LFS Today Apr 23, 2021

Lunch & Learn Series: Videomaking with Smartphones with Duncan McHugh (TODAY)

This session will be held TODAY 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

LFS Podcast Club

This week’s LFS Podcast Club will meet today at 4pm. Adrian’s Picks: A Dive into the Design Process

Song Exploder: Bonobo
https://songexploder.net/bonobo
[16mins]

99% Invisible: Froebel’s Gifts
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/froebels-gifts/
[25mins]

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
https://www.npr.org/2017/10/03/545635014/live-episode-reddit-alexis-ohanian-steve-huffman
[53mins]

More info here: https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/workshops/lfs-podcast-club/

Sustainable Friday

Your sustainability tip of the week is:
Create a sample inventory (using Quartzy, shared excel doc, etc.) with categories including, sample type, sample name, location, researcher name, contact information, storage needs, and disposal date.
Do you have a sustainability tip to share with your colleagues? Send it to mcm-lst@lists.ubc.ca and lfs.today@ubc.ca! Tips can cover a range of settings, from lab work to your community to working from home.

Beyond MFRE: Analyzing Policies To Save The Environment

Beyond MFRE is a series of interviews focusing on alumni and their life after our masters degree. From PhD candidates to managers in international companies, our alumni share their stories across sectors and industries. This week we shine the spotlight on Cheenar Shah, an alumna currently employed with the BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries as a Climate Change Adaptation Program Advisor.

LFS in the News

The Globe and Mail highlighted a study by Research Associate Matthew Mitchell that provided a new perspective on where Canada’s natural assets are currently most productive and where they may become more important in the future as climate change and other factors shift land use patterns.
Globe and Mail (subscription)

Workday Phishing Emails

If you receive an email purportedly from Workday, make sure that you don’t see this as the first line in the email message:  [CAUTION: Non-UBC Email]

This would indicate a phishing attempt and you should not click on any of the links. You can forward this to security@ubc.ca for their attention.

If you followed the link and entered your login credentials, you need to change your CWL password immediately at myaccount.ubc.ca, then report it to it@landfood.ubc.ca.

Best practice is to type in myworkday.ubc.ca into your web browser and go to the Workday site yourself to verify if there are any tasks for you when you receive any notification email from Workday.

Contact the Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca if you have any questions or concerns.

Data to Drive Better Food Outcomes – May 6

Data is the food system’s newest critical resource. Leveraging that data requires more connectivity amongst people, technologies, farms and businesses. On May 6, CityAge: The Future of Food 2.0 looks at the important business issues in managing data, at both the individual farmer’s level, and across the industry.

Future of Food 2.0: Data to Drive Better Food Outcomes
Date: May 6
Time: 11:30-1 pm ET
Register: Click here

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