The Great Farm Trek ’09
Save the UBC Farm! The Great Farm Trek ’09 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:30pm – 7pm UBC Vancouver Campus Email: greatfarmtrek@ams.ubc.ca UBC Farm is under threat and needs your help! UBC is in the process of making a decision about the future of Vancouver’s last working farm – the UBC Farm (and Centre for Sustainable […]
Google Map
We would like some feedback on the idea of posting a Google Map on the GRS blog site. We would like to plot on a world map where alumni are working and living as well as where student are doing and have done exchanges, volunteer and work placements. In doing so, we would be creating […]
CIDA Seminar
“Canada’s Aid Effectiveness Agenda — Recent Changes in CIDA Programming” by Joe Knockaert Director, Pacific Regional Office Canadian International Development Agency Friday, March 20, 2009 NOON – 1:15pm Room M CML 342
Tharani Balachandran
ALUMNI Name: Tharani Balachandran Graduation Year: 2006 Resource and Region Specializations: Environment; Asia Favourite Courses: Agroforestry, Agroecology, Animal Welfare and Ethics Current Job Title: First year Law student! Location: University of Victoria Recommended Organizations: (for internships) CIDA, Canadian Lawyers Abroad, Pivot Legal Society, Fertile Ground (agriculture-based NGO)
Global Health Conference
March 21, 2009 Saturday 10am-3pm UBC Life Sciences Centre (LSC 2) In the 21st century context of rapid communication systems, globalization, and international media, students are becoming acutely aware of the need for their contribution to our global community. News of malnutrition, maternal and child mortality rates, and the alarming epidemic reports of HIV/AIDS transmission […]
Teaching & Learning Enhancement Fund
Approximately 3.5% of tuition fees paid by domestic and international students at UBC go to the TLEF which is set up to improve faculty and student learning. If you have a proposal that meets the following criteria, see the link below. Essential Elements for Approval 1. Proposal targets enhancement of teaching and learning that benefits […]
Erin Sawyer
ALUMNI Name: Erin Sawyer Graduation Year: 2001 Resource and Region Specializations: Asia-Pacific Region, Food and Resource Economics Favourite Courses: Rural Development with Rick Barichello, Spanish, Anthropology Current Job Title: Government Relations Officer – Communications Location: UBC Job Description: As a government relations officer I am doing research and policy analysis on all three levels of […]