GRS Alumna is a Recipient of the Alumni Builder Award
GRS 2017 Graduate Veronika Bylicki is the recipient of the Alumni Builder Award. We are proud to announce that Veronika Bylicki, GRS ’17 has received the Alumni Builder Award for her work developing & implementing a dynamic curriculum on sustainability leadership for high school students! Many congratulations for this well deserved award, Veronika!
GRS Alumna Wins Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
GRS Graduate Aditi Sriram is the recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Aditi Sriram graduated with a B.Sc. Global Resource Systems degree in 2021. She is one of 11 Canadians heading to Oxford University next October, and among more than 100 standout scholars from around the world who won fully-sponsored graduate Rhodes Scholarships. At […]
GRS Alumni Feature: How Everyday People Can Make Change
How Everyday People Can Make Change “Even during high-stress exam seasons in high school, the spirit of community give-back remained strong and steady as my schoolmates and I ideated on ways to engage with our neighbouring communities.” – Njoki GRS alumn Njoki Mburu has been featured in Vancouver Foundation magazine in the section titled “How […]
LFS|US 2021/22 Grants and Subsidies
Attention GRSers! Interested in receiving grants and subsidies? Learn more about what Land and Food Systems Undergraduate Society (LFSUS) can offer! This year, there are 3 types of grants and subsidies: Textbook Subsidy Conference & Case Competition Grant Feeding the Future Meal Program HOW TO APPLY: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bpk4060uO8Me4F8 Read the Applications Review Guide before you apply […]
VCH DROP-IN VACCINATION CLINIC AT LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE
VCH DROP-IN VACCINATION CLINIC IS AVAILABLE AT LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE The Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) drop-in vaccination clinic will be open at the Life Sciences Centre on a first-come, first-served basis, depending on your eligibility and vaccine availability. People 12+ are eligible to be vaccinated and you are eligible for a second dose at 28 […]
GRS Student Feature: BYO App reduces waste at local cafés
On June 23rd, the National Observer featured the efforts by current GRSer Angelica Tso and Simon Fraser University student Priscilla Lam to create app, BYO. Current GRSer Angelica Tso and Simon Fraser University student Priscilla Lam have created an app called BYO to encourage people to bring their own mugs to local cafés. BYO also […]
May 6th: Pan-Canadian, Youth-Led UN Food Systems Summit Dialogue
Are you interested in shaping the change towards a world where everyone has access to healthy and sustainable food? Join the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Food Institute at the University of Guelph, and McGill University’s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences on May 6th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 […]
UBC Applications Now Due May 15th!
Attention current UBC students: applications for September 2021 are now due May 15th! Visit Apply to GRS to learn more.
Esri Canada Scholarship 2021 Applications Due March 1, 2021
The Esri Canada Scholarship 2021 is now open to all UBC students! For more information, see the attached image. E-mail your application to gis.forestry@ubc.ca by March 1, 2021. The successful recipient will receive: 1) one-time payment of $2,000 2) three-year term license of Esri’s ArcGIS Desktop software for education and research use 3) three-year term […]
Esri Canada Scholarship 2021 Applications Due March 1, 2021
The Esri Canada Scholarship 2021 is now open to all UBC students! For more information, see the attached image. E-mail your application to gis.forestry@ubc.ca by March 1, 2021. The successful recipient will receive: 1) one-time payment of $2,000 2) three-year term license of Esri’s ArcGIS Desktop software for education and research use 3) three-year term […]