LFS Today May 20, 2021
By imelda cheung on May 20, 2021
LFS Virtual Graduation Celebration – June 1
We invite faculty and staff to join the Class of 2021 graduating students! This virtual celebration takes place June 1, the day before the official UBC Convocation ceremonies on June 2.
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm PDT
Register: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wld-uhqDgsGtYjRZbAS9dCmfD6eemITHFA
(we will send a reminder a few days prior to the event)
This online celebration will feature special messages for the Class of 2021 and an at-home meet-and-greet for students, faculty, staff and alumni. |
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Teaching Theory Thursday
Provide multiple topics and questions in online discussion prompts.
Include some that allow students to relate the topic to their personal experience.
– Darby & Lang, 2019, Small Teaching Online, p. 177
Brought to you from the Learning Centre |
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Lectures: Candidates for Lecturer in Human Nutrition – Today
We will be interviewing two candidates for the position of Lecturer in Human Nutrition, on May 20 and 28. We have included their information below, along with Zoom links to the lectures. Registration is required, so please click on the links in advance to register and view their bios. We hope that you will be able to attend and to provide feedback to the selection committee. The lectures will be recorded for those unable to attend. A copy of the advertisement can be found here.
Dr. Matilda Laar, Lecturer in Human Nutrition, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana
Lecture: Protein Digestion and Absorption
Today, 9:30-10:50am
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Usd-quqT4qHNILnqdclrd-AtnMGcrrN5H7
Dr. Elizabeth Novak, Sessional Lecturer, Food Nutrition and Health Program, UBC, and Instructor, Health & Human Nutrition, Capilano University
Lecture: Protein Digestion and Absorption
May 28, 9:30-10:50am
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5YvfuCupzwtE9HGM7bKz8ZD-TDyEGKmKj_J |
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Go by Bike Week May 31 – June 6
Looking for a way to get healthy while reducing your carbon footprint? Go by Bike Week returns May 31st – June 6th! Log your trips online through the HUB Cycling website for a chance to win HUB’s daily giveaways, track your kilometers, and see how many greenhouse gas emissions you’ve saved. You’re also encouraged to gather your colleagues and compete as a team for a chance to be awarded the coveted UBC trophy.
Learn more: https://planning.ubc.ca/transportation/cycling/go-bike-week |
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Explore the Future of the Food Business – Today
Arrell Food Business and Technology Forum 2021 will digitally bring together members of the food value chain — from food production, distribution, retailing and technology suppliers — and academia to explore the future of the food business and provide insight into Smart Retailing (SR)’s current and future impacts on the Canadian food sector.
SR is the use of technology to shape interactions between shopper and retailer. SR is already having a significant impact on food quality, food safety, labeling, efficiencies and labour in the food retail space and supply chain.
This digital Forum will serve as a sneak preview to a full-day Forum in 2022, which Arrell Food Institute hopes to host in-person.
FORUM KEYNOTE
- Teemu Salmi, CIO and Head of Digitalisation, Stora Enso
FORUM PANELISTS
- Harumi Urata-Thompson, Founder and CEO, HUT Consulting
- Lili He, Associate Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Kimberly Thomas-Francois, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
Explore the future of food business
Date: May 20, 2021
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 PM EDT
Register: Click here |
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CCS/CIHR Initiative in Primary Cancer Prevention
Action Grants: Proof of Concept Interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention
The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health (IIPH), and partners have committed approximately $5M over one year to jointly fund up to 25 Proof-of-Concept Grants focused on interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention.
The intent of this Phase 1: CCS/CIHR Action Grants program is to motivate Canadians to take “action” to avoid known modifiable risk factors for cancer and to encourage the research and end-user communities to take “action” towards harnessing new ideas, platforms and technologies from within and outside the cancer field to test out bold, novel interventions with the potential to prevent cancer.
The goal is to stimulate the necessary multidisciplinary and multi-sector collaborations needed to test the feasibility of small-scale interventions, applying creative concepts with scalable and/or modifiable potential. The focus is strictly on interventions in primary cancer prevention, i.e. stopping cancer before it starts. Proposals related to secondary/tertiary prevention will not be considered.
Important dates:
- Registration due date: June 23, 2021
- Full application due date: September 10, 2021
- Anticipated funding start date: January 15, 2022
More information on this funding opportunity can be found here.
In case you missed it:
Last week we announced the 2020 CCS Awards for Excellence in cancer research winners! View the details here. |
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