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GradUpdate – Citation Practices, Organizing File Directories, Call for GradStart Welcome volunteers, online project and time management, and more.

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Citation Practices, Organizing File Directories, Call for GradStart Welcome volunteers, online project and time management, and more.

Resource Highlight

Online training in core competencies for industry
Mitacs training offers a suite of training designed to improve core competencies sought by employers. Courses are organized in bundles and students must complete an online self-paced e-learning module before registering for a facilitated session. Upcoming sessions include:

  • Project and time management | Pre-requisite is “Spur up your project  and time management skills” | July 20 | 10 am – 12:30 pm CDT
  • Framing your project in a masterful presentation | Pre-requisite is “Refine your writing and presentation skills” | July 21 | 12 – 3 pm PDT

and many more…See July, August schedule

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

Citation Practices in Academic and Professional Writing
Hybrid | Wednesday, Jul 26 | 10 – 11:30 am | Register

RESEARCH

Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools
Online | Tuesday, Jul 25 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Data Bites – Best Practices for Organizing File Directories
Online | Wednesday, Jul 26 | 12 – 12:30 pm Register

Introduction to Machine Learning: Classification and Clustering
Online | Thursday, Jul 27 | 12 – 2 pm Register

TEACHING

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
In-person | Aug 20, 26 & 27 | 9 am – 5:30 pm
Apply by Aug 16 | See all upcoming sessions.

WORKING WITH OTHERS

Call for Volunteers: GradStart Welcome
Interested in helping welcome new graduate students to UBC? Sign up for a 2-3 hour shift on Aug 31, Sep 1 or other dates in September. Get a coveted GradStart t-shirt, make new friends, & share your knowledge of UBC and Vancouver | Apply by July 28

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Introduction to Podcasting
Online | Wednesday, Jul 26 | 2 – 3:30 pm Register

Thesis Defense – Human Nutrition – MSc – Amandeep (Andy) Bains

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UBS – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces 
The Oral Examination for the Degree of Master of Science (Human Nutrition)

Amandeep (Andy) Bains

“METABOLICALLY HEALTHY OBESITY IN CHILDREN ATTENDING PEDIATRIC WEIGHT-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN CANADA”

Thursday, July 27, 2023 – 10:00 AM

Room 220, Food, Nutrition and Health Building, 2205 East Mall

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. D. Wright

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. T. Cohen – Supervisor
Dr. E. Puterman  – Committee member
Dr. R. Murphy – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. T. Cohen – Supervisor
Dr. R. Murphy – Committee member
Dr. A. Devlin – External

LAST REMINDER – Call for Abstracts/full papers: XIII International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2023” Jahorina 5-8 October 2023, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Dear colleagues,

We hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy.

We are thankful to all those from over 80 world countries who have submitted so far over 600 abstracts/full papers for the 14th International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2023”, which will be held in hybrid format, both in-person and online.

Furthermore, due to many requests, AGROSYM 2023 Organizing Committee has decided to extend the LAST DEADLINE for the abstract/full paper submission until 30th of July, 2023.

Online registration is available at:

http://agrosym.ues.rs.ba/info/register

We hope you will take advantage of the extended deadline to submit your contribution.

LAST Announcement 2023 ENG

REMINDER and USEFUL INFORMATION

The 14th International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2023” will be held in Jahorina mountain (near Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5-8 October 2023. Detailed information about the Symposium can be found at http://agrosym.ues.rs.ba/

 

AGROSYM 2023 will deal with the following thematic areas:

(1) Plant production;

(2) Plant protection and food safety;

(3) Organic agriculture;

(4) Environment protection and natural resources management;

(5) Animal husbandry;

(6) Rural development and agro-economy;

(7) and Forestry and agro-forestry.

 

Please share this call with your network and colleagues who may be interested through forwarding this email, with attached announcement.

The official Symposium language is English.

 

Looking forward to meeting you in Jahorina mountain (East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) in October 2023.

 

The Organizers.

 

For any additional information please feel free to contact:

 

Dr Igor Djurdjic, Symposium General Secretary,
agrosym2023@gmail.com
University of East Sarajevo-Faculty of Agriculture, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

CCARM “Food for Thought” Seminar Series: Dr. José Manuel Barat Baviera – Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 2:00 pm (Central Standard Time-CST)

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

Dr. José Manuel Barat Baviera, Professor, Food Technology Department, University of Polytechnic of Valencia (UPV), SPAIN, will be giving an in-person seminar on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Central Standard Time-CST)

His seminar is entitled, “Development of novel antimicrobials for the food industry”

20230718 Jose Manuel Barat Baviera (UPV) – online

Everyone is invited to attend.

Click on the link below to join the Microsoft Teams Meeting:

Click here to join the meeting

 

If link does not work, go into the Microsoft Teams website, click Join:

Meeting ID:  219 191 434 944

Passcode:  bqGhNf

 

Download Teams | Join on the web

 

 

 

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 – Human Nutrition – MSc – Maryam Kheirmandparizi

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UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree  of

Master of Science
(Human Nutrition)

Maryam Kheirmandparizi

“Perceptions of a dietary self-monitoring mobile app resembling the Canada’s food guide: a qualitative study”

Thursday, July 20, 2023 – 1:00 PM

Hybrid (Zoom link provided upon request), or Room 220, Food, Nutrition and Health Building, 2205 East Mall


EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. C. Karakochuk

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. T. Cohen – Supervisor
Dr. A. Conklin  – Committee member
Dr. R. Rhodes – Committee member
Dr. S. Lear – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. T. Cohen – Supervisor
Dr. A. Conklin  – Committee member
Dr. S. Purcell – External