LFS Today Feb 23, 2021

Teaching Theory Tuesday

“Nudge students in need of a little extra support.  Send targeted, personalized emails at strategic points of the course with reminders about steps they can take to recover last ground.” – Darby & Lang, 2019, Small Teaching Online, p. 150

Tools such as OnTask and features built right into Canvas help you send targeted messages.

Brought to you from the Learning Centre.

Minor Changes to Canvas – effective since Feb 20, 2021

• Courses: MathJax Equation Enhancements & Text Field LaTeX Characters
• Gradebook: View Ungraded as Zero, Grading Period in CSV Headers, Import Override Scores in Gradebook
• Rich Content Editor: Pretty HTML Editor

Full release notes here.

SOIL 500 Graduate Seminar Series

Date: Friday, February 26, 3:00pm
Title: Solutions to legacy soil P in the Lower Fraser Valley
Speaker: Sylvia Nyamaizi, Ph.D. Soil Science (co-supervisers Sean Smukler, UBC & Aime Messiga, AAFC Agassiz)
Abstract & bio available here.

Register in advance for this seminar: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5codeiqqzksGNdAwk5PH3y9cDt4b2IrCrBM  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. All are welcome!

Canadian Nutrition Society Webinar

Date: Monday, March 1, 10:00am (PT)
Title: Sustainable protein: What do we mean, and how do we get there?
Speaker: Nathan Pelletier, PhD, University of British Columbia – Okanagan / NSERC / Egg Farmers of Canada Industrial Research Chair in Sustainability
Register here.

Dr. Nathan Pelletier takes a systems-level perspective to describing the recent history, status quo and potential futures for sustainable plant and animal protein production in Canada. The presentation will be highlighting opportunities, constraints, and trade-offs related to sustainable protein provisioning.

Job Posting: Assistant Teaching Professor in Food Systems, Nutrition & Health – University of Washington

The Nutritional Sciences Program within the School of Public Health at the University of Washington (UW) invites applications for one full-time (100% FTE) non-tenured faculty position at the rank of assistant teaching professor with an anticipated start date of July 2021.

This new faculty position will provide teaching expertise in the areas of food systems, nutrition, and population health. Specific areas the program is interested in expanding instruction include, but are not limited to, connections between food systems and: community nutrition, environmental and occupational health, the built environment, entrepreneurship, supply chain/infrastructure, diplomacy and governance, population health, social sciences, social/food justice, health disparities, and food security.

This position requires, at a minimum, a master’s degree or foreign equivalent in a field related to food systems, nutrition, or public health and demonstrated evidence of teaching competency at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Review of applications will begin upon receipt and the position will remain open until filled. Complete applications received by March 1, 2021 will receive priority consideration.

For the full announcement and application instructions, please see: https://ap.washington.edu/ahr/position-details/?job_id=68725