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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 – ISLFS – Daniel O’Beirne

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UBC – LFS Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(ISLFS)

Daniel O’Beirne

“Rural Credit and Deforestation: Evidence from Thailand”

Friday, February 16, 2024 – 2 PM

Zoom
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69923730423?pwd=b2pjQ2tFOVoxSzR5NWNUd09JZ0lOdz09

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. H. Wittman

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. F. Noack – Supervisor
Dr. N. Coops – Committee member
Dr. R. Barichello – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. F. Noack – Supervisor
Dr. N. Coops – Committee member
Dr. J. Gantois – External Examiner

GradUpdate – 3MT, Cover Letters, Telling Your Research Story, Captivating your Audience, Writing Retreat for Research Masters, Integrating Generative AI into Your Research and Scholarship, Love Data Week, Inclusive Teaching, and more.

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Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition

Present your Research, Win Prizes!
This annual competition challenges research-based graduate students to present to a non-specialist audience
Check out our schedule to register for a departmental or ‘open-to-all-disciplines’ heat. Join a personal feedback session for guidance on your own 3MT.

GradUpdate

In this issue, Cover Letters, Telling Your Research Story, Captivating your Audience, Writing Retreat for Research Masters, Integrating Generative AI into Your Research and Scholarship, Love Data Week, Inclusive Teaching, and more.

Registration Open

Cover Letters
Online | Tuesday, Feb 13 | 4 – 5 pm

Register

Speaking as a Scholar: Telling Your Research Story
Online | Wednesday, Feb 14 | 10 – 11:30 am

Register

Captivate Your Audience (Keynote, Interactive Workshop)
Join communication expert Ivan Ruiz for an energetic keynote and workshop to learn strategies for confidently sharing complex ideas jn a compelling narrative. Thursday, Feb 15 | 9 – 10:15 am (keynote), 10:30 am – 12 pm (workshop)

Register Poster

A Seat at the Table: Joining the Academic Conversation
In-person, on-campus writing retreat for research-based masters students
Thursday, Feb 22 | 9:15 am – 12:45 pm (retreat), 1 – 2 pm (consultations)

Register

Seats available

Waiting for Motivation? Do this Instead!
Staying on Track in Grad School Series
Online | Tuesday, Feb 6 | 1 – 2:30 pm Register

Social Media Strategy for Policy Workshop
Online | Featuring UBC alum Kaylee Byers | Friday, Feb 9 | 12:30 – 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

Call for Abstracts: 25th UBC Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Conference
Thursday and Friday, May 2 & 3 | Abstracts are invited from any discipline that aligns with the conference theme, The Rise of Radicalism.
Learn more and submit by Feb 9 (extended deadline)

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

Pitfalls and Potential: Integrating Generative AI into Your Research and Scholarship
Online | Thursday, Feb 15 | 1:30 – 2:30 pm Register

CAREER

Arts Amplifier Networking Week
Open to graduate students and postdocs in the Faculty of Arts | You must attend the mandatory workshop on Wednesday, Feb 14, 12 – 1 pm.
Online 20 min informational interviews | Tuesday & Wednesday, Feb 20 & 21 Learn more and register by Feb 9

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

How to Align Your Time with Your Priorities
Online NCFDD webinar | Thursday, Feb 8 | 11 am – 12:30 pm
Join for free via UBC’s subscription, then register.

BIPOC Community of Care Circle
A space for Black, Indigenous and/or People of Colour to gather within the UBC community and discuss their experiences with one another.
In-person | Every other Wednesday, Feb 7 – Apr 3 | 5 – 7 pm | Email to register | Topics include:

  • Feb 7 – Mental Health
  • Feb 21 – Radical Love and Pleasure Activism
  • Mar 6 – Institutional Harm and Community Justice
  • Mar 20 – Allyship
  • Apr 3 – Community Care 2

Redefining Resilience: Navigating Black Masculinity in Mental Health
In-person, BSU x SASC Panel Event | Tuesday, Feb 13 | 5 – 7 pm Register

The Meditation Walk: Mindfulness and Community Together at UBC
In-person | Wednesday, Feb 14 | 1:30 – 3:30 pm Register

RESEARCH

Love Data Week
A joint effort from the libraries at Simon Fraser University, the University of Northern British Columbia, the University of Victoria and UBC.
Online | Feb 12 – 16 Learn more and register for sessions below:

  • Canadian Housing Data (Statistics Canada) | Session will provide an overview of the types of data available and provide examples of how they can be used by scholars and students for three sources of housing data at Statistics Canada – The Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP), the Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) and the Census of Population  Tuesday, Feb 13 | 10 – 11:30 am Register
  • Introduction to Machine Learning: Regression Models
    Tuesday, Feb 13 | 1 – 3 pm Register
  • History buffs: Learn how to find Statistics Canada information pre-1981 | Wednesday, Feb 14 | 10 – 11 am Register
  • Pandas DataFrames in Jupyter Notebooks | Wednesday, Feb 14 | 2 – 3:30 pm Register
  • Data Visualization with ggplot2 |Thursday, Feb 15 | 10 – 11 am Register
  • Designing Web Maps with Mapbox | Thursday, Feb 15 | 1 – 3 pm Register
  • SFU’s Big Data Hub Presents Data Visionaries Series: Visualizing Data | Friday, Feb 16 | 12 – 1 pm Register

Data Bites – Introduction to depositing datasets in Borealis
Online | Wednesday, Feb 14 | 12:30 – 1:15 pm Register

Introduction to the Unix Shell
Online | Wednesday, Feb 14 | 1 – 3 pm Register

TEACHING

Re-imagining data: Using arts-based methods for new perspectives in research, teaching and learning
Online CIRTL webinar | Monday, Mar 11 | 11 am – 12:30 pm Register

A Question of Value – Indigenous Students’ Perspectives on Open Education
Online | Monday, Feb 12 | 1 – 2 pm Register

Inclusive Teaching: Universal Design for Learning
Online | Thursday, Feb 15 | 11 am – 12:30 pm Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

14-Day Writing Challenge
Online | Feb 26 – Mar 10
Join for free via UBC’s subscription, then register by Feb 16.

French Beginner 1 Classes
Online GSS class | Tuesdays and Thursdays, Feb 27 – Mar 28 | $70 Register

What can black carbon in the ocean tell us about wildfire in the Earth system?

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IOF SEMINAR – February 9, 2024

What can black carbon in the ocean tell us about wildfire in the Earth system?
In the deep ocean persists an enigmatic class of organic compounds that are presumed to have a condensed aromatic structure, are biologically unreactive, and are broadly termed “black carbon”. In the dissolved phase, black carbon comprises ~2% of the total dissolved organic carbon (DOC) housed in the ocean, which is roughly equivalent in size to the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. In the abyssal ocean, dissolved black carbon (DBC) is about 15,000 14C-years older than bulk DOC, suggesting that the DBC fraction is particularly important for evaluating stability of the marine organic carbon pool over multi-millennial timescales. However, the answer to one key question continues to elude us: Where does ancient DBC in the deep ocean come from? The path to the answer is littered with sampling and methodological limitations, dead ends, and surprise detours. It was thought that most DBC in the ocean originated from wildfires on land, but results from compound-specific stable carbon isotopic analyses suggest otherwise. This talk describes a persistent quest to figure out where oceanic DBC comes from and features new research in which we are leveraging black carbon deposited in ancient marine sediments to understand wildfires that occur at critical junctures in Earth’s history.
Dr. Sasha Wagner
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Friday, February 9, 2024 – 11:00am  – 12:00pm
Online over Zoom
IOF community members (students, faculty and staff) do not need to RSVP for this seminar series.

UBC members, alumni, and all others, please RSVP at:
https://oceans.ubc.ca/rsvp-iof-seminars/

Community Update for February 2, 2024

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Happy Friday! Check out the links below for upcoming events and opportunities.

International Student Advising is here to support you. Please visit our website for details on how to connect with us.

The next newsletter will be sent out on Friday, February 9th. Take care and have a great weekend!

Global Lounge Welcome Week!

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February 5 – 9  | Drop-in Hours 12pm – 5pm
Global Lounge | 2205 Lower Mall

Are you an international student or new to Canada? Are you eager to make friends, connect with peers, or learn more about life and culture in Canada, or how to navigate UBC? Drop in to the Global Lounge or join one of the upcoming evening events like Games & Karaoke Night on February 6 or Trivia Night February 8. Events are free and snacks will be provided!

Lunar New Year Market This Weekend

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February 3 & 4  | 10am – 4pm
In-person| UBC Vancouver Campus

Join the UBC Botanical Garden’s Lunar New Year Market celebrating the year of the dragon! The expanded market will feature over 30 local makers, artists, crafters and food trucks. Enjoy the UBC Kung Fu Club’s exciting lion dance, learn the basics of calligraphy, how to make sweet dumpling desserts, and understand more about the plants in the Asian garden.

Call for Research Proposals | Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards

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Deadline extended to February 6

Are you an international undergraduate student looking for full-time research opportunities for Summer 2024? The Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards could be the program for you! Gain valuable research experience as you work closely with a faculty member on a research project while developing skills in communication, problem-solving, and project management. 

Apply to be a Sustainability Ambassador

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Apply by February 18

Applications are now open for UBC undergraduate and graduate students to join the Fall 2024 Sustainability Ambassadors cohorts.

Bring ideas for human and environmental wellbeing to life, develop your leadership skills and inspire the UBC community to create positive and meaningful change, while building your network and connections with other student leaders through the Sustainability Ambassadors program.

Health & Wellbeing Resources 

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Explore the free health resources  available to you and get connected to the ones that meet your needs.


February 2, 2024
Upcoming Events

Nov 15 – Feb 19
Space Explorers: The Infinite (Immersive Experience)

Dec 1 – Mar 31
Shipyards Skate Plaza

Jan 12 – Mar 27
VPL: Free Movie Screenings

Jan 13 – Feb 14
Hot Chocolate Festival                                       
Jan 22 – Feb 11
FlyOver: Soar Over Taiwan

Jan 25 – Apr 18
Pop Politics: Pop Culture and Political Life in the United States

Feb 1 – 4
UBC Opera: Cendrillon (Cinderella)

Feb 1 – 10
UBC Theatre: TomorrowLove

Feb 1 – 29
UBC Black History Month Events

Feb 2
Shabbat Dinner With Honoured Guests: Holocaust Survivors

Feb 2 – 24
Vancouver Winter Pride Festival

Metro Theatre: Send Me No Flowers

Feb 2 – 29
VIFF Black History Month Film Screenings

Feb 3
Owl Prowl at Stanley Park

Feb 3 & 4
The Wellness Show

Feb 4
Application Deadline: CCEL Student Grants

Feb 6
VPL: Canadian Workplace Culture and Communication

Documentary Film Screening + Panel Discussion: We Are Human

Feb 7
Chief Rueben George at Banyan Books

Feb 9 – 11
Taste of Chinatown

Feb 9 – 25
LunarFest

Feb 9, 22, Mar 10, 22, Apr 8
New/Full Moon Showshoe Tours at Grouse

Feb 10
Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet

Feb 12 – 16
UBC Climate Emergency Week

Feb 15 & 16
MOA Unmasked: Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Arts Movement

Feb 17 – 19
Fan Expo

Have a question?

Visit the International Student Guide for immigration “how-to’s” and helpful info for international students.

Need more support?

To leave a message for an International Student Advisor, complete the online form to get advice. You can also drop in to an advising session on Zoom or in-person at the UBC Life Building.