LFS Today May 17, 2021

LFS in the News

James Vercammen was quoted in an article about Young Agrarians, a program that helps new farmers get established, including matching would-be farmers with vacant land. James notes that “land matching isn’t a panacea” and in the article he says, “Lack of processing capacity, competition with lower-cost jurisdictions and the grocers’ preference for semi-truck-sized supply chains are all obstacles. Only ownership gives farmers the certainty to make big infrastructure investments.” BCBusiness

UBC Sustainability Interdisciplinary Education Grants – extended deadline!

Application deadline extended to Monday, May 24, 2021 at 5pm PST.

The Interdisciplinary Education Grant program provides funding for small teams of UBC Vancouver faculty members to design interdisciplinary sustainability curriculum. Join your peers to innovate and enrich sustainability learning across UBC.

Applications are now open for funding up to $10,000 per year, for up to two years. Apply by May 24 to begin work on your sustainability curriculum project in September 2021.

For more information and to submit an application, visit sustain.ubc.ca/IEG

2021 CTLT Spring Institute

The CTLT is hosting the 2021 Spring Institute online from June 7-10, 2021. UBC faculty, staff and graduate students are encouraged to attend the 15+ complementary workshops — part of the week-long initiative.

The CTLT Spring Institute focuses on purposeful innovation in teaching practices, educational research, student services, and learning technology to support student success and experiences. This year’s theme is, Embracing Creativity and Risk Taking in the New Normal.

LFS faculty members are facilitating a few sessions throughout the week:

• From Burning Out to Burning Brightly 
• Together, but Apart: Writing, Community and Zoom
• EDI, Affect, and STEM Classrooms

For a full list of events, visit https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/spring-institute/spring-institute-events.

Imagining Canada’s Future Ideas Lab: Canada and the Circular Economy

The Imagining Canada’s Future (ICF) Ideas Lab is an exciting, new two-year pilot program designed to encourage innovative research partnerships and projects. By breaking down methodological barriers and empowering participants to explore new approaches to research, the ICF Ideas Lab will aid knowledge sharing and provide foundations for future interdisciplinary projects.

If you enjoy collaborating with other researchers and are seeking new challenges, this funding opportunity may be for you.

What is the ICF Ideas Lab?
Ideas labs are interactive workshops developed by research agencies to stimulate new research on pressing societal challenges.

Participants in the ICF Ideas Lab will join a diverse group of researchers representing different disciplines and institutions in a facilitated, virtual workshop. Workshop participants will form small teams to develop and pitch innovative research proposals to a jury of merit reviewers.

Teams with the most promising proposals will be invited to apply for funding to further develop their project idea. SSHRC will award up to three grants of up to $250,000.

What is the theme?
Participants will address the global challenge of “Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity” through the workshop’s theme of “Canada and the Circular Economy.”

How to apply
SSHRC is looking for innovative scholars from all disciplines to be part of this pilot program. To apply to participate in the workshop, submit a letter of interest and CV before July 16, 2021. For more information, see the funding opportunity description.

CAPI The Big Solutions Forum

How can we build a resilient, sustainable and prosperous agri-food system for Canada?

Join the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute on May 20th (11am-1pm ET) as they address this critical question for Canadian agriculture.

Last week, CAPI gathered key stakeholders in a deliberate dialogue on their past year of research, dialogues and webinars focused on identifying solutions and strategies for addressing the critical challenges facing the sustainability and prosperity of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector in the post pandemic world. The dynamic discussions provided brand new insights and fresh perspectives on these important topics. You can watch the pre-dialogue recording here.

Based on this, CAPI has developed the Creating Prosperity from Chaos synthesis report. The report will be presented for the very first time on May 20th, followed by two impressive panels of government and industry leaders who will respond to our recommendations and findings.

Dr. Rickey Yada will be moderating the Deputy Minister Panel where registrants will hear from:

• Chris Forbes, Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Christine Hogan, Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Dr. Harpreet Kochar, Associate Deputy Minister, Health Canada
• Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development
• John Hannaford, Deputy Minister, International Trade

For more information and to register, visit https://www.thebigsolutionsforum.ca/theforum.

Research Conference Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Europe 2021

Join the Research Conference Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Europe 2021 dedicated to connecting researchers (Post-Doc, Ph.D., MSc, Associate Professors & Professors) working on plant-based foods, ingredients, technologies, and crops with each other.

Researchers from all around the world can join this conference programme to advance & accelerate for a better food world. This will be a Virtual Live Video Networking Conference!

20-21 May 2021
Starts at 8:30 am CEST (Amsterdam Time)

Register by 30 April and save €300
For full conference programme and to register, click here.