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Thesis Defense – Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems – PhD – Celina Guadalupe Solis-Becerra

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Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy
(Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems)

Celina Guadalupe Solis-Bacerra

“ Decolonizing Palates: Indigenous Foods in the Culinary Scene of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico. Opportunities to Promote Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Biocultural Diversity Conservation in a Post-Pandemic World ”

Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 – 11:00 AM

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EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. K. Lokman

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. E. Jovel – Supervisor
Dr. L.Newman – Committee member
Dr. A. Gonzalez – Committee member
Dr. S. Gulati – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. E. Jovel – Supervisor
Dr. L. Newman – Committee member
Dr. A. Gonzalez – Committee Member
Dr. S. Smukler – University Examiner
Dr. D. Rosenblum – University Examiner
Dr. J. Cidro – External Examiner

Food Science PhD Student a 3MT Finalist

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Congratulations to Isabelle Lacroix, a PhD student in our Food Science program, who has won her semi-final heat in UBC’s 3-Minute Thesis competition! Isabelle will compete in the final heat on Thursday, March 13 at 4:30pm in the Graduate Student Ballroom (Thea Koerner House, 6371 Crescent Road). Isabelle’s thesis is on, “Milk Proteins as Allies for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes .”

Visit the UBC 3MT website for additional information: 3mt.grad.ubc.ca/

Sean Kearney wins campus-wide GIS award

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Sean Kearney, PhD student in Soil Science (supervisor Sean Smukler) has won the ESRI Canada Scholarship for the campus-wide “Can you make a map?” contest. Seans’ entry on Agroforestry, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Assessment in El Salvador combined Geographic Information System (GIS) innovation, high quality mapping and clarity. Sean was the unanimous selection as winner of this years contest. Congratulations Sean on the award and the cash prize!

For more on Sean’s research, visit http://sal-lab.landfood.ubc.ca/projects/sean-ecosystem-services/

For more on the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), visithttp://www.esri.ca/en

O’Riordan Fellowship in Sustainable Development

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Terms of reference

“A $3,500 fellowship (p.a.) has been endowed by Tim and Ann O’Riordan and the University of British Columbia for a doctoral student involved in research into or the study of sustainable development. Recipients must be Residents or Non-Resident Members of Green College. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Graduate Studies” [following a selection process conducted by an expert committee struck for the purpose by the Principal of Green College]. -UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies ref. # 6328

In accordance with the donors’ wishes, the O’Riordan Fellowship will be awarded to an incoming doctoral student, who will be eligible to hold the fellowship for a maximum of four consecutive years, subject to maintaining satisfactory academic progress.

Nominations for candidates intending to work on issues of sustainability with particular reference to British Columbia and in a broad interdisciplinary perspective are especially invited.

The holder will have the status of non-resident member of Green College in virtue of the fellowship (unless he or she happens to be or to become a resident member of the College).

It is a condition of the fellowship that the holder should make a public presentation on his/her research at Green College in the final year of the award, for which additional resources may be available from the College.

Procedure and deadline

Graduate programs admitting students to begin doctoral work in 2014-15 in the area of sustainable development are invited to nominate candidates by forwarding UBC application dossiers (edited as appropriate, but including, as a minimum, research proposal, full academic transcripts and letters of reference) in a message with subject-line “O’Riordan Fellowship: [Name(s) of candidate(s)]” to gc.membership@ubc.ca by Monday 3 February 2014.

Notice of the selection committee’s decisions will be given to graduate programs by early March (subject to confirmation by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). Inquiries to the Principal of Green College, Dr. Mark Vessey, gc.principal@ubc.ca

www.greencollege.ubc.ca/apply_for_residence/awards.php

Call for Nominations: NSERC Doctoral Awards

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Summary

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) provides financial support to outstanding eligible students pursuing master’s or doctoral studies in a Canadian university in natural sciences and engineering.  The NSERC website is now updated for the Fall 2013 NSERC Doctoral Awards competition. The site includes a link to the online application form.

Deadline

Deadline for applications to be submitted by students to their graduate program:  Monday, September 30, 2013 – Please note:  THIS IS A FIRM DEADLINE.  Incomplete applications received after this date will NOT BE CONSIDERED.  All supporting documentation (letters of references, transcripts, etc.), MUST be received by the LFS Graduate Office by this deadline.