LFS Today Feb 3, 2022

 News  

Teaching Theory Thursday – Mid Course Feedback

Mid course feedback is an excellent way for instructors to collect informal feedback from students about your course in progress. This feedback is an ideal way to check in and find out what students think is going well and what could be changed. Read more information here.

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 Events  

Today – Research Seminar

Katherine Siegel, Candidate for Assistant Professor in Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation
NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado-Boulder
Research Seminar: The fate of working landscapes: causal analysis in social-ecological systems
February 3, 10:30am – 12:00pm
Register here

Feb. 4 – SOIL Seminar: Richard Kabzems

Speaker: Richard Kabzems, Research Silviculturist, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Dawson Creek B.C.
Presentation: Long term soil productivity and soil conservation in northeastern BC
Date: Friday Feb 4, 2022, 3:00-4:00 pm   Livestreamed via zoom (see details below for how to join)

Bio: I am a second generation boreal forester, currently nearing the end of his civil service rotation age.  Growing up in northern Saskatchewan, I went to university in Saskatoon with the idea of studying biology.  By 1979 I had an agriculture degree (plant ecology), and had spent two years in the NHL (No Hit League) where I was Ankle bender of the Year.  Consulting work and further education (MSc in Forest Ecology, UBC) alternated for a few years.

Since 1991 I have been a research Silviculturist with the Province of BC, working in the boreal forests of the northeast.  My work has included mixedwood succession and response to disturbance, soil productivity, alternative silviculture systems, broadleaf and mixedwood silviculture, and vegetation management.  My life and work in the northeast constantly brings home the awareness that we live in a complex, interconnected environment.

How to Join
Livestreaming via zoom is available for this presentation; pre-registration required.
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MvduurrT4oHNF6SJLdx8V34tYVfePOWLyj
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please note that you only need to register once for both terms.

 Deadlines  

Feb. 28 – Tentative 2022 Vacation Schedules

We encourage all units to start thinking about their tentative vacation plans for 2022 and submit their schedules to their supervisors by 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 these tentative vacation plans to the Dean’s Office by March 31, 2022. The Tentative Vacation Plan Summary template document will be emailed out to Core Team members.

Mar. 7 – ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship

Each ESRI Scholarship applicant should provide no more than three or four pages, two pages of text and one or two pages of graphics (maps, tables, figures, models, diagrams), outlining why they should receive the award. The text pages should describe the applicants’ background in one paragraph and then detail their use of GIS, including when it was done and for whom. The graphics page(s) should include an exported image of the graphics that they have produced that illustrates the outcome of their analysis. Applications will be reviewed according to the clarity of the presentation, the level of GIS innovation, and the quality of the graphic presentation.

Successful recipient will receive:

1. one-time payment of $2,000
2. three-year term license of ArcGIS for Student Use
3. three-year Professional-level subscription to the ArcGIS Developer Program (ADP)
4. digital copies of select Esri Press Publications
5. two instructor-led training courses offered by Esri Canada
6. registration for one of Esri Canada’s User Conferences
7. a personal and editable profile in the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship Web Portal
8. eligibility to apply for the Esri Canada Associate GIS Professional Program in year of graduation

Submission deadline is on Monday, March 7.

See the full details here.