LFS Today Mar 25, 2022

 News  

Apr. 2 – Join us in-person or virtually at The Future of Agriculture: A Conversation Revisited

Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm

Dean Rickey Yada will be hosting a panel discussion on April 2 on the future of agriculture at the upcoming Pacific Agriculture Show at Tradex: The Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre.

President and Vice-Chancellor Santa J. Ono will be moderating this discussion with guests:

• Meeru Dhalwala, LLD ’16, Author, Chef, & Restaurateur, Faculty of Land and Food Systems Faculty Advisory Board member
• Peter Dhillon, OBC, BA ’88, Chairman, Ocean Spray Board of Directors, President and CEO, Richberry Group
• John Stackhouse, Senior Vice President, Office of the CEO, RBC
• Kathy Jin, MFRE ’20, Sustainability Consultant at Pinna Sustainability

In-Person Registration
If you’d like to join us in person, you will need to purchase a ticket to the Pacific Agriculture Show. For more information on tickets and entrance, please click here. You will also need to register for the panel discussion here.

Livestream Webinar Registration
If you’d like to join us virtually, register here.

 Events  

Today – Lunch & Learn Series: Open Drop-in Session on Tackling Course Evaluations

The LFS Learning Centre will be hosting a drop-in session TODAY, March 25, 2022 at noon. The theme for the session will be Course Evaluation (Student Experience of Instruction) surveys.

Student Experience of Instruction (SEI) surveys (formerly known as Course Evals then SEoT) will open up for term 2 courses this weekend. We will have an open discussion on ways to discuss these surveys with students, steps you can take to increase the response rate, and commiserate about the challenge of receiving anonymous feedback.

We will further discuss some ways to mitigate the stresses of the final exam period with some fun “stress-buster” activities for your students.

Join the Learning Centre team this Friday to talk about course evaluations, final exam stresses and other questions that you may have. To register for this session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

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Today – SOIL Seminar: Phosphorus management in agricultural lands

Topic: Legacy Phosphorus Management in Agricultural Lands and Potential for Environmental Losses in Fraser Valley of British Columbia
Speaker: Sylvia Nyamaizi, Ph.D. student in Soil Science; Supervisor Dr. Sean Smukler; Co Supervisor Dr. Aime J. Messiga
Date & Location: Friday, March 25^th 2022, 3:00-4:00 pm
In-person viewing (McMl 154) and Livestream via zoom (see details below)

Abstract: Phosphorus is the second essential nutrient for plant growth. In BC, mineral and manure phosphorus applications in excess of plant needs to support a diverse and intensive peri-urban agriculture have contributed to legacy phosphorus accumulation in the soil. A provincial survey recently showed that 89% of fields have legacy soil phosphorus in the excess class. This largely presents a great potential of pollution to water resources. Therefore, the pressing need is to identify a better match of phosphorus applications to different cropping system needs  to maintain or drawdown excess soil test phosphorus and reduce phosphorus losses to water resources. Silage corn as a major cropping system across the Fraser valley will be considered in this research and later on expanded to others. The main research objective is to improve understanding of the mechanisms controlling phosphorus cycling in high phosphorus testing soils in order to reduce the risk of phosphorus losses to water sources while building resilient cropping systems in BC. Various rates of phosphorus inputs (starter and manure phosphorus) and their effects on phosphorus risk indicators on farms and direct analysis in the field and laboratories experiments will be tested. In this seminar, I will focus on one objective which is understanding the effects of increasing soil pH to near-neutral using lime on: 1) phosphorus saturation index and water extractable phosphorus and 2) soil phosphorus pools and phosphate sorption characteristics in high phosphorus testing soils of the Fraser Valley.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MvduurrT4oHNF6SJLdx8V34tYVfePOWLyj
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting
Or view on the big screen in McMl 154 (Sylvia will be joining us virtually)

Mar. 30 – CIFST Webinar: Food Fraud

What happens when a Food Scientist, a Food Lawyer and a Social Scientist discuss Food Fraud with a Management Scientist?

In this unique panel discussion, these experts will examine food fraud from a variety of perspectives, including why it occurs, how it occurs, what are the risks and what we can do about it.

Wednesday, March 30
12 – 1pm

Learn more and register here.

Apr. 6 – IOF Webinar: Fish Wars and Blue Conflicts

This webinar brings together leading researchers on maritime and fisheries conflicts. The panelists will discuss major types of fisheries conflicts, risks of escalation into militarized disputes, and impacts on affected communities and marine ecosystems. The webinar will also provide a forum to discuss options to prevent and transform conflicts to improve the well-being and safety of seafaring and coastal communities, as well as long-term ocean sustainability.

Wednesday, April 6
10:00 to 11:30 am

Learn more and register here.

 Deadlines  

May 2 – Call for proposals – International Policy Ideas Challenge 2022

SSHRC and Global Affairs Canada have partnered to launch the sixth International Policy Ideas Challenge. Aimed at graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and early career researchers from Canadian postsecondary institutions, the challenge provides each of the top six winning entries with a $3,000 award to develop and transform their ideas into policy briefs.

The challenge also provides laureates with coaching including access to subject matter experts, networking and skills development opportunities, which will culminate in presenting the resulting policy briefs to Canadian officials during the 2022 National Ideas Symposium later in 2022.

Submissions should be no more than 750 words in English (or 950 words in French) and speak to one of the themes outlined in the call. For details, including entry guidelines, see the 2022 IPIC call for submissions.
The deadline for submission is May 20, 2022.

Should you have any question about this call, please contact Global Affairs Canada at: IPIC-CIPI.POR@international.gc.ca.