LFS Today Mar 30, 2022

 News  

Marina von Keyserlingk receives UBC Killam Research Prize

Congratulations to Marina von Keyserlingk for winning a UBC Killam Research Prize in the science category, in recognition of her outstanding research and scholarly contributions in the field of animal welfare. This award is given by UBC’s Office of the VP, Research and Innovation and is adjudicated by the Faculty Research Awards Committee.

To see all Faculty award recipients page on the research site, visit this page: https://research.ubc.ca/research-excellence/awards-honours/faculty-research-award-winners.

Lennie Cheung receives Killam Graduate TA Award

Congratulations to Lennie Cheung (PhD candidate) for being selected as the Killam Graduate TA Award recipient in LFS for 2022. The committee received a total of four nominations from different programs in LFS, who in turn taught courses in the Programs of Applied Biology, Food, Nutrition, and Health, Food and Resources Economics, and in the Core Series, enhancing learning for hundreds of students in LFS.

Thank you to Dan Weary, Kirsten Walker, Derek Dee, and Celina Chan (LFSUS Senior Advisor) for serving on the adjudication committee.

View the complete list of recipients here.

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:

Deborah Wang for being patient and helpful in processing invoices and answering finance questions, despite it being a very busy time as the end of fiscal nears. She is always willing to assist and makes the finance process so seamless.

Baohua Wang, Nick Grant, and Zhaoming Xu for all their work on the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards.

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.

 Events  

Apr. 1 – IOF Seminar: Marine fishes do not need visas

Marine fishes do not need visas: managing shared fish stocks in a changing world

In this presentation Dr. Palacios Abrantes will take you through five years of research on this topic covering global, regional and local studies. The results presented here have direct implications for managing fisheries targeting transboundary species, highlighting the need for strengthened effective and equitable international cooperation. This is specially true for many countries that will see early shifts in the distribution of an important number of transboundary stocks and where fisheries are of uttermost importance for maintaining livelihoods and food security.

Presenter: Juliano Palacios Abrantes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Date & Time: Friday, April 1, 2021, 11am – 12pm
Register here

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.

 Deadlines  

Mar. 31 – Globalink International GRA Program

1. National Research Council of South Africa (NRF SA) (South Africa- travel to Canada and travel from Canada)

• Deadline: June 17, 2022
• Intern Level: Full-time PhD students or postdoctoral fellows
• Other requirements: For travel to Canada, intern must be a South African Citizen or permanent resident, be an NRF-funded doctoral student or postdoctoral fellow for the full duration of the Mitacs award
• Themes: All disciplines
• Eligible institutions: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Central University of Technology -Free State, Tshwane University of Technology, University of Cape Town, University of Fort Hare, University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Limpopo, University of Mpumalanga, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa, University of the Free State, University of the Western Cape, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Venda, University of Zululand, Vaal University of Technology, Walter Sisulu University of Technology, and Stellenbosch University
• Co-funding: No financial contribution is required from the Canadian institution
• Award amount: $6,000
• Duration: 12-24 weeks
• Application process and submission: submit to Mitacs through the local Mitacs representative (Marcelo Mora — mmora@mitacs.ca)
• Note: a project may include up to 5 interns, with mobility to Canada and/or from Canada. Therefore, travel dates may differ between the multiple interns

2. French Embassy in Canada (France- Travel from Canada)
This partnership was on pause and is now open again for submission.

• Deadline: Open all year
• Intern Level: Full-time senior undergraduates, master’s and PhD students, or postdoctoral fellows  Themes: All disciplines
• Other requirements: 3 interns maximum per project
• Eligible institutions: All universities in France
• Co-funding: No financial contribution is required from the Canadian institution
• Award amount: $6,000
• Duration: 12-24 weeks
• Application process and submission: Submit to Mitacs through the local Mitacs representative (Marcelo Mora — mmora@mitacs.ca))

3. UK-Canada Globalink doctoral exchange scheme — UKRI (UK- travel to Canada)

• Deadline: April 26, 2022
• Intern Level: PhD students
• Other requirements: This scheme is open to doctoral students working in all areas of UKRI’s research remit who are funded by one of UKRI’s research councils: AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC, STFC. It also includes the UKRI Artificial Intelligence Centers for Doctoral Training. funded by UKRI research council
• Themes: All disciplines
• Eligible institutions: All universities in the UK
• Co-funding: No financial contribution is required from the Canadian university
• Award amount: £15,000
• Duration: 12 weeks
• Internship dates: Placements must take place between August 1, 2022 and July 31, 2023.
• Application process and submission: Instruction here. Submission to UKRI

4. Korea- National Research Foundation of Korea — NRF (Korea- travel to Canada)

• Deadline: March 31, 2022
• Intern Level: Full-time master’s and PhD students, or postdoctoral fellows
• Other requirements:  Participants applying to Canada must be Korean citizens or permanent residents of Korea. Up to 5 interns may be included in one application
• Themes: All fields of Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary studies involving S&T and Humanities or Social Sciences
• Eligible institutions: All universities in Korea
• Co-funding: No financial contribution is required from the Canadian university
• Award amount: Travel to Canada $9,000 to $15,000 (approx.)
• Duration: 12-24 weeks
• Internship dates: Projects must begin before December 31, 2022
• Application process and submission: Submission to NRF at https://ernd.nrf.re.kr.

5. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology — KIT (Germany- travel to Canada)

• Deadline: April 03, 2022
• Intern Level: PhD students or postdoctoral fellows
• Themes: All disciplines
• Eligible institutions: KIT departments and KIT divisions
• Co-funding: No financial contribution is required from the Canadian university
• Award amount: $6,000
• Duration: 12-24 weeks
• Application process and submission: Submission to KIT at oliver.kaas@kit.edu

Mar. 31 – Job Posting: Director, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

Dr. Milind Kandlikar will finish his term as Director of the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) on June 30, 2022. A search committee has been formed to conduct a search for the next Director of IRES. The position is open to all qualified candidates holding a tenured professorial rank at UBC, with strong preference being given to those at the rank of Professor. The advertisement and the position profile are attached. Throughout the process, the search committee will be seeking input from all IRES constituents.

Applications should include a cover letter, current curriculum vitae and the names and contact information for two referees. The application deadline is Thursday, March 31, 2022.

The members of the IRES Director Search Committee are:

Full job posting here.
Position profile here.