Hope you are enjoying a quiet reading break.

We hope you can help advertise this event to your students, staff and faculty in your departments.

See Poster and register here.

 

Thank you!
Lee

Lee Yupitun (She, Her, Hers)

Admissions & Administrative Coordinator | Professional Master’s Programs (MGEM, MUFL, MF)
Faculty of Forestry | Graduate Programs
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2644 – 2424 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
(T) 604-822-1174 or email Lee.yupitun@ubc.ca

Next week’s IRES Seminar is in the Beaty Museum Theatre.  Note: No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.

March 2, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Sara Barron

Future Urban Forests

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Location: Beaty Museum Theatre (2212 Main Mall)

Click here to register in advance to receive a Zoom link.

Zoom Rule: If we encounter technical difficulties during the first 5 to 10 mins of the seminar, Zoom will be terminated.

Talk summary:

North American urban landscapes are facing critical pressures such as climate change, human health concerns, and loss of biodiversity and habitat. Urban forests are a critical component of these landscapes and can help meet these pressures in several ways. The emerging discipline of urban forestry can inform policy and practice to design and plan for future forests in human landscapes. The field currently lacks tested approaches to holistically integrate the complex multiple factors involved with future planning. This study explores a new framework for a scenario-based approach incorporating a design process to examine potential solutions to these complex problems. A Canadian case study was used to develop and evaluate this framework approach combining multiple methods.

Dr. Sara Barron, Program Director for Bachelor of Urban Forestry and Master in Urban Forestry Leadership

Bio:

Sara Barron is the Program Director for the Urban Forestry programs (Bachelor of Urban Forestry and Master in Urban Forestry Leadership) at the University of British Columbia. Prior to this role, she was a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Sara’s research interests bridge landscape architecture and urban forestry. Her dissertation explored the design and assessment of future urban forest scenarios in compact communities. She has expertise in large-scale sustainable community planning and climate change research projects and holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree.

 

 

See you next week in the Beaty Museum Theatre!

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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

 

The Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology is pleased to announce our first Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

The Symposium will be a one-day event in October where exceptional senior Ph.D. students from institutions external to Cornell are invited to share their research with the Weill Institute community, celebrate their academic achievements, interact with students and faculty, and explore post-doctoral collaboration and research opportunities.

Awardees will additionally be invited to attend the 7^th Biennial Weill Institute Symposium and meet with the speakers.

Information about the event and application process can be found here.

Click here to apply!

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2023 Summer Terms – LFS TA Application opens next week – 10 business days only!

The LFS TA Application will soon be open for students to apply to TA for all LFS 2023 Summer Term courses.

There are expected to be around 12-13 courses offered overall by LFS, counting all terms (S1, S2 & S1+2).

 

The LFS TA Application will be open for students to apply for ten business days only.

It will open by 10am on March 2^nd and close by 4:30pm on March 15, 2023.

(This ten-day limit is mandated by the agreement between CUPE 2278/UBC.)

 

Instructors determine how many TAs to assign to their course. TA hours assigned to each TA will also vary.

 

To log in to the LFS TA Application from off-campus, use the UBC VPN.

For help navigating the TA Application, email Virginia Frankian at lfs.ta@ubc.ca.

 

For all TA-related correspondence, please use lfs.ta@ubc.ca

A couple of events to share (Karen and our comms team are sharing on our social too):

1. Desiree Nielsen, LFS Alumna, speaking at online event on Feb 28  When food becomes medicine – alumni UBC (Free event)
2. Abeera Irfan, LFS Student speaking on March 4 TEDxUBC (@tedx.ubc) • Instagram photos and videos (ticketed – but there are usually a recording, so I can share this when it comes out too)

Best,

Niki

Niki Glenning (Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Alumni Relations Manager

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory

Phone: Cell 604 561 0504 | Fax 604 822 6394

@ubclfs www.facebook.com/ubcLFS