The Institute of Asian Research, within UBC’s School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, invites currently enrolled graduate students to apply for its IAR Fellows program.
The program brings together graduate students with interests in issues of relevance to contemporary Asia. IAR Fellows will receive a research stipend and work space in the IAR’s CK Choi building (conditional on covid restrictions), as well as opportunities for collaboration and mentorship.

The program welcomes applications from all disciplines across the social sciences, applied sciences, professional schools, and humanities.

Further details and a short application form are attached.

The application deadline is September 7; applications may be accepted after this deadline if spaces remain open.

Please direct questions to iar.sppga@ubc.ca

IAR Fellows Application Form 2022

IAR Fellows 2022 – Announcement

Dear LFS graduate students,

The Food, Nutrition and Health Program is currently conducting a search for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Food Science.  We will be interviewing 4 short listed-candidates in August and September, and would like to invite you to lunch and roundtable with each of the candidates, and also to attend their seminars.  Please RSVP to me (melanie.train@ubc.ca) if you will be able to attend.  The details are listed below, with info regarding the seminars to be sent to you shortly.

Thanks,

Melanie Train 

Dr. Guodong Zhang

August 24, 11:45am-1:00pm

Food, Nutrition and Health Building, Room 220

 

Dr. Joana Pico Carbajo

September 2, 11:45am-1:00pm

Food, Nutrition and Health Building, Room 220

 

Dr. Andrea Liceaga

September 7, 11:45am-1:00pm

Food, Nutrition and Health Building, Room 220

 

Dr. Vassilis Kontogiorgos

September 9, 11:45am-1:00pm

Food, Nutrition and Health Building, Room 220

  

 

Melanie Train
Faculty Liaison | Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
248-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone 604-822-3105 | Fax 604-822-6394
Email:  melanie.train@ubc.ca

This is Sayano from CityHive, a recent UBC graduate.

I am contacting you to let you know that our organization, CityHive, is launching a climate action program – the Youth Climate Innovation Lab.

This is a cohort-based program for youth ages 18-30 living across Metro Vancouver to collaborate with municipalities, civic institutions and community organizations while learning, upskilling and creating bold actions to address climate challenges and advance a just transition.

We’re looking for youth who haven’t yet engaged in climate action and are curious to do so AND youth who are already engaged in climate action to join our cohort this fall – starting in September. I am confident this program is well-suited for a lot of LFS students and alumni!

It would be greatly appreciated if you could share this with your students and colleagues who might be anxious about climate change, haven’t been involved yet and have some cool insights and perspectives that are needed for climate action.

You can take a peek at our outreach package here should you be able to share this on your social media feed or within any community newsletters you are sending out in the next week.

You can learn more about the program here and apply today (applications close on Sunday August 21st @ 11:59 pm PST).

Please reach out to climateaction@cityhive.ca if you have any questions about the program or the application process.

Thank you for your support!

 

Best,

Sayano

Sayano Izu

Climate Action Program Assistant

CityHive | CityHive is based on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

climateaction@cityhive.ca | @cityhivevan | cityhive.ca

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