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GradUpdate – Submitting Your Thesis, Copyright for your Thesis: How to use Images and other material, Effectively Articulating the Why’s and How’s of your Research, Indigenous Climate Action at the Speed of Consent, #MoveUBC, Using Mendeley, and more.

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Present your Research, Win Prizes!
This annual competition challenges research-based graduate students to present to a non-specialist audience.
Open heats, for students from any program | Tuesday, Mar 5, 3 – 4 pm or Thursday, Mar 7, 10 am – 12 pm | Register
Join a personal feedback session for guidance on your own 3MT.

GradUpdate

In this issue, Submitting Your Thesis, Copyright for your Thesis: How to use Images and other material, Effectively Articulating the Why’s and How’s of your Research, Indigenous Climate Action at the Speed of Consent, #MoveUBC, Using Mendeley, and more.

Registration Open

Communications Strategy for Policy
Online | Tuesday, Feb 27 | 12:30 – 2 pm

Register

Submitting Your Thesis
Online | Thursday, Feb 29 | 10 – 11 am

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Copyright for your Thesis: How to use Images and other material
This session will also be helpful for those using images on their 3MT slides
Online | Thursday, Feb 29 | 11:15 – 12:45 pm

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Presentations for Policy
Online | Thursday, Feb 29 | 12:30 – 2 pm

Register

Seats available

Interactive Key Messaging Workshop: Effectively Articulating the Why’s and How’s of your Research
Online | Wednesday, Feb 21 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  I’ve also highlighted some online, on-demand recordings to check out if you have end-of-term time.
Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

Using Mendeley for Citation Management
Online | Monday, Feb 26 | 12:30 – 2 pm Register

John P. Bell Global Indigenous Rights Lecture: Indigenous Climate Action at the Speed of Consent
In-person, with Dr. Kyle Whyte | Thursday, Feb 29 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Reserve a spot.

CAREER

From Petri Dish to Public Health Response: The Career Path of a Scientist Turned Public Health Microbiologist
Alumni Office Hours with Dr. Shannon Russell – Senior Scientist @ BCCDC
In-person | Thursday, Feb 29 | 3:30 – 4:30 pm Learn more

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Move UBC short exercise videos
Move UBC is a university-wide initiative every February aiming to increase physical activity and reduce the time students, faculty, staff, and the UBC community spend stationary. Check out UBCREC on YouTube for short movement break videos and virtual fitness classes.

RESEARCH

Introduction to Machine Learning: Classification and Clustering
Online | Thursday, Feb 27 | 1 – 3pm Register

Data Bites – Best Practices for Organizing File Directories
Online | Wednesday, Feb 28 | 12:30 – 1 pm Register

Introduction to the tidyverse R package
Online | Thursday, Feb 29 | 2 – 3 pm Register

TEACHING

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
In-person | Mar 2, 9 & 10 | 9 am – 5:30 pm Apply by Feb 28

Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter?
Asynchronous course | cohort will run from Feb 26 – Mar 4 Enrol

CIRTL SoTL Workshop
Save the date: May 6, 8, and 9 | A three day, in-person, intensive professional development session designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in broadening and enhancing their instructional skills. Learn more about eligibility requirements and apply.

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Science Slam Canada: Slam to the Future
In-person | Thursday, Mar 7 | 7 pm
RSVP for the event or sign up to present by Feb 29.

PRSSS Student Rapid Fire Thesis Competition – Deadline Feb. 22nd

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Hello Soil Enthusiast!

The Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science is hosting a  3 Minute Rapid Fire Thesis Competition!

Eligibility: Interested student participants must register to our 2024 AGM & Spring Workshop and select “Yes” to the Rapid Fire Thesis question. Register here.

Deadline to submit: *extended to February 22nd, 11:59pm* Submissions beyond this date will not be considered. (Original deadline February 17th)

Video Format: MP4 is preferable, but we can accommodate whatever format is available to you.

Where to submit: email us at PRSSSemail@gmail.com

Rules: Presentations should follow the University of Queensland Guidelines and must be submitted by February 17th.

Prizes: The top winners of the competition will receive cash prizes and be announced in our social media pages.

1st place is $300, 2nd place is $200, 3rd place is $100

 

How do I find out if I won? Winners will be announced at our AGM (March 2nd) and posted on our Socials!

 

Please contact us at PRSSSemail@gmail.com if you have any questions. Good luck!

REMINDER: CCARM “Food for Thought” Seminar Series: Breanne Semenko – Friday, February 23, 2024, at 11:00 am (CST-Central Standard Time) ONLINE

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On behalf of Dr. Thomas Netticadan, CCARM Team Leader, please post the attached poster and forward to everyone in your departments and anyone else you think may be interested,

Breanne Semenko, Master’s Student, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA, 

will be giving an in-person seminar on Friday, February 23, 2024, from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (CST-Central Standard Time). 

Her seminar is entitled, “Working with Northern Manitoba to Improve Community Health via Local Food Production” 

Everyone is invited to attend.

Use the link below to join the Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86768310505?pwd=NFFvU2hDeERQYlo1a2lzZlhac0Mrdz09

 

If link above does not work, go into Zoom website, click Join:

Meeting ID: 867 6831 0505

Passcode: 132934

 

Julie Schoffner

Administrative Assistant
Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM)
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
& University of Manitoba
Room R2019 – 351 Taché  Avenue
Winnipeg, MB  R2H 2A6  CANADA

Email:  jschoffner2@sbrc.ca
Tel: 204.235.3455     Fax: 204.237.4018

Thesis Defense – PhD SOIL Science – Sylvia Nyamaizi

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UBC – LFS Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy
(SOIL Science)

Sylvia Nyamaizi

“Improving Agricultural Phosphorus Management to Reduce Environmental Loss in High Phosphorus Soils in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia”

Thursday, February 22, 2024 – 9 AM

Zoom

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. K. Bartlett

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. S. Smukler – Co-Supervisor
Dr. A. Messiga – Co-Supervisor
Dr. JT Cornelis – Committee member
Dr. B. Cade-Menum – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. S. Smukler – Co-Supervisor
Dr. A. Messiga – Co-Supervisor
Dr. JT Cornelis – Committee member
Dr. A. Bomke – University Examiner
Dr. M. Johnson – University Examiner
Dr. D. Kumaragamage – External Examiner

1st Annual Symposium ‘Supporting Food Systems Transformation with Data.’ 15th March 2024

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We are pleased to announce the 1st Annual Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems Symposium, scheduled for Friday, 15th March at the Roslin Institute. This year, our theme is ‘Supporting Food Systems Transformation with Data.‘

Prof Jess Fanzo, Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at Columbia University will present The Food Systems Countdown Initiative and Dr Mike Clark, Senior Researcher at Oxford, will present on data on the environmental impact of foods.

The event will run from 10 am to 4 pm, followed by a drinks reception. Lunch will be provided.

PhD students and postdocs are invited to submit a 250-word abstract for a poster session. Presenting authors of selected abstracts will receive free registration.

For further information and to register, please visit our website. The full programme and speakers’ bios are attached for your reference.

Register Here

Best regards,

Clarinda

Clarinda Brown
Senior Project Manager
The University of Edinburgh
Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus
Edinburgh EH25 9RG

E.mail:  clarinda.brown@ed.ac.uk   https://www.ed.ac.uk/global-agriculture-food-systems

Working Pattern: Monday to Wednesday

 

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