSION

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Please notify Iris or Lia (see emails below) about your intention of applying by November 15, 2021

Lia – lia.maria@ubc.ca

Iris – lfs.gradasst@ubc.ca

UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s

The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master’s competition runs in concert with the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with values ranging from $175 to $16,000 are offered through this competition. Current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students can apply regardless of citizenship or visa status. Students who are eligible for the CGS-M must submit a CGS-M application in order to additionally be considered for Affiliated funding.

Detailed Affiliated Fellowships-Master competition information with links to application and reference forms is available at:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program.


Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M)

Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR) who are applying for or enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select up to 3 universities with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must select The University of British Columbia as one of the 3 available institutions.

Details about this award opportunity, including eligibility and evaluation criteria, are available at:
 http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp and our site at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-cgs-m-program.

Students who apply for CGS-M awards will automatically be considered for open/un-restricted Affiliated Fellowships.
To be considered for criteria-based Affiliated Fellowships, students should fill out and submit to their graduate programs the checklist available at:  https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/list-criteria-based-affiliated-fellowships.

UBC Deadlines for the Tri-Agency CGS-M / Affiliated Fellowships Master’s Competitions

  • Applicant deadline:1 December 2021 before 5:00 pm PST
  • Graduate program nomination deadline:  Late January (nomination deadline will be indicated in December)

CGSM and Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s information session

  • Interested applicants are invited to attend the CGSM information session on Friday, October 22 from 10:30 to 12:00.  REGISTER HERE.

What you can do now:

  • Importance of the application deadline.  CGS-M applications cannot be submitted or edited after the application deadline.  Late applications will be ruled ineligible. The CGS-M application deadline is set nationally by the CGS-M funding agency and is not flexible.
  • Please ask for reference letters early and to send the instructions to your referees
    http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche/Instructions-Instructions/CGSM_REF-BESCM_REF_eng.asp.
  • Check early if you have all of your official transcripts for all previous studies (including transfer credits). Transcript guidance for applicants is outlined on our CGS-M webpage.
  • Note that although the SISC academic history document is accepted for UBC CGS-M applications, it may not be accepted by other universities in Canada, so students applying elsewhere for the CGSM in addition to UBC should order official UBC transcripts.
  • It would help us greatly if you are using the same email in your CGS-M Research Portal login as in eVision or SIS. This is absolutely not a requirement, but it helps route the applications to correct programs quicker after the application deadline.