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Free Lecture At The Vancouver Aquarium – Humans, Rising Sea Levels and the Fraser River Estuary | Ocean Matters July Lecture

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Humans, Rising Sea Levels and the Fraser River Estuary | Ocean Matters July Lecture

Tuesday, 24-Jul-2018 @ 7pm (doors 6.30pm)

BC’s Fraser River Estuary is under immense threat from both climate change and human activities. This wetland is a biodiversity hotspot that is vital habitat for a large number of plants and animals, including millions of migrating Pacific salmon and shorebirds.

Since 1827, human activities have caused the disappearance and degradation of these important fish and wildlife habitats. This continues today, with even more development, pollution, industrial activities and spread of invasive species. However, in the 21st century sea-level rise is likely to pose an even greater danger, unless we do something to protect this incredible ecosystem.

In this talk, Eric Balke will tell us about his work protecting the Fraser River Estuary, and his research into ways we can protect it against both present and future threats.

The Speaker

Eric Balke is the Coordinator of the South Coast Conservation Land Management Program. He manages a portfolio of conservation lands as part of a partnership with the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Ducks Unlimited Canada, The Nature Trust of British Columbia, and the Canadian Wildlife Service/Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Can’t make it to The Aquarium? You can watch the livestream on the Vancouver Aquarium YouTube channel!

Price: Free, but register here to guarantee your seat
Accessibility: This event will be ASL signed and is wheel-chair accessible
Location: The Vancouver Aquarium
Livestreaming?: Yes!! On the Vancouver Aquarium YouTube Channel

For more information see ocean.org/oceanmatters

If you have any questions please let me know.

Many Thanks,

Ruth

Ruth Sharpe, PhD
Manager of Public Programs

Ruth.Sharpe@ocean.org
D 604 659 3497

Thesis Defense – MSC – SOIL

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UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of 

MASTER OF SCIENCE

(SOIL Science)

EMMA AVERY

“LONG TERM EFFECTS OF BIOSOLIDS ON RANGELAND SOIL QUALITY AND PLANT COMMUNITY IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA” 

Monday, June 25, 2018 at  10:00 am
Room 350 – MacMillan Building 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair:
Dr. L. Lavkulich 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. M. Krzic – Supervisor
Dr. S. Smukler – Committee member
Dr. G. Bradfield- Committee member
Dr. B. Wallace – Committee member 

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. M. Krzic – Supervisor
Dr. S. Smukler – Committee member
Dr. B. Wallace – Committee member
Dr. C. Chanway – External

GreenPAC opportunity

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Careers

Parliamentary Internship for the Environment Program Coordinator

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Wage and Hours: 25 hours/week, $21.50/hour. One year contract with potential for renewal

Help launch and develop Canada’s first Parliamentary Internship Program for the Environment. The Coordinator will support four interns in full-time, nine month internships with MPs from every major political party on Parliament Hill. The successful candidate will help design and carry out exciting, innovative opportunities for interns to connect with leaders in the environmental and political sectors, and will maintain and grow relationships with MPs. Join the GreenPAC team and help us run this new, unique program to develop and train future leaders in Canada’s environmental sector. More information on the internship is available here.

Responsibilities:

  • Organize and support intern recruitment and evaluation
  • Provide assistance with finding housing, address challenges, and related activities for those interns moving to Ottawa
  • Develop and maintain relationships with Program Partners including environmental organizations, businesses and MP offices
  • Organize events for Interns including a camping trip orientation, networking opportunities and other activities
  • Support program design and evaluation
  • Administrative program tasks as required

Experience:

  • Event/program planning and management
  • Demonstrated success meeting budget and scheduling targets
  • Managing multiple, changing priorities in a fast-moving environment
  • Working with highly talented youth, ideally in leadership development
  • Familiarity with Ottawa and Parliament Hill

Skills:

  • Superior interpersonal and communications skills
  • Organized, with excellent administrative abilities
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Knowledge of and interest in politics; passion for addressing environmental issues
  • Ability to speak french a strong asset

GreenPAC is a non-partisan, non-profit organization working to elect and support environmental leaders of all major parties running for office. We have run successful endorsement campaigns in the Federal (2015), Manitoba (2016), B.C. (2017) and Ontario (2018) elections. We are a small team with an ambitious mandate, and are based in Toronto.

GreenPAC supports and encourages diversity and equity, and we are striving to make staff positions accessible to all potential team members, regardless of ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender or identity.

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to info@GreenPAC.ca by 4 PM, Monday, July 9th. Interviews will take place the week of July 16th and the position will begin on Monday July 23rd (start date negotiable).

Call for Nominations: Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship Bridge Funding

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INTERNAL DEADLINE – Friday, July 13, 2018

Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship Bridge Funding

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will match funds provided by graduate programs (to a maximum of $8,000 per student and to a maximum of $50,000 for the program in total) to support Master’s and doctoral Aboriginal students registered at the UBC-Vancouver campus for the 2018/19 academic year (i.e., from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019). This funding is intended to support students until they can apply for the next regular Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship competition. It is also intended to support students who were not successful in receiving other funding, such as Tri-Agency CGS-Master’s, CIHR / NSERC / SSHRC doctoral awards, or UBC Affiliated Fellowships, etc., for the 2018/19 academic year. Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through a competition administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Eligibility

 All Aboriginal students are eligible to apply, but priority is given to Aboriginal graduate students whose traditional territory falls, at least in part, within Canada. This includes Canadian First Nations, Métis or Inuit students and may include Aboriginal students from Alaska and the northern states of the USA.

 Applicants must be registered in a UBC graduate program as full-time students as of September 2018.

 Students in the following programs are not eligible: MEng, MM, MBA, and PharmD.

 Students must be registered in a graduate program at the UBC-Vancouver campus.

Applicants deadline Friday, July 13, 2018

Graduate Programs: nominations due to G+PS by Friday, 27 July 2018

Annual Value: up to $8,000 from Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, must be matched by graduate program

Further information available on the G+PS website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/aboriginal-graduate-fellowship-bridge-funding