January 16-18

Manitoba Ag Days

9:00 am – 5:00 pm daily at Keystone Centre, Brandon

Various speaker sessions including Derek Brewin, Don Flaten, Yvonne Lawley, and Doug Cattani.

January 17

FAFS Alumni Reception @ Ag Days

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm in Assembly Hall, Keystone Centre

UM alumni and friends are invited to join us to catch up with classmates and hear from the Dean.

January 17

Soil Science Seminar: Nitrous Oxide: A Sentimental Journey

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in person 346 Ellis Building or on Zoom

Mario Tenuta, 4R Industrial Research Chair, UM Department of Soil Science will present.

January 18

Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series: Exploring Microbiomes within Rural Freshwater Ecosystems of Manitoba

12:00 – 1:00 pm via Zoom - Contact Danielle.Lang@umanitoba.ca for Zoom link

The Office of the Vice-President Indigenous hosts a speaker series featuring Indigenous scholars at the University of Manitoba.  Dr. Miguel Uyaguari, UM Department of Microbiology will present.

January 23

Biosystems Engineering candidate seminar: Harvesting Insights from Digital Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture

8:30 am – 9:30 am in E2-110 EITC

Dr. Jiating Li will present a public research seminar as a candidate for Assistant Professor in the area of digital technologies for agri-food production and/or storage.

January 23

Entomology Seminar: Life history of an endangered prairie butterfly: Insights from an ex situ population of Poweshiek skipperling in Manitoba, Canada

10:10 am in 220 Animal Science/Entomology or on Zoom

Kirstyn Eckhardt, UM Department of Entomology, will present. Join at 10 am for friendly discussion and departmental updates.

January 31

Faculty Seminar: Francis Zvomuya

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm in 130 Agriculture

Join us for coffee and snacks at 3 pm in the Atrium. Presenter is Francis Zvomuya, UM Department of Soil Science.

February 1

Emerging Researcher Spotlight Series

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm in MPR, University Centre
Hosted by the Vice-President (Research and International) Office, this series features researchers in early and middle career stage over a wide range of disciplines. The inaugural session includes Curt McCartney, UM Department of Plant Science.  Register by January 24 to attend.

February 6

HNSC 7200 Seminar: The Vitamin A Hypothesis

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm in 108 Human Ecology

Dr. Geoff Hicks, UM Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, will present the first of the HNSC 7220 Winter seminars.

(Mark the Calendar is a listing of events that may be of interest to the FAFS community. If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by reply email.)