LFS Today Mar 28, 2022 | LFS Intranet 2020

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Welcome Gilbert Lee!

Please join us as we welcome Gilbert as our new Facility Manager for our Analytical Core Laboratory. He will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the analytical lab, supervising postdoctoral fellows, visiting scientists, technical staff and graduate students on instrumentation, chromatography and mass spectrometry as well as participating in multi-disciplinary projects. Gilbert joins us from the Applied Research Centre at Langara College. Prior to his current Research Associate role, he held various analytical positions at Willow Analytics Inc., Anandia Labs Inc. and BRI Biopharmaceutical Research Inc. Gilbert holds a BSc in Material Chemistry from UBC and a MSc in Bioanalytical Chemistry from SFU. His first day will be today, March 28, 2022 so please come by and introduce yourself (either virtually or in-person)!

Sustainable development: Is scaling science the missing piece of the puzzle?

Tebby Leëpile, PhD candidate in LFS’s Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems, wrote a blog post on “Scaling Science”, a public policy concept which “encourages a more critical, systematic, and scientific approach to scaling.”

Read it here.

U of T Faculty of Medicine: Food as Medicine 2021 Update

The Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto is offering LFS students, staff and faculty access to their annual series, Food as Medicine 2021 Update – Food for the Body, Mind and Soul until May 1. The virtual day-long event covers many interesting nutrition/food-related topics by interesting speakers.

To access the replay:
Go to: https://foodasmedicineupdate.ca/
Using the login form on the right-hand side, enter the username and password. Copy and paste to avoid typos.
Username: UBCMedicine
Password: foodAS2021*223
Once logged in, click on “webcast”, right icon on blue bar.
Click on the name of the presentation to access.
Remember to log out when you are finished.

Events

Apr. 5 – Alex Pfaff (Duke University): Political Economy of Forest Protection

Date: 2022-April-05, 12:00 to 1:00pm
Location: MCML 350
Title: Political Economy of Forest Protection

Abstract: Better understanding of interactions between conservation and development policies would help to maximize the synergies and minimize tradeoffs across Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While it is well documented that roads − introduced for economic development − affect the siting and impacts of protected areas (PAs), there is little if any evidence of impacts upon development, e.g., upon roads and patterns of development, from introducing conservation policies such as PAs. In light of evidence for positive forest spillovers, for which road dissuasion could be a mechanism, we ask if PAs can discourage road expansion in the Brazilian Amazon. We compare municipalities with more PAs (old and new) to those with fewer, using for controls both matching and regressions. We find that Federal PAs reduced expansions of unofficial roads − thereby shaping development.

Biography: Alex Pfaff is a Professor of Public Policy, Economics and the Environment at Duke University. He studies how economic development affects, and is affected by, natural resources and the environment. He focuses on the impacts of both conservation and development policies upon many choices by individuals and communities — which in turn affect land use, water quantity, water quality, air quality, human exposures, and the provision as well as the use of information.

Deadlines

Apr 19 & 26 – Call for Proposals for the Continuous Learning Advancement Fund

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Vancouver, is pleased to announce an open call for proposals for the Continuous Learning Advancement Fund (CLAF). Faculty, and lecturers whose appointments continue beyond the project end date, are invited to submit a letter of intent (LOI) by May 10, 2022 to be considered for funding.

View more details on CLAF under:

You can also browse the FAQs for answers to common questions.

The CLAF team is available to assist with your LOI. If you have any questions, or would like to schedule a meeting, please contact us at claf.admin@ubc.ca. Before your contact the CLAF team and if you like to bounce your ideas internally with a colleague, you may reach out to either Cyprien.Lomas@ubc.ca or Judy.Chan@ubc.ca.

Important dates:

April 19 – Last day to request support from the CLAF team for LOI submissions (CLAF.admin@ubc.ca)
April 26 – LFS Internal Deadline; please submit a draft of your LOI to judy.chan@ubc.ca by 3:00 pm