LFS Today Feb 14, 2022

 News  

Deregistration and Backup on Grades in Canvas

In December 2021, the Senate passed a motion on Academic Regulation: Compliance with Health Safety Requirements.  To implement the motion, students who are not in compliance will be deregistered from Winter Term 2 courses starting February 17, 2022.  It is strongly recommended that instructors download their Canvas gradebook BEFORE February 17, 2020 just in case they need the grades when students are re-registered in the course.

Steps for downloading Canvas Gradebook:

1. Go to your Course Shell on Canvas;
2. Click on Grades on the left hand menu;
3. Click on “Actions” at the top of the screen and select “Export” from the dropdown menu;
4. Upon clicking you will see a green message that says “Gradebook Export Started” . It will take a few seconds, the gradebook should be downloaded to your computer in .csv format.

In addition, you may also want to download other work that are in-progress (e.g., an assignment in-process of marking).  Please contact the Learning Center if you need assistance.

Welcome Tianxi Yang!

We’d like to welcome Tianxi Yang who is joining us as an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Food Nutrition and Health Program, starting today.  Tianxi is a food and analytical scientist with a unique combination of research experience that spans academia, industry and government. Tianxi was previously an ORISE Research Fellow at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Institute for Food Safety and Health.  Her multidisciplinary training in food science, analytical chemistry, material science and nanotechnology will enable her to build an innovative research program, with a focus on the development of analytical technologies and advanced materials to improve the safety and sustainability of food systems.  Her office will be in FNH212.  Welcome Tianxi!

Tentative 2022 Vacation Schedules – REMINDER

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for submitting 2022 tentative vacation plans to your immediate supervisor(s) is February 28, 2022.  This assists units in managing absences and planning for future staffing needs to ensure service and support are maintained for the Faculty.  We ask directors of the units to submit the tentative vacation plan summary to the Dean’s Office by March 31, 2022.

UBC Farm Saturday Farmers’ Market Now Open for Vendor Applications

The 2022 UBC Farm Saturday Farmers’ Market is now open for vendor applications! Please share widely within your networks for anyone that you’d like to see at our Saturday market this season! We are currently seeking meat, dairy, and fruit vendors in particular. If you have any questions, please direct them to ubcfarm.market@ubc.ca.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Last Friday was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To celebrate, we highlighted five members of the LFS community on social media and our website here.

Tabitha Robin Martens was also featured in a story, along with other female faculty members from UBC. UBC News

 Events  

Today – Research Seminar

Kayla King, Candidate for Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Agricultural, Food or Nutritional Science
Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Research Seminar: Microbes and monocultures: an evolutionary perspective
February 14, 9:30-11:00am
Register here:
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ytce2rpjgsEtder7Hr8ktscqToXFdOD7TC

 Deadlines  

Feb. 4 – GAC SEED Funding for ASEAN Students

The Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) program provides students, from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with short-term exchange opportunities for study or research in Canadian post-secondary institutions at the college, undergraduate and graduate levels.

UBC’s Visiting International Research Students (VIRS) are eligible for the SEED funding (VIRS admit international full time college students to come to UBC to do research for a period between 1-12 months under the supervision of a UBC faculty). The VIRS pathway does not require institutional agreements between UBC and the students’ host institution. Students who wish to apply for SEED for the VIRS pathway need to submit document to UBC which will submit the application to GAC on the student’s behalf. In the case of VIRS, the UBC faculty member to serve as the students’ supervisor will need to fill in the host supervisor form, and students fill in the candidate information form. Both are attached.

GAC’s application deadline this year is March 4, and the internal UBC deadline is Feb 17 (extendable). GAC’s decision will be made in May, and selected students will need to arrive in Canada between Aug 1, 2022 and Feb 1, 2023. Scholarship values vary depending on the duration and level of study:

• CAD 10,200 for college, undergraduate or graduate students (Master’s and PhD) for a minimum of four months or one academic term of study or research;
• CAD 12,700 for graduate students (Master’s and PhD) for a period of five to six months of study or research; or
• CAD 15,900 for undergraduate and college students for a period of eight months or two academic terms of study or research.

Learn more here