MFRE Speaker Series
Speaker: Nima Salmani, Director, Lyft Commodity Trading Ltd.
Topic: Introduction to the Structure of Negotiation
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 6, 5:45pm – 7:15pm
Nima will give an introduction to the structure of negotiation from a practitioner’s point of view. Through small cases, students will follow the process of negotiation in a bilateral and multilateral setting. The talk is not specific to the agricultural industry.
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FNH Graduate Seminar
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream)
FOOD
Speaker 1: Alejandro Leiva
Supervisor: Anubhav Pratap Singh
Results Seminar Topic: Double (iron and zinc) fortified black tea: Assessing the bioaccessibility and feasibility by spray drying microencapsulation technology
Chair: Lanxin Mo
Speaker 2: Rocio Silva
Supervisor: Anubhav Pratap Singh
Open-Topic Seminar Topic: Does soluble corn fiber provide the same health benefits associated with ‘traditional’ dietary fibers?
Chair: Marlen Petersen
Zoom Info for FOOD:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61135797717?pwd=aHgyVXFTVlRFQnE3eG5NcGwvME1PZz09
Meeting ID: 611 3579 7717
Passcode: 108777
HUNU
Speaker: Kexin Zhang
Supervisor: Annalijn Conklin
Proposal Seminar Topic: Exploring the association between sleep deficits and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in adolescents
Chair: Kelsey Cochrane
Zoom Info for HUNU:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63007485675?pwd=VUx3VUNqV1VvelFzaXYrOFFxeUxtQT09 Meeting ID: 630 0748 5675
Passcode: 531631
Please check the FNH Graduate Seminar Series webpage for general information and for the full schedule. |
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CTLT Session: Navigating Open Educational Resources Learning Modules: It’s not just “Just Food”
The pandemic and international racial injustices have heightened the need for instructors to embed topics related to equity, justice and anti-oppression into their courses to increase learner capacity (or competency) to engage with these topics, but many are unsure how to do this. The Just Food project explores social justice issues by employing food as a pedagogical tool to connect theoretical understandings and terminology to elements of the day-to-day.
This session will highlight the following:
- How to navigate the Just Food website and access resources housed on it
- Identify ways educators can engage with the online resources
- Suggest methods to use and adapt the modules for use in educator’s (virtual) classrooms
The Just Food project website includes seven learning modules on various food systems themes (such as a food justice primer, migrant labour, indigenous foodways, international development) and a facilitator’s guide. Each learning module contains a backgrounder on the theme, suggested learning outcomes, sample readings and discussion questions, in-depth activity instructions, and examples of assessments. The learning modules are suitable for adaptation across many disciplines, including agriculture, food studies, nutrition, geography, sociology, anthropology, education, planning, political sciences, and more.
Facilitators:
- Rachel Cheang, Just Food Project Assistant
- Meryn Corkery, Just Food Project Assistant
When: November 5, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Register here. |
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UBC Apple Market is Now Online
Many beloved events have been reimagined this year due to the ongoing pandemic, including the UBC Apple Festival. This season, the Friends of the UBC Botanical Garden have turned the UBC Apple Festival into the UBC Apple Market, an online shop featuring favourite varieties of apples, trees, juice, and more.
How it works
- Place your online orders at any time here; and select an on-site pick-up time at the UBC Botanical Garden.
- Collect your goodies between October 16-18.
- Enjoy your purchase!
This year’s apple selection will focus on festival favourites, including Cox’s Orange Pippin, a favourite for pie baking, and Red Rome, a beautiful bright red apple that stores well until March. At this year’s Market, 5,000 lbs (2268 kg) of BC-grown apples are expected to be available for sale online. All apples this year are organic. |
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Call for Proposals: Climate Action and Awareness Fund
The new Climate Action and Awareness Fund will invest $206 million over five years to support Canadian-made projects that help to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Action and Awareness Fund is designed to support projects that can create middle class jobs for Canadians who work in science and technology, academia and at the grassroots community level. These projects are critical as we continue to build a sustainable net zero emissions economy by 2050.
The Climate Action and Awareness Fund has three main priorities:
- support youth climate awareness (request for proposals – closed summer 2020) and community-based climate action (request for proposals – fall 2020—this call)
- support climate research at Canadian think tanks and in academia (still to come: request for proposals – winter 2021)
- advance climate science and technology (still to come: request for proposals – winter 2021)
The Climate Action and Awareness Fund was created with contributions from the existing Climate Action Fund, as well as a significant investment from the Environmental Damages Fund.
Community-based climate action projects
Launched September 17, 2020, the request for proposals for community-based climate action projects will provide knowledge, tools and/or skills that lead to or engage communities in climate action. This request for proposals will provide from $100,000 to $6 million to eligible organizations, for a total of up to $50 million over five years.
Application period
September 17, 2020, to October 21, 2020, at 11:59 pm EDT
ECCC will be hosting webinar sessions to share information and answer participants’ questions:
Date: Monday October 5, 2020
Time: 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. EDT (in English) and 2:15 to 3:00 p.m. EDT (in French)
How to register: Click “Join a Meeting” using the Meeting Number you would like to attend. On the following page, click “Register”. No password is required to register (leave the field blank).
Meeting number: 164 144 3690 (for English), 164 989 8643 (for French)
Note: You will then receive an email containing the link to the meeting. |
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