Huge congratulations to Tebogo (Tebby) Leepile, PhD candidate (Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems) who won first place in UBC Vancouver’s 3 Minute Thesis Competition yesterday. Next up, Tebby will represent the university in the Western Regional Competitions in May. Her supervisors are Eduardo Jovel and Crystal Karakochuk, and her research talk was on the prevalence of anemia among San women and young children in rural Botswana. She also recently won first place in the 2021 Global Health Conference at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute for her oral presentation addressing the same topic.

 

Bravo Tebby!

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

Master of Science (HUNU)

Jordie Fisher

“Evaluating the effect of 12 weeks of supplementation with ferrous sulfate, ferrous bisglycinate or placebo, on iron status and gut inflammation in Cambodian women”

12:00 PM on Friday, April 16, 2021

Virtually

ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86559809280?pwd=ZjBMWEFkSEM1dXhUdHdZWnVWeXpxZz09

Meeting room: Crystal Karakochuk

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. T. Cohen

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. R. Elango – Committee member
Dr. D. Goldfarb  – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. D. Goldfarb  – Committee member
Dr. D. Kitts  – External

The Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) would like to extend the invitation to our sister faculties and partners for our Speaker Series events. Every week, experts within the “Food and Resource Economics” realm come to talk to the students about their area of knowledge. Everyone is welcome!

On our seminar tomorrow, Tuesday, Lindsay O’Donnell will talk about marketing with small food businesses that want to change the world. You can click on the link bellow to learn more about Lindsay and to find readings on the topic.

Please share with students! Thanks!

The Future of Sustainable Food Businesses Marketing

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2021

Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Lindsay O’Donnell is the founder and owner of Piquant Marketing, a Vancouver-based digital marketing agency that specializes in health food! After years of being an activist and bouncing around different industries, she found her calling working with small food businesses wanting to change the world. Now she works with food brands to help them drive sales through community and a vision of changing the world.

Event Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63198895621?pwd=TzlhTUdLMVlhR29WcVZSVFZjK0pKdz09

Meeting ID: 631 9889 5621

Passcode: 521521

Thank you!

Best,Paulina Gonzalez Miranda  MFRE
Educational Researcher
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus| Musqueam Traditional Territory

paulina.gonzalez@ubc.ca
https://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

On Behalf of the LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office

To:  LFS Graduate Students

We hope this email finds you well safe and healthy!

The LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office began offering mandatory annual Academic & Wellness Check in’s with all research-based students (these check-in’s are also available for all professional program students as well, although not mandatory).  These individual zoom meetings will cover several topics including academic progress, funding, and wellbeing.

As access to our office has been restricted due to COVID,  it’s important that you feel supported by us and that you are aware of resources and services available to you, even if most of you still aren’t on campus.

Students can book their appointment through Canvas (instructions are attached).  There are appointments available in April to accommodate those students who may have pressing issues and many more to come in May. There will be additional appointments scheduled further.

We hope you will find these meetings valuable.  Please don’t ever hesitate to contact us if you need anything.  We are here to help you.

BEWELL booking instructions

Sincerely,

Sean, Shelley and Lia

The LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office

I am reaching out because I am wondering if you would be able to disseminate this information around to the faculty (particularly undergraduates). I am looking for an MSc student based out of Summerland, BC to work on a project that is centered around characterization of bacteriophage receptors. Additionally, the student must be able to enroll within an MSc degree program in LFS.

They must apply here: https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?toggleLanguage=en&poster=1575445

Closing date is in one week (says today on the website, but I recently had it extended).

Many thanks Lia!

Karen

Karen Fong, PhD
Research Scientist, Science & Technology Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada
karen.fong2@canada.ca / Tel: 250-494-6398 / TTY: 613-773-2600

Pronouns: she, her, hers