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News

Canadian Poultry Research Council New Website

The Canadian Poultry Research Council has a new updated website. Follow the link below to access information on poultry research, funding, and sponsorship opportunities.

WWW.CP-RC.CA

Update to Alliance Option 2 cost-sharing ratio

As of February 18, 2022, Alliance Option 2 has been simplified to one single cost sharing ratio of 100% from NSERC for proposals involving partners from any sector (private, public or not-for-profit). This means that the requirement for partner organizations to commit 10% of the project’s cash budget, when partners from the private sector are involved, has been removed. This would not preclude additional cash investments being made by partners from any sector to increase the scope of the project where applicable.

If you have any questions please contact alliance@nserc-crsng.gc.ca

Events

TODAY – Anti-Racism Speaker Series

Today, February 22, 4:30-6pm: Margaret P. Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, Associate Vice President Equity and Inclusion, Interim, previous Director of the First Nations House of Learning, and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing.

Dr. Moss is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota), and is also Dakhóta. She is the first and only American Indian to hold both nursing and juris doctorates, was appointed to the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and was one of two Indigenous women named on the inaugural Forbes 50 over 50 Impact List 2021.

These are part of a new Anti-Racism Speaker Series: Elevating the voices of Indigenous, Black and Persons of Colour (IBPOC), members of the Applied Science community will share how systems of oppression have impacted the lived experiences of IBPOC communities and how we can work together to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive community.

Feb. 23 – Pink Shirt Day

Now a global movement, Pink Shirt Day grew from an act of kindness in Nova Scotia when a group of students supported a fellow student being bullied for wearing a pink t-shirt to school.

In the spirit of spreading kindness and advocating for those who need it, we invite faculty and staff to participate in Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, February 23.

Wear a pink shirt, download a pink Zoom background, or contribute in your own way. We also invite you to explore these resources from our community:

Feb. 24 – Webinar: Collaborative Variety Trials Results (Time Correction)

Join us for this session to talk about the 2021 trials from across Canada

February 24, 2022, 10 am PST / 1 pm EST

Speakers: Solveig Hanson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm & Helen Jensen, Research Program Manager for the Bauta Initiative and Adjunct Professor at Bishop’s University

This webinar is for everyone who has participated in the CANOVI program, farmers who are interested in doing on-farm variety trials and plant breeding, and market gardeners who want to learn more about which crop varieties will perform best in their regions.

Mar. 1 – Genomic Applications Partnership Program Information Session

Event or Deadline Date: March 1, 2022 – 10:00am

The latest round of the Genome Canada Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) has launched and Genome BC, in partnership with VPRI, will host an Information Session in support of it.

GAPP funds downstream research and development projects that address real world opportunities and challenges identified by industry, government, not-for-profits and other “Receptors” of genomics knowledge and technologies. GAPP projects are collaborations between academic researchers and Receptor organizations and are funded by Genome Canada and co-funded by Receptors and other stakeholders.

Genome BC staff will deliver a brief presentation on the competition followed by a Q&A session. Interested applicants will have the opportunity to have one-on-one conversations with Genome BC staff to help develop ideas.

The webinar will be delivered via Zoom and all interested UBC faculty, support staff and partners are invited to attend.
Details:

Tuesday, March 1, 10-11:30am
A Zoom link will be sent to registrants before the session

For more details, please visit the information session registration page.

Deadlines

Feb. 25 – Last Reminder: LFS Curriculum Change Deadline

Time again to submit any Curriculum Change Proposals you are considering.

Proposals can include a variety of changes to an LFS course or program, from changing the title of a course to adding a new program.

Please forward your Curriculum Change requests to Virginia Frankian by 12 noon, February 25^th, 2022.

The process for curriculum change is:

Create the proposal using the Curriculum Proposal Form (2-Column form;https://senate.ubc.ca/vancouver/curriculum-submission-guide/curriculum-forms).
You can find the guidelines in the Downloads sidebar on the right-hand side of the page.
Obtain approvals from your disciplinary group (e.g., applied animal biology, food science, and food and resources economics groups) followed by your corresponding Program (APBI, FRE, and FNH).
Submit the approved form to the LFS Curriculum Committee via Virginia Frankian (virginia.frankian@ubc.ca). If needed, the Curriculum Committee will return the proposal to the originator for clarification or revision.
Proposal approved by the Committee will be presented to the LFS Faculty Council at its meetings for approval.
For a Category 1 change (e.g. new course and new degree program), a proposal approved by the Faculty Council typically requires external unit and library consultation, and budgetary approval. Subsequently, the proposal will be submitted to the Senate Curriculum Sub-committee, then to the Senate Curriculum Committee and finally to the Senate for approval.
For a Category 2 change, a proposal approved by the Faculty Council will be submitted to the relevant Senate Curriculum Sub-Committee for approval.

The Curriculum Proposal review and approval process, especially Category 1 change, is a long one. Items can go through edits at any level, and be sent back to the originator for corrections. Some Proposals require consultations with outside parties.

For these reasons, it is important to plan and submit your Proposal as early as possible. Please find the Curriculum Change Proposal submission deadline schedule for the upcoming year below:

September 8^th , 2021
September 24^th , 2021
October 29^th , 2021
December 3, 2021
January 21, 2022
February 25, 2022

Please add these dates to your calendars.

Proposals submitted after the LFS Jan 21, 2022 deadline may not be approved in time to be included in the UBC Academic Calendar for the following September.