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PhD Thesis Defense: Jeroen Goumans

Geochemical tracing and characterization of subduction-zone fluids and fluid-rock interaction in modern-style and Archean tectonic systems

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 2:00 pm

Location: ESB 5104

Scientifique Francophonie at UBC - October 22, 2025

Le Centre de la Francophonie de UBC in collaboration with ACFAS, the Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes, the Consulate General of France in Vancouver and Institut Français au Canada, is pleased to invite you to:

Scientific Francophonie at UBC: Towards a Community of Knowledge in Dialogue with Canada and the World

🗓 Date: October 22, 2025
🕔 Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
📍 Location: Wall Ideas Lounge, The University Centre, 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver

Open to all UBC faculty members — let’s gather the Francophone research community !

If you are an Anglophone colleague interested in working with Francophone networks, or if you need support for writing proposals, budgets, or applications in French to access national and European programs, you are very welcome to join us! We’ll be celebrating the launch of a new service at UBC designed to help researchers write in French.

Program:

• Cocktail and buffet
• Remarks by Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President of UBC; Raphaël Dang, Consul General of France in Vancouver; Julie Fafard, Francophone Affairs Attaché, Western Canada for the Quebec government and Thierry Drapeau, ACFAS representative
• Discussion and networking

Objectives:

• Identify the needs of a growing research community
• Support the development at UBC of an inclusive and sustainable network of knowledge in French and about the Francophone world
• Increase the visibility of research conducted in French at UBC
• Highlight the contribution of Western Canadian institutions to Francophone research
• Celebrating the launch of a new service at UBC designed to help researchers write applications in French

Radio-Canada will cover the event live. Host Rudy Desjardins will conduct interviews in French with researchers who are interested in sharing their research.

If you would like to present your research, please let us know in advance, we may schedule some interviews before the start of the event.

👉 Please confirm your attendance by filling out the registration form.

Your participation will help strengthen and energize UBC’s Francophone research community.

We look forward to welcoming you!

FOSI seminar - UBC Imaging Facilities in Focus - Oct 30 

Focused On Scientific Imaging (FOSI) seminar will take place on October 30th (Thursday) at 2:30 pm in Michael Smith Laboratoris Rm101 (LSC3) or Zoom (Hybrid).

"UBC Imaging Facilities in Focus"

Bioimaging Facility: Miki Fujita

Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics: Nancy Ford Electron Microbeam & X-Ray Diffraction Facility: Anette von der Handt

Before the talk (2:15-2:30pm), Snacks and Coffee will be provided for those attending in person outside the seminar room. Please arrive before the seminar starts as food and drinks are not allowed in the room.

To join the FOSI seminar remotely, please click the Zoom link below.

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64682599472?pwd=S2RkME1rZk9GUTdEaSt1aGp5NGNZUT09

Meeting ID: 646 8259 9472       

Passcode: 310456

For those who don't know about the FOSI seminar, the FOSI seminar series was created to provide a space for everyone to exchange ideas about imaging techniques and to connect with the people who use the imaging techniques that you might need for your research.

We hope that you can join us at this month’s FOSI seminar!