LFS Today Apr 5, 2022

 News  

LFS in the News

Kelleen Wiseman commented on increasing food prices in Edmonton: “When you are looking at food prices, it’s important to think of them in the context of what’s happening in the economy. So when you see something going up five per cent, it’s not just food. It’s all things that are going up.” Edmonton Journal

Hans Schreier was interviewed about plans to prevent future floods in Abbotsford. Global News (2:05 mark)

Tech Tip Tuesday: Check the UBC Zoom Portal for new features

Have you tried the Immersive View or providing your scheduling privileges to someone from your team? Zoom periodically releases new features that enhance the functionality of your Zoom meetings. Some of these features can be tried and tested but may be disabled by default. To enable the new features, you might have to go through your Zoom Meeting settings on the UBC Zoom Portal at https://ubc.zoom.us/.

Log in to https://ubc.zoom.us/ and go to Settings. In the Settings menu, review all the settings that are enabled/disabled by scrolling through the list and exploring any new features that may have been released. This might also be a good time to reset your Personal Meeting ID Password with a new numerical passcode to ensure security of your meetings.

To know more about Zoom’s features, please contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca.

Help shape the UBC Vancouver campus and neighbourhoods

Campus Vision 2050 engagement with students, faculty, residents, staff, and alumni is continuing, as it will through the entire process. At this time, you are invited to share your ideas and perspectives on draft guiding principles and supporting strategies, which were created with input we received from the community in January and February. The draft principles and strategies will help guide the Campus Vision 2050 approach to planning and decision-making. They paint a picture of what is important for the future campus and outline some potential ways to get us there.

We want to hear from you: Do the draft guiding principles and strategies reflect your vision of what is important for the future of the campus? You can learn more about the draft principles and strategies on our website and share your feedback through a short online survey until April 12^th. Your input will ensure they reflect the diverse ideas and perspectives of the community.

To learn more and get involved:

• Visit the Campus Vision 2050 website to read a summary of what we heard during the January/February engagement period.
• Attend a Campus Vision 2050 Engagement Session on April 6 (in person at IKB) or April 9 (in person at Wesbrook Community Centre).
• Share this quick 2-minute video with your family, friends, colleagues, classmates and neighbours and encourage them to participate in Campus Vision 2050.

Next Steps: After incorporating community input from this period of engagement, the guiding principles and supporting strategies will be presented to the Board of Governors in June 2022 for approval as part of the finalization of the Terms of Reference. Over the summer, guided by the principles, strategies and other qualitative and quantitative measures, Campus + Community Planning will generate, test and evaluate possible options for the 30-Year Vision. We will present a range of options to the community for discussion and feedback in the fall and we hope you will continue to stay involved!

 Events  

Apr. 8 – IOF Seminar: Student Presentations

Seminar will feature presentations by the following students:

• Natalie Benoit, MSc student (Supervisor: Brian Hunt)
  • Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess biomass of juvenile Pacific salmon
• Allison Cutting, MSc student (Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila)
  • Entangling Assumptions: Sea Turtles and Paper Parks in a Nicaraguan Small-Scale Fishery
• Roshni Mangar, MSc student (Supervisor: Amanda Vincent)
  • Understanding the fishers to change the fishery. Why are people involved in the bottom trawl industry in India
• Charity Justrabo, MSc student (Supervisor: William Cheung)
  • Involving community in projecting the future of Nation-specific culturally important marine species in British Columbia under climate change
• Vianney Guibourd de Luzinais, PhD student (Supervisor: UBC: William Cheung and Gabriel Reygondeau; Agrocampus-Ouest: Didier Gascuel)
  • Dynamic modeling of the impact of extreme events such as marine heat waves

Date & Time: Friday, April 8, 11am – 12pm
Location: Theatre (Rm. 102), AERL Building,
2202 Main Mall, UBC

To attend via Zoom please RSVP at: https://oceans.ubc.ca/rsvp-iof-seminars/

 Deadlines  

Apr. 8 – Faculty Survey Invitation for Emerging Technology Lab at UBC

Are you interested in incorporating technologies like virtual and augmented reality into your classroom or research?

We are a group of students in a third-year Geography course at the University of British Columbia studying research methods (GEOG 371). Our research study is interested in identifying and addressing the barriers to accessing UBC’s Emerging Media Lab (EML). EML creates tools and provides unique technological services to enhance learning and research by working with emerging media. They collaborate with faculty and staff across all disciplines at UBC. We would greatly appreciate it if you would take some time to help our research study. Our survey is available until April 8th.

Please click the link to read the consent form and take the survey. Thank you for considering our request. We appreciate your help with our research!

Link to our survey: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ORRANXxmXPhtqu

To learn more about Emerging Media Lab: https://eml.ubc.ca/

If you have any questions, you can reach Zack Brook at zwbrook@student.ubc.ca, Please know you may also contact the instructor for the course Bonnie Kaserman (bonnie.kaserman@ubc.ca) if you have any concerns.

Apr. 22 – Summer Internships at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden at UBC Farm

The Indigenous Research Partnership at the Faculty of Land and Food System invites applications for internship positions at xʷcic̓əsəm: Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden.

The internship is based at xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden at UBC Farm and collectively led by a group of Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers, community members, students, and Indigenous Faculty. Interns participate in ongoing research projects with faculty, graduate students, and community members. They participate in planning, designing, and implementing pilot-scale research projects; and assist in data collection using qualitative and quantitative methods and Indigenous methodologies. Students learn about Indigenous research, frameworks, research methodologies, land-based pedagogies, research ethics, and Indigenous Community protocols for reciprocal and productive community engagement.

Read the full posting here.

Please email your application to indigenousgardenlfs.irp@ubc.ca (cc: aeyoung@mail.ubc.ca; eduardo.jovel@ubc.ca; wilson.mendes@ubc.ca).

Application deadline: Sunday, April 22