LFS Today Jun 15, 2021

Applied Biology Program Director

Sue Grayston’s term as Applied Biology (APBI) Program Director will be ending June 30, 2021, and we’d like to thank her for her excellent service in this role over the past three years. We are pleased to announce that Maja Krzic will be taking on this role as of July 1, 2021 and will continue to June 30, 2023.

Notice of Renovations to MacMillan 192 and 194

The 192 & 194 computer lab rooms in HR MacMillan will be undergoing renovations over the coming months to repurpose these rooms into research laboratories. Please note that this will result in these spaces no longer being able to book for academic activities or used as flex space going forward. For further details please contact lfs-mcm-ops@lists.ubc.ca.

IRP Survey on HR/Finance Administrative Processes – REMINDER

Now that Workday has been implemented for approximately six months, the Integrated Renewal Program (IRP) and Integrated Service Centre (ISC) are conducting a survey to measure the user experience of six HR / Finance administrative processes that impact a broad group of UBC faculty and staff. On June 1, over 6000 members of the UBC Community were asked for their insight into how selected Workday processes have stabilized, improved, or require attention post go-live. If you have received the survey, please respond by June 18^th as this is essential to ensure that our Faculty is accurately represented in the survey.

hxxps://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cuUfSUF0mMGkPnE

To access the survey link, please copy and paste the website address above and replace hxxps with https

Accepting Winter 2021-2022 Work Learn Proposals

With the summer session well underway, you may have begun to consider the possibility of hiring a student for the winter term to work in your lab, unit, or department. Working on campus is an excellent way for students to gain professional skills and experience, apply their knowledge in a practical setting and develop strong connections within the UBC community. Your commitment to hiring students helps them to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously allowing them to contribute to the work of your unit or department.

With this in mind, we would like to announce that proposals for the Winter 2021-2022 Work Learn Program (Sept 1, 2021-April 30, 2022) are being accepted now until July 5, 2021. For those new to the Work Learn Program, if your Work Learn proposal application is successful, your Work Learn student’s position is subsidized at $8 per hour for a maximum of 300 work hours from September 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022. Work Learn students work a maximum of 10 hours a week during the winter terms.

In developing your proposal, please follow closely the recommendations found in the Submission Guide. The more submission guide questions that you answer, the better your chances are for obtaining funding. Of equal importance is adhering to the Position Classification/Salary Guide, which outlines the student’s general job descriptions and pay scale ranges. Work Learn positions are part-time hourly appointments and must fit within the appropriate rates and conditions as outlined in the Position Classification/Salary Guide. To submit a proposal, you have one of two choices:

1. Submitting it directly to the Work Learn Program via CareersOnline website before the 11:59 pm external deadline on Monday, July 5, 2021. Those who choose this option must create an account and list Mona Lee as the administrator in their 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. You will not receive a web confirmation receipt upon submission.
2. Completing the LFS online internal application form, where you will receive a confirmation receipt shortly after your submission. Mona Lee will then review your proposal and offer suggestions before submitting them to the Work Learn Program on your behalf. The LFS internal deadline for proposals is 12:00 pm noon on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Should you miss this internal deadline, please refer to bullet #1 for instructions.

Need an example of a good proposal to get you started? A few successful employers have agreed to share theirs with you!

• Project Worker (Project Worker – lab position)
• Research Assistant (Project Assistant – lab position)
• Finance Assistant (Office/Library Worker)
• LokoLab Research Assistant (Researcher/Professional – research position)
• International Event Assistant (Researcher/Professional – non-research position)

Tech Tip Tuesday

Requesting a course site on MS Teams
You can request UBC IT for a team on MS Teams for your courses. This can help you manage student communications and group assignments with ease. Student groups can be created as separate channels which will allow members to independently share files without having access to other groups.

On your MS Teams account, click on ‘Get Started’ on the left side menu bar. Select ‘Microsoft Teams for UBC Instructors’ and fill out the ‘Course Team Request Form’. Once the team is created, you will receive a URL that can be shared with your students, TA’s and co-instructors for enrollment. Ensure the link is shared securely, either via Canvas or Faculty Service Centre email as anyone with the link can access the course.

UBC IT Documentation: https://keepteaching.ubc.ca/group-work-labs/

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

Offer Feedback on the LFS Canvas Template

The Learning Centre wants to improve the LFS Remote Teaching Canvas Template. Regardless if you used the template or not, we want to hear from you. How can we improve the template to best suit your needs?

Add your anonymous feedback to the survey below (~10 mins) to have your perspectives included in the future iteration of the LFS Canvas Template.

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5hGx6089yIrHnbE

New Health After 2020 Initiative and Inaugural Public Lecture

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on and accelerated our understanding of some the detriments and experience of health and wellbeing in our society. As we face the challenges of responding to the broad effects of the pandemic, UBC Health sees an opportunity to think differently about how we define and value health, how we understand the complex systems that produce health, and how we rise to the challenge of supporting equity in health across individuals, communities, and societies.

In response to this opportunity, UBC Health is launching Health After 2020, an initiative designed to support new interdisciplinary collaborations which may lead to new research programs and engagement with policymakers and communities. The initiative will convene and inform people at this inflection point in our society through academic outputs, cross-campus conversations, and public lectures resulting from the new collaborations.

INAUGURAL PUBLIC LECTURE:
Looking back and moving forward: Supporting health after 2020
Wednesday, July 14
12:00-1:00 pm
Register here

For more information about the lecture and speakers, visit their website.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY:
Health After 2020 will offer funding of up to $10,000 for a UBC faculty member who is interested in starting or extending a collaborative relationship with a scholar or collaborator from outside UBC. Each accepted proposal will represent a cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary collaboration that will:

• produce some form of academic output, e.g. a white paper, journal article, popularized version of current knowledge on a topic, grant application;
• facilitate a more in-depth inward-facing interaction with faculty and learners at both campuses of UBC; and
• deliver a public lecture (planned with and supported by UBC Health).

The call for proposals for Health After 2020 will open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan in-mid July. More information will be available on their website.