LFS Today Sept 7, 2022

News

LFS in the News

Jennifer Black talks about the impact of food insecurity on people’s physical and mental health. Medscape

Michael Brunt, a former PhD student in the AWP, wrote a commentary on institutional transparency in animal research. The Conversation

Remote Access to Office and Lab Computers in LFS

Beginning on Sep 13, 2022, users who access their office or lab computers from off campus will require a connection to the LFS VPN. Access from the general UBC VPN pool will no longer be supported. This change is necessary to improve the security of the LFS networks. We encourage users to switch over to the LFS VPN ahead of the transition date of Sep 13, 2022.

Detailed instructions on connecting to the LFS VPN can be found on the Learning Centre’s website.

<https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/connecting-to-the-lfs-vpn/>

Reminder: faculty and staff users will need to use 2 factor authentication when connecting to the LFS VPN. This DOES NOT apply for graduate student users who are connecting to the LFS GRADS VPN pool.

If you are unable to connect to the LFS VPN after following the instructions, have questions or issues, please contact us at it@landfood.ubc.ca.

The Learning Centre

Events

Today – Dr. Andrea Liceaga, Candidate for Assistant or Associate Professor position in Food Science – Teaching Seminar

Water activity and its role in manipulating a food system

September 7, 10:00–11:00 am

GEOG 200, 1984 West Mall

Or

Register here:

https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5YsdOqgrjopHNJKIMdKYCc6JDFxK_ysbpW6

Sept. 10 – Day at the Farm

Join the Master of Land and Water Systems program at Day at the Farm – a FREE family-friendly event! Hosted by the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust, Day at the Farm is a hands-on event demonstrating how our food is grown here in Delta.

Visitors explore Westham Island Herb Farm and learn more about the connection between wildlife and farm landscapes. See less

Saturday, September 10

10am – 4pm

Westham Island Herb Farm

Learn more and register

Sept. 24 – Think Forward at UBC Homecoming

Join us at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, or the University Centre Ballroom in the Okanagan, for our first-ever live simulcast event featuring some of UBC’s outstanding forward thinkers. As we launch the most ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement campaign in UBC history, you will see how, together, we can move the world forward.

Saturday, September 24
11:00 – 12:20pm – Think Forward Event
12:00 – 2:00pm – Festival and Campaign Zones

Register for Think Forward and the LFS Open House (more info below) here.

Sept. 24 – LFS Open House at UBC Homecoming

We invite you to the Faculty of Land and Food Systems Open House hosted by Dean Rickey Yada at the H.R. MacMillan Building from 1:30 – 3:30pm. You will have an exclusive opportunity to enjoy class reunions and displays of research stories, archival photographs and memorabilia. Families are welcome to come along and enjoy the carnival games, arts and crafts, and a DIY photobooth.

Saturday, September 24
1:30 – 3:30 pm
H.R. MacMillan Building – 2357 Main Mall

Rickey will be hosting the class reunion celebrations in Agora Café.

Register for the LFS Open House and Think Forward here.

For the class reunion celebrations, RSVP with Niki Glenning at niki.glenning@ubc.ca.

Deadlines

Dec. 20 – The Homegrown Innovation Challenge

In a climate-changing world, Canada’s high dependence on imported fresh fruits and vegetables makes it vulnerable to food systems disruption. We are able to grow many fruits and vegetables in Canada; however, in large part because of our long winters and high costs of production, we import the majority of our fresh produce from other countries. This over-reliance on imports, coupled with growing public awareness of the need for sustainable and environmentally friendly growing practices, means there is a timely opportunity to improve Canada’s ability to grow fresh fruits and vegetables out of season.

The Homegrown Innovation Challenge will identify teams and support the development of tools and technologies that enable Canadian farmers and producers to sustainably and competitively grow berries out of season. By solving the interconnected challenges that currently prevent out-of-season production of berries at scale, the Homegrown Innovation Challenge will catalyze a range of solutions relevant to a broad array of fruit and vegetable crops in Canada and around the world.

The Challenge was launched in February 2022, and is funded and delivered by the Weston Family Foundation.

Key points

• The program will award $33M in total over six years, and an innovation team making it to the end of the Challenge can receive grants totaling up to $8M.
• Applications for entry into the Shepherd Phase ($1M to build out a small proof of concept) are due Dec 20^th 2022. Application to the Spark Phase (deadline passed in May) is not a prerequisite to apply for the Shepherd Phase. Applications may be submitted in English or French.
• We highly encourage multi-stakeholder teams to apply; the lead organization must be a CRA-qualified donee (QD), though non-QDs (including international and for-profit entities) can participate as part of a team. You can join our Circle community to network and help find needed skills, technology and members for your team.
• For more information please check our English and French websites (http://homegrownchallenge.ca/ and https://deficultiverlinnovation.ca/) or contact HGC staff (challenge@westonfoundation.ca or defi@westonfoundation.ca).