LFS Today Dec 6, 2021

 News  

LFS Alumni & Current Student Win First Place in FAO Soil Booklet Contest!

Congratulations to Lewis Fausak, Teresa Porter and Franco Lopez Campomane for winning first place in the Soil Booklet Contest for the FAO World Soil Day Competition!

“The Beetles: A Salty Soil Journey” is about a beetle who visits his cousin and tries to help him with his soils that have become salinized, and includes a story as well as several activity pages including: a song, a maze, and a colouring page.

Download it and see all the finalists here.

Acting Dean

Please note that Zhaoming Xu will serve as the Acting Dean from December 6 to 8 while Rickey is away.

LFS in the News

Kelleen Wiseman was quoted in an article about the return of Agora Cafe. The Ubyssey

10 Minute Survey from the Learning Centre for Faculty & Staff

We have been experiencing an incredible amount of change over the last two years. To ensure that The Learning Centre can best support staff and faculty needs, your input is needed.  Please take 10 minutes to respond to the following survey about your use of services and tools. Thank you!

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_abLGwbcCwhpg5tc

 Events  

Dec. 8 – CFI Annual Public Meeting: Traditional Knowledge as a powerful driver in research

How new generations of students and researchers are increasingly integrating Indigenous insight into their work to address critical issues like climate change

The Right Honourable Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada, in conversation with Chantelle Richmond, Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health and Environment, Associate Professor of Geography and Environment, Western University, and Tania Willard, Secwépemc Nation, Artist and curator, Assistant Professor in Visual Arts, University of British Columbia Okanagan.

Wednesday, December 8
11:00am – 12:30pm EST

Register here

CFI officials will also report on the activities of the organization at this annual public meeting.

Dec. 9 – Hybrid Courses: Lessons Learned from Multi-Campus Instruction

Examine case studies from regions around the world, reflect on pedagogical effectiveness within the associated context and collaboratively examine best practices for hybrid classrooms.

Thursday, December 9
1:00 – 2:30pm
Online

Register here

 Deadlines  

Dec. 20 – Envisioning Equality project 

Recognize exceptional women and gender-diverse faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver by submitting a nomination for the Envisioning Equality project by Dec. 20.

Women and gender-diverse faculty and staff have been making significant contributions to UBC for over a century. The Envisioning Equality project will harness the power of art to celebrate their accomplishments and showcase their achievements. Five eligible faculty members and five eligible staff members who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to their individual academic/professional practice and significant impact through mentoring and community engagement will be featured on banners designed by local artists across public spaces at UBC.

All women and gender-diverse faculty and staff who are currently employed at UBC Vancouver and have been at the university since 2011 (including emeriti faculty) are eligible for this recognition.

Find out more.

Jan. 28 – Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards

Are you looking for funding to hire international undergraduate students to work full-time on your research for Summer 2022? The Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards provides an award subsidy to hire international undergraduate students to work on your research projects while allowing students to explore workplace and research skills. These awards are valued at $6,000 and are distributed across seven Faculties/Schools at UBC Vacouver Campus.

The Faculty of Land & Food Systems has Ten (10) WLIURAs available for 2022.

Program timeline:

• Call for Research Project Proposals period: November 29, 2021 – January 28, 2022.
  • Note: Faculty members will need to submit a proposal(s) on UBC CareersOnline. A student can work with a faculty member to submit a proposal together.
• The Centre for Student Involvement and Careers (CIS&C) to send all research project proposals pertaining to the Faculty/School by Monday, February 7, 2022.
• Deadline for Faculty/School offices to submit their list of funded proposals: Friday, February 25, 2022.
• CSI&C will send funding decisions to faculty members by Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
• For faculty members who have not indicated an internal candidate for their position(s), it will be posted on UBC CareersOnline for students to apply from March 7 – 20, 2022.

Additional information about the program can be found on the Faculty and Staff webpage. Student eligibility information is available on Student Services website. LFS evaluation criteria and process are available on LFS Research Support website.

Please contact LFS Undergraduate Student Research Awards lfs.nserc-usra@ubc.ca if you have any questions.