LFS Today Aug 19, 2022

News

MFRE alumni project with City Studio Vancouver

MFRE alumni Rutong Gao and Shinan Shi conducted their summer 2021 graduating project on providing recommendations for how the City of Vancouver can support its local restaurants’ recovery during and after the pandemic. The project was conducted in collaboration with UBC MFRE, CityStudio Vancouver, and the Vancouver City Planning Commission.

Learn more about their project

Events

Today – Lunch & Learn JEDI Session: Weaving Relations Course with Dana-Lyn Mackenzie

This session will be held on Friday, August 19th 2022 at noon. Dana-Lyn Mackenzie (Senior Manager, EDI & Indigeneity) will be our presenter this week.

The Lunch & Learn Series hosts a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)-based discussion session on the third Friday of each month. These sessions are hosted by Will Valley (Associate Dean, EDI at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems) and the Learning Centre Team, and will be open to all.

In this session Dana-Lyn will discuss the new self-directed Weaving Relations course. This Canvas based course is aimed at faculty and staff to learn about Indigenous peoples, issues and history., meeting UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan Goal 2 Action 8: Provide free and publicly accessible educational tools, events and resources that promote the local and global implementation of Indigenous peoples’ human rights, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice.

Join Dana-Lyn to preview the Weaving Relations course. To register for the Lunch & Learn Series, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

Follow the Lunch & Learn Series on Twitter and the Lunch and Learn Series Webpage

Aug. 23 – Presentation by Pawan K. Singh on wheat blast

Gurcharn Singh Brar is hosting a presentation on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Everyone is invited.

Topic: Wheat blast: An emerging and spreading disease threatening global wheat production

Presenter: Pawan K. Singh, Head, Wheat Pathology, GWP, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, MEXICO

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
9:30 – 10:30 AM PDT (including Q&A period)

In person: Forest Sciences Centre (FSC) Room 1611 – Please note the new location for the presentation

Via Zoom: ubc.zoom.us/j/67337851384?pwd=Y2Z1OVhwZzkzcHI4OFdMVTNiUkVHdz09

Deadlines

Sept. 29 – Health in Unexpected Places – Funding Opportunity

UBC Health is inviting interdisciplinary teams who are undertaking innovative health-oriented research in faculties, schools, or departments that stretches beyond the usual or expected to participate in Health After 2020.

The Health After 2020 program enables researchers to engage in interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations that aim to create change in health and health producing systems.

The 2022/23 theme for Health After 2020 is Health in Unexpected Places. Health is not only the absence of disease but an attribute of individuals, communities, and societies that is vital for daily living. Health is shaped by a wide range of determinants, from individual genetics and risk factors to social and environmental exposures, education, work, and social and economic position. Health-oriented research exists in surprising and unexpected places across every faculty, school, and department at UBC—demonstrating that improving health and wellbeing extends beyond the health disciplines.

The call for proposals for Health After 2020 is open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan until September 29, 2022.

For more information, visit https://health.ubc.ca/interdisciplinary-health-research/health-after-2020.