Hello Plant Science Graduate Students,
The Plant Science Search Committee, for the Plant Genomics and Genetics Position, is finalizing a schedule for next week's search process and would like to confirm you're availability for a virtual group interview, with each of the 5 short-listed candidates, from Monday January 10th to Friday January 14th (i.e., each weekday next week).
James de Castro has kindly offered to act as Master of Ceremonies (MC) for the session.
Please let me know if you would be available for a 30 minute virtual group meeting (Plant Science graduate students as a group, with each individual candidate):
1. Noon - 12:30, Monday Jan 10
2. Noon - 12:30, Tuesday Jan 11
3. Noon - 12:30, Wednesday Jan 12
4. Noon - 12:30, Thursday Jan 13
5. Noon - 12:30, Friday Jan 14
For reference, tentatively we are blocking in the following:
1. Each candidate's Research Seminar: 9:15 - 10:15 am
2. Four candidate Teaching Sessions: 1:15 - 2:00 pm
* Monday January 10
* Tuesday January 11
* Thursday January 13
* Friday January 14
3. One candidate Teaching Session: 10:30 - 11:15 am
* Wednesday Jan 12
If convenient, we would appreciate your reply by the end of the day, Friday Jan 7, with my apologies for the short notice. Please reply to Susan.Ness(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Susan.Ness@umanitoba.ca> and copy to decastr4(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:decastr4@myumanitoba.ca>
A TEAMS meeting link will follow, for confirmed participants, prior to Monday January 10. James will provide participants with a framework for the TEAMs meeting with the Candidate.
Thank you,
Susan Ness
Assistant to the Department Heads
Department of Plant Science
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
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204-474-8563
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Subject: Call for Proposals: Indigenous Initiatives Fund: FAFS Internal Deadline of Monday, February 14
The following is sent on behalf of Martin Scanlon, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Good afternoon,
I'm pleased to share with you the Indigenous Initiatives Fund Call for Proposals. (See email memo below and attached guidelines and application form).
Eligibility:
All full-time faculty and staff in academic and administrative units at the University of Manitoba are invited to apply. In addition, for 2022, UM student groups, associations, clubs, and alliances are also eligible. Applicants who have received funding in the past must have completed and submitted their Indigenous Initiatives Fund Report(s) in order to be considered for the 2021-22 Indigenous Initiatives Fund. Please review the previously funded Indigenous Initiatives to avoid duplication of similar projects. http://umanitoba.ca/indigenous/reconciliation/indigenous-initiatives-fund
Process:
If you need to discuss your idea prior to developing the full proposal, feel free to contact your Department Head or Jitendra Paliwal, Associate Dean (Academic).
STEP 1. Dean's Office internal deadline: APPLICANTS to complete the PDF fillable Application Form (with attachments if applicable) and email the completed application package to Jitendra Paliwal AgGradAc(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:AgGradAc@umanitoba.ca> by end of day, Monday, February 14th.
STEP 2: Dean to review and approve proposal/s and electronically sign off and rank, if applicable, and submit by the University's February 18th deadline.
Thank you,
Mya Kraft
Confidential Assistant to the Dean
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
University of Manitoba
Pronouns: She/Her
256 Agriculture Building
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Telephone: 204-291-0620
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http://umanitoba.ca/agricultural-food-sciences/
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Please expect 3 days for turnaround for signatures and meeting requests with the Dean.
Inquiries will be answered on a priority basis.
The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. I respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, I acknowledge the harms of the past, and I dedicate myself to move forward in partnership with Indigenous Peoples in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.
From: Indigenous Engagement <Indigenous.Engagement(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Indigenous.Engagement@umanitoba.ca>>
Sent: December 22, 2021 11:22 AM
Subject: Call for Proposals: Indigenous Initiatives Fund
The following is being sent on behalf of the Office of the Vice-President (Indigenous)
The University of Manitoba's Indigenous Initiatives Fund<https://umanitoba.ca/indigenous/reconciliation/indigenous-initiatives-fund> supports unit-based projects that advance the Indigenous achievement and engagement goals as stated in Our Shared Future: Building on our Strategic Plan.
Faculties, schools, colleges, libraries are invited to submit proposals to the fund. New this year, UM student groups, associations, clubs and alliances are eligible to apply.
We are accepting applications in three categories:
1. One-time Impact projects (funding limit of $15,000): These a smaller projects normally 12 months in duration that will advance and contribute in substantive ways to Indigenous achievement and a culture of inclusive excellence.
2. Unit Impact projects (funding limit of $30,000): These are projects requiring seed funding for about 2 years to support unit-specific projects.
3. Institutional Impact projects (funding limit of $60,000): These are initiatives that may require longer term funding (up to 3 years) and have greater potential for making a university-wide impact.
Please see attached the guidelines and application forms. Proposals must be submitted to vpindigenous(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:vpindigenous@umanitoba.ca> by Friday, February 18, 2022 at 4 p.m.
Please share with your direct reporting units. We look forward to receiving your proposals.
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Cc: Caroline Gebel <Caroline.Gebel(a)umanitoba.ca>
Subject: FW: AOC Notification: Plant Science Field Station Power Outage
Good morning group,
Update 2:
The power has been restored at Plant Science Field Station around 8:30 am today.
Thanks
Jingwei Xie, P.Eng, CFPS
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From: Jingwei Xie
Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 12:03 AM
To: ....
Subject: RE: AOC Notification: Plant Science Field Station Power Outage
Update 1:
Electrician was not able to restore the building power due to transformer fault. Electrical Shop will work on the transformer first thing Tuesday morning. Actions have been taken to keep the building warm tonight to avoid freezing & flooding.
An update on the power restoration will be provided when it's available.
Thanks
Jingwei Xie, P.Eng, CFPS
Life Safety Engineer| Architectural & Engineering Services
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From: Jingwei Xie
Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 10:00 PM
To: ....
Subject: AOC Notification: Plant Science Field Station Power Outage
Group,
At 9:30pm today, Protelec notified UM about an "AC loss" trouble signal from Plant Science Field Station(264 A Freedman Cres). FG CEP Engineer went on site and called me at 9:40PM about power outage at the entire building. Electrician will be dispatched to start trouble shooting. I have suggested CEP Engineer to check building temperature periodically until the power is restored.
An update on the power restoration will be provided when it's available.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks
Jingwei Xie, P.Eng, CFPS
Life Safety Engineer| Architectural & Engineering Services
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All,
Welcome to 2022. I would like to thank you all for all the hard work in 2021.
We are beginning this year back where we were at this time last year, teaching on-line and facing another surge in cases. To our co-workers that were unfortunate in 2021 to contract covid, I hope that all have recovered (or are recovering). We need to be alert and stick to the protocols that have proven to work in reducing cases as we begin the new year.
Our plans in 2021 for more intensive research were set back with covid cases at Carman and building restrictions on campus. We worked hard and I hope we had a relatively successful 2021.
We saw colleagues leave (thank you for all your dedication to the department) and there were new additions to Plant Science in 2021 and we will continue to experience arrivals and departures in 2022. We are anticipating the hiring of two new academics this year (Weeds Chair and a genomics academic).
To the technicians, graduate students, support staff, post docs and research associates, thank you for all your hard work in keeping the department, academic programs and research programs functioning under stressful conditions. Your contributions have not gone unnoticed, and we are grateful for your expertise and dedication.
We will be trying a new leadership model in 2022 with three acting Associate Heads: Academic (Rob Gulden); Field Research (Rob Duncan); and Controlled Environments (Belay Ayele). Please welcome them and assist them in their endeavours.
I am hopeful that we will be able to get past the restrictions that covid-19 has placed upon our work and homelife environments in 2022. While 2021 allowed for greater interaction than in 2020, the omicron variant has demonstrated that vigilance is still required. Please be safe.
Lastly, I would like to thank Dr. Claudio Stasolla for his leadership through the last year. Amongst the challenges of 2021, he led us through the priority planning for the department and I look forward to our continuing to both implement and revise the vision that our department has adopted. Change is inevitable and we need to continue to evolve as a department.
All the best in 2022.
Douglas Cattani
Acting Department Head,
Assistant Professor, Perennial Crop Breeding
Department of Plant Science,
University of Manitoba
(204) 474-6071
Doug.Cattani(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Doug.Cattani@umanitoba.ca>