LFS Today Jun 29, 2022

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Wellness Wednesdays: Self and Community Care Workshop

Building Skills to Manage Stress
We don’t always take the time to care for and nurture ourselves and we sometimes require support in integrating relaxation and our personal needs into daily life. This 2-part facilitated webinar focuses on increasing mental health literacy for individuals.

Date: Part 1: Wed. July 6, Part 2: Wed. July 13, 2022 (Please attend both sessions)

Time: 10:30 AM- 11:20 AM

What will you learn?
Participants will learn about the body’s stress response and how to identify these responses in themselves. They will have an opportunity to take a stress index, explore what self and community care means to them and identify key UBC resources that can be engaged to support work life integration and positive mental health.

Your facilitator
Erica Altomare (BEd, MEd) is a Workplace Wellbeing Learning Specialist with UBC HR.

Attention MCML 249 fridge users: remove your food items by 1pm today

There is a significant ice build-up in the freezer compartment of the fridge that causes the fridge to keep popping open. Therefore, we are organizing a fridge defrost on Wednesday, June 29. Please ensure you remove your food items by 1pm. Any unclaimed items will be trashed.

The fridge will be back in service at noon on Monday, July 4th. During the defrost, if you require the use of cold storage, please use the lunch room in 370B. Thank you for your cooperation.

If you have any comments/questions, please email us at lfs.facilities@ubc.ca

Events

Today – UBC Pride Connect: 2SLGBTQIA+ faculty & staff reception

Formerly known as Pride Convergence, the UBC Pride Connect reception for faculty, staff and postdoctoral scholars provides an annual event for building and sustaining 2SLGBTQIA+ networks, while championing a more inclusive campus community. Enjoy complimentary refreshments, hear remarks from special guests, and (re)connect with other members of the UBC 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

UBC faculty, staff and postdoctoral scholars who identify with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community are welcome.

Wednesday, June 29

3:00 – 5:30pm

Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre

Deadlines

July 7 – Job Posting: Interim Academic Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC)

Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe) will be stepping down from the position of Academic Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC), on June 30, 2022.

The University is now looking for a tenured or tenure-track faculty member to take up this important role. The deadline for applications is end of day Thursday, July 7, 2022.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a statement of interest that addresses the above points, a curriculum vitae, and the names of three referees ot:
Dr. Jan Hare, jan.hare@ubc.ca
cc. Moura Quayle moura.quayle@ubc.ca

View the full job posting

July 28 – Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI): Special Fund for Graduate Research

This one-time-only Special Fund is for graduate-level students to fund research that advances any of the Indigenous Strategic Plan’s (ISP) 43 actions.

This was initiated by the Indigenous Strategic Plan Executive Advisory Committee (ISPEAC) and the Indigenous Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee (ISPCC) following adjudication of the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund Stream 3: Student-led Projects.

Graduate students have widely reported a lack of access to funds for on-the-ground, Indigenous community-based research. This one-time-only Special Fund for Graduate Research seeks to fill this gap to temporarily fund unique costs associated with research in this area until a longer-term funding stream can be established.

Up to $30K is available per project
Research projects can run for up to 18 months
Principal Applicants must have at least one full-time faculty Co-Applicant tied to the ISI Fund research project.
Applications are due July 28, 2022 at 3:00pm (PDT) through the online application portal
Further information can be found on the ISP website