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 News   MacMillan Nespresso machine will be unavailable on Thurs. June 16 Please note that the Nespresso coffee machine in MacMillan will not be available tomorrow, Thursday, June 16 as it will be used for the Faculty Advisory Board meeting. We apologize for any inconvenience. Sean Smukler joins Ministry’s Advisory Group The BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food […]

 News   Last Notice: Course Expense & Teaching Equipment Fund Requests – due by 4:30pm, June 15 Teaching an Undergraduate course in 2022/23 Winter Term 1? Send in your: Course Expense Fund request for Term 1, and Equipment Expense request for the entire year. Only the current form will be accepted. Email your completed itemized form(s) […]

 News   Random Acts of Recognition Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients: Deborah Wang and Jessie Wu for their great presentation at the LFS Workday Workshop on Monday. 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 […]

 News   Acting Dean Please note that Zhaoming Xu will be Acting Dean while Rickey is away until June 12. Accepting Winter 2022-2023 Work Learn Proposals until June 20 In developing your proposal to hire a Winter Work Learn Student for the period of September 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023, please follow closely the recommendations […]

 News   Reminder: Course Expense & Teaching Equipment Fund Requests – due by 4:30pm, June 15 Teaching an Undergraduate course in 2022/23 Winter Term 1? Send in your: Course Expense Fund request for Term 1, and Equipment Expense request for the entire year. Only the current form will be accepted. Email your completed form(s) to virginia.frankian@ubc.ca […]

 News   David Fraser’s Final Column for AnimalSense David Fraser from LFS’s Animal Welfare Program, has written for 22 years and contributed 44 columns to BC SPCA’s AnimalSense magazine!!  In his last column before retirement, Fraser lays out the six biggest challenges currently facing the field of animal welfare. The magazine and his contributions help to […]

 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 […]

 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 […]

 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 […]

 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 […]

 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 […]

 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 […]

 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. […]

 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 […]

 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 […]

 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 […]

 News   LFS sponsoring Women in Agriculture Conference (Calgary) LFS is a sponsor of the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference West (AWC) in Calgary, June 21-22. For any faculty and staff who want to attend, you can obtain the student registration rate ($350, half the regular rate) and discounts at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Calgary. […]

 News   Level II Fume Hood Shut-down This is a friendly reminder that there will be a level II Fume hood shut-down in the MacMillan building from May 2 to 22. To all lab managers, please ensure that the checklist is filled out and posted on the fume hood by Friday, April 29. The operations team will […]

 News   Vote in Canada’s Top 25 Lawyer competition Dana-Lyn Mackenzie has been nominated as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada for her work at UBC. As Senior Manager of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigeneity, Dana-Lyn been amplifying Indigenous voices and EDI issues across UBC, and supporting the education of students, faculty […]

 News   Masks required in UBC public indoor spaces until June 30 As there are now signs of further Omicron variants and increased case numbers, experts have indicated that BC is about to enter into a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of these factors, UBC has made the decision to maintain the requirement […]

 News   Congratulations Sandra Brown and Kristen Walker! Congratulations to Sandra Brown and Kristen Walker who have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Teaching, with tenure, effective July 1, 2022. Watermain repair on 16th Avenue in the University Endowment Lands (UEL) Please be advised that the University Endowment Lands will be completing an […]

 News   Wellness Wednesdays: Staff & Faculty Sports Day Hosted by Human Resources and UBC Recreation, teams will compete in a variety of physical and intellectual challenges, activities and fun! From May 2-6, virtual activities will be available while in-person events will occur on May 6 on both UBC Vancouver (Point Grey) and UBC Okanagan campuses. […]

 News     UBC Killam Teaching Prize Congratulations to Dr. Sandra Brown for being selected as the LFS recipient of the 2021-2022 UBC Killam Teaching Prize, recognizing her achievements as an outstanding instructor, sustained teaching excellence, her ability to motivate students and stimulate critical thinking, her development of innovative approaches to teaching methodology, and her contribution […]

 News   Today is UBC Giving Day! Join faculty, staff, alumni, students and donors to support the cause you care about most, and let’s make a difference for today’s students and tomorrow’s world. There are three LFS funds you can support this year: Dean Rickey Yada Award in Land and Food to recognize students who have […]

 News   Review UBC’s updated Business Expense Rules for faculty and staff At some time, most employees at UBC will need to use university funds to conduct university business. UBC’s Business Expense Rules form the framework for incurring and reimbursing these expenses and help ensure we all use public funds reasonably, appropriately, and efficiently. The updated […]