This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Dr. Carol McAusland from UBC Food and Resource Economics.

Topic: Carbon Policy and Carbon Footprints

Date & Time: Friday, November 8th, 3:30 pm

Venue: MCML 160

Climate policies are national, while climate change is a global issue and we have no control over what our trading partners do. In this talk, Dr. McAusland will address the topic of leakage and policies to deal with it.

Dr. McAusland is a Professor at the University of British Columbia and the President of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association. Dr. McAusland did her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan and has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Maryland. She has been teaching at Food and Resource Economics, UBC since 2009. Her research interests include environmental policy, regulated markets, carbon footprints, globalization, and international trade. She teaches undergraduate courses in Economics of Food Consumption Policy and in Economics of International Trade and the Environment. She also teaches a module in Environmental Economics in the MFRE Program.

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Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE Educational Researcher Faculty of Land and Food Systems The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

Registration opens at 9 AM for:

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success | Nov 14 | (includes a free code to complete your online Strengths Assessment) In- Person: 10 am – 12 pm | Webinar: 1 – 2:30 pm

Designing to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond | Nov 21 | In- Person: 9:30 am – 12 pm | Webinar: 1:30 – 3 pm

 

There are still seats remaining in this week’s:

Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation | Nov 6 | 1 – 4 pm | Register here

Statistics II: Statistical Considerations when Planning your Research Project (via WEBINAR) | Nov 7 | 10 am – 12 pm | Register here

Managing Difficult Conversations | Nov 13 | 9 am – 4:30 pm |Register here

 

Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for these, and other, opportunities: 

 

Academic Support and Success

Getting Started with NVivo (Part 1 – PC or MAC) (via Webinar) | Nov 12 | 10 am – 12 pm

Introduction to SPSS for Statistical Analysis | Nov 13 | 10 am – 12 pm

Introduction to R | Nov 13 | 2 – 4 pm

 

Health and Wellness

Unwind- Wellness Event | Nov 7^th | 10 am – 5 pm

 

Writing and Communication

Literature Reviews: Writing Workshop | Nov 15 | 10 am – 12 pm

 

Career Exploration

Employers on Campus: Nov 13:  Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) South East Asia Ltd. (12:30 – 2pm)

My Career Story: Getting A Tech Job Without A Tech Degree | Nov 14 | 6 – 7:30 pm

Industry Nights: Spotlight on Cannabis | Nov 18 | 6 – 8 pm  

Career Professionalism (Mitacs Training) | Nov 27 | 9 am – 5 pm

Building Successful Mentorship Relationships in Rehabilitation Sciences –  Panel Discussion (VGH area)  | Nov 12 | 4 – 6 pm

 

Community and Network Building

Present a Poster at the Annual Life Sciences Research Night  (Nov 22) | Apply now

The World’s Challenge Challenge on Feb 6 (compete on a global challenge and present a plan to solve it) | Apply by Dec 15^th

 

 

Please let me know if you have questions.

Thank you,
Jacqui.

 

Jacqui Brinkman, MSc
Director, Graduate Student Professional Development
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueum Traditional Territory
170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca | @ubcgradschool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

IRES is working to distribute some grad recruitment materials and we would greatly appreciate some help! If you could kindly help to circulate the attached IRES Grad Recruitment poster for 2020, that would be most appreciated.

IRES Grad Recruitment 2020 Poster (final) [Read-Only]

The UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) is currently accepting applications to its graduate programs.

Additionally, if you could also help by liking, re-sharing/re-posting our social media posts on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn we would be very grateful!

Any assistance is much appreciated.

Thank you,
Mina 

Mina Phaisaltantiwongs
IRES Special Projects Coordinator
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
AERL Building 428-2202 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone: 604-822-2165
E-mail: communications@ires.ubc.ca
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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Managing Difficult Conversations – November 13

This day-long workshop provides practical skills in how graduate students, recent grads and junior professionals can navigate situations in which they need to raise a difficult issue with a supervisor, or respond to a problem.

Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/36oD5G1

Join the Equity Student Advisory Council (ESAC)

ESAC provides a forum for diverse student leaders to share their voice and collaboratively inform Equity & Inclusion Office policies, decisions, and practices.

Learn more and apply by Nov. 10: http://bit.ly/34nWaGx

Get Connected – November 18 & 19

Come out to meet new friends and enjoy a night filled with food, art, games and conversation themed around pop culture!

BIPOC (Nov. 18): http://bit.ly/2JFaPFk

Two-spirit, queer and trans (Nov. 19): http://bit.ly/36umgtw

 WORKSHOPS

 Through the Lens: Trans and non-binary gender identities – November 27

Led by Kai Scott, a former social scientist and the co-founder of TransFocus, this workshop invites participants to reflect and build on their understandings of gender and gender diversity.

Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/34obi6Y

Through the Lens: Being blind in a sighted world – December 6

Led by activist and PhD student, Laura Bulk, this workshop explores the barriers, challenges and nuances of living with a visual disability in a sighted world.

Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/2PEKr24

 EVENTS

 Is it Time to Wave the Flag? – November 13

Join the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of BC, and Santa J. Ono, President & Vice Chancellor, UBC, alongside prominent LGBTQ2+ leaders and advocates, as they share their unique perspectives and vision for shaping a diverse and more inclusive society in Canada and beyond.

FREE registration for students, faculty and staff!

 Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/2JWDx4X

From Awareness to Action to Innovation: Empowering Leaders Through Inclusive Excellence with Dr. Damon A. Williams – November 14 

This keynote will focus on sharing some of the latest EDI-related research, concepts, and best practices in higher education that all leaders can leverage in their day-to-day lives to help promote a culture of everyday inclusion.

FREE registration. Reception and book signing to follow.

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A workshop on  “Meta-analysis as a tool in literature review” will be given later in this term by Dr. Marcin Baranski of the  University of Life Sciences, Warsaw.
Dr. Baranski (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcin_Baranski)  has several publications focused on meta-analyses and is currently involved in the following two projects:

• Ekhagastiftelsen project 2018-1: Promoting human health and well-being by maintaining matrix related organic food qualities from field to fork.
• Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership, 2018-1-PL01-KA203-051124: Transformation of European Food Systems towards Sustainability by Transnational, Innovative Teaching (TEFSI).

The workshop will be held on Nov 13, 14, and 15 from 9:00 – 12:00.  Please review the workshop details below.  If you are interested in attending, please complete the information at  Meta-Analysis Workshop Registration.  Your response is needed by Oct 31, 2019.  

If you have further questions, please email christine.scaman@ubc.ca

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Workshop:  Meta-analysis as a tool in literature review
For who: Senior undergraduate and graduate students. Please note that enrolment will be limited to 20.
Pre-requisite:  Completion of an introductory statistics course ( e.g. LFS 252, FRST 231 or equivalent)

Topics covered will include:

1. search and meta-analysis,
2. fixed vs random effects model,
3. statistical heterogeneity of the data,
4. meta-regression,
5. publication bias,
6. critical appraisal in evidence synthesis,

The workshop will have practice and ‘homework’ including:

1. introduction to R statistical software,
2. meta-analysis protocol writing,
3. dataset inspection and problems solving,
4. conducting meta-analysis in R using various methods and visualisation of the results,
5. designing meta-regression,
6. inspecting for publication bias,
7. assessing of the strength of evidence

Workshop format – 9:00 – 12:00, on three consecutive days
Day 1: Theoretical background on importance of systematic literature search and meta-analysis, steps in meta-research, the citation universe through scientific literature database Web of Science, search phrase composing.
Practical tasks: participants choose a meta-analysis topic, select key words for a search, run a search in Web of Science, report a number of identified references, screen through a couple of pages and select relevant publications.
Day 2: Theoretical background on fixed vs random effects model in meta-analysis, statistical heterogeneity of the data, meta-regression, publication bias, sensitivity analysis, critical appraisal in evidence synthesis, introduction to R statistical software.
Practical tasks: participants download and install R software and conduct basic data management and calculations.
Day 3: Theoretical background on dataset inspection and handling, problems solving, meta-analysis in R using various methods, visualisation of the results, meta-regression, meta-analysis protocol writing.
Practical tasks: dataset inspection, meta-analysis and heterogeneity calculations, detection for publication bias, assessments of the strength of evidence.

Christine Scaman  PhD

Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Room 247, 2205 East Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada

Phone 604 822 1804 | Fax 604 822 5143

christine.scaman@ubc.ca

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/christinescaman/