LFS Today May 5, 2021

LFS Virtual Townhall – Today

Today’s Townhall starts at 1:00pm. We have a guest speaker today – Tebogo Leepile, winner of the UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition and a PhD candidate in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (supervisors are Eduardo Jovel and Crystal Karakochuk). You are welcome to listen to her 3MT presentation, ask questions about her journey and research. She will be competing in the 3MT Western Regional finals on May 13.

Agenda:

• Presentation from Tebogo Leepile, UBC 3MT winner
• Updates on UBC initiatives related to COVID-19 – Rickey
• Brief Roundtable Updates – Associate Deans and Directors
• Questions & Answers

To submit questions in advance or during the Townhall, please use Slido:

1. Go to the website www.slido.com;
2. Enter event code LFS to post a question or vote for an existing one.

If you need the Zoom meeting link, contact Karen at karen.lee98@ubc.ca.

LFS in the News

Sumeet Gulati appeared in the news regarding his open letter to the UBC Vancouver Senate about an honorary degree to be presented to Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer, in June. Sumeet states in his letter that the senate made exceptions to guidelines that govern the awarding of honorary degrees and asks for a reconsideration of the award or, at minimum, postponing it until the current public health emergency is over. Abbotsford News.

Wellness Wednesday

Your Mental Health Tip of the Week:
Be present.
Resist the urge to multi-task in meetings.

FIRST Annual Event, July 19-21: A New Digital Experience

Our world needs FIRST—food improved by research, science, and technology—a new digital experience powered by IFT July 19–21.

This year, we have transitioned Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)’s annual event into a new, AI-enabled digital experience to provide you a personalized, solution-packed forum to solve problems, share knowledge, and expand strategic connections.

Science FIRST, the event’s scientific programming, will explore the question “Zero Hunger: Will We Get There?” by delving into key areas of our global food system.

For the speaker line up and event details, click here.

CCS/CIHR Initiative in Primary Cancer Prevention

Action Grants: Proof of Concept Interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR) are pleased to announce Phase 1 of the CCS/CIHR Initiative in Primary Cancer Prevention: CCS/CIHR Action Grants: Proof of Concept Interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention.

The intent of this funding opportunity is to: i) motivate Canadians to take “action” by making healthy lifestyle choices that are easy to implement and maintain within their normal living environment and to ii) encourage “action” among the research and end-user communities to support this effort by harnessing new ideas, technologies, platforms, expertise and perspectives from within and outside the cancer field to test the feasibility of bold, novel interventions with the potential to prevent the onset of cancer. This one-year funding opportunity is not intended to generate new knowledge, except in areas with an identified gap, but rather to focus the knowledge we already have and stimulate the necessary multidisciplinary and multi-sector collaborations needed to stop cancer before it starts.

Important dates:

• Program launch: May 17, 2021
• Registration due date: June 23, 2021
• Full application due date: September 10, 2021

This funding opportunity is anticipated to be launched May 17^th, 2021.  Please look for application instructions at that time on our website.