LFS Today Jun 9, 2022

 News  

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:

Deborah Wang and Jessie Wu for their great presentation at the LFS Workday Workshop on Monday.

To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today.

Teaching Theory Thursday

If you are running a multi-access class, don’t forget to make space for online students. For example, take a break from talking to address questions from the chat. If you find yourself forgetting, it may help to add a break slide in your presentation as a reminder.

Brought to you by The Learning Centre.

 Events  

June 15 – entrepreneurship@UBC: June Community Town Hall

Are you a UBC-affiliated entrepreneur looking to transform your idea or innovation into impact? entrepreneurship@UBC’s Venture Founder helps entrepreneurs like you validate the foundation of your startup and build traction in your venture’s industry ecosystem.

Join the entrepreneurship@UBC community June 15th to hear from UBC entrepreneurs part of our program to learn how they got started, what challenges they are facing and how you can follow in their footsteps.

Plus, get the chance to ask your questions and network directly with our panelists to understand how Venture Founder can benefit your individual venture building journey, including exploring which stream – CORE or Lab2Launch – is best for you!

Wednesday, June 15
12-1pm
Online via Zoom

Learn more and register

June 17 – Dekaban Senior Scholar Talk: EU’s Farm2Fork Strategy

Friday, June 17, 2022
Time:  2-3:30 pm

Hybrid:  McML Room 160 (in person) or Zoom (link to be sent on June 16)

Title: The European Union’s Farm2Fork Strategy as an accelerator of the bioeconomy under path dependence

Speaker: Dr. Mariusz Maciejczak, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Description: In this presentation, Dr. Maciejczak will discuss the development of the EU’s Farm2Fork strategy as a new an element of its Green Deal policy through perspectives of its historically changing priorities and recent crises (i.e., the war in Ukraine and the synergies with the EU’s Bioeconomy strategy). Dr. Maciejczak will also examine, as a cases study, the results of the EU’s recent PotatoMetaBiome project.

RSVP by Thursday, June 16 (noon): https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25dJ8Qx87UCBPi6

Questions: Contact Matias Margulis (matias.margulis@ubc.ca) or Karen Lee (karen.lee98@ubc.ca).

June 23 – Okanagan Field Day: Cover Cropping

Where: Covert Family Farms in Oliver, BC
When: Thursday, June 23, 2022, from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Cost: Free

Agricultural producers in BC are invited to attend a cover cropping field day in Oliver. When carefully chosen and managed properly, cover crops can benefit production for farmers and help mitigate climate change.

This field day will be held at Covert Family Farms which is used as a test site for the Summerland Research and Development Centre. There will be guest speakers who are very knowledgeable on the topic and can speak directly to the variety of cover crops being tested at the farm.

Guest Speakers include:

• Gene Covert: Gene has a BSc in Physical Geography from UBC and over 28 years of experience managing the Covert Family Farms 650 acre mixed organic farm. 
• Mehdi Sharifi: Dr. Mehdi Sharifi is working as a “soil nutrient management” research scientist at the Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
• Emma Holmes: Emma is the Organics Industry Specialist at BC Ministry of Agriculture.
• Jamie Yearly: Jamie is a graduate student at the University of British Columbia and a current research affiliate at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada in Summerland BC.

Register

 Deadlines  

July 31 – UBC Health Funding Opportunity: Cedar Lodge Endowment Fund

Funded by the Vancouver Foundation, the income from the Cedar Lodge Endowment Fund is to be used for the purposes of supporting projects that involve residential rehabilitation, assessment, teaching and research for persons recovering from head and other physical injuries. Projects must be led by a principal applicant, who must be either a UBC faculty member or a UBC student sponsored by a UBC faculty member.

UBC Health is accepting applications for funding from projects that meet the purpose of the Cedar Lodge Endowment Fund until July 31, 2022. Applications will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. Each approved project may be funded for up to a maximum of $10,000.

Learn more and apply