Please find attached a scholarship opportunity that may be of interest to graduate students in your network. Thank you in advance for sharing, and please don’t hesitate to reach out to discuss any potential partnerships with rare.

Scholarship Poster 2021 UPDATED

Kind Regards,

Jenna

 

Jenna Quinn
Program Scientist- Research Priorities, Partnerships, & Monitoring
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road, Cambridge ON N3H 4R8
phone: 519-650-9336 x111 fax: 519-650-5923
email: jenna.quinn@raresites.org
website: raresites.org

Pronouns: she/her

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS—SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM (PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS) 

The Sustainability Scholars Program is currently accepting applications for several paid internships that will commence May 3, 2021. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to confirm the eligibility requirements and apply.

Successful candidates will work under the mentorship of a partner organization, and are immersed in real world learning where they can apply their research skills and contribute to advancing organizational sustainability goals. Each Scholar receives $25 per hour to complete 250 hours of work.

The list of projects is below. For more information about the program and to apply, visit the Sustainability Scholars Program website.

Applications will be accepted until midnight Sunday March 7.

We also appreciate your help in circulating this notice to anyone in your grad student network that may be interested!

New/Reposted Opportunities: Deadline to apply is midnight March 7

• 2021-010 Feasibility of recycling and reusing demolition materials from single-family homes built after 1970 (REPOST, closes March 7)
• 2021-034 Making buildings greener: Which building industries need support to successfully implement high performance residential building envelopes? (REPOST, closes March 7)
• 2021-038 Evaluating a mental health and substance use education portal for clinicians (NEW, closes March 7)
• 2021-049 Benchmarking the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty fleet vehicles to strengthen the business case for adoption of low-carbon vehicles (REPOST, closes March 7)

The International Produce Sector: Oppenheimer’s View

 

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Jason was promoted to lead the complex and expanding berries and greenhouse categories in early 2019. Having strategized and executed Oppy’s full-fledged entry to the berry category over the last half decade in his capacity as category development director, he also applies similar disciplines toward the growth of our vibrant greenhouse business. Jason joined Oppy in 2009 as a category analyst and was quickly promoted to the role of business analysis team manager. In 2011, Jason was named marketing manager, overseeing the analytical and creative ingredients of the Oppy go-to-market strategy. Two years later, he was promoted to manager, category development, and then director, category development in 2014. He was honored as one of Produce Business Magazine’s 40 Under 40 in 2016. He is a graduate of the Produce Marketing Association’s 2010 Emerging Leaders program, where he was elected by his classmates to represent them on the board of a major agricultural organization and also attended its High Performance Management Conference.

Jason holds a diploma in marketing from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Victoria and a master’s in economics from the University of British Columbia.

 

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/

AGM DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
STUDENT POSTER SUBMISSION
SCHEDULE
SPEAKERS
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PRSSS AGM 2021 (mailchi.mp)

2021 AGM
Editors: Lewis Fausak and Hannah Friesen

The PRSSS will be hosting the annual Spring Workshop and AGM online this year. We will be featuring soil scientists and experts from many disciplines discussing key issues related to Biodiversity in Soils: Environmental, Social, and Economic benefits in a changing world.

Registration cost will be $15 for students and $50 for non-students*. The price includes registration and a PRSSS annual membership for 2021/2022. The 2022/2022 membership registration cycle lasts from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

For more details, and to register, CLICK HERE!

*If you, or someone you know, are unable to pay the registration fee at this time, please email us at prsssemail@gmail.com and we can make other arrangements. Soil science is for everyone, and cost should not be a barrier to education. If you identify as Indigenous and would like to attend the event, we will waive the registration fee to reflect the fact that the soils we study are on stolen land, therefore all soil science research should be openly available to Indigenous peoples.