LFS Today Oct 30, 2020
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 Today Oct 29, 2020
Calling All Master Pumpkin Carvers! Trick-or-treat – Halloween is close upon us and LFS is holding a pumpkin carving contest to find out who can design the most creative pumpkin. The main criteria to win is creativity! The judges will be your peers, who will place their vote for the most creative […]
LFS Today Oct 28, 2020
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 […]
Preparing for Workday
UBC is going live with Workday for HR and Finance on November 2! Get prepared with the top 5 impacts you can expect depending on your role.
LFS Today Oct 27, 2020
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 […]
LFS Today Oct 26, 2020
FNH Graduate Seminar This week’s seminar will feature a guest presentation, and all LFS students, faculty and staff are invited! When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 – 4:00pm Title: Role of the microbiome in healthy living and aging Speaker: Dr. Brett Finlay, UBC Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, CIFAR Senior Fellow, Michael Smith Laboratories Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63571767672?pwd=MHZGNDF3VG40Z3VzcFF4d1Q4T3IyUT09 Meeting […]
LFS Today Oct 23, 2020
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 […]
LFS Today Oct 22, 2020
Workday HR & Finance Office Hours – Today The LFS HR and Finance teams are continuously striving to best support you as you get ready for Workday Go-live on Nov 2! As such, we have organized weekly “Office Hours” with HR & Finance team members. The purpose of these sessions is to provide you a […]
LFS Today Oct 21, 2020
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 […]
LFS Today Oct 20, 2020
UBC Biodiversity Solutions Cluster Hire – Five tenure-track positions LFS is part of the university’s biodiversity-themed cluster hire of five tenure-track positions. A new posting has gone public for the position of Assistant Professor in Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation – this will be a joint hire between the LFS Food and Resource Economics Program […]
LFS Today Oct 19, 2020
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 […]
LFS Today Oct 16, 2020
LFS Check in/Check out Surveys We would like to give you a heads up that there will be some small changes to the LFS Check in and Check out survey questions starting today, Friday October 16 at 5pm. Name input (free text will be changed to First name, Last name) Time of entry/exit will […]
LFS Today Oct 15, 2020
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 […]
LFS Today Oct 14, 2020
LFS Virtual Townhall – Today All faculty and staff are invited to today’s LFS Virtual Townhall from 1:00-2:00pm. Agenda: Updates on UBC initiatives related to COVID-19 Brief Roundtable Updates – Associate Deans and Directors Questions & Answers To submit questions in advance or during the Townhall, please use Slido: Go to the website www.slido.com; Enter […]
LFS Today Oct 13, 2020
Just Food Project Website & CTLT Session The Just Food project has launched a new website – justfood.landfood.ubc.ca. The Just Food Project aims to provide teaching and learning resources for enhancing equity competencies of instructors and students using food systems as a platform for engagement. On the website, you can: Learn about the Just Food Project, […]
LFS Today Oct 9, 2020
Monday is Thanksgiving Don’t forget that Monday is a statutory holiday – enjoy the long weekend! LFS Macmillan Studio & Video Innovation Lab The LFS LC is happy to announce that the LFS Macmillan Studio & Video Innovation Lab is open for production. The studio is your spot to make higher quality video, prepare […]
LFS Today Oct 8, 2020
LFS Faculty Council Meeting – Today The LFS Faculty Council Meeting will take place today, Oct 8 from 12:30-1:30 pm by Zoom. Please note there will be curriculum discussion at the meeting so we would like to encourage you to attend. Agenda: 12:30-12:31 Call to Order and Territorial Acknowledgement – Rickey Yada 12:31-12:40 Dean’s message […]
LFS Today Oct 7, 2020
Course Expense Fund Requests – due October 15th – Link correction Find form and details at “Finance”. Look under Forms, then the link next to Teaching-Related Funding for more information, and find the form at Course Expenses Fund (MS Word). Thank you, and apologies. Reminder: LFS Curriculum Change – Oct 16 Deadline Time again to submit any Curriculum […]
LFS Today Oct 6, 2020
Midterm Course Evaluation Midterm course evaluation provides a great opportunity to get a pulse on your course. Students’ feedback is especially important in the online learning environment. Please note that midterm course evaluation is mandatory in LFS. You are strongly encouraged to include questions on student workload and areas that have gone well and areas for […]
LFS Today Oct 5, 2020
MFRE Speaker Series Speaker: Nima Salmani, Director, Lyft Commodity Trading Ltd. Topic: Introduction to the Structure of Negotiation Date & Time: Tuesday, October 6, 5:45pm – 7:15pm Nima will give an introduction to the structure of negotiation from a practitioner’s point of view. Through small cases, students will follow the process of negotiation in a bilateral and multilateral setting. […]