LFS Today Apr 21, 2021
By imelda cheung on April 21, 2021
LFS Virtual Townhall – Today
Today’s Townhall starts at 1:00pm. We have presenters from the UBC Investigations Office (IO) and they invite you to view their presentation in advance – posted here. Learn about the role of their office in investigating sexual misconduct and discrimination complaints.
Agenda:
- Presentation from the UBC Investigations Office – Shelley Ball, Director of Investigations & Kristen Reeve, Investigator (see bios below)
- Updates on UBC initiatives related to COVID-19 – Rickey
- Brief Roundtable Updates – Associate Deans and Directors
- Questions & Answers
Guest biographies:
Shelley Ball, Director of Investigations
Shelley was appointed as UBC’s Director of Investigations in 2019. Prior to joining UBC, for over a decade she led impartial, fact-finding investigations using a trauma-informed approach, and then worked as an investigator in corporate finance with a provincial regulator. She is a practicing lawyer and is also experienced in Alternative Resolution Processes and is certified in restorative justice facilitation. She is a mentor for the Canadian Bar Association for law students from the Peter A. Allard School of Law and an advisor with a global forensic identification organization.
Kristen Reeve, Investigator
Kristen is a Registered Nurse with over a decade of experience working in mental health and substance use. Past roles have included investigating complaints from individuals and community members to ensure safety and reduce risks associated with serious mental health conditions, as well as providing case management, counselling and overdose response. Kristen has significant experience with providing trauma-informed outreach to several diverse communities. She has worked with many survivors of sexual violence, as well as those who have faced allegations of sexual violence. She is experienced in conflict resolution as well as Alternative Resolution processes. Kristen joined our office in 2019 as an Educator and then stepped into the role of Investigator to ensure consistent service delivery while we undergo a search to fill the role permanently.
To submit questions in advance or during the Townhall, please use Slido:
- Go to the website www.slido.com;
- Enter event code UBCLFS to post a question or vote for an existing one.
If you need the Zoom meeting link, contact Karen at karen.lee98@ubc.ca. |
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Farewell to Deanna Bracewell!
It is with mixed emotions that we announce that Deanna Bracewell will be leaving the Food, Nutrition & Health Program where she has worked with Patricia Hingston as the Project Coordinator for the Food Science Curriculum Renewal Project.
We wish to thank her for her contributions to the project, where she assisted in negotiating curricular proposals and facilitating curricular visibility. Deanna’s new role as Curriculum Manager, UBC Health will support interprofessional education for UBC health profession students located throughout the province. Any faculty with remaining curriculum renewal questions are encouraged to reach out to her before her last day, April 30th, 2021. We wish her well in her new position! |
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Wellness Wednesday
Your Mental Health Tip of the Week:
Check your biases.
We all have them, but being aware helps us stay open to new ideas,
build connection with our colleagues, and find creative solutions. |
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Random Acts of Recognition
Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:
David Kitts, Nick Grant and Baohua Wang for their stellar support in the recent round of NSERC Discovery Grants. All full-time, tenure-track faculty members who applied were successful (6 in total)! Applications included both first-time applicants (new hires) and also renewal of grants (established researchers) and all grants were given the maximum 5-year tenure.
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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Lunch & Learn Series: Videomaking with Smartphones with Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, April 23, 2021 at noon.
There’s a saying that the best camera is the one you have with you. These days, most of us have access to smartphones and tablets capable of creating high quality videos. This workshop will look out how to get the most out of these devices, especially as many of us are considering new ways of communicating remotely. This session will be presented by the Learning Centre’s Duncan McHugh.
Workshop notes here: https://wiki.ubc.ca/LFS:Workshops/Videomaking_with_Smartphones
To register for this session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1 |
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UBC Broadcast Email – Update on Campus Return Plan
In case you missed it, yesterday President Santa Ono issued a Broadcast email to students, faculty and staff. It provides an overall update on the status of fall planning related to teaching and learning, resumption of research, student housing, vaccinations and safety plans. As he notes, the university is working closely with public health officials at the provincial and regional levels on these plans in a rapidly changing environment.
There will be a university-wide page dedicated to COVID-19 updates as decisions are made over the coming months: covid19.ubc.ca. From here, you can link to Student FAQs, Faculty and Staff FAQs, and the Campus Return Plan. |
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