LFS Today July 27, 2021
By imelda cheung on July 27, 2021
Tech Tip Tuesday
LFS Canvas Template
The LFS Canvas Template aims to create a coherent student experience across the whole Faculty of Land and Food Systems. The template has been updated to reflect the shift from remote teaching to in-person teaching. Some of the features you can continue to use for in-person instruction includes:
- An easy to navigate homepage
- Content chunked within modules
- A module on student resources
- Beginning of term survey and Mid-course feedback survey
You can add the LFS Template to your courses by following the steps on this link: https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/lfs-remote-teaching-template/
Lunch & Learn resources on LFS Canvas Template: https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/lunch-learn-series-lfs-canvas-template-with-adrian-granchelli/
For more information on the LFS Canvas template, contact the Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca
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UBC Farm Webinar Series: Climate Change
Climate Change: How Nature-Based Solutions Restore Balance
Thursday, July 29 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PST
Let’s talk about the climate crisis. The first episode in our two-part mini-series on climate change will explore nature-based solutions – what even are they and what are we doing to try to implement them around the world? These natural climate solutions involve restoring and better managing ecosystems, anything from switching to restorative agriculture to cultivating mangrove forest regrowth. Join our panelists as they discuss their own approaches and research on restoring the balance mankind has disrupted.
This webinar is part of the “Farm to Globe: Transforming Our Food Systems” series and is presented by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm, generously sponsored by RBC Royal Bank, and in partnership with the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the BC Food Web. Join us for discussions that we hope will drive action and discover what steps we need to take to transform our food systems – from farm to globe.
Register here
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2021 CTLT Summer Institute
The 2021 online CTLT Summer Institute, August 23 – 26, 2021, is a week of complimentary professional development workshops that focus on the fundamentals of teaching and learning for new instructors and teaching assistants. The CTLT Summer Institute is designed to help participants enhance their understanding of sound teaching practices and how to implement them in their teaching contexts. Sessions will also feature workshops and panels related to the transition back to in-person instruction as instructors look ahead to the return to campus this fall.
View the full schedule of events and learn more at https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/summer-institute/summer-institute-events/.
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Health After 2020 Call for Proposals Open Until Sept. 30
The call for proposals for Health After 2020 is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan who are interested in starting or extending a collaborative relationship with a scholar or collaborator from outside UBC. UBC Health is offering funding awards of up to $10,000 to support each successful proposal.
Health After 2020 is a program designed to support researchers to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations and build a community of UBC Health scholars. Through the development of research collaborations, academic outputs, cross-campus conversations, and open dialogue sessions, the program convenes and informs people at the inflection point in our society created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interested faculty members are invited to submit an application by September 30, 2021. Faculty who wish to discuss their proposals with the program team before applying may first submit a brief expression of interest.
Learn more here
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Genome BC Pilot Innovation Fund
Genome BC Pilot Innovation Fund aims to fund a diverse set of innovation projects with a credible probability of success and to test Genome BC’s approach to the funding of innovation projects. Innovation is defined as the practical translation of ideas and research outcomes into new or improved products, services, processes, systems, or social interactions.
Amount: $250,000
Duration: 1 year
Deadline for submission of Expression of Interests (EOIs) to Genome BC: September 1, 2021
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