LFS Today Jun 18, 2021 | LFS Intranet 2020

IRP Survey on HR/Finance Administrative Processes – Last Day

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.

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

Saturday Farmers’ Markets at the UBC Farm

Until November 27 from 10am – 2pm

2021 Updates: In order to keep yourself and your community safe, please wear a mask when visiting the market. Pets are now allowed back on site.

Don’t miss out on the only farmers’ market in Vancouver located on a working farm! Come get your fill of fresh local meats and produce, browse the yummy treats, and enjoy the outdoors while you grab lunch and a coffee-to-go from our food trucks!

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Sustainable Friday

Your sustainability tip of the week is

Make sure to take advantage of your professional development fund. This fund ensures you are making the most of your job, and striving to meet your goals.

Do you have a sustainability tip to share with your colleagues? Send it to mcm-lst@lists.ubc.ca and lfs.today@ubc.ca! Tips can cover a range of settings, from lab work to your community to working from home.

CTLT: 2022/23 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund

Large TLEF Transformation Projects
TLEF Transformation projects are large, multi-year projects that are intended to advance UBC’s strategic goals relating to transformative learning.

Large TLEF Transformation projects can request up to $250,000 over the life of the project, and can run up to three years.

Letters of Intent need to be submitted by 3:00 pm on July 15, 2021.
Applicants who are invited to submit a proposal need to submit their proposal by 3:00 pm on October 14, 2021.
Renewal applications for existing projects (for Year 2 or 3 funding) also need to be submitted by 3:00 pm on October 14, 2021.
If you would like to receive feedback from the LFS Internal Review Committee, please submit your draft Letter of Intent to Judy Chan (judy.chan@ubc.ca) by Wednesday, June 30, at 3:00 pm.

Small TLEF Transformation Projects
Small TLEF Innovation projects are grassroots projects that are intended to support experimentation with pedagogical approaches that have strong potential to enhance learning.

Small TLEF Innovation projects can request up to $50,000 over the life of the project, and can run from one to three years.

Proposals need to be submitted by 3:00 pm on November 18, 2021.
Renewal applications for existing projects (for Year 2 or 3 funding) need to be submitted by 3:00 pm on November 12, 2020.
If you would like feedback from the LFS Internal Review Committee, please submit your proposals in Word format by Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 3:00 pm (more details on how to submit this will be available once the official call is available).

For more information

UBC Forestry Hosting Virtual Commonwealth Forestry Conference

August 16-18

Registration is open for the 20^th annual Commonwealth Forestry Conference which is an international forum for foresters, and all those with an interest in the forestry sector, to exchange knowledge and experience. Among the many topics to be discussed, these are some on the program: Climate change (Carbon sequestration, Insect outbreaks, Seed transfer, Communities) and New Markets (Bioeconomy, Ecosystem services).

Occurring every four to five years, the Conference relates to general aspects of forest management and governance and focuses on the changing priorities of the forestry sector. This year’s event will be the fourth conference hosted by Canada and the first to be conducted entirely online.

To learn more and register, visit https://cfc2021.ubc.ca/.

Equity and Inclusion in Action: Summer STEM Series

June 16 – August 18

Are you faculty, staff, post-doc or a graduate student leading an EDI initiative in the STEM field? This summer, join our virtual, informal, themed, community-of-practice sessions to help you create action within your unit.

Themes will range from supporting graduate student well-being to inclusive assessments and disaggregated data collection to support equity and inclusion. This series has been developed specifically for EDI champions within STEM fields (e.g. Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science, Land and Food System, Forestry, Pharmacy and Medicine) who already have some competencies in these topics.

Click here for more information and to register for upcoming sessions

Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge

The Seeding The Future Foundation is providing funding to the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) to launch the first annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge which will be awarding up to $1 million in grants and prize money.

Goal of the Challenge: The Challenge seeks to inspire multidisciplinary and diverse teams to develop game-changing innovations that will help transform our food system to become more equitable, sustainable, enabling healthier diets, and empower consumers to make choices benefitting both personal and planetary health.

Grants and Prizes: Three levels of awards will be given out to teams with winning innovations, depending on potential impact and stage of development: up to (8) $25K Seed Grants, up to (3) $100K Growth Grants, and up to (2) $250K Seeding The Future Grand Prizes.

Application Deadlines and Timing: Applications will be accepted from until August 16, 2021. Winners of the Seed Grants will be announced in October. Winners of the Growth Grants and Seeding The Future Grand Prizes will be announced in January of 2022.

How To Get Involved: If you know of engaged and multidisciplinary teams within your network or organization that are working on an initiative that could be a fit and are interested participating, please feel free to share and encourage them to apply here.