LFS Today Oct 5, 2021

Learn About the Impact of Fish Farms: LFS Scholar Series on Oct. 7

Faculty, staff and graduate students are welcome to join LFS Scholar Series events, where experts in their field present the broad impacts of their research and engage the audience in discussion. The October speaker event is organized by Andrea Frommel from the Applied Animal Biology research program and the Graduate Program Office.
 
Invited Speaker: Bob Chamberlin, Kwikwasutinuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation & advocate for wild salmon
 
Title: Fish Farm Impacts – Too Complicated for Fulsome Media Reporting 

Date and Time:
Thursday October 7, 2021
4-5 pm

Biography:  Bob Chamberlin served as an elected chief Councillor for the Kwikwasutinuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation for 14 years, and a Vice President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs for 9 years. A well-known wild salmon advocate, he has participated in various federal & provincial initiatives examining the full spectrum of issues related to open net cage fish farms.  Bob served as a key negotiator for the Broughtan Fish Farm LoU where the UNDRIP was successfully implemented for the first time in Canada’s history and participated as negotiator for 3 First Nations at the recent Discovery Island Fish Farm Consultations.
 
Location:
Earth Sciences Building, Room 2012

The session is available via livestream on Oct. 7 through this link:
https://ubc.ca.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=9169753c-4424-45ed-8005-adb70127fec4

LFS in the News

LFS was featured in an article in Canadian Architect about last Thursday’s march to commemorate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. Canadian Architect

Tech Tip Tuesday: Setting up OneDrive Sync on your device

Workspace 2.0 will be decommissioned by UBC on October 29th 2021 and we recommend current users to migrate their files to OneDrive. Similar to Workspace, OneDrive can sync files between your computer and the cloud, so you can access your files locally from your computer. If you add, change or delete a file in your local OneDrive folder, it will sync the changes to your OneDrive cloud storage and vice versa. The files can also be accessed offline and the changes made by you or others will sync the next time you connect to the internet.

To enable sync on your device, follow the following steps:

Steps for Windows OS: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sync-files-with-onedrive-in-windows-615391c4-2bd3-4aae-a42a-858262e42a49

Steps for Mac OS: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sync-files-with-onedrive-on-mac-os-x-d11b9f29-00bb-4172-be39-997da46f913f

For more information on setting up OneDrive Sync on your computer, contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca.

IRES Faculty Seminar with Edward Gregr

Thursday, October 7
12:30 to 1:30pm
Location: AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall

Living marine resources in a changing climate: Are spatial models up to the challenge?
Abstract: Understanding the distribution of species and the services they provide is critical to effective resource management. This understanding typically relies correlations between observations of species and the environment. However, both these data sets contain biases and generalizations which can limit the utility of the resulting models. Using the British Columbia coast as a case study, I will briefly review the evolution of spatial models over the last 25 years, and describe four (at least) persistent challenges to what are now established approaches to predicting species distributions. I will show how these methods are not up to the task of dealing with the uncertainty and novelty of a changing climate, and argue that more mechanistic approaches will likely be necessary to deal with potential range shifts.

Edward Gregr, Adjunct Professor, IRES
 
Join Zoom Meeting: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63787667379?pwd=TmVrMnIwblF1Q3JiaWRaUktTOG1Idz09
 
Meeting ID: 637 8766 7379
Passcode: 625610
 
Pizza will be served at 12pm in the AERL 4^th floor lobby.

IOF Seminar: Gideon Mordecai

The underwater epidemic; emerging viruses in wild Pacific salmon

A better understanding of infectious marine diseases have highlighted their ecological, economic and social impacts. These are most conspicuous in the crowded and stressful conditions of aquaculture, which increasingly dominates seafood production. However, the influence of viral pathogens on wild fisheries remains obscure. In this presentation, Dr. Mordecai will describe how molecular tools have provided new insights into viral transmission between cultured and wild salmon, and how this ultimately may impact the overall health of wild Pacific salmon populations in British Columbia.

Speaker: Dr. Gideon Mordecai, Research Associate, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Friday, October 8
11am – 12pm
Please note: This session may be recorded

RSVP here

New UBC Safe Vancouver Mobile App

A new free mobile safety app for the UBC Vancouver campus puts direct access to campus safety resources and security tools in your hand, while on the go. Find important safety information, contacts, maps, procedures and more — Click here to learn more.

1. Campus resources — Access important safety and support resources in one convenient place.
2. Critical services — Connect with Campus Security staff for help or first aid when needed, and access SafeWalk.
3. COVID-19 health assessment — Complete and confirm your daily health assessment using the COVID-19 feature.
4. WorkAlone + – Ensure you are in contact with emergency personnel when working alone or remotely.

Reception for the Generations Lost Exhibits

Tuesday, October 19, 2021
6:00 to 8:00 pm PDT

The Faculty of Education is honoured to host two groundbreaking exhibits on the residential school system. The exhibits are presented in partnership with UBC Library and on display in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. We respectfully invite Survivors, their families, Elders and Indigenous community members to join us for the reception. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Host
Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem, UBC Faculty of Education

Honoured Guest and Keynote Speaker
Dr. J. Wilton (Willie) Littlechild, CM AOE MSC QC

Moderator
Ms. Angela Wolfe, Director of Indigenous Education, UBC Faculty of Education

Registration
Please visit the registration page to RSVP.

UBC Undergraduate 3-Minute Thesis Event

The annual UBC Undergraduate 3MT Event, funded by the PURE award, is targeted at undergraduate students doing research and/or are putting together a thesis. 
 
The application is a recorded 3 minute thesis (3MT) that showcases the significance of the student’s research communicated to a general audience. This year, applications are adjudicated in three rounds by professors and the top 10 will compete at a live final event to a general audience for cash prizes and a feature on our website.
 
All applicants will receive written feedback on their research communication skills from UBC post doctorates and professors across different disciplines. The winners will win cash prizes and some may be invited to present at MURC, as in previous years.
 
The initial application deadline is mid/late-January and primarily focuses on the student’s ability to convey the significance of their research to a general audience. The final event occurs in February and is open to the general public. This year, we will livestream it so that people around the world can tune in. Last year we had an audience of 100 people (our Zoom call maxed out) and we hope to grow this enthusiasm!
 
Form for notifications: https://forms.gle/yfY7o9qPZ2K7UuBP6