LFS Today Feb 1, 2021

LFS Scholar Series: Food Engineering Speaker

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream)

Join the LFS Scholar seminar series this week!

Guest Speaker: Dr. Levente Diosady, Food Engineering, University of Toronto
Guest Seminar Topic: Process development and scale-up for salt fortification

Prof. Levente Diosady, PhD, RD, is Professor Emeritus in Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. He has authored over 120 publications in refereed journals, including 17 patents. Dr. Diosady has received multiple awards and honors including the CIFST Eva Award, the IFT Babcock-Hart Award, the Canada Award for Business Excellence, the Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Officers’ Cross of the Order of Merit from his native Hungary. In 2019, Dr. Diosady was named as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his work on iron fortification of salt.

Zoom Info for seminar:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68700450283?pwd=alY0UUZiSE5nSWRscXI5T0ZETkx0UT09 
Meeting ID: 687 0045 0283
Passcode: 429423

If you have any questions, please contact Shelley Small at shelley.small@ubc.ca or Dr. Anubhav Pratap-Singh anubhav.singh@ubc.ca.

MFRE Speaker Series

Speaker: Kim Grout, the CEO of the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission
Topic: The Agricultural Land Reserve in BC: Challenges, controversies and Opportunities
Date & Time: Friday, February 5, 2:00-3:00pm

In response to public concerns regarding the loss of prime agricultural land in BC, the provincial government responded by introducing BC’s Land Commission Act on April 18, 1973. The Act designated Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) boundaries based on biophysical information related to the natural characteristics of the land and its climate, rather than on the market and other socio-economic conditions. To administer the ALR, the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) was created as an independent administrative tribunal. Regional governments submitted ALR plans to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) based on their guidelines and on maps provided by the BC Department of Agriculture, which identified lands that have the soil/climate combination to support agriculture and that were not already urbanized or irreversibly alienated. Although the ALC has been controversial since its establishment, it continues to receive public support as it has responded to several amendments to the original Act to address public concerns and emergent issues. Although successful, challenges continue.

Event Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63198895621?pwd=TzlhTUdLMVlhR29WcVZSVFZjK0pKdz09
Meeting ID: 631 9889 5621
Passcode: 521521

CTLT Workshop: Teaching Speaking Skills Online

Activating the Audience: Teaching Speaking Skills Online
February 10 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Oral skills tend to receive little classroom attention—often due to logistical challenges (large class sizes) or pedagogical ones (few resources for teaching them). These challenges are amplified in the remote classroom when many of us struggle to facilitate student engagement and interaction. At the same time, the online context provides unique learning opportunities for students to gain skills and confidence in classroom speaking (in both formal or informal contexts).

This workshop will provide participants with a critical context through which to think about teaching speaking skills including:

• Strategies for creating an online classroom climate in which students learn both how to listen and speak in oral contexts
• Specific considerations and practices for the inclusive teaching of speaking skills
• Facilitator experiences, sample assignments and resources for teaching oral skills online

Register today: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/activating-the-audience-teaching-speaking-skills-online-february-10-2021/

Kids Take Over UBC: Feb 13-15

The 4th annual Kids Take Over UBC! returns February 13-15.

Celebrate home is where the art is as you enjoy three days of FREE online programming from the comforts of anywhere you live. Open to all families, you’ll find participatory musical events and performances, family-friendly theatre, hands-on workshops and so much more!

Join over 14 different UBC departments and community partners as they entertain, educate and inspire you all weekend long. Register by February 10: kidstakeover.ubc.ca

Table Talks Webinar Series

The Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology and Food in Canada, Canada’s food and beverage processing magazine, have partnered to deliver a webinar with CIFST members and stakeholders every Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST.

Title: Supply chains and food CPG – Readiness for a post-pandemic future
Speaker: Mark Juhasz, Research Associate at the Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University
When: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. EST
Register here.

Title: Adaptation and Rapid Response in food processing: From pivoting to committing, e-commerce in the time of COVID and beyond
Speaker: Sylvain Charlebois, Professor, Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab and Former Dean of the Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
When: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. EST
Register here.