LFS Today Jun 17, 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.

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

 Events  

Today – Lunch & Learn JEDI Session

This is a reminder for the session to be held TODAY 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

June 24 – LFS Teaching Colloquy 2022: So you want to talk about decolonization?

Guest speaker: Dr Vanessa Andreotti

On Friday, June 24^th from 9:30am to 12pm, join your LFS colleagues for a discussion on decolonization. This session is open to all teaching members of our community: professors, sessionals, TAs and grad students.

The term decolonization is used more and more in higher education, but has different meanings for different people and groups. What are the commonalities and differences between interpretations of the term? How does decolonization relate to our teaching? And where do we even start?

RSVP here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9F8Iuc9ay4bLzP8

This fully online session will be roughly separated into two parts. The first half will explore related concepts and definitions, and Mapping Decolonization in Higher Education Cartography: what are some ways to think about the process of decolonization?

In the final hour, we are excited to have Dr. Vanessa Andreotti (she/hers) join us to facilitate a discussion on the complexities, challenges, and opportunities of engaging with decolonial perspectives in higher education.

Dr. Andreotti is a full professor at the Department of Educational Studies at UBC. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change and is the interim director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. She was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in 2019. Dr. Andreotti has recently accepted the appointment to serve as Dean, Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria and will share elements of her recent presentation for the position of Dean.

By the end of this session, participants will have a better understanding of the landscape of decolonization and possibilities for integrating perspectives into teaching spaces. We hope to see you there and actively engaged! Contact the Learning Centre for more information: lfs.lc@ubc.ca

Suggested resources for preparing for the session:

• [Reading: estimated 80 mins] Tuck, E., & Yang, K. W. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1), 1-40. 
  • PDF: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/18630/15554
• [Reading: estimated 36 mins] Andreotti, V., Stein, S., Ahenakew, C., Hunt, D. (2015). Mapping interpretations of decolonization in the context of higher education. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 4(1), 21-40.
• [Video: 12mins] The Bus within Us Methodology  https://youtu.be/SyeoaVbp-ys – an approach to develop the capacity to sit with the tensions, complexities, and contradictions that emerge when engaging with difficult material related to decolonization

July 12, 14, 19 – Indigenous Initiatives Design Series for STEM

The Indigenous Initiatives Design Series for STEM is a three-part workshop for STEM faculty who come to Indigenous topics with different levels of knowledge and expertise. Participants will share practices, redesign elements of their teaching and learning projects and resources, model and explore educational materials, and apply classroom climate principles to everyday learning design situations.

DETAILS

• Registration is open until June 20.
• The workshops will take place on July 12, 14 and 19.
• The cohort is limited to 35 participants, and you must be able to attend all 3 sessions.

For more details and to submit your application, please visit their website.

 Deadlines  

July 14 – Large TLEF Transformation funding: Special call for hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects

Faculty members at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit letters of intent (LOI) for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Transformation projects.

The 2023/24 Large TLEF funding round is a special call to academic units interested in hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects. The LOI submission deadline is 3pm on July 14, 2022.
Please contact Judy.Chan@ubc.ca or Cyprien.Lomas@ubc.ca for consultation. The internal deadline in LFS is 3 pm on June 30, 2022.
Approximately $1 million in funding is available to support teams looking to redesign multiple courses within a program to maximize flexibility and accessibility for students by combining both in-person and online approaches within and/or across course activities.

Application process
Project submissions will go through a two-stage approval process. Successful applicants in the LOI stage will be invited to submit a full proposal, due by October 13, 2022.

Learn more and apply