The next IRES Seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre.

Important Reminder: No food or drinks allowed in the Beaty Museum.

November 21, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Dr. Karl Zimmermann

A Recipe for Safe Water : Information + Ownership + Resources

Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall). Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs.

No food or drinks allowed in the Beaty Museum.

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

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

Talk summary:

Community-level organizations and international actors alike support a Partnership Approach to accelerate progress towards SDG6. A Water Partnerships approach facilitates involvement from stakeholders including households, village leaders, teachers, NGOs, and water committees. This presentation shares recommendations from 400 water leaders on four continents to inform a partnership approach: who are the important stakeholders, what are their roles and what tools enable participation by all? Specifically, we share a three-step process to empower participation in water management: 1. Awareness of water contaminants and their connection to health, 2. Education of the options, and 3. Resources for water action. These lessons will inform future safely managed water solutions.

 

  Dr. Karl Zimmermann, Water Treatment Engineer, WSP Vancouver

 

Bio:

Dr. Karl Zimmermann is a water researcher and water lover. As part of his PhD studies at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), Zimmermann began with research on biological ion exchange drinking water filters before wading into the WASH sector. His Tools for Water Partnerships study learned from water leaders on five continents about what, in addition to innovative technologies themselves, are important for the long-term success of drinking water and sanitation solutions. Karl now works as a Water Treatment Engineer with WSP Canada in Vancouver.

 

See you on Nov 21!

 

_______________________________________________________________________________

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

 

 

Hello School of Land and Food,

My name is Claire Song, and I am currently conducting a PhD research study at the University of British Columbia, exploring cultural variations in depressive symptom expression and the efficacy of screening tools among young East Asian adults and their White Canadian peers (Ethics #: H24-00368). I am reaching out to request your assistance in sharing our recruitment materials with your network.

Our study seeks participants within this demographic, and we are committed to ensuring cultural sensitivity and inclusivity in mental health research. If possible, could you help by sharing our recruitment posters (attached for your convenience, with two versions for ease of choice) with students in relevant programs? Alternatively, sharing through faculty/student newsletters or other communications would be greatly appreciated.

If there is a specific person or department within the organization who would be best suited for this, I would be grateful if you could direct me accordingly. Also I would appreciate it if you could guide me on how to post physical posters on Land and Food building/bulletin boards.

Thank you very much for considering this request. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or if I can provide further information.

Warm regards,

Claire Song

Doctoral Candidate, Teaching Assistant
School of Nursing
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2211 Wesbrook Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 2B5 Canada
Phone 077 822 7779
claire.song@ubc.ca

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on January 18, 25 & 26, 2025

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 sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

Click the link to apply for the WAITLIST: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-january-18-25-26-2025/

Application opens on November 12 at 9 am and closes on January 8, 2025 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

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering an ONLINE Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on January 14, 18, 25 & February 1, 2025.

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.

The workshop will take place online on Zoom as follows:

• Pre-Meeting : January 14, 5 – 7 pm
• Meeting 1: January 18, 9 am – 3 pm
• Meting 2: January 25, 9 am – 5 pm
• Meeting 3: February 1, 9 am – 5 pm

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

Click the link to apply: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/online-graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-january-14-18-25-february-1-2025/

 Application opens on November 12 at 9 am and closes on January 8, 2025 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:

Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying.

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

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

From: Climate Collective <climate.collective@ubc.ca>
Sent: November 12, 2024 4:43 PM
To: Climate Collective <climate.collective@ubc.ca>
Subject: Join us for our next Climate Conversation – Understanding Youth-led Climate Litigation in Canada: The Mathur Appeal

Join the next Climate Conversation Series by the Climate Solutions Research Collective.

Co-hosted by the Centre for Law & the Environment and the Centre for Climate Justice at UBC

Understanding Youth-led Climate Litigation in Canada: The Mathur Appeal

Monday November 25, 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Geography Room 229

In Mathur et al. v. His Majesty in Right of Ontario, seven youth have filed a lawsuit claiming that Ontario violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by failing to fulfill its duty to take action on climate change.

Join us at this informal Climate Conversation, hosted by Professor Stepan Wood and the Climate Solutions Research Collective, where we will begin with a primer on youth-led climate litigation and an overview of the Mathur Appeal.  Following this will be an open discussion on the broader implications of the case.

In preparation for this particular event, we recommend that you review Professor Stepan Wood’s recent primer in The Conversation entitled Recent Ontario appeal court ruling on youth-led climate case could be a constitutional ‘game-changer’.

Bring your lunch and your questions!

The Climate Conversation series is designed to bring together the UBC climate community to discuss current events in an informal setting.  Learn from your research colleagues about the implications of their climate-oriented work, and how it relates to events as they unfold. 

While registration for this event is not mandatory, it does help us plan for space and send you updates should it be required.  You can register at our website here.

The Climate Solutions Research Collective Team
UBC Climate Solutions Research Collective
climate.collective@ubc.ca

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Room 431 AERL | 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada

The Climate Solutions Research Collective is a new UBC pan-university initiative designed to build connections across UBC climate researchers, groups and initiatives, and to encourage new collaborative research on climate change solutions. It aims to foster engagement across departments and faculties, and to support graduate students and faculty in applying their research and expertise to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and/or education.

 

This is a friendly/urgent reminder to NOT submit any forms/requests directly to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies but to my attention.

If in doubt, please contact me first.

Thanks and don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions!

Kind regards,

Lia Maria

Vacation alert:
Nov 7 to 15
Nov 28 & 29
Dec 5 & 6
Dec 12 & 13

Lia Maria DRAGAN

Admissions & Administrative Coordinator
Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

University of British Columbia / Vancouver Campus
#291 – 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Tel.: (604) 822-8373
lia.maria@ubc.ca /landfood.ubc.ca/graduate/ 

On-campus schedule: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday and Thursday

I respectfully acknowledge that I work and live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Wauthuth Nations.