LFS Today Mar 18, 2021
By imelda cheung on March 18, 2021
Want to Travel to Indonesia This Summer – Virtually? Impact Evaluation Analytics (LFS302b)
Participate in an international experience from home while exploring a unique topic or location!
Virtual Global Seminars are UBC courses that focus on a global topic or region. Course content is brought to life through engaging online content, real-life problem-based learning, and unique guest lectures led by scholars and community partners from around the world.
The following programs will run in Summer Term 1. Applications can be submitted online and students will be selected on a rolling basis until courses are full.
Impact Evaluation Analytics LFS 302B – The 2021 version of LFS302D is a 6-credit intensive experiential learning course for students interested in a career in international development to come to terms with the challenges of gathering information, analyzing data, and performing field-work during a pandemic – and beyond. Students will learn how to use the resources at their disposal to do research and interpret information from stakeholders in real-time, in order to accurately appraise development project interventions from a distance. Students will be provided with analytical tools that will increase their value as employment candidates for national and international donor agencies, consultancy companies, as well as non-government organizations (NGOs) operating in the development field.
Detailed information can be found on the course webpage:
https://students.ubc.ca/career/international-experiences/global-seminars/impact-evaluation-analytics-lfs-international-field-studies-indonesia
Feel free to get in touch with our Global Seminars team at go.global@ubc.ca or request an appointment with an advisor through this form to learn more.
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Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) Seminar
Topic: An integrated systems model for mitigating marine plastic pollution
Speaker: Dr. Ibrahim Issifu, Postdoctoral fellow, Fisheries Economics Research Unit
When: Friday, March 19, 11:00am
RSVP: https://oceans.ubc.ca/rsvp-iof-seminars/
More info.
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UBC Employees Commuting Patterns Survey
Please support the following SEEDS Sustainability research project by completing a short 3 minutes survey. A group of graduate students in the Master of Engineering Leadership program is conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UBC employees’ commuting pattern to work. The project’s aim is to gain an understanding of the long term impact to employees’ commuting pattern and provide their findings to support future transportation policies at UBC.
The survey link is https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0GkE9yZhEzPsYHY
The survey closes on March 26.
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Funding Partnership Enables Critical COVID-19 Vaccine Research in B.C.
To date, four COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for use in Canada and priority populations are already receiving their vaccinations. However, critical questions remain around the vaccines’ performance, access, and public perception that need evidence-based answers from BC researchers.
As research funders, MSFHR, Genome BC and the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health have joined forces to support BC-based research that addresses, and implements solutions for, knowledge gaps around COVID-19 vaccination.
BC researchers who are able to rapidly address knowledge gaps and urgently implement evidence are invited to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI).
EOIs must be submitted by March 25, 2021 at 5 p.m. PDT. Projects deemed to be well-aligned with evolving sector needs will be invited to submit full proposals by April 15, 2021 at 5 p.m. PDT. For questions, please contact covid19@genomebc.ca.
Learn more and apply.
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UBC Sustainability Initiative: Climate Justice Webinar Series
This session will focus on how climate justice activism and advocacy translate into government action.
The discussion will include reflections on what climate justice means to the panelists, and how they are building it into their work; the process of translating climate justice activism and advocacy into government action; and the role of citizens and social movements in bringing about climate justice focused government action.
Friday, March 19, 2021
11am-12pm
Register here.
Panel
- Christine Boyle – (BSc Global Resource Systems 2007) City of Vancouver Councillor; United Church Minister
- Andrea Reimer – Former City Councillor and Deputy Mayor, City of Vancouver; Adjunct Professor of Practice at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC
- Bowinn Ma – B.C. Minister of State for Infrastructure; MLA North Vancouver-Lonsdale
- Khelsilem – Council Member & Spokesperson for the Squamish Nation Council
Moderator
- Sara Muir Owen – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
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