GIS Scholarship 2023

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Please help us publicize the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship opportunity to UBC students by email and by displaying the attached poster (11 x 17) in your departments.   Successful recipient will receive:

    1. one-time payment of $2,000
    2. three-year term license of ArcGIS for Student Use
    3. three-year Professional-level ArcGIS Developer Subscription (ADS)
    4. digital copies of select Esri Press Publications
    5. two instructor-led training courses offered by Esri Canada
    6. registration for one of Esri Canada’s User Conferences
    7. a personal and editable profile in the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship Web Portal
    8. eligibility to apply for the Esri Canada Associate GIS Professional Program in year of graduation

Submission deadline is on Friday, March 31, 2023.

Thank you, and best regards,
Grace

Grace Ong

Licensing Coordinator

Faculty of Forestry | Dean’s Office
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
grace.ong@ubc.ca | forestry.ubc.ca

 

CAN YOU MAKE A MAP?

ESRI Canada Scholarship 2023

$2000 award + software & training Deadline March 31, 2023 Open to current UBC students

Each ESRI Scholarship applicant should provide no more than three or four pages, two pages of text and one or two pages of graphics (maps, tables, figures, models, diagrams), outlining why they should receive the award. The text pages should describe the applicants’ background in one paragraph and then detail their use of GIS, including when it was done and for whom. The graphics page(s) should include an exported image of the graphics that they have produced that illustrates the outcome of their analysis.

Applications will be reviewed according to the clarity of the presentation, the level of GIS innovation, and the quality of the graphic presentation.

The scholarship consists of the following, to be provided by Esri Canada directly to the successful student candidate after they have submitted to Esri Canada a poster and a report (may be submitted as a story map) demonstrating their use of Esri technology:

  1. A one-time payment of $2,000.
  2. A three-year term license of ArcGIS for Student Use:
    • ArcGIS Online with GIS Professional Advanced User Type and 1000 Service Credits
      • ArcGIS Pro Advanced Named User license
      • Essential Apps: ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Instant Apps, ArcGIS Hub Basic, ArcGIS AppStudio
      • Field Apps: ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcGIS Survey123, ArcGIS Workforce, ArcGIS QuickCapture
    • ArcGIS Pro Extensions: ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Data Interoperability, ArcGIS Data Reviewer, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcGIS Image Analyst, ArcGIS LocateXT, ArcGIS Network Analyst, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcGIS Schematics, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS Tracking Analyst, ArcGIS Workflow
  • Premium apps: ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App Standard, ArcGIS GeoPlanner, ArcGIS Insights, ArcGIS Urban Suite (ArcGIS CityEngine and ArcGIS Urban)
  • ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
  • Installation support, software updates, and unlimited access to e-learning courses through the Esri Training
  1. A three-year Professional-level ArcGIS Developer Subscription (ADS), which includes ArcGIS Enterprise for development
  2. Digital copies of select Esri Press Publications including:
    • Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro
    • Getting to Know Web GIS, 5th Edition
    • Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 8
    • GIS for Science Volume 2: Applying Mapping and Spatial
  3. Two instructor-led training courses offered by Esri
  4. Registration for one of Esri Canada’s User
  5. A personal and editable profile in the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship Web
  6. Eligibility to apply for the Esri Canada Associate GIS Professional Program in their year of graduation.

The term license and ADS will expire June 30, 2026. The instructor-led training courses are to be used within twelve months of the student being nominated for the scholarship. User conference registration will be available when

in-person conferences resume.

For general information about the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship program, visit scholars.esri.ca.

Please e-mail your application to gis.forestry@ubc.ca.

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 application opens January 23!

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The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on March 4, 5 & 11, 2023.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

Visit this page to apply for the waitlist for March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 ISW:  https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-march-4-5-11-2023-preliminary-application/

 

Application opens on January 23 at 9 am and closes on March 1, 2023 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

 

 

Workshop Eligibility:

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

  • a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
  • a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
  • a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
  • a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
  • a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

  • not a graduate student at UBC
  • a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
  • a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

 

 

 

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
elisa.herman@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 application opens January 23!

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The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on March 4, 5 & 11, 2023.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

Visit this page to apply for the waitlist for March 4, 5 & 11, 2023 ISW:  https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-march-4-5-11-2023-preliminary-application/

 

Application opens on January 23 at 9 am and closes on March 1, 2023 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

 

 

Workshop Eligibility:

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

  • a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
  • a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
  • a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
  • a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
  • a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

  • not a graduate student at UBC
  • a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
  • a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

 

 

 

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
214-1961 East Mall  | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
elisa.herman@ubc.ca | @UBC_CTLT

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

You’re invited: LFS Scholar Series– Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe, January 26

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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: January 26, 2023

Time: 10:00-11:00 AM PST

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

This presentation will be followed by a meet and greet from 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM.

 

In-person seating is limited (capacity of 38), please register here by Jan 23.

Summer Job Posting for Grads

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Title                                        Soils Technician

Term                                        *March 1, 2023 – September 1, 2023

*May 1, 2023 – September, 1 2023.

#203 – 19292 60 Avenue

Surrey BC V3S 3M2

*Extension of the job offer will be reviewed within 30 days of the term end date

Status                                     *Term, Full-Time

*Overtime hours may be required and will be mutually agreed upon with conditions and compensation in alignment with the BC Employment Standards Act.

Reports to                            Justin McTavish PAg Vice President Agriculture and Soils.

Pay Details

Starting Wage                        $26.50

Pay Periods                           Every Second Friday

Overtime Eligibility               Applicable

 

Role Profile Details

Line of Business                   Environmental and Natural Resources Consulting Services

Training Requirements  Full onboarding and orientation process will occur within the first week, and subsequent on the job training will take place as required

Environment                         The position is dynamic in nature and will is primarily field work based in the summer months.;

Other Requirements             Working hours are dictated by that of client’s schedule. This position will include working long hours (possibly 10-to-14-hour days) at times, weekend work, and early morning start-up (i.e., 7:00 AM) at times. Valid Class 5 Drivers Licence and personal vehicle, mileage will be reimbursed at $0.65/km for personal vehicle use. Use of company and personal vehicles, dependent on the job and location.

Role Profile Description

The Soils Technician (ST) will organize and perform field tasks in a safe and effective manner. The ST will assist in various components of large-scale environmental projects in the utility, oil and gas, government, and private sectors. The ST will provide support related to construction monitoring, soil stripping recommendations based on soil pit observations and maintaining agricultural land capability during construction on ALR properties. The ST will work closely with junior and senior professional agrologists.

Key technical duties include but are not limited to the following:

  • Work collaboratively and provide direction to oil and gas contractors (and other clients as needed) on soil stripping and soil handling procedures and general agricultural impacts from construction
  • Complete work in a safe manner following all site-specific safety protocols
  • Work with other McTavish staff for soils related support
  • Complete daily monitoring reporting and manage all other related reporting requirements
  • Attend weekly McTavish meetings when needed
  • Provide updates on current projects
  • Be active in professional development opportunities
  • Maintain and calibrate equipment used for soil field
  • Maintain positive relationships with existing and new
Application Details

Please submit a resume and cover letter to Justin@mctavishconsultants.ca