LFS Today July 21, 2021 | LFS Intranet 2020

LFS in the News

Yangfan Zhang was featured in an article where he discussed his study that suggests sockeye salmon’s physical fitness isn’t compromised by the piscine orthoreovirus abundant on fish farms. National Observer

Jennifer Grenz was feautured in a profile for Nature Ecology & Evolution, discussing her background and work on Indigenous Ecology. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Wellness Wednesdays

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New Regional Teaching Excellence Award in BC and The Yukon

The British Columbia Teaching and Learning Council (BCTLC) has created a new teaching award for BC and the Yukon, the West Coast Teaching Excellence Award, that is designed to recognize excellence in teaching, primarily in undergraduate courses, over a number of years. This regional external award fills a gap in the landscape of how we can recognize teaching excellence at UBC, sitting between Killam Teaching Awards internally and the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, and we are keen to support faculty who may want to apply.

Please see the West Coast Teaching Excellence Award web page for specific eligibility information, and criteria that will be used to evaluate applications. This award may be of particular interest to those who have already received an institutional teaching award, though that is not a requirement for application. This new award could be a stepping stone before applying for a national teaching award, such as the 3M National Teaching Fellows program.

Please refer to the document for UBC process and timeline.

All LFS applications are due 3:00 pm on August 12 to Judy Chan (judy.chan@ubc.ca). The LFS Review Committee will provide feedbacks to applicants for improvement. If you have questions, please connect Judy

PopData and DI Program Partnership – Webinar Today

PopData and DI Program partnership expands government data available to academic researchers

The Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Citizens’ Services, in partnership with Population Data BC, recently launched the Data Innovation Program for academic researchers, allowing access to cross-sector data from multiple provincial ministries and organizations for the first time.

The Data Innovation Program (DI Program) is a data integration and analytics program for government analysts and academic researchers. While every BC ministry and broader public sector organization collects and manages its own data, the DI Program securely links and de-identifies cross sector data for a better understanding of BC’s complex issues. The Program supports population-level analysis (not individual- or case-level analysis), unlocking the potential for new insights that can lead to better programs and services for British Columbians.

In addition to data from health and education, other data sets now available from the DI Program include:

BC Benefits Program
BC Employment and Assistance
Child Welfare Program
Community Living Programs
Family Maintenance and Enforcement Program
Labour Market Programs
Private Market Rent Supplements for Eligible Seniors and Working Families

Population Data BC (PopData) is a pan-provincial partnership, physically based at the University of British Columbia, with an Education and Training Unit at the University of Victoria. PopData has been providing data access and linkage services to Canadian researchers for over two decades and is delighted to be in partnership with the DI Program, providing services related to data linkage, project and data management, and a secure virtual research environment.

For more information on the data sets available, and the data access process, visit the PopData website at: https://www.popdata.bc.ca/data. For information on the DI Program, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/about-data-management/data-innovation-program.

A webinar will be held this Wednesday July 21, from 1-2pm to provide more details. This can be accessed at:
https://www.popdata.bc.ca/index.php/events/webinar/DI_Program_Jul21_2021

If you would like further details, or if you are interested in an information session to hear more, please get in touch. Our colleagues at PopData and the DI Program would be happy to answer questions and assist researchers in making use of this significant new data resource.

Fulbright Grants for Canadian Scholars in the US – Webinar Today

Fulbright Grants support research with colleagues across the U.S. for a 4 to 9-month period. Applications are accepted through November 15th, 2021, and these opportunities are for a start date of September 2022 or January 2023.

Please note that in the same application, you can apply to several of their Research Chairs.

Register for the webinar on July 21st at 3 PM EST where they will provide details on how to prepare a successful application.

For more information: