The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (LCSFS) and the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity, and Sustainability Studies are looking for a Research Assistant to join their team.

Full posting here: Research Assistant Position

The Research Assistant will work jointly for the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (LCSFS) and the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity, and Sustainability Studies.

This position will support research projects as well as administrative, knowledge mobilization and project management for the work undertaken through research grants and special projects linked to the LCSFS and the UNESCO Chair. The candidate will be expected to be familiar with the literature and work independently on tasks, including but not limited to: research project administration and support, knowledge mobilization, and day-to-day duties including financial management. The candidate will also provide administrative and communications support for a dynamic team of Canadian and international researchers and practitioners in their evolving research on
sustainable food systems.

This role requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently and take initiative. This position is based at the Balsillie School for International Affairs

Full Posting Here

 

Please send cover letter and resume to lcsfs@wlu.ca to apply. Informal inquiries welcome.

2023 Tax Slips Now Available

UBC issues electronic tax slips in pdf format that faculty, staff and student employees can download through Workday. The T4 and T4A tax slips for the 2023 tax year are now available.

How do I find my T4? (CWL-login required).

 

 

Regards,

Mona Lee (She/Her/Hers)
Human Resources Administrative Clerk
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2357 Main Mall, Suite 248 | H.R. MacMillan Building | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 5312 | Fax 604 822 6394
mona.lee@ubc.ca
https://www.landfood.ubc.ca

Next week’s IRES Seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre.

February 29, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas and Jumi Gogoi

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall) Please check in at the Admissions Desk first before going to the Theatre.

No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.

Click here for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.

Revealing the pathways to scale up agricultural transformation: Factors influencing adoption of Silvo pastoral systems in Colombia

Talk summary:

Colombia is a global biodiversity hotspot of important ecological significance. However, deforestation is rampant in the country, and its primary cause is extensive cattle ranching which is inefficient, susceptible to climatic events, contributes to poverty, and causes unsustainable levels of environmental degradation such as water pollution. An agroecological alternative to ECR is Silvopastoral systems (SPS) which combine trees and shrubs in forage grasses to enhance cattle production. Thus, the goal of my research is to determine how SPS practices can be scaled out.

 

  Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas, IRES MSc Student

Bio:

Tatiana Chamorro (she/her) is an MSc student in the Working to Restore Connectivity and Sustainability  (WoRCS) Lab at IRES and is supervised by Dr. Claire Kremen. Her research focuses on the scaling up of sustainable cattle ranching practices in Colombia, as she is highly interested in biodiversity conservation and ecology. She is a recipient of the Philip A. Jones Fellowship 2022-2023. She is also the trip coordinator for the RES Student Society.

Developing a field-scale crop yield prediction model using satellite and environmental data

 

Talk summary:

Timely and reliable estimation of crop production is essential for strategic decision making in the agricultural system. Recently, detailed ground-based field-scale yield datasets have become available providing a timely opportunity for using high spatial resolution observational data for model training. The key research objective was to develop a crop-yield prediction model using satellite and biophysical data and calibrated using field-scale yield monitor data.

 

  Jumi Gogoi, recent PhD graduate in IRES

 

Bio:

Jumi recently completed her PhD in IRES under the supervision of Dr. Navin Ramankutty. She is pursuing her research interests in mobilizing methods from data science to answer questions about food security. Her PhD work specifically focuses on developing modeling methods using different datasets for improving prediction of crop production. Jumi has an interdisciplinary academic background and has completed studies in analytics, economics, and business.

 

 

See you on Feb 29 in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!

_______________________________________________________________________________

Bonnie Leung

RES Program Support (she/her/hers)

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)

Room 429 – 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada

 

Email: bonnie.leung@ubc.ca

Tel: 604-822-9249

Join us in this exciting panel to recenter Community in our conversations about Land Back, Health Equity and Climate Justice!

 This event will bring Indigenous perspectives on the intersections of the climate crisis. We will dive into the practicalities of what climate work looks like on the ground and how to cultivate community-responsive research.  Join the dialogue to hold space for conversations that address settler-colonial conditions and values, as well as our collective abilities to make healthy decisions to bring about change that is healing.

“We can starve together or feast together. All flourishing is mutual.”– RWK

 Date: Tuesday, February 27th

Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

RSVP at the link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cMFcHoLb5DfAAWa

 

In-person Location: The Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC, 6476 NW Marine Dr., Vancouver

Dear LFS Researchers:

BPI is hosting a seminar with Prof. Yoav Livney who is visiting us for his sabbatical at CHBE. We hope you can join us to welcome him and hear his presentation as follows:

Title: Biopolymers for Food & Health: Selective Targeted Delivery in Sickness and in Health-Food

Speaker: Prof. Yoav Livney, Sustainable Protein Research Center Director, Biotechnology & Food Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Time: February 22 Thursday 11am-12pm PST

Location: KAIS #2020 on the 2nd Floor of Fred Kaiser Building located at 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4

RSVP here: https://bpi.ubc.ca/events/livney

*Sandwiches and coffee will be provided

Abstract

Prof. Livney’s lab focuses on biopolymers for food and health. They harness biopolymers for targeted delivery of health- promoting compounds for treating cancer, and for preventing diseases via dietary interventions. They also promote global sustainability and food security by developing novel alternatives to animal-based foods, based on biopolymers from new and renewable sources. For more details, please visit the website.

I’ve attached a calendar invite for the event and would appreciate it if you can share the information with your colleagues and friends. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you.

Best,

Kelley Oh  MSc. (She, Her, Hers)
Engagement & EDII Facilitator
BioProducts Institute | Faculty of Applied Science
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
2385 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

Tel: 604.822.6358 | eMail: kelley.oh@ubc.ca