Weekly Notices & Events

This Week (Feb 6 - Feb 12, 2022)

New hours of operation for the Foothills Campus Distribution Services: Monday-Friday 8am to 4pm. In addition, the pick-up window will be closed between 11am-1pm daily. These hours will be effective as of February 14.

The Vet Ball team is collecting bottles to fundraise for Vet Ball next year. Bottles can be dropped off in the CSB loading doc on Tuesday February 8. Please label the bags with staff/faculty so we can determine who is participating, as this is a competition between all years, and now faculty/staff.

Pathology Rounds will be every Thursday 12:30-1:15pm in CSB 134. Path Rounds will be virtual through February.

Zoom Link: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/97393887418

Meeting ID: 973 9388 7418

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The annual UCVM Awards event is being cancelled due to ongoing pandemic restrictions. An in-person event had been postponed in the fall because of COVID-19 restrictions with plans to reschedule in early 2022. However, as uncertainty about the virus continues, award winners will instead be recognized on a celebratory website. More details to follow shortly.

Domestic travel on UCalgary business

All members of the campus community are urged to avoid or defer all non-essential inter-provincial domestic travel on UCalgary business.

As such, all domestic travel must be approved by your Dean/Senior Leadership Team (SLT) member. Travel may be considered where it must be completed at that place and at that time and your Department Head and Dean have agreed it is important and of strategic value to the university and the individual. The experience must be required to be in-person.

If you are travelling on university business, please visit the COVID-19 & UCalgary Domestic Travel page for further information

International travel on UCalgary business
All members of the campus community are urged to avoid non-essential international travel.

International travel for conferences, research and student experiences must be approved by your Dean or a member of your Senior Leadership Team. If you are travelling on university business, please visit the COVID-19 & UCalgary International Travel page for the latest information.

Archived Weekly Notices & Events

Next Week

February 13th - February 19th

AAVMC – 2022 Veterinary Educator Collaborative, June 28-30, Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas State University. The VEC is the premier North American venue for veterinary educators to collaborate and share scholarly work and best practices in veterinary education. Abstract Submission Deadline extended to February 15

Click here to submit an Abstract

One Health Circle - Win-wins for Prairie Agriculture: Achieving food production and environmental sustainability. Wednesday February 16, 7-8pm.

Global population growth means that food production must also increase, however, many current food systems cause significant resource depletion and unacceptable environmental impacts. Join Dr. Paul Galpern (UCalgary) as he talks about the importance of beneficial insect communities and how natural landscape features can support food production and agricultural sustainability. Dr. Christy Morrissey (USask) will speak to the impacts of pesticides on birds and wetlands and how sustainable agricultural methods can produce wins–wins for producers and biodiversity.

Free online webinar

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Infection Biology Research Group Seminar Series, Thursday February 17 10:30-11:30am. Maria Arifin, Gilch Lab, will present “A Prion Protein Gene Polymorphism at Codon 138 Modulates Chronic Wasting Disease Pathogenesis” and Chenhua Li, Wasmuth Lab, will present “Towards a molecular understanding of host zombification by a parasitic worm”. All are welcome! Poster attached.

Zoom meeting link: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/96000848002

Meeting ID: 949 6233 6206

Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine Virtual Seminar Series, Friday February 18, 12-1pm, hosted by the Infection Biology Research Group, Dr. Kristy Murray, Professor, Pediatrics, Immunology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, will present “Solving a medical mystery: Using a One Health approach to investigate an outbreak of unexplained kidney disease in Nicaragua”. All are welcome! Poster attached. 

Zoom  Link: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/94962336206

Meeting ID: 949 6233 6206

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  • The Future of Food Virtual Conference will be held on Canada’s Ag day on February 22, 11am-1pm ET. The conference will explore the path toward a resilient, vibrant and innovative Canadian vision for the agriculture and food industry. The event will feature a panel with Casper Kaastra from Sollio Agriculture; Charlie Angelakos from McCain Foods; and Alanna Koch from the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan. Special guest Terry O’Reilly, host of CBC Radio’s Under the Influence will then take you through a journey to understand how organizations and businesses can achieve outstanding results when they apply “out-of-the-box" thinking. The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Mary Robinson, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture will also be in attendance. This is a free event, pre-registration is required. Register now

  • Showcase your research at the 2022 GSA Peer Beyond Graduate Research Conference | February 23 to 25, 2022 | Live on Gather.Town
    Showcase your research to your fellow graduate students and UCalgary community at the GSA's 2022 Peer Beyond Graduate Research Conference! 
    This year’s conference is hosted on Gather.Town from Feb. 23 to 25. Don’t miss this chance to present your research, practice your presentation skills, make valuable connections, and make an impact in and outside the field of your research.  Register here: gsa.ucalgary.ca/peerbeyond   

  • OHMES, Health and Medical Education Scholarship Symposium 2022, Thursday February 24, 8:45am-4:15pm. For details and event schedule see attached poster. Register by February 21 at https://bit.ly/32VU45F

  • Connecting UCVM  monthly forum to exchange information and explore ideas will be on February 25 12-1pm.

  • CANCELED: The Western Canadian Dairy Seminar March 8-11, 2022 has been canceled.

  • Faculty Council dates for the remainder of the academic year are March 31st, May 13th, June 23rd.

  • Agri-Food Innovation Council 2022 Summit – Addressing Post Pandemic Challenges, May 2-4, 2022, Ottawa Marriott Hotel. Register as an attendee here .

  • Save the Dates: UCVM-DVTH Internship Grand RoundsAll are welcome.  Rounds always start at 8am.  ABVMA credits available. Mar 4, April 1, May 6, June 3
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  • This article in the Conversation Canada, discusses research partnerships with indigenous communities, and provides information about an open access training resource: Read More
  • The University of Alberta offers a free online course called Indigenous Canada. This course explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada from an Indigenous perspective. It can be done at your own pace. For more information, go to: Click Here

To add a notice or event to this weekly update, email: lorella.buccini@ucalgary.ca