UBC’s Center for Climate Justice is Co-sponsoring a Sustainability Career Night in March that I thought would be of interest to the students in LFS.
Details:
Embark Sustainability Career Night | March 14th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm
The ‘Farm Animal Welfare’ Research Group conducts projects for assessing and refining housing systems for cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, processes applications as part of the testing and approval process for mass-produced housing facilities, and advises employees of the Cantonal Animal Protection Agencies in the implementation of animal protection legislation for ruminants and pigs.
Weaning is stressful for the piglets, as they are not only separated from the mother sow, but also have to change their diet from milk to solid feed. The aim of this three-year project is to clarify how feeding roug-hage affects the behaviour and health of suckling and weaned piglets. Several trials will be carried out to optimise roughage feeding and intake. Parameters will be recorded to measure the effects on animal
welfare in the short and long term. The findings should lead to recommendations on how weaning stress can be reduced in practice.
The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (LCSFS) and the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity, and Sustainability Studies are looking for a Research Assistant to join their team.
Full posting here: Research Assistant Position
The Research Assistant will work jointly for the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (LCSFS) and the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity, and Sustainability Studies.
This position will support research projects as well as administrative, knowledge mobilization and project management for the work undertaken through research grants and special projects linked to the LCSFS and the UNESCO Chair. The candidate will be expected to be familiar with the literature and work independently on tasks, including but not limited to: research project administration and support, knowledge mobilization, and day-to-day duties including financial management. The candidate will also provide administrative and communications support for a dynamic team of Canadian and international researchers and practitioners in their evolving research on
sustainable food systems.
This role requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently and take initiative. This position is based at the Balsillie School for International Affairs
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UBC issues electronic tax slips in pdf format that faculty, staff and student employees can download through Workday. The T4 and T4A tax slips for the 2023 tax year are now available.
How do I find my T4? (CWL-login required).
Regards,
Mona Lee (She/Her/Hers)
Human Resources Administrative Clerk
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2357 Main Mall, Suite 248 | H.R. MacMillan Building | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 5312 | Fax 604 822 6394
mona.lee@ubc.ca
https://www.landfood.ubc.ca
No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.
Talk summary:
Colombia is a global biodiversity hotspot of important ecological significance. However, deforestation is rampant in the country, and its primary cause is extensive cattle ranching which is inefficient, susceptible to climatic events, contributes to poverty, and causes unsustainable levels of environmental degradation such as water pollution. An agroecological alternative to ECR is Silvopastoral systems (SPS) which combine trees and shrubs in forage grasses to enhance cattle production. Thus, the goal of my research is to determine how SPS practices can be scaled out.
Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas, IRES MSc Student
Bio:
Tatiana Chamorro (she/her) is an MSc student in the Working to Restore Connectivity and Sustainability (WoRCS) Lab at IRES and is supervised by Dr. Claire Kremen. Her research focuses on the scaling up of sustainable cattle ranching practices in Colombia, as she is highly interested in biodiversity conservation and ecology. She is a recipient of the Philip A. Jones Fellowship 2022-2023. She is also the trip coordinator for the RES Student Society.
Developing a field-scale crop yield prediction model using satellite and environmental data
Talk summary:
Timely and reliable estimation of crop production is essential for strategic decision making in the agricultural system. Recently, detailed ground-based field-scale yield datasets have become available providing a timely opportunity for using high spatial resolution observational data for model training. The key research objective was to develop a crop-yield prediction model using satellite and biophysical data and calibrated using field-scale yield monitor data.
Jumi Gogoi, recent PhD graduate in IRES
Bio:
Jumi recently completed her PhD in IRES under the supervision of Dr. Navin Ramankutty. She is pursuing her research interests in mobilizing methods from data science to answer questions about food security. Her PhD work specifically focuses on developing modeling methods using different datasets for improving prediction of crop production. Jumi has an interdisciplinary academic background and has completed studies in analytics, economics, and business.
See you on Feb 29 in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!
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Bonnie Leung
RES Program Support (she/her/hers)
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)
Room 429 – 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada
Email: bonnie.leung@ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-9249