Please remember to register your summer students for the Safety Seminar .
From: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2024 3:23 PM
To: Plants-all(a)lists.umanitoba.ca; 'plants-grads(a)lists.umanitoba.ca' <plants-grads(a)lists.umanitoba.ca>
Subject: FW from Parneet Toora: Safety Seminar Registration
Importance: High
From: Parneet Toora <Parneet.Toora(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Parneet.Toora@umanitoba.ca>>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2024 3:22 PM
To: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Bev.Godard@umanitoba.ca>>
Subject: Safety Seminar Registration
Hi Everyone,
Our annual safety seminar is on April 29th 2024 at 9 am in Room 172 (Ag auditorium). Attendance is mandatory for everyone in the department to complete this safety training. Please follow the link below to register yourself for the safety seminar. There will be coffee and cookies during break. The deadline for registration is Monday 22nd 2024. It is essential for everyone to complete this training!
https://forms.office.com/r/wDPKBCxKQG
Let me know if you have any questions!
Regards,
Parneet Toora, M.Sc.
Research Technician
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
Email: parneet.toora(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:parneet.toora@umanitoba.ca>
Ph: 204-474-6065
The following is being sent on behalf of Yvonne Lawley:
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The Point Transitions Committee met last week to review progress and identify steps needed to make grain and plant biomass processing space available during the summer and fall of 2024 should we be unable to re-occupy current processes facilities at the point.
Technicians whose program will have grain and plant biomass processing needs this summer and fall are invited to meet in The Point coffee room on Thursday at 10:30 to identify their anticipated processing needs and timelines. We will also be asking for input on setting up work stations for processing in a new work space, the former animal science poultry barn in the Smart Park area of campus. With the rainy weather this week, we were hoping we might have a window to get techs together for this discussion before good weather returns. If you are unable to join in person, you can send written comments by email to Yvonne Lawley.
Dr. Yvonne Lawley
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Bev Godard
Assistant to the Department Head/Associate Department Heads
Department of Plant Science
222 Agriculture Building
bev.godard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:bev.godard@umanitoba.ca>
204-474-8563
The following is being sent on behalf of Yvonne Lawley:
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We have made great progress towards our goals of preparing the seed storage and processing rooms for the anticipated March 31st closure. Thanks to many for making time to complete the needed activities in the seed storage, processing, and drying room spaces by our target dates (list below).
Our plan has a list of final activities that will need to take place the last week of March and will require a group of people to work together. The Point Transitions committee met this week and we believe that most of these activities could get done in one day if the preparatory work has been completed and we have a team of 8 people. Please mark your calendars for Tuesday March 26th at 9 am and plan to have at least one member from each lab group that works at the Point participate. We will start with a brief planning meeting in the Point coffee room to get organized into teams for specific tasks and to coordinate our efforts for the day.
Yvonne Lawley
Action Items to Prepare for March 31 facility closure
By March 15
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Remove all seed and containers from the blue and orange metal shelving units in the seed storage room
By March 22
* Techs from each program to pull out samples and seed bins from seed storage and drying area and move into SeaCan or Glenlea storage.
* Large storage containers from drying room moved to processing room or seed storage area.
* Finish sample processing and bag cleaning so that equipment can be moved
* Created an inventory list of processing equipment and place labels on equipment
By March 31
* Equipment on wheels moved to designated area within processing room.
* Heavy equipment that is hard to move is moved into the drying room
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Blue and orange metal shelving units will be dismantled with components stored in the seed storage building near the overhead door.
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Dr. Yvonne Lawley
Associate Professor of Agronomy and Cropping Systems
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
222 Agriculture Building
66 Dafoe Rd
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
(Tel) 204-474-6504
(Fax) 204-474-7528
yvonne_lawley(a)umanitoba.ca
From: Rachel Sydor <Rachel.Sydor(a)umanitoba.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 12:27 PM
To: Lindsey Andronak <Lindsey.Andronak(a)umanitoba.ca>; Holly Klann <Holly.Klann(a)umanitoba.ca>; Agriculture Information <aginfo(a)umanitoba.ca>; Surinder Kamboz <Surinder.Kamboz(a)umanitoba.ca>; John Schoffner <John.Schoffner(a)umanitoba.ca>; Alina Skorobohatova <Alina.Skorobohatova(a)umanitoba.ca>; Amanda Smorhay <Amanda.Smorhay(a)umanitoba.ca>; Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca>; Ekta Badesha <Ekta.Badesha(a)umanitoba.ca>; Allison Paulusma <Allison.Paulusma(a)umanitoba.ca>; Mariana Garcia Romero <Mariana.GarciaRomero(a)umanitoba.ca>; Erika Hart <Erika.Hart(a)umanitoba.ca>; Vanessa Falk <Vanessa.Falk(a)umanitoba.ca>; Georges Carriere <Georges.Carriere(a)umanitoba.ca>; Sue Clayton <Sue.Clayton(a)umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Donuts and muffins in Foyer outside room 172 Ag.
Please come help yourself and spread the word to staff and students - free donuts and muffins available in the Foyer outside room 172 Agriculture!
Rachel Sydor
Confidential Assistant to the Associate Dean (Academic and Graduate Programs)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
University of Manitoba
From: Yvonne Lawley <Yvonne.Lawley(a)umanitoba.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 11:46 AM
To: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Update and Meeting Request - Prairie Crops and Soils Research Facility
The steering committee for the new Prairie Crops and Soils Research Facility met yesterday with the team of architects. Mary Meleshko, Rob Duncan, and Yvonne Lawley, who are representing the Department on this committee, provided input on the Grain Processing Area. We have now been asked to privide input on a series of spaces including: Grain Drying, threshing, seed treatment, grinding, and medium-term sample storage. We are inviting techncians and professors that are currently involved with these activities to a meeting on Monday March 11th from 9:00-10:30 am in Rm 252 Agriculture (Dean's board room). At the meeting we will have the archetectural plans and will be asking for input on arrangement of equipment and workflow within these work spaces.
This meeting is called on short notice as the timeline for the archetechs has recently been moved up and we need to have input prior to the next advisory committee meeting on March 14th. It is great to see this planning process moving forward and taking shape. We appreciate those that have contributed their ideas and hope that some are able to join us for this next step in planning.
Yvonne Lawley
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Dr. Yvonne Lawley
Associate Professor of Agronomy and Cropping Systems
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
222 Agriculture Building
66 Dafoe Rd
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
(Tel) 204-474-6504
(Fax) 204-474-7528
yvonne_lawley(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:yvonne_lawley@umanitoba.ca>
Good morning to all,
The Safety Group would like to know if anyone would be interested in First Aid Training.
They are negotiating with EHSO, details are not known at this time.
Please email your response to me, I will compile a list of names for the Safety Group.
Thanks,
Bev
Bev Godard
Assistant to the Department Head/Associate Department Heads
Department of Plant Science
222 Agriculture Building
bev.godard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:bev.godard@umanitoba.ca>
204-474-8563
From: Breanne Morin <Breanne.Morin(a)umanitoba.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:34 AM
To: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Additional deadline for point storage closure planning
Hello Bev,
Could you please send this to the point directory?
Hello Everyone,
After today's monthly technician meeting, we have discovered another step in the preparation of point processing and seed storage building closure for the Point involving the Glenlea storage space. Please take a look at the pictures attached, which were taken at Glenlea last week, and determine if any of these items belong to your group.
At the meeting, we determined that these items need to be removed from the space by March 18th so we can transport and begin building the metal shelves from the seed storage room at the point.
Thank you!
Breanne
Breanne Morin
Farming Systems Research Technician
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, MB
From: Yvonne Lawley <Yvonne.Lawley(a)umanitoba.ca>
Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 9:51 AM
To: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Planning meeting - Point Seed Storage
As we work to prepare for the anticipated closure of the Point processing and seed storage building on March 31st, a group of professors and techs have been looking for alternative storage solutions to remobilize existing shelving in new places, such as the Glenlea seed storage building. Technicians and professors that would like to be involved with this decision making process are invited to attend a planning meeting at 2pm in the Point Coffee Room on Tuesday March 5th. Anyone that would like to provide input but is unavailable to join the meeting can contact Yvonne Lawley and Curt McCartney by email.
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Dr. Yvonne Lawley
Associate Professor of Agronomy and Cropping Systems
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
222 Agriculture Building
66 Dafoe Rd
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
(Tel) 204-474-6504
(Fax) 204-474-7528
yvonne_lawley(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:yvonne_lawley@umanitoba.ca>
To grad students, Post Docs and Research Associate, please see message below from Claudio Stasolla.
From: Claudio Stasolla <Claudio.Stasolla(a)umanitoba.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 29, 2024 4:18 PM
To: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Scanning Electron microscopy
All,
the Ph.D. students will visit the scanning electron microscopy facility available in Campus. The tour will be on Thursday, March 7th @ 1:00 pm. Space is limited; let me know is you would like to join.
Thank you
Caludio
Claudio Stasolla
Dept. Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2,Canada
Ph. 204-474-6098
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