LFS Today Mar 21, 2022

 News  

LFS Virtual Townhall – presentation is available

The presentation from last Friday’s Townhall is now available for download. Presenter Sasha Wiley-Shaw, Educator, with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office, shared UBC Faculty and Staff Resources from the SVPRO. To access the presentation, click here (note that CWL is required):
https://my.landfood.ubc.ca/communications/lfs-community-meeting/

Micro-certificate in Food Safety Management is accepting applications!

UBC and BCIT’s new online program, Micro-certificate in Food Safety Management has launched – please share the news with people in your network.

• The first micro-course – Fundamentals of Food Science for Professionals – begins on March 28
• The second micro-course – Food Safety Management Systems Principles, Laws and Regulations – begins April 25

The Micro-certificate requires a high school diploma and English proficiency; experience in the food industry is not required. The program is an excellent entryway for those new to the industry, and a way for those with some industry experience to upgrade their skills for career advancement. In B.C., there are more than 2,500 food and beverage companies, and many are looking for people with quality assurance skills.

To earn the Micro-certificate, students must complete three micro-courses.

Registration is now open; read full details:
https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/certificate/food-safety-management/

Dr. Farahnaz Farthadoobady is the program manager and can be reached with any questions at (farah.fathordoobady@ubc.ca).

Thanks to faculty members who served as Chairs of doctoral exams

On behalf of myself and the Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Susan Porter, we would like to recognize the following LFS faculty members who chaired doctoral examinations between January and December 2021. Across UBC, there were 500 doctoral candidates last year, and each exam involved a faculty member serving in the role of Chair.

Chairs represent the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, ensure the exam is fair and proceeds according to UBC policies, and reports back about the proceedings and the Examining Committee’s recommendation. Thank you to the following people who chaired doctoral examinations:

Applied Biology:

• Andrew Black (2 exams)
• Anthony Farrell
• Murray Isman
• Eduardo Jovel
• Andrew Riseman
• Hans Schreier

Food and Resource Economics:

• Sumeet Gulati
• Carol McAusland

Food, Nutrition and Health:

• Jennifer Black
• David Kitts
• Vivien Measday
• Siyun Wang
• Hannah Wittman (2 exams)

Cheers,
Rickey

 Events  

Mar. 24 in Agora Café – LFS Scholar Series: Dr. Harjinder Singh

The next LFS Scholar Series will be a hybrid event – we encourage faculty members, graduate students and staff to enjoy some refreshments in Agora Café to watch the LFS Scholar Series speaker. If you are joining in person, please register by tomorrow at 9 am. Speaker Dr. Harjinder Singh will be live-streamed via Zoom.

Title: Designing Food Structures for Optimal Functionality and Nutrition

Speaker:  Distinguished Professor Harjinder Singh, Director of the Riddet Institute (Centre of Research Excellence), Massey University in New Zealand

Biography:  Dr. Singh has published over 400 research papers and his expertise includes dairy science and technology, functional foods, food colloids, structures, and nutrition. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, and has received several international awards, including the Marschall Rhodia International Dairy Science Award, the William C. Haines Dairy Science Award (USA) and the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Science Prize.

Event Description: The challenge of designing foods for health attributes requires a detailed understanding of the interactions of food structures with physiological and behavioral processes occurring during food consumption and digestion. The human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is the interface between consumed food and the human body, and the process of food digestion in the GIT is multi-faceted and complex. This presentation will provide an overview of the approaches used for designing foods for functionality within the GIT, with examples of recent work from his laboratory on the structural changes in natural and fabricated milk-based food systems during the digestion process.

Join in-person or via Zoom:
Date: March 24, 2022
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm PT
Location: In-person at Agora Café with refreshments, or via Zoom
Register in advance for the meeting (in-person registration required by March 22 at 9am):
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aYtuBuLRTu3oNim

 Deadlines  

Mar. 22 – Canadian Agricultural Youth Council

The Youth Council is a team of creative and outspoken young Canadians, who meet to discuss the issues that matter the most to young people in food and farming. Members work together to find solutions and build a vibrant future for food and farming in Canada that reflects the values and aspirations of young people from all walks of life.

Apply to the Canadian Agricultural Youth Council by March 22.

Apr. 14 – CIFST Marvin Tung Student Case Competition

CIFST will be holding its first Marvin Tung Student Case Competition that will provide our emerging professionals with an opportunity to showcase their knowledge and skills as well as learn from each other through the analysis of a food sector case study. The primary objective of the case competition is to foster innovative thinking about a real-world problem while allowing students to hone their skills and network with their peers.

Teams will submit their written case competition solutions (by end of day April 14th, before the Good Friday holiday.

Learn more here