LFS today Feb 24, 2022

 News  

April 2022 Exam Schedule (Winter Term 2) Now Available

Attention instructors: if you requested a final exam for April 2022, the Final Exam Schedule is now available in three places:

1. Online (Tip: leave a space between the course code and number for this to display correctly)
2. SSC
3. FSC (If the course has an exam, the date is visible under the class list area. When you select your courses, the exam date is to the right of the instructor name.)

Please review to confirm that any requests are accurately reflected in this schedule and email Bre Jakobsen (lfs.scheduling@ubc.ca) immediately with any mistakes or omissions. It is important that any errors be corrected as soon as possible to avoid confusion and scheduling challenges. Thank you for your cooperation!

2021W, 2021W2 Student Experience of Instruction (Course Evaluations)

The LFS SEI team is preparing the student surveys which will open to students in late March. Instructors teaching this term will have received email(s) with a list of your TAs if applicable, for each of your assigned courses. Please contact lfs.sei@ubc.ca if you are teaching this term and did not receive any notification.

Teaching Theory Thursday – Avoiding Burnout

“Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.” – Michael Gungor

Join this week’s Lunch & Learn where we join Nicole Adoranti from LFS Student Services to discuss burnout and how to avoid it.

Brought to you by The Learning Centre.

UBC Medicine Student-Led Group: Multidisciplinary Panel Request

Pathways 2 Medicine, a club run by current UBC Medical Students, is hosting an event featuring a multi-disciplinary panel of healthcare professions providing insight about the application process, curriculum/program information and general overview of a “day in the job”.

They are hoping to recruit one speaker who is either currently in or previously completed their Dietetics Degree and would be willing to provide information regarding their journey.

Speakers from various disciplines are expected to give a brief 10-minute overview to the target audience: Grade 11-12 students from low-income communities, and students in their 1st year of undergraduate programs.

This event is being held on March 7th from 6:00 – 7:30pm via Zoom.

If you’re interested in participating, please contact baths@student.ubc.ca.

 Events  

Feb. 25 – Forest(Reads) – A Virtual Book Club on Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

The club has planned exciting 2022 events that will be focused on understanding Black experiences within the environmental field through the writings of Dr. Carolyn Finney, author of the award-winning book Black Faces, White Spaces.

Upcoming Events: 

Late March 2022: 

Discount Purchase: Click Here                                 Join the club: Click Here

All events except the March author visit will be held virtually through their Canvas Site

 Deadlines  

Mar. 4 – Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award – Calls open for 2022 Nominations (Reminder)

In recognition of the valuable role that Teaching Assistants play in our programs, UBC annually awards nineteen Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. The calls for nominations for the Killam GTA Award for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems are open and can be submitted by any student, faculty or staff who have worked closely with the TA they are nominating.

Eligibility: The award is open to any UBC Graduate Teaching Assistant who acts or has acted in this position at UBC Vancouver during the current and/or preceding academic year (2021-22 and/or 2020-21).

Nomination Process: Nominations are encouraged from faculty supervisors (professors, senior laboratory instructors) of the Graduate Teaching Assistant nominee, from colleagues working closely with the nominee, and from the students who attended the nominee’s class or laboratory. TAs can also self-nominate for the award. Nominations are being collected via a webform.

Nominations can be submitted until Friday, March 4th, 2022. On receiving a nomination, the nominees will be required to submit their nomination packages to Melanie Train by March 11th, 2022. More information on the award criteria and the nomination form can be found on the Killam GTA Award page. Support letters are also being collected via the same webform above. Since we are implementing this webform for the first time, we encourage you to test it out before the actual submission (both nomination and support letter submission). If you think you have made a mistake, just let us know.

If you have questions about the nomination process, please contact Judy Chan, LFS Learning Centre (Judy.Chan@ubc.ca).

Mar. 15 – Job Posting: Associate/Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics: Sustainable Macroeconomics (McGill University)

McGill University’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, invites applications for a tenure-track position in Agricultural Economics at the Associate or Assistant Professor level. This position is open to highly qualified agricultural and applied economists who conduct macroeconomic analysis. Preference will be given to candidates with research experience in trade, energy, and the environment.

The position will remain open until filled, but all application materials must be received by March 15, 2022 to assure full consideration.

See the full details here.