Work-learn position – LFS students

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Job Title

WL S21 Community Networking Consultation and Support, Job ID 885543

Job Description

This is a short term contract to support a community education project undertaken by the Artist in Residence (AIR) at UBC Botanical Garden. The project aims to develop and distribute unique educational materials and resources to enable the uptake of zero-waste propagation methods among gardeners on UBC’s Vancouver campus.

Under supervision by the project lead/AIR, the student will help to develop preliminary networking resources to enable campus gardeners to connect with one another and exchange plant materials. This will involve a variety of activities across the full length of the project: from qualitative data analysis to platform research, provision of recommendations and evaluation support.

Specific Duties:

  •    Perform qualitative content analysis on two sets of survey results (beginning and end of the project’s educational activities)
  • Summarise findings in written form for use in reports
  • Research existing group networking platforms and, based on analysis of survey data, prepare a report highlighting a) those platforms most appropriate to the goals of the project and needs of participants in the short term; b) limitations of existing platforms in relation to the same, and the functions and characteristics that a tool tailored to the communities in question would ideally fulfil
  • Track and perform rudimentary analysis of Instagram posts and map by location
  • Assist with preparation of final project report

For more information and to apply, please visit UBC Careers Online. The deadline for applications is April 11, 2021.

Erin Despard, PhD

Research Associate, UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Artist-in-Residence, UBC Botanical Garden

www.communicativelandscapes.com

IG: @yourlupinesoryourlife

 

MFRE Speaker Series: Prosperity in BC’s Ag Sector

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Next Tuesday, the director of Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF), Michelle Koski, will talk about BC’s agricultural challenges and opportunities and how they are addressed with investment and programs.

You can click on the link bellow to learn more about Michelle and to find readings on the topic. Please share with students! Thank you!

 

Cultivating Prosperity in BC Agriculture and Agri-Food

Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Michelle Koski is the Executive Director with the Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF).  IAF is a not-for-profit foundation that helps governments deliver a wide range of programs in the agriculture and agri-food sector.  Michelle has just completed a strategic planning process that has set the vision for the Board and the organization for the next 5 years.  This new vision will see the creation of an IAF Trust and the development of unique IAF programs aimed at addressing challenges and opportunities in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors.

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/

Congratulations to Tebogo Leepile – UBC 3MT winner!

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Huge congratulations to Tebogo (Tebby) Leepile, PhD candidate (Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems) who won first place in UBC Vancouver’s 3 Minute Thesis Competition yesterday. Next up, Tebby will represent the university in the Western Regional Competitions in May. Her supervisors are Eduardo Jovel and Crystal Karakochuk, and her research talk was on the prevalence of anemia among San women and young children in rural Botswana. She also recently won first place in the 2021 Global Health Conference at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute for her oral presentation addressing the same topic.

 

Bravo Tebby!

Thesis Defense – HUNU – MSc – Jordie Fisher

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UBC – Faculty of Land  and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science (HUNU)

Jordie Fisher

“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

MFRE Speaker Series: Sustainable Food Marketing

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The Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) would like to extend the invitation to our sister faculties and partners for our Speaker Series events. Every week, experts within the “Food and Resource Economics” realm come to talk to the students about their area of knowledge. Everyone is welcome!

On our seminar tomorrow, Tuesday, Lindsay O’Donnell will talk about marketing with small food businesses that want to change the world. You can click on the link bellow to learn more about Lindsay and to find readings on the topic.

Please share with students! Thanks!

The Future of Sustainable Food Businesses Marketing

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2021

Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Lindsay O’Donnell is the founder and owner of Piquant Marketing, a Vancouver-based digital marketing agency that specializes in health food! After years of being an activist and bouncing around different industries, she found her calling working with small food businesses wanting to change the world. Now she works with food brands to help them drive sales through community and a vision of changing the world.

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/