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MFRE Speaker Series – Today
*Note the new start time
Speaker: Mark Podlasly, from Nlaka’pamux Nation and Director of Governance at the First Nations Financial Management Board
Topic: Land and Resource Access in the Era of Indigenous Rights
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 3, 12:00-1:30pm
Mark will give an introduction to the Aboriginal rights history and issues in Canada, with an emphasis on land and resource access. Mark will then discuss two cases that are currently getting a lot of coverage in the news: The TMX pipeline and the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq fishing rights.
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MFRE Info Sessions
Join our ZOOM Webinar Info Sessions to learn more about the program and participate in our Q&A sessions.
Meet MFRE Alumni, faculty & staff members, and learn more about:
- MFRE courses and knowledge areas.
- Term 2 electives and course alternatives.
- The Graduating Project.
- Alumni career paths.
- Funding opportunities.
- The admission process.
The info sessions will be held on the following dates:
- Info session #1: Tuesday, November 3 at 4 pm
- Info session #2: Thursday, November 12 at 5 pm
- Info session #3: Thursday, November 19 at 4 pm
- Info session #4: Tuesday, November 24 at 11 am
Visit mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/info-sessions to register.
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SOIL 500 Graduate Seminar Series
Date: Friday, November 6, 3:00pm
Title: Long Term Forest Soil Productivity: effects related to organic matter removal and compaction on soil nutrient pool & microbial activity
Speaker: Jordy Kersey, PhD student (supervisor Sean Smukler)
Abstract & bio available here.
If you have registered previously for one of our seminars, you do not need to register again – the weekly zoom link is the same.
If you need registration information, please email sandra.brown@ubc.ca.
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LFS Graduate Student Tea Zoom Session
Are you a new graduate student looking to meet other grads and/or faculty in your program? Are you a continuing grad student looking for some options for connecting with your colleagues? Do you have questions about the Plant/Soil graduate program, LFS, UBC or Vancouver in general?
We’re here to help! It’s tough to connect right now, but it’s also more important than ever. Everyone is welcome to join! Bring your tea and your questions to a casual zoom session at 4PM on Tuesday, November 3. If we can’t answer your question we’ll find someone who can.
Open to all LFS Grads in any program!
Zoom Invite:
Time: Nov 3, 2020 04:00 PM Vancouver
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Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund Stage 4 Funding
The Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF) is extending its wage support for research personnel and trainees whose salaries were adversely affected by COVID-19 and who were paid in part or in whole by non-governmental sources.
The new Stage 4 of CRCEF increases the maximum duration of wage support for eligible research personnel from 12 weeks to 24 weeks. The eligibility period for wage support remains the same as in Stages 1 and 2: March 15, 2020 to August 29, 2020.
By November 10, faculty members who submitted a funding request in stages 1 and 2 will be contacted by the UBC CRCEF support team or their affiliated institution to confirm extended funding requests for eligible salaries in Stage 4. Researchers that did not submit claims for Stages 1 and 2, may be still eligible to submit a claim for Stage 4 wage support of up to 24 weeks, provided they meet the eligibility criteria. More details about eligibility and submitting new funding requests for personnel and trainees not claimed in stages 1 and 2 can be found at https://research.ubc.ca/crcef4.
UBC Internal Submission Deadline: November 16th, 2020.
Applications for CRCEF Stage 3 for research maintenance and ramp-up costs can continue to be made until November 30 at https://research.ubc.ca/crcef3.
The Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund is a tri-agency program and part of the Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan. More information about CRCEF can be found at https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/crcef-fucrc/index-eng.aspx.
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SPARC Support Available for Insight Development Grant (IDG) 2021
IDG Information Session: Tuesday, November 10th, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Introduces the IDG funding opportunity and required application modules, giving strategic tips and advice for constructing a competitive proposal.
IDG Boot Camps
In these hands-on workshops, open to both new and re-applicants, participants will be guided through “writing prompt” exercises, followed by dedicated writing time for each.
- One Page Summary: Tuesday, Nov 17th, 10am-12:30pm
- Knowledge Mobilization Plan and Expected Outcomes Summary: Wednesday, Nov 18th, 10am-12:30pm
- Budget Justification: Thursday, Nov 19th, 10am-12:30pm
- Full Day Bootcamp (all above modules covered): Thursday, December 10th, 10am-3pm
Established Scholar Workshop – Tuesday, Dec 8th, 10am-12pm
This session will be broken into two parts, the first, an expert Q&A panel around strategies for applying to the IDG competition as an Established Scholar, and the second, a hands-on writing workshop to draft the “Proposed versus Ongoing Research” module.
- Internal Review: Register by emailing danica.kell@ubc.ca
- Registration: Wednesday, Nov 25th at 4pm
- One Page Summary and IR Form: Monday, Nov 30th at 4pm
- Full Proposal: Monday, Dec 7th at 12pm
- Receive Feedback By: Monday, Dec 21st
Peer Editing Workshops
Following a short presentation on the session’s module(s), participants will break into small groups to provide peer feedback. Participants are required to bring a draft of the appropriate module(s) with them to the session.
- Knowledge Mobilization Plan & Expected Outcomes Summary: Friday, Jan 8th, 10am-12pm
- Roles and Training of Students: Tuesday, Jan 12th, 1pm-3pm
- Summary of Proposed Research: Wednesday, Jan 13th, 1pm-3pm
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Canadian Science Policy Conference
Acknowledging the new realities faced by Canada and the world, and recognizing the crucial role of science and innovation policy in managing the COVID-19 and post-pandemic world; the overarching theme of the conference will be: New Decade, New Realities: Hindsight, Insight, Foresight.
The significant impact of the pandemic and complete change of the realities of our time, makes it impossible to discuss any topic without considering new dimensions and changes as a result of the pandemic. Therefore, CSPC decided to horizontally embed the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts into existing themes, as all of them merit discussion with new considerations.
CSPC 2020 will feature an exciting array of interactive, solution oriented and future focused panels, covering the following themes and topics:
- CSPC 2020 Special Theme: Grand Challenges (Climate Change, Net Zero Plan, Global Health: Pandemics, Ageing, AMR, Cyber Security & Digital Transformation, Disruptive Technologies, Energy & Resources, Sustainable Development Goals
- Science and Society
- Science and Policy
- Science, Innovation and Economic Development
- Science and International Affairs and Security
- Science and The Next Generation
A pre-conference will take place from November 3-15, and the main conference is from November 16-20. View the full program here.
Registration is now open here.
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