IRES Seminar Series: Thurs, Oct 19 with Tabitha Robin

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Hi everyone,

The next IRES Seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre:

October 19, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Tabitha Robin

Food as healer, food as helper: Towards Cree food sovereignties

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall) Please check in at the Admissions Desk first before going to the Theatre.

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:

Historically and contemporarily, colonial policies and prejudices have deeply affected Indigenous food systems and thus Indigenous bodies. For Cree peoples in Manitoba, these policies include the criminalization of practicing traditional medicines, residential schools and land dispossession in the name of development. However, despite the challenges and interruptions to food and cultural systems, Cree Elders understand food to be sacred, and moreover, a healer. This qualitative study, grounded in Indigenous research methodologies, sought to investigate the role of food in Cree culture, through understanding how Elders incorporate food into their helping and healing practices. Using metaphor to make meaning of the Elder stories, this research articulates the role of food in Cree culture: through feeding oneself, one’s ancestors, and one’s community. The Elders revealed the rich depth of Cree food knowledges that underlie Cree culture, from star stories, language, and grieving ceremonies to knowledge of plant and food medicines. This presentation is an exploration of Cree guidance for revitalizing and rebuilding Cree food systems as part of a larger Indigenous food sovereignty framework. 

 

Dr. Tabitha RobinAssistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Bio:

Tabitha Robin is a mixed ancestry Metis and Cree researcher, educator, and writer. She is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. She spends much of her time learning about traditional Cree food practices. 

 

See you next Thursday in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!

 

 

 

Key Opportunities: StEAR Enhancement Fund + Student Diversity Census

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Dear program administrators,

The following messaging may be of interest to you and your networks.

Please consider applying for and sharing with your networks the following funding opportunity.

 

StEAR Enhancement Fund:

UBC has now launched a new fund to help support its ongoing commitment to advancing equity and anti-racism across the university. The Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism Enhancement (StEAR) Fund is open to all students, faculty and staff. A total of $300,000 is available this year to support campus community-led projects. Applicants may submit a proposal for funds between $500 to $10,000 per project. Projects must align with one or more of the three thematic streams: Racism/racial equity, ableism/disability equity and sexism, heterosexism, homophobia, transphobia/sexual & gender equity. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, every six to eight weeks. Those who require their project funding by a specific date are encouraged to look to the website for further information on the rolling deadlines. Applications can still be submitted on an ongoing basis following these dates. Learn more about the StEAR Enhancement Fund here.

 

The following communications toolkit is available for your usage: StEAR Fund – Communication Toolkit

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Additionally, please consider sharing with your student networks a reminder to complete the Student Diversity Census.

 

Student Diversity Census – Call for participation:

All UBC students are encouraged to fill out the Student Diversity Census to help UBC better understand the diversity of the student population. Demographic data will help UBC identify barriers to access and inclusion and improve student programming and experiences. Access your census link in your Canvas inbox.

The following communications toolkit is available for your usage: Student Diversity Census

 

Thank you,

EIO Communications

ORICE Event – Action Amplified: Annual Symposium on Global Community Engagement

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Dear ORICE community,

We wanted to invite you to Action Amplified: The ORICE Annual Symposium on Global Community Engagement. The symposium will take place next Thursday, October 19th, 2023 from 5:00-9:30 pm. See below for more detail, we hope to see you there!

 

Action Amplified: ORICE Annual Symposium on Global Community Engagement

Thursday, October 19th, 2023 | 5:00-9:30pm PDT

Liu Institute for Global Issues

Join us for the ORICE Annual Symposium! This year’s theme, “Action Amplified,” aims to critically explore questions related to social, ecological, and economic challenges on local and global scales.

 

The symposium will feature a keynote talk from Ash Peplow Ball on “How to Build a Movement”, and concurrent sessions featuring presentations from UBC students who participated in immersive community-based placements over the summer in East Africa.They will share their learnings, challenges, and reflections from their experiences with community-based research and learning programs.

Registration is free and light refreshments will be served! More information about the event can be found on ORICE’s website, as well as our social media pages. If you have questions, please contact ubc.orice@ubc.ca.

REGISTER HERE

 

Keynote – “How to Build a Movement” with Ash Peplow Ball

Ash Peplow Ball (Executive Director of Women Transforming Cities) will speak to “How to Build a Movement” and will touch on the central themes of climate action, democratic participation, and movement building rooted in decolonization.

A lot of the challenges we are collectively experiencing today can feel overwhelming, and opportunities to create change can be hard to find. Through the story of a 200-year-old tree, Ash will highlight how to identify your strengths as a changemaker, cultivate active hope, and get involved in the everyday movement building that just might be happening on your own street!

Featured Concurrent Session

The Gender+ Paradigm: Implications for Research and Everyday Life

How do our identities shape our experiences? Do the intersections of our identities affect how research is conducted? If so, how? Why does this matter to our everyday lives?

Housed under UBC ORICE, the Gender+ in Research Collective works to build a community for rich dialogue in which gender and other identity intersections, including race, class, sexuality and ability, are considered when conducting community-engaged research. Join us for this discussion session about the Gender+ in Research Collective as we speak to what gender+, intersectionality, and positionality mean and their importance to research and everyday life!

Your gift will contribute to fund the ORICE Experiential Education Accessibility Award to support student participation in our programs:

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Our Venture Showcase is back! Mark your calendars for our next BIG event

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Save the Date
Our 2023 Venture Showcase is happening November 29, 2023!

Join us November 29 for the 2023 Venture Showcase to meet entrepreneurs from our community who are set to be the next generation of leaders in impact and innovation.

The Venture Showcase features teams across our pipeline ranging from up and coming ‘Sneak-a-Peek’ teams at the outset of their journeys in incubation, ‘Ones-to-Watch’ ventures who are in the middle of commercialization and ‘Ready-to-Raise’ HATCH Venture Builder teams gaining traction at the acceleration stage. This event will give you a preview of our entire community, connecting you with venture teams and our wider innovation network. Check out our 2022 Post Event Report for more information.

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EIW23 Wrap-up

That marks the end of another fantastic entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week: across 3 days, 60+ speakers and 600+ attendees, we can confidently say that this year was ‘one for the books’! Thank you to everyone who joined us and inspired collaboration and action against the Climate and Human Health Crisis we are facing. Thank you to all of our speakers and sponsors for supporting the event.

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Venture Shoutouts

Koodos to our ventures

  • OnDeck Fisheries AI won Canada’s Ocean Supercluster for Electronic Monitoring, taking home $1.5M
  • Orca Water completed their pre-seed round of $600,000+
  • Viridis Research took home the $10,00 Innovate BC Sustainability Prize at the New Ventures BC Competition
  • Seleste won the $5,500 Luminaries Diamond-in-the-Rough Award at the New Ventures BC Competition
  • Immfinity Biotechnologies and Orca Water were selected in the top 10 New Venture BC Awards

Special shoutout to our Climate Venture Studios Lead, Shannon Bard, on winning the Clean50 Award!

 

Alumni Updates

Exciting updates from our Alumni who are transforming the world

  • A2O Advanced Materials Inc. was awarded the Innovate BC Ignite Award
  • Arca was granted $1.25M from the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy  to fast-track the commercial scaling of its air-to-rock carbon mineralization solution.
  • Aspect Biosystems won Company of the Year – Scale at 2023 Technology Impact Awards
  • ChopValue and leading real estate firms joined forces to recycle 12 million chopsticks!
  • Elevated Signals recently closed their Series A financing
  • Simbi Foundation’s is increasing efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages in B.C.

 

Upcoming Events

AI & Ethics: The Conversations Companies Need to be having today
October 17 • 5:00PM • UBC Robson Square Theatre In this session you will hear about use cases and insights covering a range of topics such as how companies (employers) adopt AI technologies for talent recruiting, hiring and HR practices; media communications, authentic content and digital rights; and data privacy, tech efficiencies and IP. >> Learn more and RSVP >>

 

Women Founder Meetup
October 18 • 8:30AM • UBC Point Grey Join us on Wednesday, October 18 at UBC Point Grey for our Women Founder Meetup for women and non-binary founders and leaders across our ecosystem! >> Learn more and RSVP >>

 

Women Founder Meetup
October 19 • 4:30PM • UBC Robson Square Join us on Thursday, October 19 at UBC Robson Square for our Women Founder Meetup for women and non-binary founders and leaders across our ecosystem! >> Learn more and RSVP >>

 

TechPong

TechPong 2023
October 19 • 4:30PM • UBC Robson Square Grab your paddles cause it’s on like ping pong—Vancouver’s ultimate party with a purpose is back and bigger than ever.  >> Learn more and RSVP >>

 

Policy Communications Clinic

Policy Communications Workshop Series
October 30 • 12:30PM • Hybrid  CSDI will manage and conduct an integrated series of eight workshops across UBC to help students, faculty, and staff communicate their research effectively to stakeholders for policy change. All workshops will be hybrid, with an option to join online via Zoom.  >> Learn more and RSVP >>

 

Invest in BC presented by Lumira Ventures
November 2 • 8:00AM • Terminal City Club Attendees can expect a dynamic program featuring compelling company pitches, insightful presentations, and engaging panel discussions. Entrepreneurs participating in this exclusive event gain an invaluable platform to share their stories, receive actionable feedback, and establish connections with diverse stakeholders. >> Learn more and RSVP >>

 

Mark your calendars – Our Venture Showcase is on November 29th!
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Nucleate Cultivate Hackathon

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Hello,

My name is Bertina Do, and I am a second year food science at the University of Guelph and an organizer part of Nucleate Cultivate. I am writing to inform you of an opportunity for students to participate in our annual hackathon for current challenges in cellular agriculture, with a $2000 cash prize for the winners! This hackathon is open to all students (STEM or not, Grad or Undergrad) and gives them the opportunity to compete, learn, work with industry mentors, and get immersed in the field of a/cellular agriculture.

Considering your background and network in the alt protein/cellular agriculture space, I am hoping that you could share our application and marketing blurb with any relevant students, professors and departments.

All the information is listed below and our application flyer has been attached.

Please feel free to email me with any questions/concerns.

From,
Bertina Do
Organizer of Nucleate Cultivate

Have you heard of cultivated meat? Animal-free dairy? Synbio based caviar? These are all examples of the rising industry: cellular agriculture. Cellular agriculture is moving quickly to revolutionize the future of food before our planet runs out of natural resources to feed our growing population – learn more here!

The Cultivate Tomorrow hackathon is a one-of-a-kind program to immerse students into the alternative protein field in a 3-month hacking period. We will provide education, personal mentorship from industry pioneers, exclusive seminar series, and professional development and networking opportunities. This year, we have introduced a new learning platform to optimize the hacking experience, while helping develop essential skills for students to develop a career in this field. We are open to undergraduate and graduate students with all different majors, skills, backgrounds, and levels of understanding of cell cultured food products. Together, in teams of four, YOU will help create a sustainable food system with your unique perspective, creativity, and motivation.

Compete in one of our tracks for two chances at a $2000 cash prize:

Advertising Strategy, where you will prepare a marketing strategy and advertising campaign for a specific novel food product.
Underutilized Resource/Novel Tech, where you will identify a new technology, material, or ingredient that can improve the production process for cell ag / precision fermentation.

The final deliverables will be unique to each track and will include things like a proposed marketing campaign, novel content, techno-economic analysis, literature review and more!

During the application period, Nucleate Cultivate will be holding open office-hours to address any questions that arise:
Friday, October 20th, 10-11AM EST – Zoom

Registration is open until November 1st. Registration and more information can be found on our website! Feel free to attend office hours or email cultivate@nucleate.xyz with any application or program related questions.

Best,
Nucleate Cultivate Team