LFS Today Jun 6, 2022

 News  

Random Acts of Recognition

Under the leadership of the LFS Development and Alumni Engagement team, LFS staff members supported two successful events last week. The Faculty co-hosted an art auction fundraiser on behalf of Arran Stephens, a member of the LFS Faculty Advisory Board, co-founder of Nature’s Path, philanthropist, and painter. One of his paintings was auctioned to support the efforts of Doctors Without Borders in the Ukraine. The UBC Hatch Gallery continues to exhibit his artwork until June 12.

In addition, the DAE team organized an alumni reception, held post-graduation, to congratulate our newest alumni and recognize recent alumni award recipients.

Thank you to those who made these two events possible:

• Sabrina Yan
• James Wang
• Niki Glenning
• Zoe Campbell
• Hannah Reyes
• Rob Kim
• Thilini Leitan
• Ella Wong
• Melody Wang
• Karen Lee
• Shannon Wong
• Pia Lim
• Wayne Tamagi (the bee with personality)
• Sandra Brown
• Clare Cullen
• Barbara Hsiao

 Events  

June 16 – Getting serious about climate change: How business must step up

Climate change is one of the most important and pressing challenges facing our planet and humanity today. What is the role of business and the private sector in fighting climate change, and how can (and why must) business step up to address this challenge now?

The Montalbano Centre for Responsible Leadership Development, the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at the UBC Sauder School of Business and alumni UBC present Getting serious about climate change: How business must step up, a climate action panel event.

Thursday June 16, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm PT

Panelists include:

• Naomi Klein (she/her) – UBC Professor of Climate Justice and Co-Director, UBC Centre for Climate Justice
• Carol Liao (she/her) – Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, Principal co-Investigator of the Canada Climate Law Initiative, UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar, and Director of the Centre for Business Law
• Tamara Vrooman (she/her) – President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority
• Kate White (she/her) – Academic Director, Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics, Senior Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, UBC Sauder School of Business, Professorship in Consumer Insights, Prosocial Consumption and Sustainability and Professor, Marketing and Behavioural Science Division

The event will be moderated by host and producer of CBC Vancouver News Lien Yeung, MJ’15 (she/her), with opening remarks by Grosvenor Professor of Cities, Business Economics and Public Policy and UBC Sauder School of Business Dean Robert Helsley (he/his).

Registration for the event is free and will be broadcast virtually to be accessible to a broader audience.

Register here

June 24 – Forum on the Effective Mentorship of Racialized Graduate Students

On June 24, 2022, there will be a forum at St. John’s College that will address mentorship reflections from students and participating mentors, the value and current state of racial diversity in graduate school, as well as key challenges such as communication barriers, unconscious biases, and power differentials. The forum will include two keynote speakers, Handel Wright, Senior Advisor on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence and Professor in Education Studies, and Sam Kenston, UBC Graduate Student Society President and PhD student in the School of Population and Public Health, a panel discussion with graduate students (Dwayne Tucker, Tebby Leepile, and Katherine Cao) and faculty members (Bhushan Gopaluni and Bathseba Opini), and an opportunity for smaller group discussions and sharing.

More details on the project including a link to the op-ed written by graduate student Dwayne Tucker that was the inspiration for this work.

Open to all interested faculty, students, and staff, this event will allow racialized graduate students at UBC to have their voices heard, and their experiences acknowledged and shared with UBC administration, faculty and beyond in an attempt to enhance racialized graduate experiences at UBC.

Friday, June 24, 2022
10am – 3:30pm (with lunch)
St. John’s College
Register

June 27 – UBC ARC Workshop: Introduction to Database

UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is hosting a 2.5 hours lecture-format workshop on Introduction to Databases.  We invite anyone to attend who is interested in learning more about how to use databases and in-database analytics in their research.

In this workshop, we will provide an overview of databases and then use a case study to demonstrate how to build a relational database from scratch, interact with the database, and perform in-database analytics.

Attendees should have some basic understanding of Linux command line. Lightweight python scripts will be used for in-database analytics, but coding will not be covered in the workshop. Python programming skills are not a requirement for this course. Experience with database integrated development environment (IDE) and code editor is helpful but not a must.

Monday, June 27
9:30am – 12:00 pm
Register

 Deadlines  

July 13 – 2022 UBC Internal Banting Competition

As Canada’s most prestigious trainee competition, the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is one of the most sought-after fellowship opportunities for postdoctoral fellows. The objective of the program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent.

Please be advised that Banting Postdoctoral Fellows are entitled to benefits and it is the PI’s responsibility to ensure that they or their unit have the funding to cover these expenses. For more information please consult the benefits website and for sample costs please refer to the benefits cost calculator.

For questions about the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program, including eligibility and application components, please contact Banting directly. For any questions about the UBC Internal Banting Competition, please contact the Postdoctoral Fellows Office at postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca.

Supervisors/PIs can access a number of supervisor resources, including a template Supervisor’s Statement, through the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Faculty and Staff Portal at https://faculty-staff.grad.ubc.ca/update/56037(CWL login required, cut and paste link into your browser). This template was designed to assist Supervisors/PIs in crafting competitive Supervisor’s Statements as per the Banting competition requirements, and it is highly recommended that Supervisors/PIs consult this document as part of the application process. An active CWL account is required to access these resources; please contact postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca if you are unable to access this portal.

The deadline to submit applications to the UBC Internal Banting Competition is Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 9:00 AM PDT.

For more information, visit the PDFO website.

Aug. 1 – Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge

Hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists and funded by the Seeding The Future Foundation, the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge will return after a successful inaugural year with the goal of inspiring and supporting innovative, diverse, and multidisciplinary teams to create game-changing innovations that will help transform the food system. To incentivize innovation at all levels, ranging from idea generation to development and scale-up, the Challenge offers three levels of awards consisting of Seed Grants, Growth Grants, and a Grand Prize category, totaling up to $1 million annually.

Applications will be accepted online through August 1. For more information on how to apply and eligibility requirements, please visit www.ift.org/food-system-challenge or contact foodsystemchallenge@ift.org