LFS Today Apr 19, 2022

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 16^th Avenue in the University Endowment Lands (UEL)

Please be advised that the University Endowment Lands will be completing an emergency repair on an incoming watermain on 16^th Avenue.

UBC Facilities will support this work from April 20^th – 22^nd, 2022 by switching over our campus water feed, once the repair commences.

During this switchover, our teams do not anticipate any disruption to our water supply. However, you may notice some differences in your water during the changeover:

Some users may experience temporary low water pressure in their buildings.
Changes in the flow of water within UBC’s water distribution system may cause temporary turbidity (discolouration and/or cloudiness) in the water. Water clarity should return to normal after a short period of typical use. Our water will remain safe to use and drink throughout the changeover.
Research equipment such as boosters may not operate as expected due to possible low water pressure.

The Building Operations Facilities team will continue to monitor the water quality and will provide further information should the situation change.

For questions or concerns, please contact lfs.facilities@ubc.ca

Tech Tip Tuesday: Manage your Blocked Email Addresses on FASmail to reduce spam

Spam and Junk mails can clog up your email inboxes and contain potentially harmful attachments. To ensure you are maintaining a safe inbox as much as possible, you can put frequent junk/spam senders on the blocked email list. This prevents the senders from sending junk/spam email to your inbox.

To block senders, you may simply right click on their email (ctrl + click for Mac users) and mark it as junk. The sender will be added to the blocked senders list.

If you wish to review your blocked senders list, you need to log in to UBC Webmail at https://mail.ubc.ca/ and sign in with your CWL ID and Password. Click on the Settings (gear icon) on the top right corner next to your profile picture. Select ‘Options’ on the dropdown list that appears. Under Mail> Accounts, select ‘Block or Allow’ list. This opens the list of email addresses you have blocked. You may edit, delete or add email addresses to this list.

You may also check the Junk Email Reporting Settings to ensure that you are sharing reports with companies that fight junk mails.

For more information, contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca.

Events

Apr. 21 – Community Talks: Addressing Food Policy in a Climate Crisis

On April 21 at 7:00 p.m. join the Vancouver Food Policy Council and Mt. Pleasant Food Network for this in-person event at Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House.

Guest speaker, Seth Klein will discuss his book and share how to address the climate crisis with a “wartime approach” and ways government policies could galvanize our communities to work together.

Followed by a panel of climate and food experts invited to develop solutions together and speak to the climate effects on our food system in the Lower Mainland.

Apr. 21 – What can Mother Trees teach us about climate justice?

An Earth Week special on old growth forests and climate change featuring Mother Trees, climate litigation, and Indigenous knowledge. What lessons can we draw to advance climate justice?

Join for a discussion between UBC Professor of Forest Ecology, Suzanne Simard, and the Executive Directors of Sierra Club BC and CPAWS-BC.

**Free public talk (online & in-person)**

Learn more and register here.

May 30 to June 3 – CTLT Spring Institute

The Spring Institute offers educators in the UBC teaching and learning community a platform to share innovative practices and research around teaching, learning and technology.

May 30 – June 3
Online & In-person

Browse all sessions

Deadlines

Apr. 20 – Job Posting: Dairy Centre Administrative Assistant Position

The UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre supports the academic needs of UBC and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems while ensuring it continues to be a world leader in dairy cattle research and teaching. The Dairy Centre ($30 million operation, 500+ experimental animals, 110+ hectares of land with multiple building sites) is located on Agriculture and Agri-Food’s Agassiz Research Station in Agassiz, BC. The Dairy Centre Administrative Assistant supports the operation of the Centre, maximizing its value to the University on a self-sustaining basis. Responsibilities include monitoring and reconciling farm accounts ($3.5M budget), processing all documentation for the Centre (financial, human resources, administrative, etc.), general assistance to the Director and Associate Director and coordination of the on-site student housing facilities.

View the job posting here

The closing date for this job posting is 11:59 pm on Wednesday, April 20^th. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

May 16 – Sustainability Education Grants

Sustainability Education Grants provide funding for Vancouver faculty members looking to advance and diversify sustainability education opportunities for students across campus in all disciplines.

Funding supports curriculum development centred on transformative learning that incorporates experiential, applied and/or interdisciplinary sustainability education principles. We encourage applications that look to inspire and empower students in the themes of Climate, Biodiversity, Resilient Communities and the Circular Economy.

Applications are now open for funding of up to $10,000 per year, for up to two years. Apply by May 16 to begin work on your sustainability curriculum project in September 2022.

Find out more and apply today at https://sustain.ubc.ca/teaching-applied-learning/sustainability-education-grants.