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LFS Today Feb 26, 2021

Share Your Feedback in the Workplace Preferences Survey As COVID-19 continues to impact the way we teach, perform research, and work, faculty and staff are invited to share feedback in the Workplace Preferences Survey by March 3. This survey is an opportunity to share feedback on your experiences in the workplace over the last year, […]

LFS Today Feb 25, 2021

Message from the Provost: Planning for the 2021/22 Winter Session Please see this message from Andrew Szeri, Provost and Vice-President Academic, regarding planning for the 2021/22 Winter session.   Staff News from LFS Student Services – Congratulations and farewell, Heather James It is with mixed emotions we share that Heather James, Academic Advisor, will be closing […]

LFS Today Feb 24, 2021

LFS Virtual Townhall – Today All LFS faculty and staff are invited to today’s LFS Virtual Townhall at 1:00pm. Agenda: Collaboration opportunities – Philippe Tortell, Professor and Head, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences  Updates on UBC initiatives related to COVID-19 – Rickey Yada Roundtable updates from Associate Deans and Directors Questions & Answers To submit […]

LFS Today Feb 23, 2021

Teaching Theory Tuesday “Nudge students in need of a little extra support.  Send targeted, personalized emails at strategic points of the course with reminders about steps they can take to recover last ground.” – Darby & Lang, 2019, Small Teaching Online, p. 150   Tools such as OnTask and features built right into Canvas help you send targeted messages. Brought […]

LFS Today Feb 22, 2021

LFS LC Lunch & Learn Series: Engaging and supporting all students in large and distributed classes with Simon Bates This session will be held on Friday, February 26th, 2021 at noon. When students transition to studying at university, they often find themselves in classes that are 10x larger than those they have known in high […]

LFS Today Feb 19, 2021

LFS in the News Associate Professor Sean Smukler was featured in an article for the National Observer: How regenerative agriculture is putting hope in the soil. The article also appeared in The Star and Yahoo! News.   Lunch & Learn Series: Developing an Equity Competency in Sustainable Food Systems Education: Exploring a New Model and Sharing Teaching […]

LFS Today Feb 18, 2021

Faculty Member Profile Updates Faculty members are invited to do yearly review of their profile pages on our Faculty website: https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/faculty/ These profiles are some of the most visited pages, and are an important tool for promoting the Faculty to potential students, media, and industry. Please take this opportunity to update any out-of-date or missing information. Please send any changes […]

LFS Today Feb 17, 2021

Tentative 2021 Vacation Schedules We encourage all units to start thinking about their tentative vacation plans for 2021 and submit their schedules to their supervisors by February 28, 2021.  This assists units in managing absences and planning for future staffing needs to ensure service and support are maintained for the Faculty.  Please ensure that if […]

LFS Today Feb 16, 2021

Lunch & Learn Series: Developing an Equity Competency in Sustainable Food Systems Education: Exploring a New Model and Sharing Teaching Activities with Will Valley This session will be held on Friday, February 19, 2021 at noon. Addressing social inequities has been recognized as foundational to transforming food systems. Activists and scholars have critiqued food movements […]

LFS Today Feb 12, 2021

Monday is Family Day Don’t forget that Monday is a statutory holiday – enjoy the long weekend!   Sustainable Friday Your sustainability tip of the week is: Try some Virtual Team Building Exercises to improve the sense of community in your work group or lab. Do you have a sustainability tip to share with your […]

LFS Today Feb 11, 2021

LFS Townhall – Follow-up Early Alert support for studentsBrian Barth, Manager, Student Support Services from the VP Students Office presented at the LFS Virtual Townhall this week on Early Alert (EA). The EA Program allows student advising, faculty and support staff to clearly understand a student concern, and organize the most efficient reach-out. Here are […]

LFS Today Feb 10, 2021

LFS Virtual Townhall – Today All LFS faculty and staff are invited to the next LFS Virtual Townhall, today at 1:00pm. Agenda: Message from Dean Rickey Yada Supporting Students in Distress and Using The Early Alert Program: a guide for staff, faculty and TAs – Brian Barth, Manager, Student Support Services, VP Students Office EDI Working Group […]

LFS Today Feb 9, 2021

Lunch and Learn Series: Easy Ways to Improve Student Engagement with Universal Design for Learning This session will be held on Friday, February 12 at noon. Universal Design for Learning is an approach to give students multiple means for engagement, representation, action, and expression. Encapsulating such a diverse range within your course will help students […]

LFS Today Feb 8, 2021

Job Posting: CSFS Research Support Technician Position Working in a dynamic and high-energy environment, the CSFS Research Support Technician will assist with the collection, management, and analysis of research and UBC Farm operational data associated with the CSFS research portfolio. The technician will also support the internal tracking of research activities conducted at the CSFS.  The […]

LFS Today Feb 5, 2021

Announcement: New Senior Manager EDI and Indigeneity We are pleased to announce that we have created a new role, Senior Manager Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Indigeneity, to support work across the Faculty of Land and Food Systems in this important area. This position will be shared with UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science. We […]

LFS Today Feb 4, 2021

LFS in the News Professor Hannah Wittman was quoted in an article in the National Observer: Spooked by COVID-19, B.C. government invests in food processing, supply chain. Assistant Professor Alexandra Protopopova was quoted in an article for the Ubyssey: During the pandemic, the human-dog bond is as strong as ever. LFS Scholar Series: Dr. Jennifer Brady Thursday, February […]

LFS Today Feb 3, 2021

LFS Scholar Series: Food Engineering Speaker – Today Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream) Join the LFS Scholar seminar series today! Guest Speaker: Dr. Levente Diosady, Food Engineering, University of Toronto Guest Seminar Topic: Process development and scale-up for salt fortification Prof. Levente Diosady, PhD, RD, is Professor Emeritus in Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry […]

LFS Today Feb 2, 2021

Welcome JT Cornelis! We’d like to welcome Dr. Jean-Thomas Cornelis, new Assistant Professor in the Applied Biology Program, who started with us on February 1, 2021.  Dr. Cornelis comes from the University of Liège (Belgium), where he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in Soil Science.  He received a PhD from the Earth and Life […]

LFS Today Feb 1, 2021

LFS Scholar Series: Food Engineering Speaker Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream) Join the LFS Scholar seminar series this week! Guest Speaker: Dr. Levente Diosady, Food Engineering, University of Toronto Guest Seminar Topic: Process development and scale-up for salt fortification Prof. Levente Diosady, PhD, RD, is Professor Emeritus in Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at […]