I would like to bring to your attention to the annual student essay contest of the Progressive Economics Forum (PEF). Entries are accepted until May 8, 2023.

The winning essays will receive a cash prize of $1,000 for the graduate student category and $500 for the undergraduate student category.

2023 PEF Student Essay Contest Poster_Francais

2023 PEF Student Essay Contest Poster_Francais

Entries may be in French or English, and may be on any subject related to political economy, economic theory or an economic policy issue, and should reflect a critical approach to the functioning, efficiency, social and environmental consequences of unconstrained markets.

1-page posters are attached to this email, in English and French. Consider putting up the poster in the hallway, and reaching out to students you know who might want to submit a strong final paper from a class to the contest.

Submissions are to be made via email to PEFstudentessaycontest2023@gmail.com until the deadline of May 8, 2023. Details about eligibility, as well as relevant forms to submit alongside the essay, are all available at this website:  https://www.progressive-economics.ca/pef-student-essay-contest/

Thanks for helping spread the word to students about this opportunity.
All best,

Kevin.

 

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Kevin L Young

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

University of Massachusetts Amherst

https://www.kevinlyoung.net/

The School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph is hiring an assistant or associate professor. Applications must be submitted by April 21, 2023. If you are interested in this position, please see the attachment for further information.

AD – final – Cameron Chair

 

Thank you

 

From: Gulati, Sumeet <sumeet.gulati@ubc.ca>
Sent: April 3, 2023 4:02 PM
To: Li, Iris <iris.li@ubc.ca>; Dragan, Lia Maria <lia.maria@ubc.ca>
Subject: Fwd: Cameron Chair in Ecological Pest Management

 

Hi Lia and Iris, Rickey would like this circulated among our graduate students, could you send it around in the weekend digest, unless it has already found its way into their listserv through other means.

 

Thanks and see you tomorrow,

 

Begin forwarded message:

 

From: “Yada, Rickey” <r.yada@ubc.ca>

Subject: Fw: Cameron Chair in Ecological Pest Management

Date: March 30, 2023 at 9:23:25 AM PDT

To: “Lee, Karen (LFS)” <karen.lee98@ubc.ca>, “Wong, Shannon” <shannon.wong@ubc.ca>, “Gulati, Sumeet” <sumeet.gulati@ubc.ca>, “Krzic, Maja” <maja.krzic@ubc.ca>

 

Hi Karen/Shannon, LFS Today.  Sumeet/Maja can we distribute to the grad students. Thx, Rickey

 

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Rickey Yada, PhD
Professor and Dean
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
Traditional Ancestral Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Musqueam Territory
248-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T1Z4 Canada Phone 604 822 2536
r.yada@ubc.ca | https://www.landfood.ubc.ca

 

From: SES Directors Office <directorasst.ses@uoguelph.ca>
Sent: March 30, 2023 8:44 AM
To: Yada, Rickey
Subject: Cameron Chair in Ecological Pest Management

 

[CAUTION: Non-UBC Email]

Dear Dr Yada

 

Would you please share (were appropriate) with your colleagues the attached faculty vacancy in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph.

 

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

Regards

Jean

 

Jean Wolting |  Assistant

School of Environmental Sciences |

University of Guelph

Bovey Bldg. 1107 | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

519.824.4120 x 52661 |New email for jscarrow –  “SES Directors Office” <directorasst.ses@uoguelph.ca>

 

Hi grad student advisors – see below for an announcement about the Demo Day for APSC 541.  Please circulate to your graduate students, as some of them may be interested in attending and in learning more about the course for the upcoming fall term.

Thanks! and please let me know if there are any questions or comments, too.

Regards,

Jon Nakane

 

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APSC 541 / BAEN 506 – Tech Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary course open to students from all faculties that has the primary goal of providing students with knowledge and practical experience related to the formation of an entrepreneurial enterprise based on the development of a new product or process. Working in teams of six students (with representation from multiple faculties), the end-target in the course is to produce a viable product prototype and the necessary business plan to ensure its success in the marketplace.

Graduate students in science and technology related fields may be interested in learning more about the course and opportunities.  See the course website for background information (application starts in mid-September 2023):  https://blogs.ubc.ca/baen506apsc541techentrepreneurship/

 

Interested in seeing the outcome? Attend the NVD Demo Day! 

This year’s students will be demonstrating their projects in a trade fair format. Feel free to drop by at any time during this session. We look forward to seeing you there.

Date: Wednesday, April 5th
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Location: DL005/009 (David Lam Learning Labs*)

*The David Lam Learning Labs are located in the basement of the UBC Sauder Building, below Tim Hortons and White Spot. While the Labs are in the UBC Sauder compound, access cannot be gained from the main building. To access the learning labs, enter the Robert H. Lee Graduate School doors to the left of the restaurants (not the main UBC Sauder entrances) and take the stairs or the elevator down to the basement. Alternatively, you can walk around the back of the building past White Spot (West on Agricultural Road) and take the first pathway at the back of the building down into the learning labs.

Sincerely,

The Tech E Teaching Team

 

 

__Jon Nakane, PhD PEng   jon.nakane@ubc.caProgram Director, UBC Integrated EngineeringAssistant Professor of Teaching, UBC Materials EngineeringRm 106A, Frank Forward Bldg, 6350 Stores Rd.  604-822-0794

Land and Food System Scholar Series

Invited scholar: Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe

Hosted by:  Crystal Karakochuk, Human Nutrition

Title: Modeling host diet- gut microbe interactions in the ‘Robobut’ bioreactor model

Abstract: There is now abundant evidence that the microbial consortium associated with a host – its microbiome – is critically important to the health of the host.  The gut microbiome is the most diverse ecosystem in the human body and how we feed this ecosystem, through the diet that we consume, plays a major role in the shaping of the ecosystem in terms of its composition and function.  However, studying complex microbial ecosystems from the human gut is not a trivial exercise. In this talk, I will describe the development of the Robogut as a model system to allow study of dietary shifts and their effects on the colonic microbiome, showcasing my lab’s work on microbiomes associated with Type 1 diabetes, colorectal cancer, and hunter-gatherer populations, respectively.

Biography: Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe obtained her BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of London, and her PhD in Molecular Microbiology through an industrial partnership with Public Health England.   Emma started her faculty career at the University of Calgary in 2005, with a Fellow-to-Faculty transition award through CAG/AstraZeneca and CIHR, to study the normal microbes of the human gut.  In particular, she was among the few that focused on trying to culture these ‘unculturable’ microbes in order to better understand their biology.  To do this, she developed a model gut system to emulate the conditions of the human gut and allow communities of microbes to grow together, as they do naturally.  Emma moved her lab to the University of Guelph in late 2007, and has been a recipient of several Canadian Foundation for Innovation Awards that has allowed her to develop her specialist anaerobic fermentation laboratory further. This was boosted by the award of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Gut Microbiome Function and Host Interactions, where she focuses on ‘missing microbes’ from the industrialized microbiome . In 2013, Emma co-founded NuBiyota, a research spin-off company that aims to create therapeutic ecosystems as biologic drugs, on a commercial scale.  The research enterprise for this company is also based in Guelph.

Join in-person or via Zoom:

Date: April 11, 2023

Time: 10:00-11:00 AM PDT

Location: In-person at MCML 258, or via Zoom

This presentation will be followed by a meet and greet from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Refreshments will be served, please register here by April 5.

GradUpdate In this issue, Interviews, Assertiveness (Speaking up in Difficult Conversation), Careers in Non-Academic Research (panel), Faculty Careers, Instructional Skills Workshops, Writing Consultations, Policy Briefs (Sciences), and more. Registration now open Interviews Online | Wednesday, Apr 12 | 12 – 1 pm Register Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation Join this interactive session (in person encouraged) to practice expressing yourself with self-confidence In person or Online | Thursday, Apr 13 | 1 – 4 pm Register Careers in Non-academic Research (Panel) UBC/SFU session for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows Online | Tuesday, Apr 18 | 4 – 5:30 pm Register Seats available Self-Care Strategies for Managing Stress and Avoiding Burnout Staying on Track in Grad School Series Online | Wednesday, Apr 05 | 12 – 1:30 pm Register Events and Opportunities A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar. ACADEMIC Public Humanities Engagement Awards UBC-Vancouver Public Humanities Hub Awards | One award of $1000 will recognize the contributions of a UBC-Vancouver graduate student in the Faculty of Arts, Allard School of Law, or the Faculty of Education. Learn more. Nominations due by May 8 CAREER Be Your Own Driver: Imagining Post-PhD Career Versatility Series Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) series Online | Tuesdays | 10:30 am – 12 pm Apr 11: Putting it All Together: How do I Articulate and Implement a Career Development Plan? Register How CIRTL has Impacted my Career: Faculty Careers at Research Universities Hearing from CIRTL Alumni series | Online | Thursday, Apr 13 | 11 am – 12 pm Register HEALTH AND WELLBEING Getting Through Grad School Online Support Group | Tuesdays, 3 – 4:15 pm | New Dates Added: Apr 4, 11 & 18 Learn more. RESEARCH Data Organization in Spreadsheets for the Health Sciences Online | Wednesday, Apr 12 | 10 am – 12 pm Register Using RMarkdown Online | Thursday, Apr 13 | 11 am – 12 pm Register Data Bites – Best Practices for File Formatting Online | Thursday, Apr 13 | 12 – 12:30 pm Register Introduction to Machine Learning Online | Thursday, Apr 13 | 12 – 2 pm Register TEACHING Graduate Instructional Skills Workshops Online | April 18, 23, 29 & 30 | various times | Apply by Apr 12 In-person | May 6, 13 & 20 | 8 am – 5 pm | Apply by May 3 See all upcoming 2023 sessions. WRITING AND COMMUNICATION Objectivity and Evaluation in STEM Writing In person and online | Wednesday, Apr 5 | 10 – 11:30 am Register Policy Briefs (Sciences) In person | Friday, Apr 14 | 12:30 – 2 pm Register See upcoming workshops in the Policy Communications series Writing Consultations In person or written feedback | various dates and times through April 21 Book your appointment. Workshops and events Services Resources  SEND TO A FRIEND   WEBSITE