LFS Today Jun 14, 2022

 News  

Accepting Winter 2022-2023 Work Learn Proposals until June 20

In developing your proposal to hire a Winter Work Learn Student for the period of September 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023, please follow closely the recommendations found in the WL Submission Guide. The more questions you answer, the better your chances are for obtaining funding. Of equal importance is adhering to the Winter 2022 Position Classification Guide, which outlines the general job descriptions and pay scale ranges.  Work Learn positions are part-time hourly appointments and must fit within the rate and conditions outlined in the Position Classification Guide.

While the internal deadline has passed, you can still submit your proposal directly to the Work Learn Program via the UBC CareersOnline (employer) portal before the 11:59 pm external deadline on Monday, June 20, 2022. You must create an account and list Mona Lee as the administrator in the submission form. This way, Mona is notified if your submission is approved for funding. Here is a Step-by-Step Guide on how to submit your proposal yourself.  You will not receive a confirmation receipt upon submission. Note: Mona won’t be providing feedback and won’t be able to make any changes for you.

REMINDERS

• Subsidy Increase. The Work Learn subsidy is $9 per hour. Please review the Winter 2022 Position Classification Guide.
• Updated Submission Guide. Ensure your WL W22 proposal reflects the program guiding questions: a) job description, b) contribution to the university community and c) student learning components. Review the WL Submission Guide  (includes the WL rubric used to evaluate proposals).
• View the Work Learn Submission Guide for writing your proposal and the step-by-step guide.

RESOURCES

• Register for Work Learn Proposal Office Hours:
  • June 15, 10–11am
  • June 16, 1–2pm

If you have any questions, contact the Work Learn Office at work.learn@ubc.ca or visit Work Learn Program.

June 2022 Exam Schedule (Summer Term 1) Now Available

Attention instructors: if you requested a final exam for June 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 Melody Wang (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!

Tech Tip Tuesday: Setting an out of office notice

Out of office reminders are a great way to let your colleagues know that you are unavailable to respond to emails for a period of time and should be used for vacations and sick days. We recommend using the FASmail webportal to set these up (but PC users have other options).

Log into your email at mail.ubc.ca. Click on the gear symbol In the upper right hand corner and scroll down to options. Under Mail -> Automatic Processing – > Automatic replies you can set an out of office response.

Your out of office note should state an expected return and an alternate contact while you are away. Sending responses to internal (UBC) and external emails is recommended.

PS: If appropriate, don’t forget to set up your Workday Delegations while you are setting up your Out-of-Office message! (Documentation: https://ubc.service-now.com/selfservice?id=kb_article&sys_id=ce35d3481b73c9105edd43b4bd4bcbc6&table=kb_knowledge)

For more information, please contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca

Summer/Fall job opportunities at the Centre for Special Business Projects at Statistics Canada

The Business Analytics and Research (BAR) team within the Centre for Special Business Projects (CSBP) is looking for a candidate that has experience in both empirical econometric analysis and large datasets (big data) analysis as well as coding skills. This position requires the candidate to be a Canadian citizen or to have the status of permanent resident of Canada.

The position is for a duration of 4 months with a possibility of extension.

See the full job posting here.

 Events  

June 16 – Getting serious about climate change: How business must step up

The Montalbano Centre for Responsible Leadership Development, the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at the UBC Sauder School of Business and alumni UBC present Getting serious about climate change: How business must step up, a climate action panel event.

Thursday June 16, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm PT

Panelists include:

• Naomi Klein (she/her) – UBC Professor of Climate Justice and Co-Director, UBC Centre for Climate Justice
• Carol Liao (she/her) – Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, Principal co-Investigator of the Canada Climate Law Initiative, UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar, and Director of the Centre for Business Law
• Tamara Vrooman (she/her) – President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority
• Kate White (she/her) – Academic Director, Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics, Senior Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, UBC Sauder School of Business, Professorship in Consumer Insights, Prosocial Consumption and Sustainability and Professor, Marketing and Behavioural Science Division

The event will be moderated by host and producer of CBC Vancouver News Lien Yeung, MJ’15 (she/her), with opening remarks by Grosvenor Professor of Cities, Business Economics and Public Policy and UBC Sauder School of Business Dean Robert Helsley (he/his).

Registration for the event is free and will be broadcast virtually to be accessible to a broader audience.

Register here

June 17 – Lunch & Learn JEDI Session: Stories and their Roles in teaching through an EDII framework with Duff Roberts

This session will be held on Friday, June 17th, 2022 at noon (PT). Duff Roberts (Lecturer, Jointly Appointed in LFS and Forestry) will lead the session this week.

The Lunch & Learn Series hosts a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)-based discussion session on the third Friday of each month. These sessions are led by Will Valley (Associate Dean, EDI at Faculty of Land and Food Systems) and the Learning Centre Team, and will be open to all. For these sessions, attendees will be provided with an article or podcast episode that will be explored in a reflective and interactive discussion.
In this week’s Learn & Learn session, Duffy is inspired by Alison Conrad’s explanation of the narratives that perpetuate white supremacy in food systems (https://wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/reports/identifying-and-countering-white-supremacy-culture-food-systems); building upon Chimamanda Adichie’s Ted talk on “The Danger of a Single Story”, Duffy will explore the ways literature can support EDII student-centric teaching.  We will begin with Duffy’s story about “why stories?”, move on to an explanation of how he uses a “Story Approach” to teaching, then lead participants through a close reading of literature examples (compiled in the PDF linked below), and end with an open discussion on the participants stories about how they do (and might) include a storied approach to teaching and learning.

• [Video – 18min] Chimamanda Adichie’s Ted talk on “The Danger of a Single Story”
  Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
• [2 min read] “A Baker’s Dozen: 13 Vancouver Food (In)Securities”, Billeh Nickerson
• [1 min read] “Inside the Garden: Bees”, Wendy Morton
• [1 min read] “Willow”, Catherine Graham
• [2 min read] “Water Drinker”, Philip Kevin Paul
• [2 min read] “Cinnamon Peeler,” Michael Ondaatje
• [1 min read] “Recognition/Identification Test,” Rita Wong

Click here to download Pre-reading PDF

Join Duffy, Will and the Learning Centre team this Friday for our monthly JEDI drop-in session. To register for the Lunch & Learn series, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

Follow the Lunch & Learn Series on Twitter and the Lunch and Learn Series Webpage

 Deadlines  

June 30 – Join Environmental Youth Alliance’s Board of Directors

Are you inspired by land-based education for youth facing barriers? Ready to step into a leadership role in the community? Apply to join EYA’s board of directors! No experience is necessary – they will provide training and help you feel comfortable in your role as a board member. The board meets 5 times annually for 2-3 hours by Zoom. Apply by June 30th. Read the full posting at www.eya.ca/board