LFS Today Mar 12, 2021
By imelda cheung on March 12, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series – EDI, Affect, and STEM Classrooms – Today
This session is taking place today at noon. Associate Professor of Teaching Will Valley will be our guest presenter this week.
Classrooms are affective spaces and our disciplines have affective cultures; STEM-related fields are no exception. Students expect to have very different emotional experiences in women’s studies than they do in courses related to soils, nutrition, or animal biology. When bringing in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and de/anti-colonial content into a course, we need to unpack social problems in their complexity, emphasizing and confronting painful topics associated with historical and on-going forms of oppression and injustice. The affective load, emotional labour, and potential for re-traumatization that result from engaging in these topics in a STEM classroom is unequally distributed along students based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and class (and other forms of social oppression and discrimination). We need to be more intentional about curating the affective dimensions of our classrooms so that we can stay generative when encountering tensions and discomfort in our classrooms.
In this session, we will:
- Define key terms and concepts associated with affect in post-secondary classrooms, such as affective load, affective circulation, and affective curation
- Critically analyze the historical and current norms and practices related to affect in STEM and health sciences
- Discuss strategies for developing students capacities to be safe, self-aware, accountable, and intellectually generative when engaging with EDI and de/anti-colonial content
Suggested reading: Fawaz, R. (2016). How to make a queer scene, or notes toward a practice of affective curation. Feminist Studies, 42(3), 757-768.
To register for the session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1
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Last Reminder: Summer Course Expense Fund Requests – due March 15
Teaching an undergraduate course in the 2021 Summer Terms (May – August 2021)?
Email your completed expense request form to virginia.frankian@ubc.ca by March 15.
Expendable laboratory supplies, field trip expenses, and other expenses directly addressing course learning objectives are eligible. Parking expenses for guest speakers, etc. should be included.
To be reimbursed, expenses must be itemized, pre-approved, and on the current form or your claim will not be processed.
Find form and details at “Finance”. Look under Finance Forms. Use the link next to Teaching-Related Funding for more information, and find the request form at Course Expenses Fund (MS Word).
Note that students should not be charged course fees for any LFS courses.
Course expenses for T1, T2 and T1+2 must be requested and approved prior to the start of the Summer session.
** Late requests may not receive funding **
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Random Acts of Recognition
Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipient:
Barbara Wakal for all her efforts and help over the past year in taking on new tasks, specially the reconciliations of FNH credit card purchases. It’s been a tough year with a lot of changes – her willingness, along with her positive attitude to adapt, is a pleasure to work with.
To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today.
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Return Feedback Forms for the Faculty Position in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition and Health
Faculty members – thank you for taking the time to meet with, and for attending the presentations provided by each of the 3 shortlisted candidates for the joint faculty position in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition and Health. This is a joint appointment in the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Land & Food Systems, and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) at the University of British Columbia.
Candidate: Dr. David Wright, Feb 22-23
Candidate: Dr. Michael Nelson, Mar 1-2
Candidate: Dr. David Cameron-Smith, Mar 8-9
If you haven’t yet, please complete the feedback form (one for each candidate) and return it to Kathy Manson (kathy.manson@ubc.ca) no later than Monday, March 15.
As a next step, the Search Committee will be meeting to review candidate feedback and are hoping to reach a decision by the end of March.
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Sustainable Friday
Your sustainability tip of the week is:
Schedule some time to go through old files, samples, equipment, and papers in your office or lab to evaluate whether they are important to keep in your inventory.
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.
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2021 Seeding Solutions Program
Pre-applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Seeding Solutions program, presented by the US Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research. Applications from international higher education institutions are welcome.
Funding range: $300K to $1M for up to ten awards
Pre-application deadline: Wednesday March 17, 2021 at 5pm ET (2pm PST)
Full application deadline: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Your project has to address an aspect of the following Challenge Area priorities:
- Soil Health
- Sustainable Water Management
- Next Generation Crops
- Advanced Animal Systems
- Health and Agriculture Nexus
- Urban Food Systems
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