Join us tomorrow to learn about Intellectual Property protection in the food industry. LFS alumna, Jayde Wood, will talk about patents and food innovation.

You can click on the link bellow to learn more about Jayde and to find readings on the topic. Please share as you see appropriate! Thanks!

Food Innovation and IP Protection: Opportunities and Challenges

Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Time: 2:30pm – 3:30 pm

The food industry is brimming with innovation and creativity. IP protection may foster technological advancements and create business value. IP protection may also encourage agricultural productivity and enhance collaboration between the private and public sectors. This seminar aims to introduce the main types of IP protection and explore IP opportunities and challenges relating to the food industry.

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/

2021 Ivarson Soil Science Scholarship Call for Applications Now Open! Please circulate to eligible candidates In 2021, one (1) scholarship of $2,000 will be offered to a graduate student studying soil science. Candidates who meet the following eligibility criteria are welcome to apply: ·     Candidates must hold Canadian citizenship or Permanent Resident status in Canada. ·     Candidates must be registered full-time in a masters or doctorate program in the area of soil science (agriculture, agro-ecology, resource management, environment, geology or other related disciplines) at a recognized Canadian university. Note: A letter from the university confirming enrolment is required to be submitted in support of the application by the deadline, otherwise the application will be rejected. ·     Candidates must be entering the second or subsequent years of graduate studies in soil science (agriculture, agro-ecology, resource management, environment, geology or other related disciplines). ·     Previous recipients of this scholarship are not eligible for subsequent awards.   Detailed Application Guidelines and Forms available at www.CFFAE.ca Application Deadline: April 23, 2021

LFS Anti-Asian Racism Dialogue on Monday, March 29

LFS graduate students are welcome to join us on Monday, March 29 (4:00pm-5:00pm) for a dialogue about Anti-Asian racism, with presentations from Dr. Henry Yu and Colin Dring.

Instances of Anti-Asian racism have increased in Metro Vancouver over the past 12 months. Recent acts of violence in the U.S., racist labels used by politicians to describe the coronavirus, and events on the UBC Vancouver campus that invoke terms such as “Yellow Privilege” and “Model Minority” indicate that we have a need to collectively discuss the discrimination, prejudice, and oppression experienced by individuals of Asian heritage in our community. This event is hosted by the LFS EDI working group.

Anti-Asian Racism Dialogue
Date: Monday, March 29, 2021
Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m. PDT
Registration: Click here to register
Questions: email will.valley@ubc.ca or karen.lee98@ubc.ca

Dr Henry Yu is an Associate Professor in UBC’s Faculty of Arts. Dr. Yu teaches in the History Department and the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program at UBC, and is the Principal at UBC’s St. John’s College. He is the Director of the UBC Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC) and Board Member of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia (CCHSBC). His research and teaching centres the true histories of Asian migrants and acknowledge the harsh politics of white supremacy and discrimination they were faced with when moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, or Canada.

Colin Dring is a PhD candidate in the Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems program in UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. He studies how colonial governments, in the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations, attempt to shape agricultural futures in contexts of difference, complexity, and unpredictability. He is interested in the role that state planning plays in achieving justice in the food system. Concurrently, he is conducting scholarship and educational development on food justice pedagogies with three undergraduate students at UBC as part of a Teaching Learning Enhancement Fund project. This work inspires Colin’s studies and actions oriented towards an application of decolonizing, anti-racist, anti-patriarchal, anti-heteronormative framings to advance sustainable and equitable food systems and greater civic engagement through food and agricultural planning.

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Karen Lee  (She, Her, Hers)
Director of Marketing and Communications
Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Room 235
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
H.R. MacMillan, 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 5297 | Cell 604 312 6343
karen.lee98@ubc.ca | @ubcLFS
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca

 

UBC SciComm Week is an event developed in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Office and Graduate Student Society. This event, which takes place from March 29th-31st, will feature workshops from science communication professionals and a closing keynote speech from Dr. Jennifer Gardy. We also have set up a Twitter Conference for graduate students to showcase their research on March 31st, which is similar to a traditional poster presentation except participants will tweet about their research (could be a protocol, general thesis topic, or a specific project) rather than creating a poster. Registration is currently open to everyone including students, faculty, staff and the general public.

We would be extremely grateful if you are able to circulate the blurb below along with the attached image within your organization:

Please join the UBC Graduate Student Society and the UBC Faculty of Medicine (FoM) Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Office for a series of Science Communication workshops, a Twitter Research Conference, as well as a closing keynote with Dr. Jennifer Gardy from March 29 to 31st, 2021!

• Website for more details: https://ubcscicommweek.ca
• Register to present at the Twitter Conference byMonday, March 29^th *recently extended*: http://bit.ly/ubcscwtwitter
• RSVP for workshops & keynote by Friday, March 26th:http://bit.ly/ubcscw2021
• Questions? Email hello@ubcscicommweek.ca

Thank you in advance and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Cheers,

Sarah

 

Sarah Park BSc
MSc Rehabilitation Science Student
Faculty of Medicine | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
The University of British Columbia | GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
Phone 604 714 4108 | Cell 778 681 7275
sarah.park@ubc.ca | @sarahparkkkk