The MFRE is having an Info Session next Wednesday, here at MCML. We would really appreciate it if you could please share it with students however you deem appropriate. Thank you!

Event: MFRE On-Campus Info Session

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 27, 4:30 pm

Venue: MCML 154

Do you want to continue your studies at The University of British Columbia? Join us to learn more about our Master’s program and how you can develop a career in the world’s most elemental industries.

The MFRE is a unique one-year professional master’s program combining economics, policy and business as understood from an agriculture, food, natural resources and environmental perspective. This degree blends the economic and analytical rigour of an MSc with the business and management elements of an MBA, and equips you to analyze real-world issues through applied economics and quantitative skills.

https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

Pre-Arrival Info Sessions for international students

International Student Advising is hosting an online pre-arrival info session for international students. These sessions are particularly helpful for your newly admitted international students starting their programs in January but all are welcomed. This session will be offered twice:

• Monday, November 25, 2019, 9am – 10:15am REGISTER
• Thursday, December 5, 2019, 3pm – 4:15pm REGISTER

International Student Advisors will cover topics such as key immigration documents (passports, study permits, TRVs/eTAs) work authorization for international students, and health insurance (iMED, MSP, extended health).

GSS social events

The GSS is hosting a variety of events including MOA tours, a pancake breakfast, and a speed friending social. For details and to register, please visit the Events page on the Orientation website.

January GradStart Orientation Welcome

Students starting their program in January were sent an invitation to register to attend our January GradStart.

Thursday, January 9, 2020, Thea’s Lounge

12pm – 3:15pm | G+PS GradStart Welcome Lunch

3:30pm – 5pm | International Student Orientation

The morning kicks off with MOA tours hosted by the GSS.

 

Many thanks!

Good luck with graduation & admissions,
Kelli

Kelli Kiyomi Kadokawa (She, Her, Hers)
Communications and Business Initiatives Coordinator
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 6475 Ext. 26475
kelli.kadokawa@ubc.ca | @UBCGradSchool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca

Two graduate students in soil science program won awards for their oral presentations at the 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International conference in San Antonio, TX:

• Kiran Padda (PhD student with Dr. Chris Chanway) won the 1st place award in the Soils in Ecological Restoration session
• Chantel Chizen (MSc student with Dr. Maja Krzic) won the 3rd place award in the Soil C and GHG Emissions session

Both Kiran and Chantel also won travel awards from the Canadian Society of Soil Science to attend this conference. Well done!

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

Master of Science

(Applied Animal Biology)

Paige McDonald

The effect of heat stress on the behavior of dairy cows at the drinker 

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 10:00am
Room 342, MacMillan Bldg.

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE  

Chair: Dr. R. Cerri 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. D. Weary – Supervisor
Dr. S. Gulati – Committee member
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. D. Weary – Supervisor
Dr. M. von Keyserlingk – Committee member
Dr. J. Vercammen – External examiner

Everyone is welcome!

This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Tegan Adams, CEO of New Maple Holdings.

Topic: The Cannabis Industry – One year after legalization

Date & Time: Friday, November 22, 3:00 pm

Venue: MCML 160

Tegan’s career began in 2014 as a management consultant in the cannabis industry for public companies new to listing on the exchanges in Canada. Later, Tegan was hired in a Direction/Management role at Eurofins Scientific, a Health Canada accredited lab, for Marketing/Sales. As CEO with New Maple Holdings Tegan helps oversee finance and operations for more than 1.5M ft2 production space of medical-grade cannabis. Tegan attended UBC where she earned a BSc degree in Global Resource Systems and a MSc in Agricultural Economics. 

In this talk, Tegan will provide an overview of the first year after the legalization of cannabis, the current state of the industry, the business opportunities, the challenges, and more.

Please share and distribute it as you deem appropriate. Thank you.