LFS Today Dec 16, 2020 | LFS Intranet 2020

LFS Holiday Café – Today!

The LFS Holiday Café is today at 3:00pm! All faculty, staff and graduate students are invited. What you can expect during this virtual event:

A year’s end message from Dean Rickey Yada.
A quick-round Research Café, where our new faculty members will present: Gurcharn Brar, Matias Margulis, Risa Sargent, Tamara Cohen and Thorsten Knipfer.
Presentation of the Shynkaryk Service Award (for staff), the Richards Service Award (for faculty) and the Graduate Student Service Award.
Holiday cheer! Be sure to turn on your camera and wear your most festive attire!

If you don’t have the Zoom link in your Outlook calendar already, please email eric.skalij@ubc.ca.

Annual Season Shutdown

Simple actions like turning off and unplugging electronic equipment and turning off lights save thousands of dollars each year. Before you leave for the holidays:

Switch off electronics
Unplug small appliances
Turn off the lights
Close windows and blinds
Report any air or water leaks
Shut fume hood sashes
Shut down non-essential lab equipment

Help us save even more energy this year by completing some simple actions and filling out the shutdown checklist.

Job Posting: Work-Learn Position with Greenhouse

A work-learn position has been posted with VPRI Plant Care Services for a Weekend Greenhouse Assistant. Details:

WL W20 Weekend Greenhouse Assistant
UBC Careers Online Job ID: 880187
$15.96 per hour, 10 hours a week
Duration: January 4, 2021 to April 30, 2021

Please apply through UBC Careers Online (use the job title and job ID to narrow the search) or contact Taylor Scriber directly at taylor.scriber@ubc.ca.

Call For Applications – UBC Sustainability Scholars (Paid Summer Internships)

The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is pleased to offer UBC graduate students the opportunity to work in funded sustainability internship projects.

We are currently accepting applications for over 50 UBC Sustainability Scholars (including Greenest City Scholars) internships that will commence May 3, 2021. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to confirm the eligibility requirements and apply.

Successful candidates will work under the mentorship of a partner organization, and are immersed in real world learning where they can apply their research skills and contribute to advancing organizational sustainability goals. Each Scholar receives $25 per hour to complete 250 hours of work.

For more information on the available projects and to apply, visit the Sustainability Scholars Program website.

Applications will be accepted until midnight Sunday January 31.

We also appreciate your help in circulating this notice to anyone in your grad student network that may be interested!

Sustainability Scholars Program Information Session
Are you interested in . . .

applying your research skills to solving real-world sustainability questions and challenges?
getting paid while gaining valuable professional work experience?
developing applied sustainability skills and knowledge under the guidance of a mentor?
building a professional network of sustainability practitioners?

If this describes you, please attend the Sustainability Scholars Program information session on January 14 at 12:00 pm or January 19 at 5:00 pm. At the January 19 session representatives from several of our partner organizations will speak about the kinds of opportunities Scholars can have while working in the program. We will also have former scholars and mentors there to answer your questions about what you can expect as a Scholar and what kinds of opportunities the program offers in terms of skills and job prospects.

Thursday January 14, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Tuesday January 19, 2021 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Register Here

Contact: NSERC Newsletter

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSSERC) has released a special COVID-19 edition of their newsletter, Contact (Volume 44 – No. 1). Some highlights include: