LFS Today Apr 26, 2022

 News  

Winter 2022/23 – LFS TA Application to close this week, on Apr 30, 2022

To TA Candidates and interested others:

Now’s the time to think about the Winter terms of 2022/23 …

The LFS TA Application will soon be CLOSED to applications for Winter 2022/23 TAships for all Winter terms.

•  The TA App will be open until Sat., April 30^th, 2022 at 4:30pm.

After it closes April 30th at 4:30pm, application will be by instructor or administrator invitation only.

If you are off-campus you must use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the website.
Check the UBC IT website for help at: https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn

Questions? Email Virginia Frankian at lfs.ta@ubc.ca

Farewell Amanda Reaume!

Please join the DAE team in wishing Amanda Reaume best wishes as she leaves UBC in May to begin her next chapter. Over the past eight years with LFS, Amanda focused on fundraising for the UBC Farm in addition to other faculty priorities. Donors will fondly remember her exceptional farm tours and hosting memorable meals alfresco in the UBC Farm field. We will miss her famous homemade jam! We wish her all the best as she starts a new career in tech marketing.  Amanda’s last day with UBC is May 2. Please drop by the Dean’s office to sign the card.

Our team also invites you to MacMillan 3^rd floor staff lunchroom for some light refreshments this Wednesday afternoon between 3:30-4:30pm to wish her the best.

Tech Tip Tuesday: Adding email addresses to Safe Sender List on Outlook

Are you noticing emails from your non-UBC senders are ending up in your Junk mailbox? At times, some of these emails can end up in your Junk folder due to the way the email is worded. To ensure these emails from your frequently contacting senders are not affected, you can add them to the safe senders list.

The shortest way to add them is to open an email from the sender and find the grey banner at the top that says “To always show content from this sender, click here.” By clicking on the link, the senders are added to the safe sender list and any content in the email is unblocked. Please note that this disables some security functions on your emails and should not be done for senders you do not know well.

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

Sign-Up for LFS Teams for UBC Staff and Faculty Sports Day 2022

As announced previously, UBC’s Staff & Faculty Sports Day is set to return to being held in-person at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan this year on Friday, May 6th, 2022. There are also Virtual Activities that Staff and Faculty members can take part in. Please visit their website to find out more about the events taking place here.

LFS is organising teams centrally for the event.  To sign-up for the Sports Day, please fill out this form to submit your preferences. The members signing up will be arranged into teams based on their preferences for event type and availabilities. Each team requires 4-6 members. The LFS teams will be created if a minimum of 4 people have signed up for an event/ time slot.

 Events  

May 4 – SEEDS Urban Biodiversity Research to Action Showcase 

Are you curious about emerging research related to UBC campus biodiversity in the context of climate change and ecological and human health?

Celebrate UBC student and community-led research on biodiversity in collaboration with UBC Biodiversity Days!

Date: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 at 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: Zoom (Register)

In this session, we will hear directly from student researchers who are helping to deepen our understanding of on-campus biodiversity through their recent SEEDS Sustainability Program projects. Attendees will engage with biodiversity projects that explore innovative solutions for advancing UBC’s sustainability and wellbeing commitments. Topics explored range from biodiverse food procurement to urban forestry, the social value of biodiversity and more. The SEEDS Sustainability Program brings students, faculty, staff and campus partners together to deliver important and timely research on topics related to sustainability and wellbeing, including campus biodiversity.

Check out other events here.

May 10 – Looking into the Future: Hybridity and Technology

This event is part of the 2022 Celebrate Learning Week.

The pandemic pushed faculties and students into a world of teaching and learning that increasingly weaves online and in-person learning and re-envisions the needs for the use of learning technologies. Please join our panelists from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Faculty of Medicine, and Faculty of Education to explore the possible directions of designing for learning in terms of the hybridization of courses and technology use. Our panelists bring their unique views and specific needs (e.g. large vs small courses, professional training and practice, pedagogical considerations) from these Faculties. We also invite the audience to join in the discussion with their perspectives, questions, and commentaries.

Moderator:

• Simone Hausknecht, Learning Designer, Faculty of Education

Panelists:

• Cyprien Lomas, Director, The Learning Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
• Gary Rosborough, Senior Manager, ED Tech, Faculty of Medicine
• Natasha Boškić, Director, Educational Technology Support (ETS), Faculty of Education

May 10, 2022
10:00 – 11:00am
Register

 Deadlines  

Apr. 29 – City of Vancouver Urban Agriculture Funding

The City is offering a one-time funding opportunity for urban agriculture capital improvements to be completed in the 2022 growing season by community gardens, urban farms, Indigenous-led land-based initiatives, or NPO-led urban agriculture initiatives. Funding is available at two tiers (up to $1,000 and up to $4,000), with the $4,000 tier only available to projects led by Indigenous or equity denied groups or projects demonstrating alignment with our equity and Reconciliation commitments.

The application deadline is April 29th.

Find out more and apply at https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/urban-agriculture-capital-improvements.aspx.

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.