Bev Godard
Secretary to the Department Head
Department of Plant Science
222 Agriculture Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
PH: 204-474-8563
FAX: 204-474-7528
Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
From: Kenny So [mailto:sok@myumanitoba.ca]
Sent: March-24-16 8:56 AM
To: Bev Godard
Subject: Fw: Free lunch with Dr. Turner TODAY
Hi Bev,
Could you please forward this to the grad students? Dr. Turner is an ethnobotanist from the University of Victoria. She will be presenting a seminar this afternoon in Biological Sciences. Details are in the original email below.
Thanks,
Kenny
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From: Dawn Wood
Sent: March-24-16 8:17 AM
To: Kenny So
Subject: Fwd: Free lunch with Dr. Turner
Hi Kenny,
It's Dawn. Im organizing a lunch (details below) with Dr. Nancy Turner, an ethnobotanist from BC. She is visiting us this week at giving a talk this afternoon 3-4 pm in 527 buller building. I would love to invite you and everyone in plant science to the lunch and the seminar this afternoon. If you could share this email with your fellow plant sci. Students that would be wonderful!
Hopefully see you there!
Dawn
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From: Dawn Wood <woodd346(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:woodd346@myumanitoba.ca>>
Date: March 24, 2016 at 8:11:30 CDT
To: Paul Des Brisay <pdesbris(a)facebook.com<mailto:pdesbris@facebook.com>>, "meganjcolwell(a)gmail.com<mailto:meganjcolwell@gmail.com>" <meganjcolwell(a)gmail.com<mailto:meganjcolwell@gmail.com>>, bio sci grad <SCIENCE-BIOSCI-GRADS-ALL(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:SCIENCE-BIOSCI-GRADS-ALL@lists.umanitoba.ca>>
Subject: Free lunch with Dr. Turner
Hi All,
I would like to invite all the Graduate students to a lunch with Dr. Nancy Turner Today (24th March) @ 12pm - 1pm in the Zoological Museum, Duff Roblin Building. This is a great chance to talk to Dr. Turner and hear about her exciting work. There will be lunch (Pitapit) provided along with soft drinks and snacks.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Dawn Wood
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From: Rebecca Carlson [mailto:rebecca.carlson@biomimicry.org]
Sent: March-21-16 11:37 AM
To: Martha Blouw
Subject: Nature-Inspired Design Challenges Students Globally
Dear Ms. Blouw,
I wanted to reach out and let you know about a nature-inspired design challenge that might be of interest to students and faculty in the Plant Science Department at the University of Manitoba.
The Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation launched the 2016 round of the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, open to both students and professionals worldwide. We are challenging people to use biomimicry – an approach to innovation that taps into nature’s time-tested designs and processes in order to solve human-scale problems – to design a better, healthier food system.
We have just partnered with the Land Institute to offer a subprize focused on a specific soil-focused design problem - how to replace perennial crops without disrupting the soil and food web, and without releasing significant amounts of carbon dioxide.
Students and professionals that submit a solution addressing The Land Institute’s design brief will be eligible for all Biomimicry Global Design Challenge cash prizes, including the Ray C. Anderson Foundation $100,000 “Ray of Hope” Prize.
Will you help spread the word to your students and faculty? More details about the Land Institute subprize can be found here: http://challenge.biomimicry.org/en/blog/announcing-the-land-institute-sub-c…. More information on the entire design challenge can be found at challenge.biomimicry.org<http://challenge.biomimicry.org/>. Any help you could provide with getting the word out would be much appreciated.
Many thanks!
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REBECCA CARLSON
Program Assistant
Biomimicry Institute
Biomimicry.org<http://Biomimicry.org> | AskNature.org<http://AskNature.org>
NOTICE: Commencing Summer Term 2016, all continuing Faculty of Graduate Studies students will be required to register in Summer Term in order to maintain continuous registration.
Students in Faculty of Graduate Studies programs are required to maintain continuous registration throughout their period of study and until completion of the degree. Exceptions are permitted for students who have been granted an exceptional or a parental leave of absence. Students who have been granted a regular leave of absence must maintain continuous registration.
Registration for Summer Term will open the week of March 21, 2016 - specific registration times will be visible in Aurora in early March. The deadline to register for Summer Term is April 27, 2016. As is the case in Fall and Winter Terms, students who fail to register may be subject to discontinuance from their program.
In past years, students have been required to register in each Fall and Winter Term, with Winter Term registration considered to extend through to the end of Summer. Formal registration in Summer Term has not been required. However, problems have been identified with respect to this past practice, including: modification of the tax credit program to provide 12 months of credit with only 8 months of registration; and liability issues with respect to unregistered students participating in laboratory and field work activities.
To address these concerns, all Faculty of Graduate Studies students who are continuing in their programs beyond Winter Term 2016 will be required to register in Summer Term. Those students who are not enrolled in course work will be required to register in the applicable Masters or PhD courses: Thesis, Comprehensive or Candidacy Exam, Studio, Re-Registration, Practicum, etc. This change does not affect the three weeks of vacation over a 12 month period to which students are entitled. Students will be referred to their academic unit for direction as to which course(s) to enroll in.
Students will not be assessed Program Fees or Continuing Fees in Summer Term. Applicable student organization and ancillary fees will be assessed.
Students will be advised to contact their department or academic unit for further information regarding registration procedures in Summer Term.
You will register for:
Master's Thesis - 30609 - GRAD 7000 - A01<https://aurora.umanitoba.ca/banprod/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_in=20…>
OR
Doctoral Thesis - 30614 - GRAD 8000 - A01<https://aurora.umanitoba.ca/banprod/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_in=20…>
Frequently Asked Questions:
http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/registration/summerregFAQ.ht…
From: Alvin Iverson
Sent: March-16-16 1:31 PM
To: Bev Godard
Cc: Fouad Daayf
Subject: 2016 Landuse requests Carman
The deadline for new 2016 research land requests for the University of Manitoba, Ian N. Morrison Research Farm is Monday April 4th. Land use fees for 2016 will apply according to department policy $100.00/ acre. Complete the attached land request form and e-mail your requests to Alvin Iverson at Alvin.iverson@umanitoba<mailto:Alvin.iverson@umanitoba>
Include in your e-mail:
* a list of continuing trials and new trials
* and who land use charge backs will be charged to for each trial.
Technicians are to arrange for a Carman site visit April 6th to 8th to review new and continuing research trials.
Note: I am away on vacation from March 17th through April 4th and back in the office Tuesday April 5th. I will respond to e-mails and phone messages when I return.
Jim Dunn will be at the building but not each of the days I am away. If you are coming to Carman during this time and need his assistance or additional access to the building contact him at 204-751-0362 first.
Alvin Iverson (Manager)
The University of Manitoba
Ian N. Morrison Research Farm
Carman & Region Facility
Box 1669
Carman, Manitoba
R0G 0J0
204-745-3944 office
204-745-6992 fax
204-745-8642 cell
From: Gagandip Sidhu [mailto:umsidh52@myumanitoba.ca]
Sent: March-16-16 1:20 PM
To: Bev Godard
Subject: TEDx Umanitoba LiveStream
Hello Grads,
This is a friendly email to let everyone know that TEDx-Umanitoba will be taking place in two short weeks on March 24th. These TED talks will feature amazing researchers from right here at the UofM and will provide a great opportunity for graduate students to learn about how to present their own research in a fun and exciting way.
For those of you who were unable to get a spot in the TEDx audience, the UMGSA has set up a livestream of the event in the Richardson Auditorium in the Faculty of Agriculture. We have over 100 spots available and registration for these spots is required. Anyone interested in attending the TEDx livestream can sign up in one of the following ways:
* Like the University of Manitoba Graduate Students Association page on Facebook and sign up by joining the UMGSA TEDx livestream group
* Use #UMGSA on social media to qualify for a spot in the TEDx livestream
* Sign up in person at the UMGSA office at 217 University Centre
If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding the registration process please don’t hesitate to contact me at umsidh52(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:umsidh52@myumanitoba.ca> or senator2(a)umgsa.org<mailto:senator2@umgsa.org> or the UMGSA office manager Ruth at gsa(a)umgsa.org<mailto:gsa@umgsa.org>.
Hope to see you there!
Gagan Sidhu
Senator, UMGSA 2015-2016
Graduate Student (Dept. Plant Science)
Hi everyone,
More good news - because the logo is the same on all hoodies it doesn't matter if you order a zip-up or a pullover.
The sizing charts for pullovers is here:
http://www.mygildan.com/gildanstorefront/Categories/Fleece/Hooded//p/18500
The sizing charts for zip-ups is here:
http://www.mygildan.com/Categories/Fleece/Zip-Hooded//p/18600
Please let me know what style and size you would like by next Friday (March 25).
Danica Swaenepoel
Graduate Student (M.Sc)
Vice President, PSGSA 2015-2016
Department of Plant Science
222 Agriculture Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Hello everyone,
I have placed a signup sheet in the grad lounge for hoodie orders, we currently have 9 and require 12 to place an order.
If you have emailed me wanting a hoodie, your name should be on the list in the lounge already. If you did email me and I didn't put it on there I apologize - but please add your name.
If we have 12 orders I will then take info for sizing.
Thanks!
Danica Swaenepoel
Graduate Student (M.Sc)
Vice President, PSGSA 2015-2016
Department of Plant Science
222 Agriculture Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Good Morning,
On Thursday, March 17, 2016, the Department of Plant Science, Advanced Plant Science Seminar will be:
"Applied Aspects of Plant Science: Bio-molecular Diagnostics for Surveillance of Grain Pathogens"
Presented by:
Dr. Tom Gräfenhan
Research Scientist
Canadian Grain Commission
c/o Richardson Centre for
Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals
At 3:30 p.m. in the Carolyn Sifton Lecture Theatre, Room 130, Agriculture Building. A Poster is attached.
Coffee at 3:00 p.m. in the Atrium
Everyone Welcome!!