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LFS in the News Associate Professor Jennifer Black was interviewed on Global News Morning BC: COVID-19 heightens food security concerns among Canadians (video).   LFS Building Hours During the Holidays December 25 (Christmas day): ClosedDecember 28-31: Current approved access (regular ventilation and custodial services in place)January 1 (New Year’s Day): Closed   Dekaban Foundation Scholar Project Request The […]

WorkDay Tip of the Week While the UBC community gets accustomed to Workday, you may find yourself with some questions on navigating the new system. Each week we’ll present a new ‘Tip of the Week’ for the most common questions people have. As the holidays near and people go on “vacation,” please remember to set up […]

LFS Holiday Café – Today! The LFS Holiday Café is today at 3:00pm! All faculty, staff and graduate students are invited. What you can expect during this virtual event: A year’s end message from Dean Rickey Yada. A quick-round Research Café, where our new faculty members will present: Gurcharn Brar, Matias Margulis, Risa Sargent, Tamara Cohen and Thorsten Knipfer. […]

LFS Holiday Café Don’t forget, the LFS Holiday Café is happening this Wednesday, December 16 at 3:00pm! All faculty, staff and graduate students are invited. What you can expect during this virtual event: A year’s end message from Dean Rickey Yada. A quick-round Research Café, where our new faculty members will present: Gurcharn Brar, Matias Margulis, Risa Sargent, Tamara […]

          Building Hours and Access The current MCML and FNH building hours are 7AM-6PM Monday to Friday and closed on weekends. Under the current stage of resumption, weekend access is not openly available due to the lack of custodial services during these periods. Please be aware that starting Saturday, December 19, […]

LFS Podcast Club – Week 1 The inaugural edition of the LFS Podcast Club (working title) will meet on Friday, December 11 at 3pm. We will discuss the following pieces: Heavyweight, Episode 2: “Gregor” by Jonathan Goldstein [44 mins] This American Life: “Tattoos and Memories and Dead Skin on Trial” by Emily Hsiao [13mins] This American Life: “The […]

Last Day to Submit Nominations for the LFS Service Awards Nominations are now open online for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems outstanding service awards, including the Shynkaryk Service Award (staff), Richards Service Award (faculty) and Graduate Student Service Award. Please do not email your nominations. The deadline for nominations is today, at day’s end. LFS […]

LFS Virtual Townhall – Today Based on feedback you provided about topics of interest, UBC Human Resources is returning today to discuss maintaining social wellbeing. All faculty and staff are invited to join today’s Townhall from 1:00-2:00pm. Agenda: Supporting Social Wellbeing Amidst Remote Work – Guest speakers from UBC Human Resources: Marianne Boyles, Organizational Change […]

LFS in the News Sylvain Charlebois, an Affiliate Professor with LFS and a Professor at Dalhousie University, wrote an article for Retail Insider: Second Lockdowns Will Have Impact on Food Retail in Canada. Finance 301: Procurement, Receiving & Supplier Invoices in Workday This call-in is open to all UBC faculty and staff who want to learn […]

  LFS Family Care Assistance Program Funds The Faculty recognizes the many profound challenges our community is facing with respect to COVID-19, in particular, for those providing care for family members – be it child-care, elder-care or other dependents. The LFS senior management team and the LFS ad hoc TLEF Block Funding Committee have recently […]

LFS Instructors Named UBC Open Education Resource Champions Associate Professor Maja Krzic and Sessional Lecturer Matthew Mitchell were named UBC Open Education Resource Champions for 2020. Dr. Krzic is a co-editor of an open access E-textbook under development for Introduction to Soil Science, a course taken by 300 students annually at UBC alone. Currently textbooks written for […]

Learning Centre Support for Term 2 Courses Are you an instructor teaching in Term 2? Are you thinking of trying something new with your online course? Do you feel that you are not fully leveraging the technology available to you? Do you need someone to bounce ideas off? Do you need help with designing your […]

Acting Dean Please note that Zhaoming Xu will serve as the Acting Dean for Nov 18 when Rickey is away. Wellness Wednesday Your Mental Health Tip of the Week: Good things happen all the time. Keep a record. Dietetics Crowdfundraiser We recently launched a crowdfundraiser to establish a Dietetics Rural and Indigenous Communities Placement Fund to […]

LFS in the News Cara LeGault and Franco López Campomanes, undergraduate students in the Applied Biology program, were profiled in the magazine Agrisuccess (pages 8 & 9 of the magazine). Random Acts of Recognition Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients: Thilini Leitan, Student Engagement Officer and Annie Lin, ROOTSS Program Coordinator (with Student Services) for […]

Most Creative Pumpkin Contest Winners Thank you to everyone who voted and submitted an entry to our Most Creative Pumpkin contest! The winners are: E.T. phone home, by Patricia Hingston Life in pumpkin, by Justin Henry Baby-o-lantern, by John Frostad Congratulations! Winners will be contacted by the Dean’s Office.   Mac OS Upgrade Compatibility Issues On November 12, […]

New LFS Today Header We hope our new header image freshens up your daily dose of news and events in the Faculty! Many thanks to Michelle Hung, a work-learn student and communications assistant in the Dean’s Office, for designing the header. Michelle is a third-year in the FNH program. Vote for the Most Creative Pumpkin! If you […]

Vote for the Most Creative Pumpkin! Thank you to everyone who submitted their pumpkins to our carving contest! We invite everyone to vote for their favourites at the link below. Please choose your three favourite pumpkins by entering 1, 2, or 3 next to their captions. Voting ends on Monday, November 9.Click here to vote! […]

    MFRE Speaker Series – Today *Note the new start timeSpeaker: Mark Podlasly, from Nlaka’pamux Nation and Director of Governance at the First Nations Financial Management BoardTopic: Land and Resource Access in the Era of Indigenous RightsDate & Time: Tuesday, November 3, 12:00-1:30pm Mark will give an introduction to the Aboriginal rights history and issues in Canada, […]

Daylight Savings Time Ends This Sunday Don’t forget, Daylight Saving Time ends on November 1 – clocks “fall back” one hour at 2:00am. Special Presentation: Amp Up Your Media Impact, Nov. 12 All faculty members are invited to a Media Relations special presentation to learn how carefully crafted media outreach can make an impact beyond the […]

LFS Virtual Townhall – Today All faculty and staff are invited to today’s LFS Virtual Townhall from 1:00-2:00pm. Agenda: United Way Campaign: Guests Cherry Chen, Campaign Associate – Workplace Campaign & Soraya Bellou, UBC Science alumna and medical student Mental Health Booster Exercises: Mini-workshop led by Miranda Massie, UBC Workplace Wellbeing Practices & Learning Consultant Brief […]

December 2020 Exam Schedule (Winter Term 1) Now Available Attention instructors: if you requested a final exam for December 2020, the Final Exam Schedule is now available in three places: Online (Tip: leave a space between the course code and number for this to display correctly) SSC FSC (If the course has an exam, the […]

SOIL 500 Graduate Seminar Series – Today Date: Friday, October 23, 3:00pm Title: The Future is Now: Lidar Applications in Forest Inventory Speaker: Joseph Crudo, MSc student (supervisor Maja Krzic) Abstract & bio available here. If you have registered previously for one of our seminars, you do not need to register again – the weekly zoom link […]

Wellness Wednesday Your Mental Health Tip of the Week: Lol. Don’t just text it, do it. FNH Graduate Seminar – Today Wednesday, October 21, 2020 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream) FOOD Speaker 1: Yu Tong Linda Lu Supervisor: Siyun Wang Proposal Seminar Topic: Characterization and application of bacteriophages for biocontrol of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli Chair: Alejandro Leiva Speaker […]

Media Training: Amp Up Your Media Impact, Nov. 12 All faculty members are invited to a media training session to learn how carefully crafted media outreach can make an impact beyond the headlines. Speakers include a talk show producer and UBC faculty members. This session is hosted jointly by the Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of […]

Mid Course Feedback If you are having trouble figuring out what to ask and what tools to use for mid course feedback, the LFS Learning Centre can help. We have example surveys in Canvas and Qualtrics that we can share with you. We can also meet with you to discuss your ideas and goals. Please […]