LFS Today Apr 14, 2022
By imelda cheung on April 14, 2022
Annual Fire Drill
Please be advised that the planned HR Macmillan fire drill scheduled for April 28th will be postponed due to timing conflicts. We will send a notice with the updated time and date once arranged. Any questions, please reach out to lfs.facilities@ubc.ca |
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Random Acts of Recognition
A big thank you to the LFS Finance Office for all the hard work that was put through for the fiscal year-end:
- Hailey Cai
- Aaron Griffith
- Daphne Wang
- Deborah Wang
- Vivian Wang
- Jessie Wu
- Ava Yang
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 to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today. |
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Apr. 27 – Ethics in Health
Ethics in Health is the fourth installation of Ethics for UBC, a five-part speaker series that will explore the current landscape of ethics scholarship and education across the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses of our university.
In attending this interactive 75-min panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to learn about the current ethics-related endeavours taking place at UBC, pressing ethical issues that exist across a wide range of disciplines, and the ways in which you can become more involved.
This panel discussion will focus on ethics across a variety of disciplines, spanning kinesiology and the exercise sciences, medicine, and neuroethics.
Wed, April 27, 2022
12:00 – 1:15 pm
Register here |
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May 10 – The Hurdle and the Highway: How We Think About Inclusion, Accommodation, and Disability, and Why it Matters
Dr. Timothy Cordes is the keynote speaker for the 2022 Celebrate Learning Week.
Timothy Cordes’ experiences as a blind person in Science, Medicine, and as a Psychiatrist in college mental health care, have taught him unique lessons. Dr. Cordes will explore how we think about inclusion and accommodation, including realizing our own assumptions and how leaving room to discover another’s strengths, makes all the difference. At one level, we approach accommodation in an attempt to enable someone with a disability to overcome educational hurdles. At the same time, we can use what we’ve learned to build universally designed highways that carry many to their best learning opportunities.
May 10 | 10:00 am–12:00 pm | Online
Register here |
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Apr. 25 – Job Posting: Field and Lab Assistant Position
The Carrillo, Kremen and Sargent labs are seeking to hire an experienced field technician to assist with co-ordinating and executing research projects around the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island this summer. We seek candidates who possess either a BSc or MSc with some field ecology experience. Those with prior experience working with insects are especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate must have a Class 5 (Full) Driver’s Licence from BC (or a transferrable licence allowing independent driving of UBC vehicles). The work will include approximately 2 overnight trips per month (i.e., no more than 5 or 6 nights per month) to sample parks on Vancouver Island and/or the Sunshine Coast. The position will preferably start May 1, 2022, with some flexibility in the actual start date. The position ends on August 31st, with a possibility to renew for the fall. Pay starts at $22.03/hour but may be higher commensurate with experience and education level.
Apply at https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs/job/UBC-Vancouver-Campus/Field-and-Lab-Assistant_JR7297-1.
The job posting closes at 11:59 PM on April 25.
Interested candidates are encouraged to email their CV, contact information for two references and a letter of interest to Risa Sargent (risa.sargent@ubc.ca). |
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May 10 – Genomic Innovations for Regenerative Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Genome BC and Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC (IAF) have partnered to develop the Genomic Innovation for Regenerative Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (GIRAFF) program to co-invest in projects that will provide genomic solutions to support the BC agriculture, food and fisheries sectors in addressing climate change. Genome BC and IAF will each contribute $1M to provide a $2M funding envelope for this program. The $1M IAF contribution to the Genomic Innovation for Regenerative Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Program is funded by the Governments of Canada and British Columbia.
Statement of interest deadline: May 10, 2022
Interested applicants are encouraged to direct questions to Genome BC at GIRAFF@genomebc.ca.
Learn more and apply here. |
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May 11 – Weston Family Soil Health Initiative
The Weston Family Foundation is proud to be launching its first Weston Family Soil Health Initiative to expand the adoption of ecologically-based beneficial management practices (BMPs) that increase soil organic matter in order to improve biodiversity and resiliency in agricultural lands.
The initiative’s goal will be supported by the Foundation’s longer-term strategy which is comprised of catalyzing and shepherding ‘winning approaches’, to ultimately scaling projects with the greatest opportunities for impact.
Important dates:
- Information Webinars: April 18, 2022 @ 1 pm ET (register here) and April 25, 2022 @ 1 PM ET (register here)
- Letter Of Intent deadline: May 11, 2022 @ 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
- Proposal deadline (for invited applicants): July 18, 2022 @ 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT*
- Anticipated award announcement: Early October 2022*
*Subject to change
Learn more |
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