Sensory Evaluation Advertisement

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We at the UBC Food Science Program are developing plant-based dairy alternatives. We are recruiting for a consumer food tasting trial at FNH building that will take approximately 30 minutes of your time. Sessions will run on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 and on Wednesday April 1, 2020. To compensate for your time, you will be rewarded with a $10 gift card.

To participate, please provide us with the permission to use your email address on the link below before Sunday, March 15, 2020. We will then send you a further questionnaire designed to help us determine whether you are eligible to participate.

www.tinyurl.com/ubc-consumer-survey

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Anubhav Pratap Singh at anubhav.singh@ubc.ca

Hope to see you there.

Cheers,

Food Process Engineering Laboratory        

Food, Nutrition and Health

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

 

 

Philip Pui-Li Yen, B.Sc.

Food Process Engineering Laboratory

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6T 1Z4

Thesis Defense – HUNU – PhD – Megan Beetch

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

Doctor of Philosophy (Human Nutrition)

Megan Beetch

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Anti-Cancer Effects of Dietary Stilbenoids

Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 10:30 am
Room
220, Food, Nutrition and Health, 2205 East Mall

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. M. Lorincz 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. B. Stefanska – Supervisor
Dr. C. J. Brown – Committee member
Dr. Z. Xu – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. B. Stefanska – Supervisor
Dr. C. J. Brown – Committee member
Dr. S. Castellarin – University examiner
Dr. M. Kobor – University examiner

Everyone is welcome

Nature’s Prescription Student-Led Workshops

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This is Jonathan at the SEEDS Sustainability Program. This month we are collaborating with SOCI 420 students in partnership with the Wellness Centre to host a series of Nature’s Prescription workshops. Each of these opportunities provide a chance to engage in a non-academic activity to de-stress and relax, while also learning about a bridge between nature and wellbeing.

I am reaching out because some members of the LFS student community may be interested in joining. If you would like to share with your networks, please find details of the opportunities below. Some include compensation for entry (such as a raffle for a $50 gift-card). Others provide the opportunity to bring home the things you create. The opportunities run between March 9th and March 13th.

I have also attached visuals and fliers for four of the opportunities if those materials are helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Best,

Jonathan Kew
Project Coordinator
SEEDS Sustainability Program
Community Development, Campus and Community Planning,
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus (Musqueam Territory)
Main Office: # 3331 – 3rd Floor CIRS Building 2260 West Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T1Z4 Canada
Cell: 778 892 2171
http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/SEEDS

 

Experience Soundscape Workshop: Reconnect with Nature in this Student Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: soundscape6@outlook.com

Participants will meet at the MOA entrance and complete the ten minute Pre-Survey. We will walk down the steps to the west beach below MOA. At the beach participants will be engaged in several group and individual mindful exercises focusing on the sounds of nature around them. There will be a brief reflection and discussion of their experience after the activity. A ten minute Post Survey will be completed before returning to the MOA.

Once registered by emailing, participants will receive the workshop primary information which will outline meeting date, time and place. Participants are asked to bring clothing appropriate for the weather. They will be asked to fill in surveys at the beginning and end of the workshop.

Date, Time and Location:

Monday, March 9, 2020 10:00am to 12:00pm at Museum of Anthropology (MOA), UBC

 

Painting in the Park Workshop: Reconnect with Nature and Discover Your Inner Artist in this Student-Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: tmckerlich@gmail.com

By participating in this workshop, you will:

  • Engage with nature on campus at UBC in a workshop designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students
  • Assist in refining nature-based workshop development for the UBC Wellness Center
  • Aid UBC undergraduate understanding of the relationship between nature and well-being

Participating in the workshop will require:

  • Availability on March 11th from 4:00 – 5:30pm at the UBC Rose Garden

 

Sowing Away Stress Workshop: Plant Away!

Registration and Contact: jalan.vasudha544@gmail.com

By participating in this workshop you will:

  • Have the opportunity to experience a nature prescription, designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students
  • Be helping to refine nature-based workshops for the UBC Wellness Centre to run in the future
  • Assist UBC sociology students to better understand how nature can have positive effects on human well-being
  • Be able to plant seeds in a pot and bring it home to care for and to consume
  • Learn the benefits of planting and caring for a plant and apply it to any indoor plants you may have in the future
  • Engage in a non-academic activity to de-stress and relax
  • Have the opportunity to socialize with others and make new friends

This event takes place from:

  • March 12th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the UBC Wellness Centre

 

5, 4, 3, 2 ,1… MINDFULNESS Workshop: Reconnect with Nature in This Student-Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: jimena.zas@gmail.com

By participating in this workshop, you will:

  • Have the opportunity to experience a nature prescription, designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students.
  • Be helping to refine nature-based workshops for the UBC Wellness Centre to run in the future.
  • Help UBC undergrads better understand how nature affects human wellbeing.
  • Have the opportunity to learn a sensory, grounding technique which has been demonstrated to be an effective mood enhancer and coping mechanism for heightened emotional states such as anxiety, stress, and depression.
  • Experience the effects of a simple, natural and effective environmental strategy that promotes wellbeing through the cultivation of a pleasant, positive, and relaxed state of mind.
  • Receive a map of UBC in which multiple green spaces on campus are highlighted for future mindfulness practice.

Participating in the workshop will require:

  • Attendance at one, half-hour workshop which will take place first in an indoor, and then

an outdoor space at the Marine Drive residence at 3:00 pm on March 13, 2020.

 

Social Media Scavenger Hunt: Student-Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: makescreentimegreentimeubc@gmail.com

instagram: @makescreentimegreentimeubc

By participating in this workshop, you will:

  • Have the opportunity to experience a nature prescription, designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students
  • Be helping to refine nature-based workshops for the UBC Wellness Centre to run in the future
  • Help UBC undergraduate students better understand how nature affects human wellbeing
  • Help UBC undergraduate students better understand the relationship between technology and wellbeing
  • Provide insight into whether the positive effects of nature can be experienced through social media

Participating in the workshop will require:

  • Attendance at a 30 minute instructional meeting on March 10th
  • Further participation over the course of 2 days (March 11th and 12th) visiting natural spaces on campus listed on our scavenger hunt checklist, and posting photos to your Instagram story in these spaces, at your own leisure throughout the 2 day period
  •        The participant who completes the most scavenger hunt tasks will win a Pela phone case (if multiple participants complete all tasks, then we will draw for the prize at random out of those who have completed all the tasks)
  • All participants will be entered into a draw for a $50 gift card to somewhere on campus provided by SEEDS and the UBC Wellness Centre

 

MFRE Speaker Series: Paul Needham, Pay-as-you-go Solar Electricity Solutions in Rural India

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This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Paul Needham where he will share the story of Simpa Networks and their Pay-as-you-go model to bring electricity solutions to rural India.

Topic: Pay-as-you-go Solar Electricity Solutions in Rural India

Date & Time: Friday, March 6th, 3:30pm

Venue: MCML 160

Paul will share the story of Simpa Networks, a leading rooftop solar leasing company he co-founded in rural India with the mission to make clean energy simple, affordable and accessible to everyone. The company launched in 2010 when there were 400 million people without access to reliable electricity in India. Simpa invented a pay-as-you-go business model, selling small scale solar solutions on a lease-to-own basis. The company financed and installed over 6MW of clean power on 50,000 rooftops in 2000 villages, creating 850+ full-time green jobs, providing clean electricity, lighting and cooling to 250,000 people in rural India.

Food insecure project

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A group of LFS 450 students are on a mission to help reduce student food insecurity on campus.

Have you ever had to choose between buying a textbook and or your groceries?

Would you like to make a difference and help reduce food insecurity on campus?

Now is your chance! Join us for a focus group discussion where you will be able to share your experiences, concerns and suggestions on reducing food insecurity on campus. Foods and drinks will be provided as well as a chance to win 1 out of 5 $20 UBC food services gift cards.

All responses will be confidential, but will help UBC inform new frameworks that target student food insecurity.

Can’t come in for a focus group? Share your stories and suggestions via an online survey and automatically enter a draw for a chance to win one of five $20 UBC Food services gift cards. https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8AFdwjXkdl4nshL

For more information on the project or to RSVP for a focus group session, contact the team at foodinsecureproj@gmail.com

Note: Completion of the online survey means that you have given us consent to use your responses for a recommendations report as well as a possible info chart for sharing the results of the project. We assure you that the responses will remain anonymous and will not be traced back to the participant.

Thank you!!

Miluska