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 News     Christmas Leave Christmas Leave at UBC is defined as the period of leave that covers the three (3) normal working days between Boxing and New Year’s Day (Dec 29-31).  Unlike the other employee groups, there is no official policy in place for Management & Professional staff, however the Faculty values the well-being of […]

 News   Pacific Agriculture Show – sign up by tomorrow! The Pacific Agriculture Show is coming up January 27-29, 2022 at the Abbotsford Tradex Exhibition Centre. The Faculty and the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm will have a 10×10 booth for the three days and we are opening the booth to showcase faculty […]

 News   Learning Centre Staffing Update It is with mixed emotions we share that Adrian Granchelli, Online Learning Designer, will be closing out his time in the Learning Centre after a year and a half with our team.  Adrian’s last day with us will be Friday, December 24.  We recruited Adrian from the Masters in Educational […]

 News   UBC president presents early vision for Surrey campus Ideas include expanding medical, dentistry and other health practice programs to take advantage of proximity to Surrey Memorial Hospital. University of B.C. president Santa Ono took deans from the faculties of medicine, science, as well as land and food systems, to a Surrey Board of Trade […]

 News   Staffing Updates from LFS Student Services As Bonita Perko, Academic Advisor, prepares for the arrival of the new addition to her family in early 2022, we are happy to introduce Sherman Kwai as her leave replacement. He will be joining the Student Services team as an Academic Advisor, responsible for the development, delivery and evaluation […]

Contents News REMINDER – Final Grade Submission Deadlines Random Acts of Recognition Events Dec. 10 – Lunch & Learn Series: Finals Exams with Gabriel Smith Dec. 14 – CTLT Indigenous Initiatives Virtual Coffee Drop-In Deadlines Dec. 10 – 3M National Teaching Fellowship Jan. 10 – Genome BC Societal Issues Competition – Intake 3  News   REMINDER – […]

Contents News Tech Tip Tuesday – Required Zoom Software Update 10 Minute Survey from the Learning Centre for Faculty & Staff Events Dec. 9 – Promoting Inclusion and Accessibility through Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Panel Dec. 15 – How to get students to stop thinking about grades, and focus on learning instead Deadlines Dec. 22 […]

Contents News LFS Virtual Townhall today! Annual Seasonal Shutdown and Holiday Tips Preparing for Extreme Winter Weather at UBC Sustainable Friday Events Dec. 6 – Transforming food systems for better nutrition, health, and prosperity for all: An event in support of the Tokyo N4G Summit Dec. 8 – What Would an Accessible University Look Like? Perspectives […]

Contents News LFS in the News Cold Stress Awareness Course Wellness Wednesdays Events Today – IOF Seminar: Salmon from freshwater to the ocean: there and back again Dec. 8 – Collectively Improving Literacy Surrounding Indigeneity, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Reading Groups Deadlines Dec. 20 – Envisioning Equality Public Art Project Feb. 1 – IDRC Research Awards 2022-2023 […]

 News   LFS Random Acts of Recognition Thanks to the LFS staff, faculty and students who made the United Way Bake Sale a success on Nov. 24, helping the Faculty raise $500!! These funds will support people in need through community programs. Thanks to the following people for your support. UW Organizing Committee: Barbara Hsiao, Karen Lee, […]

 News   Alumna Wins Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship! Congratulations to Aditi Sriram (BSc GRS 2021), one of 11 Canadians heading to Oxford University next year, and among more than 100 standout scholars from around the world who won a Rhodes Scholarship. Read the story here. Listen to her interview on CKNW here (29 min. mark). LFS United Way […]

 News   LFS in the News Hannah Wittman was quoted in an article about panic buying and food hoarding in light of the recent floods: “What these events are showing is making visible the cracks in the food system that have been there for some time.” Vancouver is Awesome Want to reach out to an Indigenous scholar? Awesome! […]

 News   Statement about Flooding and Climate Change Events in B.C. In just a few short weeks we have experienced an unprecedented tornado at UBC, torrential rains, mudslides and flooding that have wreaked untold damage in the Fraser Valley, Pemberton and beyond. Highways and supply lines have been cut. Hectares of foodlands have been inundated by water, […]

 News   Call for Nominations – Associate Dean, Academic Zhaoming Xu will be completing his term as Associate Dean, Academic on June 30, 2022. Zhaoming started in this role on July 1, 2019 and has been instrumental in overseeing our undergraduate academic programs, and supporting and promoting effective teaching and learning in the Faculty. We would like to […]

 News   New Face in the FNH Program! We are happy to announce that Fatemeh Sadeghi will be joining us as our new FNH Administrative Clerk.  She will be working closely with Lisa Palmer and the FNH support staff in providing administrative, front counter, and financial support to the Program.  Fatemeh brings with her relevant experience […]

 News   UBC Farm Podcast Growing A Farm: the 20-Year Journey of the UBC Farm, is a limited podcast series that tells the story of the beginnings of the Farm in 2001 and the against-the-odds story of saving it. The podcast is hosted by current LFS student, Anisha Sandhu, who wanted to explore the Farm’s history […]

 News   LFS Virtual Townhall – recording For faculty and staff who missed last Friday’s Townhall, a video recording is available to view on the Intranet. This includes the MITACS presentation from Marcelo Mora. The page is CWL-password protected, so a login is required. To view the Friday, Nov. 5 LFS Virtual Townhall – click here. LFS […]

 News   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 favourite at the link below. Please choose your favourite pumpkin. Voting ends on Tuesday, November 9. Click here to vote Here are the prizes: First place – Isman Cup […]

 News   LFS in the News A new article published in The Conversation about considering a new educational compass for orienting ourselves away from reproducing harm and toward fostering more generative possibilities for co-existence, without glossing over the difficult elements of this work. The article is co-written by five faculty members across three UBC Faculties (Arts, Education, and […]

 News     Prepare your Pumpkins! Halloween is coming up and LFS is holding a pumpkin carving contest again to find out who can design the most creative pumpkin. The main criteria to win is creativity!  Faculty & staff will vote for the most creative jack-o-lanterns. Here are the rules: Be creative – to up your pumpkin […]

 News     COVID-19 Return-to-Campus Guidelines Update Please note the following COVID-19 updates for October 25, 2021: An updated version of the COVID-19 Return-to-Campus Guidelines (“the RTC Guidelines”) was released today to reflect evolving public health guidance. The October 25, 2021 version includes: Updated BCCDC Return to Campus Public Health Guidance (Attachment 2) including: BCCDC modelling that the benefit of routine asymptomatic testing […]

 News     LFS News Kristen Walker spoke about her work in tracking the aggressive behaviour of coyotes in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. On these behaviours stemming from human actions, Kristen says: “We’ve had reports of folks going in with raw chicken and cat food, throwing that in the bushes and trying to draw the coyotes out so they […]

      Contents Due Oct. 29 – Faculty & Staff to complete Employment Equity Survey LFS in the News LFS Community Dinner: To Gather At Last Teaching Theory Thursday UBC Susustainability Initiative Webinar: What’s at Stake? – Oct. 27 CIFST ALT*: A Virtual Showcase – Oct. 27   Due Oct. 29 – Faculty & Staff to […]

Random Acts of Recognition Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients: Shelley Small for her outstanding effort in helping sort out issues with awards payments. To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us […]

LFS in the News James Vercammen discussed the food supply system in Canada. On its resiliency, James says: ““For the typical, reasonable income earner, nothing is changing too much. In fact, if anything, I’ve been telling people that I’m amazed that we came through COVID without much higher food prices. We’ve got pretty good resilience in […]