We are coordinating the Les Ecologistes seminar series in the biology department at Simon Fraser University and would like to extend an open invitation to your students and colleagues to participate. Please forward to your email list-serv at your earliest convenience and feel free to contact us with any questions. ————————————-

 Hello,  

Kate and Elissa here, the speaker coordinators for the 2017/2018 Les Ecologistes seminar series at Simon Fraser University. We are emailing you today to let you know about the upcoming seminar season.  

Les Ecologistes is a weekly seminar series hosted by the Department of Biological Sciences, presenting on topics of general ecological and evolutionary topics. Many of our speakers are researchers from here at SFU, however we have several speakers from outside the university scheduled for the upcoming season as well. Les Ecols takes place each Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30, in room B9242 at SFU Burnaby.  

Please let us know if you are interested in speaking, or if you would like to be included in our email list to receive weekly notifications about speakers. Alternatively, you can stay up to date on the schedule here: http://www.sfu.ca/biology/research/seminars-defenses/les-ecologistes.html

 Kind regards,  

Kate Mill

kmill@sfu.ca 

Elissa Sweeney-Bergen

elissas@sfu.ca

Mitacs Global Research Award

The Mitacs Globalink Research Award supports research collaborations between Canada and select partner countries. The award is open to undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines. Funding varies by destination. The current call for proposals opens on September 13 and closes on November 8, 2017.

Full details (including eligibility requirements and application materials) are available at: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink/globalink-research-award. Please direct any questions to international@mitacs.ca.

For further information on Mitacs programs, please visit: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs.

Dan David Prize – Call for Nominations

The Dan David Prize is a joint international corporation, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University. The prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms, and covers three time dimensions – Past, Present and Future – that represent realms of human achievement.

Three prizes of one million US dollars are awarded to individuals and institutions with prove, exceptional excellence and contribution to humanity in the sciences, arts, humanities, public service and business.

The nomination deadline is November 30, 2017. Nomination guidelines are available here.

There are also scholarships of $15,000 USD available for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. The application deadline is March 10, 2018.

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

PhD in PLNT

Li MA

“Ecophysiology of the Effects of Red to Far-Red Light Ratio on Selected Weed and Crop Species”

 

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 9:00 am

Room 203, Graduate Student Centre 

Latecomers will not be admitted  

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair:

Prof Jaymie Matthews (Physics)

Supervisory Committee:

Prof Mahesh Upadhyaya, Research Supervisor (Plant Science)

Prof David Clements (Biology & Environmental Studies, Trinity Western University)

University Examiners:

Prof Gary Bradfield (Botany) Prof Leslie Lavkulich (Soil Science)                                                                                                                                            Everyone is welcome!

Waitlist registration is now open for the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) October 22, 29, 29 2017.  The ISW is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation. In addition, graduate students in STEM departments are eligible to become CIRTL associates upon completion of the workshop.   The ISW is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience.  Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop. 

IMPORTANT: The workshop runs from 8:15am-5:00pm. Please note you must be able to attend all three days, i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop.  Please find attached the policy for registering in an ISW and an FAQ sheet.  

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the October 22, 28, 29 2017 please go to the following link and sign-up: http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-october-22-28-29-2017/ . Waitlist registration will close on Friday at 4:30pm. By clicking this link, you can register for the waitlist, however this does not register you for the workshop. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted directly by our office. 

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Sincerely,

Elissa Morris
Events Assistant | Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver
214-1961 East Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 604 827 4871| elissa.morris@ubc.ca

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT