Spread the word: the UBC Farm is hiring! This role is central to all activities at the Farm and some prior knowledge of the Farm is an asset, so it will be great if you can share this through your networks.

CSFS Site Services Coordinator Position

The CSFS Site Services Coordinator oversees the day-to-day site administrative activities, as well as site-user support for the CSFS at UBC Farm. The Site Services Coordinator supports the orientation of new staff, students and site users; coordinates access, scheduling, and permissions to the site; coordinates the site safety program; and supports the administration of land-based projects and events, including project intake, site allocation, communication with site-users, services tracking, invoicing, project renewals, and project/event clean-up. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply

Deadline to apply: Monday, September 25th at 11:59 p.m.

Thanks!

Melanie

 

Melanie Kuxdorf (She, Her, Hers)

Communications and Marketing Manager

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4

melanie.kuxdorf@ubc.ca | ubcfarm.ubc.ca

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UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy
(Human Nutrition)

 Brock Alexander Williams

“Folic Acid Supplementation and Dietary Folate Intake Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Evidence from a Double-Blind Randomized Cross-Over Trial”

Thursday, September 14, 2023 – 1:00 PM

220, Food Nutrition and Health Building, 2205 East Mall

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. E. Puterman

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. A. Devlin – Committee member
Dr. J. Singer – Committee member
Dr. J. K. Wu – Committee member
Dr. S. Vercauteren – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. J. Singer – Committee member
Dr. J. K. Wu – Committee member
Dr. D. Kitts – University Examiner
Dr. K.S. Joseph – University Examiner
Dr. Y.I. Kim – External Examiner

We have 3 on-line TAships available in our second-year course, Land, Food and Community I (LFS 250). The course is an introduction to food systems literacy with an emphasis on developing systems thinking approaches, interdisciplinary collaboration skills, and equity competencies. We explore issues related to sustainability, food security, food sovereignty, and food environment analysis. Students develop skillsets related to systems diagrams, team work, and verbal, written and design-based communication. TAs are responsible for running their own tutorial sessions with support from the three course instructors (Delisa Lewis, Matt Mitchell and Will Valley), including tutorial templates, weekly teaching team meetings, and a course-specific TA handbook.

If you have any graduate students that are looking for more independent, on-line teaching experience and keen to guide 2nd-year students through food systems issues, please send them our way and/or direct them to our TA Portal to apply – https://ta-app.landfood.ubc.ca (must be either on campus (UBC Secure) or logged in through UBC VPN for the website to work).

Here are a few more details about the course:

Course code – LFS 250 002

Delivery – On-line

September 2023 to April 2024

210 hours

Weekly Schedule

– On-line Lecture – Tuesdays, 1pm-1:50pm

– Lab time – Tuesdays, 2pm-3:30pm (this is scheduled for students to complete group work, but does not have a weekly scheduled component for TAs. TAs hold office hours or use the time to catch up on grading and/or prep for their tutorial)
– Tutorials – Thursdays,12:30-1:50pm
– Weekly Teaching Team Meeting – no time has been set, we meet weekly as a teaching team for one hour, preferably on Mondays.

Duties

– Facilitating weekly tutorial sessions, attending on-line lectures and weekly teaching team meetings, grading assignments and providing students with verbal and written feedback, and maintaining communication with students outside of course time as needed.

Warmly,

Will Valley, PhD
Associate Professor of Teaching, Applied Biology
Academic Director, Land, Food, & Community Series
Associate Dean, EDI
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
University of British Columbia, Musqueam Territory
210 – 2205 East Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Our first IRES Seminar for Term 1 is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre.  Please check in at the Admissions Desk first before going to the Theatre.

September 7, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Matias Margulis

The Climate Emergency and the Future of Global Food Trade Governance

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall)

Please check in at the Admissions Desk first before going to the Theatre.

No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.

Click here to register for Zoom link.

Talk summary:

Food systems are a key driver of climate change and climate change poses significant threats to the stability of world food production. International food trade can enable markets to respond to food supply shocks; however, existing global food trade rules may constrain the policy space of states to enhance food system resilience to climate-induced shocks. While World Trade Organization (WTO) rules are designed to maximize economic efficiency and discourage overproduction, they may also limit states’ capacity to insure against global production shocks through public food stockholding.

Dr. Matias E. Margulis, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs & Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Bio:

Matias E. Margulis is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. His research interests span international trade, development, and food security. His most recent book is Shadow Negotiators: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security (Stanford University Press, 2023).

See you on September 7 in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!

_______________________________________________________________________________

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

HR Macmillan users:

Please be advised that there has been a request for two weekend power shutdowns to conduct the yearly main feeder maintenance work and to get the new air handler for 360 online.

Full building power shutdown: Saturday September 9^th 7AM-3PM

South wing only power shutdown: Saturday September 16^th 7AM-11AM (tentative) **Areas effected: Animal welfare, SALA, DAE & Comms areas**

It is suggested that Faculty, staff and students shut down desktop computers, external USB devices and any sensitive equipment end of day, Friday September 8th. Fridges and freezers should be ok during this period as long as they are not opened. For those with -80’s freezers/sensitive equipment that could be negatively impacted during this shut down, please contact me at your earliest convenience to discuss potential power backup options.

Any questions please contact andy.jeffries@ubc.ca

Thank you,

Andy Jeffries
Faculty Operations Manager
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
48F – 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 3488 | Cell 604 603 1619
andy.jeffries@ubc.ca
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca