LFS Today May 31, 2021

Message from Rickey on the discovery of missing children in Kamloops

Our hearts are with those mourning the 215 young lives lost. The Kamloops Indian Residential School only closed in 1978, within many of our lifetimes.

UBC’s Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe), Director of the Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and a professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, has written a compelling call for us to channel our grief into action. Professor Turpel-Lafond draws our attention to these truths: Indigenous peoples in Canada have suffered racism, genocide, loss of statehood, loss of economic opportunity, and loss of basic human rights. Indigenous people have offered solutions, such as those recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Report, and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People.

Let’s reflect on Canada’s promises to do better and act. Join us in wearing orange this week to honour those young lives lost, to show allyship with the survivors, and to reflect on how we can take action to break from the past. Let us remember how as settlers, white and racialized alike, we benefit everyday from the unceded Indigenous territories we live and work on.

Read Professor Turpel-Lafond’s opinion piece: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-discovery-of-a-mass-grave-at-a-former-residential-school-is-just/

Learn more about orange shirt day: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/about-us.html

CSFS Associate Seminar with Dr. Simone Castellarin

“Regulated Deficit Irrigation Strategies for Saving Irrigation Water in Vineyards”

About this Seminar
Water management in vineyards is arguably one of the major issues that the wine industry is facing. Climate change is forecasted to make precipitations more erratic and to increase temperatures in many wine regions, making drought events more frequent in vineyards. Growers can apply regulated deficit irrigation strategies, consisting on providing sub-optimal irrigation levels to the vines, to save irrigation water and improve wine quality. Indeed, water deficit induces the accumulation of grape pigments and aromas, improving the quality of the derived wines. The development of deficit irrigation strategies may result in improved wine quality and more sustainable wine productions in British Columbia and worldwide.

About the Presenter
Dr. Castellarin investigates the ripening processes in grapes and blueberries and the biological mechanisms that determine grape and blueberry quality. Moreover, he studies how berry quality is affected by environmental factors (temperature and water). Dr. Castellarin is developing agronomical strategies (irrigation, crop management, hormone applications) to improve ripening and the accumulation of pigments and aromas in grapes and blueberries.

Date and Time
Monday, June 14^th from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. PST

• 45min Presentation
• 15min Q&A

The event is free but registration is required.

Pop-up Markets and the First UBC Farm Farmer’s Market

Miss shopping for your farm-fresh produce? Stop by UBC Farm’s upcoming pop-up market on Tuesday, June 1st, from 4:30 – 6:00 PM.

Mark your calendars, we are one week away from the 20th Annual UBC Farm Farmers’ Market, which starts on Saturday, June 5th!

Are you missing sweet and succulent honey, delightful crafts from skillful artisans, and grabbing a quick lunch from diverse local food vendors amongst the hustle and bustle of the farmers’ market? Check out UBC Farm’s brand new revamped 2021 vendor list on their website. Many of whom will be offering new products this season! They will also have their 2021 Saturday Market Busker Lineup coming soon.

Examining Anti-Blackness and Anti-Black Racism

June 3, 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Listen to the experiences of alumni in different fields as they provide their insight on how anti-Blackness and anti-Black racism manifest in our culture and society, as well as how that drives their own lives and the work that they do in the Vancouver and Okanagan communities. Learn from and reflect on the lived experiences shared in this conversation and examine the active role that we each need to play in dismantling oppressive systems and practices.

Organized by alumni UBC and presented in partnership with the UBC Equity & Inclusion Office.

Click here to register

National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism

On June 10-11, join the National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism and contribute to these crucial discussions. Through open conversations with key figures in education, health care, media, the corporate world, the not-for-profit sector and government, we’ll produce bold actions and key priorities to be implemented across the country.

Date: June 10–11, 2021
Language: This event will be presented primarily in English (with live captions). Simultaneous French and ASL interpretation will be available for most sessions.

Click here for more information and to register

NSERC Discovery Horizons Grants

The objective of this pilot funding opportunity is to support investigator-initiated individual and team Discovery research projects that broadly integrate or transcend disciplines to advance knowledge in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) and would significantly benefit from being assessed by an interdisciplinary peer review committee. Full applications submitted to this NSERC program will thus be reviewed by a tri-agency interdisciplinary peer review committee, which NSERC is piloting in partnership with CIHR and SSHRC.

Letter of intent deadline: June 15, 2021
Full application deadline: October 18, 2021

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Food Tank & Applegate: Squashin Superbugs: Building Resilience in Livestock Production

Antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis, and it’s fueled by the overuse of antibiotics in livestock. More than 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. go to farm animals. And that number is growing: Sales jumped 11% between 2017 and 2019, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Squashing Superbugs: Building Resilience in Livestock Production will bring many of the foremost experts on antibiotic resistance together to discuss the problem as well as the solutions.

Thursday, June 3
12pm EST
Register here

Confirmed speakers include:

• Lena Brook, the Director of Food Campaigns, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council
• Tiffany Derry, an American chef well known for her appearances on Top Chef
• John Ghingo, the CEO of Applegate, a natural and organic meat brand
• Joel Gindo, who runs a small farm in South Dakota where he raises pigs
• Ramanan Laxminarayan, the Founder and Director, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy
• Ron Mardesen, a fifth generation family farmer at A-Frame Acres in Iowa
• Lance Price, a professor at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Founding Director of GW’s Antibiotic Resistance Action Center

Moderated by Jane Black, a nationally known food writer and journalist and Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank