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UC SVA Connect the Community | Hononga Tūao 2023

The UC Student Volunteer is excited to present our first large-scale volunteering event of term 3: Connect the Community!  On Saturday 29th July, join 300 students for a morning of meaningful volunteering with the Christchurch community!  This will be followed by a chance to socialise and enjoy free food, live entertainment and sustainability stalls courtesy of some amazing UC clubs and community groups.  With a focus on sustainability, mental health and bringing together the UC student community and the wider Canterbury community, this is not an event to be missed!

WHEN?

Saturday 29th July, volunteering 9:30am-1pm, Hub space 1pm-4pm.

Please meet outside Haere-Roa at 8:30, buses will leave around 8:45am.

WHERE?

The location and projects will be announced on Monday 17th July!

HOW MUCH?

We will provide transport, equipment, snacks, and a hot lunch – all for FREE!

Sign ups will go live on Tuesday 18th July at 10am, so keep an eye on our social media or come and visit us at Clubs Day!  There will be a limited number of tickets available, so make sure you get in quick!

There will also be an array of stalls at the Hub space that you can purchase from!  More information about the stalls will be released on our social media over the next few weeks.

Facebook: UC Student Volunteer Army

Instagram: @uc_sva

Kia tūao, e tū ki te ao.

Be a volunteer, stand up in the world!

Biosecurity surveillance seminar

You are warmly invited to our FREE UCBI biosecurity seminar  online, in person or later via video. 

Register for Biosecurity surveillance on Wed 28 June midday here.

Assoc. Prof Steve Pawson will outline how we can detect insects new to Aotearoa NZ using light traps and eDNa, as part of the BioHeritage. Science Challenge.

Paul Benden PhD will detail his research plans for semi-automated surveillance  of street-level urban trees using image segmentation. Below, AI recognises a cabbage tree in blue from a camera mounted on a vehicle.

Cabbage tree AI
AI scans the cabbage trees in blue from a moving vehicle

Find our more and get in touch!

biosecurityinnovations@canterbury.ac.nz

Biosecurity seminar

To celebrate our research, our students and our partners and as part of UC 150th birthday celebrations, register here for UCBI’s free:

Biosecurity surveillance seminar
Wednesday 28 June
12-1:15 pm
Ernest Rutherford 465

Prof. Steve Pawson will outline how we can detect insects new to Aotearoa NZ using light traps and eDNA.

Paul Benden, PhD will detail his research plans for semi-automated surveillance using image segmentation of street-level urban trees.

​​​​​​​Cabbage tree AI

AI scans the cabbage trees in blue from a moving vehicle 

We will be streaming live and a zoom link will be sent later.

If you can’t make it, we will be recording it and posting it here.

Find out more and get in touch!

Biosecurityinnovations@canterbury.ac.nz.