Dairy Farmers of Canada’s My Dairy Research Student Competition Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) My Dairy Research Student Competition is an online competition for all graduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) involved in research projects funded by DFC in a Canadian university.
The objective is to engage students in the creation of innovative content for research users containing their project’s results, new knowledge, and the impacts and benefits of their research for the dairy sector and Canadians.
This nationwide online competition will provide opportunities to graduate students:
- To apply their science communications and knowledge transfer skills in developing content for research user audiences
- To receive acknowledgement for their research in an online community of potential future employers in the dairy sector
- To be part of DFC’s dairy research success stories showcased in multiple online channels
Graduate students are invited to prepare and submit content, in English or French, describing their dairy research study and results in one of the following categories: podcast, video or infographic. All entries will be evaluated by a selection committee, and a minimum score of 75 out of 100 must be met to be eligible for a prize. The three entries with the highest scores in each category will be posted online on Facebook for public viewing and voting.
The prizes include:
- Grand prize: $1,500 cash prize, in each category, for the submission that received the most votes from the public.
- Second prize: $800 cash prize, in each category, for the submission that received the second-highest number of votes from the public.
- Third prize: $500 cash prize, in each category, for the submission that received the third-highest number of votes from the public.
The deadline for submissions is Sept. 15, and the top three submissions in each category will be posted online from Oct. 22 to Nov. 5 for a public voting period. Prize winners will be announced on Nov. 9.
New Dairy Research hub launched on Dairy Farmers of Canada
A new Dairy Research hub was launched on Dairy Farmers of Canada’s website (Dairy Farmers of Canada - dairy research). The site contains key information on DFC research governance, the My Dairy Research Student Competition and research partners. As part of the DFC corporate site, the new look and feel of the research content enables easier navigation, a better user experience on all devices and enables quick and easy page sharing across social media platforms.
A new video featuring DFC’s investments and impacts in Canadian dairy research is also available on the site.
Over the next five months, DFC’s research program and funding information for dairy production and human nutrition and health research will be transferred from the site Dairy Research and Dairy Nutrition and housed in the DFC Dairy Research hub. Effective September 2021, the process of migrating content from the Dairy Research Blog and Dairy Research will be completed, and both Dairy Research and the Dairy Research Blog will be progressively shut down.
DFC is also partnering with Lactanet to include DFC-branded materials on their website. Content like extension articles and fact sheets currently found on the Dairy Research Blog and DairyResearch.ca will be migrated gradually to the Lactanet.ca website. This new DFC-Lactanet partnership in KTT content delivery will optimize dairy farmers’ access to a combination of tools and materials online in one national location.
Canadian Dairy Research: For a profitable, innovative and sustainable sector
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) invests in research to stimulate productivity, sustainability and profitability on farms and to improve knowledge on milk and dairy products’ health benefits. DFC finances research initiatives that benefit all dairy farmers across Canada and works in collaboration with its members and other sectorial partners to address farmers’ priorities set in the dairy research and knowledge translation, and transfer national strategies. Visit Dairy Research for more information.
