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LFS Today July 29, 2022

News LFS in the News Canadians hoping to avoid the worst of soaring food prices might want to cut back on caesar salad, buttered toast and mac and cheese. Lettuce, butter and pasta — key ingredients for these perennial favourites — are among the foods with the highest price spikes over the past year. Rick […]

LFS Today July 28, 2022

News 2022 S and S2 Student Experience of Instruction (SEI) Setup The LFS SEI team is preparing the student surveys that will open to students in early August. Instructors teaching in terms S or S2 will have received an email with a list of your TAs, if any, for each of your assigned courses. Please […]

LFS Today July 27, 2022

News Please shut your windows before you leave This is a friendly reminder to ensure you close your windows and blinds before you leave for the day. With the summer heat, we all open our windows to enjoy the breeze while in office. We are seeing an increasing number of alarm reports with office motion […]

LFS Today July 26, 2022

News Tech Tip Tuesday: Providing students access to Canvas courses beyond the term dates Canvas courses at UBC default to term-based start and end dates. However, instructors have the option to extend the end date of the course to allow course material access to their students beyond the dates set by default. This can be […]

LFS Today July 25, 2022

News Random Acts of Recognition Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipient: Vivian Li for going through the past 21 years of data for the LFS Mentorship Program and creating a master list of previous mentors (a list of over 500 mentors). She took numerous hours collating data and comparing different spreadsheets from all the […]

LFS Today July 22, 2022

News Announcing new Food, Nutrition and Health co-Directors With Chris Scaman’s retirement on June 30, we are pleased to announce that Gail Hammond and Barbara Stefanska have taken on the role of co-Directors of the FNH program until June 30, 2025. They look forward to working with everyone and welcome ideas that are inclusive and […]

LFS Today July 21, 2022

News Teaching Theory Thursday “In teaching others, we teach ourselves.” – Proverb Brought to you by The Learning Centre. Regulations on front-of-package nutrition labelling As part of Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy, amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) (Nutrition Symbols, Other Labelling Provisions, Vitamin D and Hydrogenated Fats or Oils) were published in […]

LFS Today July 20, 2022

News Wellness Wednesdays: Positive Coping Strategies We all have go-to habits that we turn to in times of high stress or challenge, but are these habits working for you or against you? Our mental health can greatly be supported and maintained with the help of positive coping strategies, however it can be tough to identify […]

LFS Today July 19, 2022

News Tech Tip Tuesday: Organizing your inbox Microsoft Outlook has a few features that allow you to categorize and organize your email inbox based on rules. If you receive many emails that need categorization, these rules can help you organize them automatically into folders, thereby helping you manage your inbox better. You can review these […]

LFS Today July 18, 2022

News   Free lab equipment at Open House, July 20-21   ** message sent on behalf of Tony Farrell **   Dear Colleagues in LFS and Zoology,   My retirement requires me to ‘decommission’ my research lab on the third floor of the south wing of the Biological Sciences Building. Consequently, I will be hosting […]

LFS Today July 15, 2022

  News   Sustainability Fridays: New podcast series from the Sustainability Hub   This week, the Sustainability Hub dropped their first episode of a new podcast series called F is for Faculty. In each episode, they’ll introduce you to what a UBC faculty member is doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and […]

LFS Today July 14, 2022

News   Random Acts of Recognition   A huge thank you to Andy Jeffries and Imelda Cheung! With the recent renovations starting in MCML 218 and MCML 62, Imelda and Andy have worked long hours to help ensure a smooth transition for students and faculty moving out of the spaces, by moving and storing equipment […]

LFS Today July 13, 2022

News   DAE Staff Update   On Friday, July 22, the LFS DAE team bids farewell to Jane Miller, Development Coordinator. Jane joined LFS in late 2019 and has been an essential member who has made significant contributions to the operations of our unit and became a master of system plans. Please drop by the […]

LFS Today July 12, 2022

News   Random Acts of Recognition   Congratulations to recipient Shannon Wong – thank you for your work on producing LFS Today daily. The content is excellent! For example, I was able to easily apply for Work Learn students prior to the deadline, and LFS Today’s entry on that saved me so much time and […]

LFS Today July 11, 2022

News   Are you a Manager or Supervisor going on vacation? Set up your Workday Delegations As the holidays near and people go on vacation, please remember to set up your delegations if you’ll be unavailable for a certain length of time. Delegate your workflow approvals to an alternate approver. Read on to find out […]

LFS Today July 8, 2022

News Kelleen Wiseman awarded 2022 Sustainability Education Grant Congratulations to Kelleen Wiseman on receiving a 2022 Sustainability Education Grant for her project, Case-based Learning on the topic of Sustainability in the Agri-Food and Environment Sector. The objective of the project is to increase students’ awareness of the importance of integrating sustainability into the core business […]

LFS Today July 7, 2022

News Self-paced Webinar: Fitting in Movement In this one-hour webinar you will learn about the health impacts of inactivity and easy strategies to Fit in Movement, finishing with a 15-minute light exercise routine that you can do at your desk. Presenters: Alyssa Reyes, UBC Athletics & Rec and Abigail Overduin, UBC Ergonomics Enroll Events July […]

LFS Today July 6, 2022

News REMINDER: Workday Absence Submissions Are your Workday Absence records up-to-date and accurate? Has your supervisor approved them? Please remember to review your balances and should there be any discrepancies, please contact Mona Lee. This announcement is intended for LFS staff only; it doesn’t apply to students and faculty members, including lecturers, instructors, post-doctoral researchers, […]

LFS Today July 5, 2022

News New Face in Student Services! Please join us as we welcome Shannon Blakeley to the Student Services team as our new Student Transition & Engagement Advisor. She will be responsible for managing the LFS ROOTSS transition program, and will provide academic advising services and support the development and implementation of additional programs that contribute […]

LFS Today July 4, 2022

News Welcome new faculty! We are pleased to welcome several new faculty members as of July 1: Bruna Donatti Castro Falci – Lecturer in Dietetics Education. Bruna completed an MSc in Human Nutrition in 2021 from McGill University. She is a registered dietitian, with several years of clinical experience and teaching experience. She most recently […]