LFS Today Mar 16, 2021

Learning Centre Update

Cyprien Lomas will be on leave for the next 2 months; therefore in his absence, please contact Edmund Seow at Edmund.seow@ubc.ca or it@landfood.ubc.ca.

Teaching Theory Tuesday

Providing timely and effective feedback is one of the best ways you can show up for your students.  
One of the main purposes of assessments is to provide feedback.   
– Mazur, 2013, Assessment the Silent Killer of Learning 

Brought to you from the Learning Centre.

Lunch & Learn Series – Online Exams: One Year Later with Juno Kim 

This session will be held on Friday, March 19, 2021 at noon.

With another season of online exams around the corner, we are fortunate now to have had some experience with novel formats of exam delivery. In this Lunch & Learn Session, the Learning Centre will discuss our experiences in the past year, with an emphasis on the technical aspects of online exams; what has worked, what has not worked, what issues persist, what actions we may have to take for the upcoming exam season, and what support the Learning Centre can offer you. Topics will include:

• What students have said in focus groups
• Alternative forms of assessment and accommodations
• Common and uncommon technical problems

Join us this Friday to explore the delivery of online final exams and bring your questions to discuss your options. To register for this session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

SOIL 500 Graduate Seminar Series

Date: Friday, March 19, 3:00pm
Title: Effects of terraces and tile drainage as best management practices on labile soil carbon fractions, greenhouse gas emissions, and potato yield
Speaker: Bryan Driscoll, MSc student (supervisor Maja Krzic)
Abstract & bio available here.

Register in advance for this seminar: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5codeiqqzksGNdAwk5PH3y9cDt4b2IrCrBM  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. All are welcome!

Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) Webinar

Date: Thursday, March 18, 6:30am (PST)
Title: Digging in to the social and environmental factors that shape eating patterns: Implications for health and the environment
Speakers: Catherine L. Mah MD, FRCPC, PhD – McGill University
Register here.

Food choice and eating habits are highly variable and largely influenced by many interrelated factors, amongst them include social and environmental factors. Join us on March 18 as featured speaker Dr. Catherine Mah will deliver an introductory talk on the intersection between food and environment. This talk will highlight recent developments in the field and current research.
 
Dr. Catherine L. Mah is Canada Research Chair in Promoting Healthy Populations. She is a professor at Dalhousie University, and directs the Food Policy Lab, which conducts research on the environmental and policy determinants of diet. Her work has a particular emphasis on health-promoting innovations in the food system.

Ivarson Soil Science Scholarship: Call for Applications

For 2021, the Canadian Foundation for Food and Agricultural Education is offering one scholarship of $2,000 to a graduate student studying soil science. Detailed eligibility criteria, application guidelines and forms are available at https://cffae.ca/ivarson-soils.

The application deadline is April 23, 2021.