LFS Today Mar 10, 2021

LFS Virtual Townhall – Today

LFS faculty and staff are invited to today’s LFS Virtual Townhall, from 1:00-2:00pm.
 
Agenda:

• Updates on UBC initiatives related to COVID-19
• Brief Roundtable Updates – Associate Deans and Directors
• Questions & Answers

To submit questions in advance or during the Townhall, please use Slido:

1. Go to the website www.slido.com;
2. Enter event code LFS to post a question or vote for an existing one.

The Zoom link for all townhalls until June should have been sent to your Outlook calendar earlier this week. If you did not recieve the meeting invitation, contact Eric at eric.skalij@ubc.ca.

2020/21 Year End Deadlines and Procedures

The University’s fiscal year-end of March 31, 2021 is fast approaching. Business Processes have changed with the launch of Workday. Therefore, we ask your assistances to allow sufficient time for online steps to initiate, review and approve the transactions before the deadline for transactions to be included in this year’s financial results.

Supplier Accounts & Procurements:

Invoices must be approved by March 19, 2021 at 5:00PM in order to be included in March. It’s strongly recommended to submit invoices or ask suppliers to submit invoices as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for processing before the cutoff. Details on supplier invoices processing is available at https://finance.ubc.ca/year-end/private/key-business-processes/private/supplier-accounts-procurement.

Expense Reports & VISA Reconciliations:

Expense reports, including VISA reconciliation must be approved by March 19, 2021 at 5:00PM in order to be included in March. If you have delegation assigned to finance team, please submit backup documents for expense report or VISA card purchases to the Finance Office by 4:30 pm on Friday, March 12th, 2021 to allow sufficient time for processing steps to take place. Should you require assistance, please feel free to contact Deborah Wang deborah.wang@ubc.ca or Vicky Zhang vicky.zhang@ubc.ca.

Wellness Wednesday

This Sunday, March 14, daylight savings time begins. Clocks “spring forward” one hour at 2:00am. In anticipation of losing one hour of sleep, here are some tips to ease the effects of the switch:

1. Rest up: Go to bed earlier to get your usual amount of sleep so you can be well-rested and alert
2. Plan ahead: Give yourself extra time to drive to and from work, especially during the Monday commute
3. Step up the safety: Take extra safety precautions on days following the switch to help avoid workplace incidents. Consider scheduling particularly hazardous work later in the week (where possible) after employees have had more time to adjust their sleep schedules

FNH Graduate Seminar – Today

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – 4:00 p.m.

HUNU
Speaker 1:  Kexin Zhang
Supervisor:  Annalijn Conklin
Results Seminar Topic: Exploring the associations between sleep deficits and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in adolescents
Chair:  Brock Williams

Link for feedback for Kexin Zhang:  https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egmj15446z2taDk
Speaker 2:  Svilena Lazarova
Supervisor:  Mahsa Jessri
Open-topic Seminar Topic:  Examining the effects of virgin coconut oil on cardiometabolic risk factors in human trials
Chair:  Kexin Zhang

Link for feedback for Svilena Lazarova: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2nmRBJWvM7KJH5c
ZOOM info for HUNU seminars:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88929583621?pwd=YXhDbFdIOVJsdnVuVDVra2hGQnpCdz09
Meeting ID: 889 2958 3621
Passcode: waxp2L

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) Seminar Series

Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021
Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Topic: Climate disruption, animal migrations and equity in conservation science
Speaker: Erika Zavaleta, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
More info.

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61607880398?pwd=dVduVHNMbGM5b1ZuRWp1SnBENWk5UT09
Meeting ID: 616 0788 0398
Passcode: 097853

UBC Sustainability Initiative: Climate Justice Webinar Series

This session will focus on how climate justice activism and advocacy translate into government action.

The discussion will include reflections on what climate justice means to the panelists, and how they are building it into their work; the process of translating climate justice activism and advocacy into government action; and the role of citizens and social movements in bringing about climate justice focused government action.

Friday, March 19, 2021
11am-12pm
Register here.

Panel

• Christine Boyle – (BSc Global Resource Systems 2007) City of Vancouver Councillor; United Church Minister
• Andrea Reimer – Former City Councillor and Deputy Mayor, City of Vancouver; Adjunct Professor of Practice at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC)
• Bowinn Ma – B.C. Minister of State for Infrastructure; MLA North Vancouver-Lonsdale
• Khelsilem – Council Member & Spokesperson for the Squamish Nation Council

Moderator

• Sara Muir Owen – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions