The UBC Library Research Commons is hiring to fill some innovative new positions as part of a TLEF grant (in addition to previously announced positions). Check them out and encourage any interested contacts to apply right away. It is a chance to join a great team centred around peer support and mutual learning. Check out the newsletter for more info.

Along with our popular existing repeat workshops, there are also several first-time offerings. Please see below or at:

http://bit.ly/UBCRCNewsApr072021

Thank you for your continued support in sharing our offerings and opportunities with your units,

Sarah

Sarah Blay (she, her, hers)
Program Coordinator | UBC Library Research Commons

Vancouver home office | Traditional unceded territories of:

Musqueam | Squamish| Stó:lō | Stz’uminus | Tsleil-Waututh (source: https://native-land.ca/)

sarah.blay@ubc.ca | researchcommons.library.ubc.ca

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of
Master of Science (HUNU)

Jordie Fischer

“Evaluating the effect of 12 weeks of supplementation with ferrous sulfate, ferrous bisglycinate or placebo, on iron status and gut inflammation in Cambodian women”

12:00 PM on Friday, April 16, 2021

Virtually

ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86559809280?pwd=ZjBMWEFkSEM1dXhUdHdZWnVWeXpxZz09

Meeting room: Crystal Karakochuk

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. T. Cohen

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. R. Elango – Committee member
Dr. D. Goldfarb  – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. D. Goldfarb  – Committee member
Dr. D. Kitts  – External

 

I am contacting you on behalf of the Capacity Development and Extension Program (MSc. CDE) at the University of Guelph.

We recognize your program has similar interests to our Master’s of Science (MSc) program in CDE and were hoping you could share information about the program with your students.

Attached is a copy of a poster with program information and here is the link to our program website: https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/capacity-development-and-extension

Would you be able to pass this on to your students?

If you have any questions feel free to contact:

Helen Hambly, PhD | Professor & Graduate Coordinator, MSc Program in Capacity Development & Extension

School of Environmental Design & Rural Development | Ontario Agricultural College | University of Guelph

Johnston Hall 109 | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | N1G 2W1

519-824-4120 Ext. 53408 | Skype: h.hamblyuog

hhambly@uoguelph.ca

uoguelph.ca/sedrd

 

Thank you!

Jasmine Nanda

MSc in Capacity Development and Extension

 

Tomorrow, Suzanne Gaboury will talk about the impact of development banking in primary sectors. How can investment in the private sector boost our food systems?

You can find the event details bellow or click on the link to read more about Suzanne and find additional reading on the topic. Please share as you see appropriate! Thank you!

Asian Development Bank in Agribusiness  

Date: Thursday, April 8, 2021

Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Suzanne Gaboury was appointed Director General, Private Sector Operations Department in January 2021. Ms. Gaboury has more than 28 years of professional experience in private sector finance and emerging markets with extensive international networks and stakeholder relationships. She has driven total project investment value in excess of US$ 35 billion including transformational climate action projects in infrastructure / renewable energy, agribusiness value chain including forestry, and financial institutions sectors. Direct experience in more than 70 countries, including some 40 emerging economies.

Event Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63198895621?pwd=TzlhTUdLMVlhR29WcVZSVFZjK0pKdz09

Meeting ID: 631 9889 5621

Passcode: 521521

 

Thank you!

Best,
Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus| Musqueam Traditional Territory

paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

As we are getting ready to assign and renew awards for the 2021 Summer session, we would like to ask you to remind your students (award holders) their responsibilities to ensure timely payment of their award funding in May:

• Registration: Please register for courses in the 2021S session. Award holders (including tuition award recipients) are required to maintain registration for the duration of their award funding period.  Failure to register for 2021S courses will result in award payment being delayed.
• Award holder’s guide: Please remind your students that changes to their registration (such as program completion and leave of absence) will affect their award payment. For further information, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/scholarships-awards-funding/information-award-recipients/award-holders-guide.

Please note that for continuing awards, the summer term award payments are typically assigned to student accounts in mid-April.

For awards-related questions, please contact graduate.awards@ubc.ca. Please direct your questions about course registration to graduate.sas@ubc.ca.