LFS Today Feb 19, 2021

LFS in the News

Associate Professor Sean Smukler was featured in an article for the National Observer: How regenerative agriculture is putting hope in the soil. The article also appeared in The Star and Yahoo! News.

Lunch & Learn Series: Developing an Equity Competency in Sustainable Food Systems Education: Exploring a New Model and Sharing Teaching Activities with Will Valley

This session will be held on Friday, February 19, 2021 at noon.

Addressing social inequities has been recognized as foundational to transforming food systems. Activists and scholars have critiqued food movements as lacking an orientation towards addressing issues of social justice. To address issues of inequity, sustainable food systems education (SFSE) programs will have to increase students’ equity-related capabilities.

In this session, we will review findings from a recent study (Valley et al. 2020) in which the authors reviewed SFSE program documents to determine the extent to which SFSE programs in the USA and Canada address equity. We will then discuss the dimensions of the proposed equity competency model and explore examples of activities from our teaching practices that support the development of future professionals capable of dismantling inequity in the food system.  

Reference: Valley, W., Anderson, M., Blackstone, N.T., Sterling, E., Betley, E., Akabas, S., Koch, P., Dring, C., Burke, J. and Spiller, K., 2020. Towards an equity competency model for sustainable food systems education programs. Elem Sci Anth, 8(1), p.33.

Join LFS Associate Professor Will Valley and the Learning Centre team this Friday to understand and discuss how to address the social inequity issues through education. To register for the session please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

Sustainable Friday

Your sustainability tip of the week is:

Schedule regular maintenance and calibration of lab equipment to ensure all devices are working properly and will be kept in good working order.

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.

Joint Faculty Position in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition & Health: Candidate Interview

Faculty members are invited to attend the research presentation and open session of the first of 3 shortlisted candidates being interviewed for a joint Faculty position in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition & Health. Please note the following date/times below. The presentation will be recorded. If you are unable to attend please contact kathy.manson@ubc.ca for viewing access. I have attached the internal presentation announcement (not for external circulation). Feedback forms will be made available separately.
 
Candidate: Dr. David Wright
David Wright is a full professor in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Guelph. Dr. Wright’s research program is focused on understanding how exercise modulates adipose tissue, liver and skeletal muscle metabolism, and in turn how this influences whole body lipid and carbohydrate
metabolism. A new area of research is focusing on how exercise mitigates the metabolic side effects of antipsychotic medications.

Position Applying: Tenured Associate Professor / Professor in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition and Health
 
Joint appointment with:

• School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education (67%)
• Faculty of Land and Food Systems (33%)
• Hold a concurrent appointment as an investigator within the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)

Monday February 22: Presentation (Recorded)
Title: Exercise, health and disease: A focus on tissue cross talk and the prevention of hyperglycemia + Q&A
9:00 – 11:00am

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64377350891?pwd=aEx0ZFlhMDhCNzk2bThIRHdxUTNDQT09
 Meeting ID: 643 7735 0891
Passcode: 329054

Tuesday February 23: Meet with faculty members (Open Session) – School of Kinesiology; Faculty Land and Food Systems
10:00 – 11:30am

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66928175646?pwd=SzAwM0UzcGZhMitJemVqdTc3WHBOQT09
 Meeting ID: 669 2817 5646
Passcode: 279961