LFS Today May 31, 2022
News LFS in the News Researchers from LFS are piloting new technology called Sticky Pi that could one day predict the level of insects similar to the way the weather is forecast. Postdoctoral fellow Quentin Geissmann was quoted. Global via MSN Justin Henry was featured in an article on Habitat, a cannabis farm using aquaculture to grow weed and […]
LFS Today May 30, 2022
News Maja Krzic Named Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science Congratulations to Maja Krzic on being named Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS)! This award is presented to members of the CSSS with a distinguished record of accomplishment in soil science and service to the CSSS society. LFS in the News Andrea Frommel gave […]
LFS Today May 27, 2022
News Acting Dean Please note that Zhaoming Xu will be Acting Dean on Friday, May 27 while Rickey Yada is away. ADVISORY: Critical Zoom vulnerabilities UBC Cybersecurity has become aware of critical vulnerabilities that Zoom patched last week. A successful exploitation of these flaws made it possible for hackers to execute zero-click attacks that remotely […]
LFS Today May 26, 2022
News Teaching Theory Thursday “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward Brought to you by The Learning Centre. Events June 2 – Celebrate Graduation with the Class of 2022 Come join the Class of 2022 at a special in-person celebration and share the […]
LFS Today May 25, 2022
News ReachOut – Spring 2022 Issue Our spring alumni magazine is hot off the presses! You’ll find the magazine later this week in the FNH and McML buildings and it’s now available online. It will be distributed to 10,000+ LFS alumni, government, industry and media via email or post. Our cover this time features Derek […]
LFS Today May 24, 2022
News Random Acts of Recognition A huge thank you to Christine Klaray, Director of Student Services, who once again completed graduation approvals and adjudication for every graduating undergraduate student in LFS! Christine tracked down missing grades and completed graduation approvals for 261 graduating students on an extremely tight timeline, all the while leading and providing […]
LFS Today May 20, 2022
News GRS Alumna Receives Knight-Hennessy Scholarship Congratulations to Zahra Fazal (BSc GRS ’22) who will be attending Stanford University as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar to pursue a master’s degree in epidemiology and clinical research. Zahra’s long-term research focus is data-driven policy change for health equity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more Sustainable Fridays: Virtual Basic Bike Maintenance Workshop This free […]
LFS Today May 19, 2022
News Teaching Theory Thursday – Chat Moderation Having a chat moderator in a hybrid class can reduce your cognitive load by giving you one less thing to worry about while you are teaching. If you do not have the TA hours for this task, try deputizing a student to moderate for you. Brought to you by […]
LFS Today May 18, 2022
News Free vegetable seeds this month The West Point Grey library is giving away free vegetable seeds this month. No exchange necessary, they have a wide selection of seeds – you can take up to three packets per visit to the library. The seeds are through: http://www.villagevancouver.ca A number of organizations throughout BC offer seed […]
LFS Today May 17, 2022
News Classroom Teaching Load Calculator In preparation for the upcoming Faculty Council Meeting this Thursday, May 19, we are posting the revised Classroom Teaching Load Calculator on the LFS Intranet. https://my.landfood.ubc.ca/classroom-teaching-workload-calculator/ Please “test” the points calculator for your own classes. If you have questions, please see the how-to documentation and/or FAQs. We can also address […]
LFS Today May 16, 2022
News Welcome Sofia Antoniou! Please welcome Sofia Antoniou, our 3rd year undergraduate in the Food, Nutrition and Health program. She will join the LFS operations team this summer as the LFS Operations and Safety Assistant to assist with operational and safety duties. She will mainly work in the MacMillan and FNH building. She will be sharing […]
LFS Today May 13, 2022
News Sustainable Fridays – Go by Bike Week Monday, May 30 to Sunday, June 5 Whether you’re a regular cyclist or a novice, Go by Bike Week (formerly known as Bike to Work Week) is a great way to get healthy while reducing your carbon footprint. This event takes place twice every year, once in the […]
LFS Today May 12, 2022
News Last call: 2022 Summer Term 1 and 2 Final Exam Requests due tomorrow (May 13) ALL SUMMER INSTRUCTORS: If you have not yet done so already, please complete the Examination Request Survey by 12:00pm tomorrow, May 13. Please refer to the May 4th edition of LFS Today <<insert hyperlink to May 4 LFS Today>> […]
LFS Today May 11, 2022
News Trek magazine features Nature’s Path Foods AlumniUBC’s Trek magazine featured Arran and Ratana Stephens, LFS Faculty Advisory Board members and founders of Nature’s Path Foods. The Stephens share their journey, from opening Canada’s first vegetarian restaurant in 1967 followed by several organic food manufacturing companies, to today’s urgent actions needed to improve food security. […]
LFS Today May 10, 2022
News LFS in the News Sean Smukler and Dan Weary were quoted in a story about adapting animal agriculture to climate change. Corporate Knights Last day to share your feedback in the Remote Work Survey All faculty and staff across UBC are invited to share their feedback in the Remote Work Survey. […]
LFS Today May 9, 2022
News Random Acts of Recognition Thank you and congratulations to Rob Kim and Thilini Leitan from LFS Student Services for another successful launch of the LFS Student Leadership Portal (SLP). The SLP is a comprehensive Canvas course that coordinates the training for all summer work learn student staff on our team, and will continue […]
LFS Today May 6, 2022
News Random Acts of Recognition Congratulations to the LFS Faculty Timetabling Reps (TReps) Melody Wang (undergrad: FNH, FRE, LFS, GRS w/ Christine), Dan Naidu (undergrad: APBI), Iris Li and Shelley Small (grad courses) on getting the 2022 Winter Session schedule ready for publication. There are a few new faces in the TRep community who have […]
LFS Today May 5, 2022
News Random Acts of Recognition A huge thank you to the academic advisors in LFS Student Services: Bre Jakobsen, Sherman Kwai and Ella Wong, for their efforts to review, process, and log the significant volume of academic concession requests our students submitted this term. Despite an over 300% increase in the number of requests for […]
LFS Today May 4, 2022
News 2022 Summer Term 1 and 2 Final Exam Requests Are you teaching a course in Term 1 or Term 2 of the Summer 2022 Session? If so, please complete our Examination Request Survey to indicate whether or not an exam will be required for your course(s) no later than 12:00pm on Friday, May 13. […]
LFS Today May 3, 2022
News Acting Dean Please note that Zhaoming Xu will serve as the Acting Dean until Thursday, May 5 while Rickey is away. Share your feedback in the Remote Work Survey All faculty and staff across UBC are invited to share their feedback in the Remote Work Survey. Whether you work remotely/hybrid or on-site, the survey […]
LFS Today May 2, 2022
News REMINDER: Final Grades are PAST DUE Reminder to all instructors to be mindful of grade submission deadlines for term 2 courses; as per the FSC User Guide, page 16, grades are due 7 business days after exam date, unless the exam occurs within last 2 days of the exam period – then, the grades […]