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Events
2011 is the International Year of Forests
Prince George Alumni Event - September 16, 2011

Programs
Get Involved!
Beaty Biodiversity Museum Educators

News
Win a Trip to Beijing
Find us on Facebook

Events

2011 is the International Year of Forests

Watch our website for updates on events related to this milestone.

Prince George Alumni Event – September 16, 2011

UBC Forestry alumni living in and around Prince George and/or visiting the area in order to attend the COFI convention in September are invited to a complimentary breakfast hosted by Dean John Innes. The breakfast will take place from 7:00 – 8:00 am at the Coast Inn of the North, next door to the COFI convention.

Dean Innes will be sharing news of current Faculty activities, plans for the future and opportunities for alumni to get involved. He also looks forward to receiving feedback on how the Faculty can best meet the needs of our alumni.

RSVPs are required ASAP and should be directed to jenna.mccann@ubc.ca or 604-822-8787.

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Programs

Get Involved!

Do you have a passion or talent you’d love to share with other like-minded individuals? Consider showcasing that enthusiasm and skill by volunteering for UBC! Here are a few upcoming volunteer opportunities for UBC alumni:

Volunteer Day at UBC Farm – Saturday, September 24th

The UBC Farm is a 24 hectare learning and research facility located at the Vancouver campus. As the only working farmland within the city of Vancouver, the UBC Farm is an urban agrarian gem where students, faculty, staff and the local community have been working together to create a place where anyone can come to learn, live and value the connection between land, food and community. The ultimate goal of the farm is to retain existing farm and forest lands at UBC and create an internationally significant centre for sustainable agriculture, forestry and food systems.

Volunteer activities on September 24th are between 9:00 am – 1:00 pm and include vegetable harvesting for the weekly farm market and removal of invasive species such as blackberries and scotch broom. For more information on how you can get involved, please contact Anthony Brown at anthony.brown@ubc.ca or 604-827-3081.

Beaty Biodiversity Museum Educators

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum, a new public museum housing UBC’s rich biological collections, is dedicated to enhancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of biodiversity and making the research conducted by the scientists of UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre more accessible to the public.

Volunteer Museum Educators play a vital role in the museum mission by bringing the collections to life through engaging and educational interactions with museum visitors. Twenty positions are currently available and full training will be provided. For more details on this opportunity, visit the volunteer opportunity page on the Alumni Affairs website.

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News

Win a Trip to Beijing

Two contests – photo and essay – have been launched as part of Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2011. The winner of each contest will be awarded a trip to Beijing, China from November 7th – 11th to participate in the Forestry Week. View contest details.

Find us on Facebook

“You like us, you really like us!” is what we here in the Faculty are hoping to say over the next few months as more and more alumni and friends start visiting the Faculty of Forestry Facebook page. There you will find updates from students and faculty members on current goings-on in the Faculty and news on research, events and other timely Forestry-related topics. “Like” us today by visiting www.facebook.com/ubcforestry.

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Featured Program

Career Services

Did you know that UBC alumni have lifetime access to CareersOnline, where thousands of positions are posted by hundreds of different employers? A new search function has just been added to make the job search even easier for you as an alumnus.

Once you login to your account, under the job/volunteer postings tab, select 'alumni' under the 'show me jobs for' search filter and voila, a plethora of positions will appear on your screen. Happy hunting!

Questions or comments for the Faculty?

Please send them to:
UBC Faculty of Forestry
Alumni Relations Office
2610-2424 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4
604-822-8787
jenna.mccann@ubc.ca
www.forestry.ubc.ca/alum

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