LFS Today Mar 18, 2022

 News  

TODAY – LFS Virtual Townhall with guest speaker

Faculty and staff are invited to today’s LFS Virtual Townhall (noon-1pm) with guest Sasha Wiley-Shaw, Educator, from UBC’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO).

Agenda:

• 12:00-12:05 pm – Welcome and land acknowledgements – Rickey Yada
• 12:05-12:20 pm – Presentation: Faculty and Staff Resources from the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office, by Sasha Wiley-Shaw, Educator, SVPRO
• 12:20-12:25 pm – Welcome New Faces

• 12:25-1:00 pm – Updates from Deans, Program Directors, Directors
• 1:00 pm – Wrap-up – Rickey Yada

If you need the Zoom meeting link, please contact Karen at Karen.lee98@ubc.ca.

Sustainable Fridays – Help shape UBC’s next Zero Waste Action Plan

On March 24th and 28th, UBC Campus + Community Planning is hosting a university-wide engagement process to update UBC’s Zero Waste Action Plan. The goal of these engagements is to consult the community regarding circular economy and learn more about how UBC can support and facilitate circular economies on campus.

Thursday, March 24, 2022 – 11:30 to 13:00

Register here

Syllabus Service & Course Reserves – Summer 2022

UBC Library is pleased to offer the Syllabus Service that allows you to submit your Reading List directly to the library so that your students can access all course materials through our Library Online Course Reserves system (LOCR), which is integrated with Canvas.

Faculty and instructors who prefer self-service may continue to manually input course reserves requests into LOCR. However, the Syllabus Service provides a complementary full-service option that relieves users of the need to enter bibliographic data into the system. Both options ensure that the course materials are made available to students while respecting Canadian copyright law and existing UBC licensing agreements and policies.

How to submit a Reading List?
1) Upload your Reading List via Canvas or LOCR by using “Add Syllabus” button.

2) Or, email a copy to syllabus.service@ubc.ca (MS Word or PDF document).

We expect a basic reading list to include the following information:
· The course name and course code
· Your name and contact information
· Full citations for works, including page numbers where applicable
· Request for new purchases for the Library collections (only if applicable)

* If you have PDFs of the course materials please share them with us via syllabus.service@ubc.ca or OneDrive; this may expedite the process.

**If you plan to merge multiple course sections in Canvas, please ensure this is done before sending the reading list to us or using the self-service. Contact your faculty’s Instructional Support or LT Hub to request a merge.

Processing Timelines
While most digital course materials can be cleared in a matter of days, acquiring permissions from some publishers can be a lengthy process and, in some cases, may take several weeks.

To ensure that the course material is available to students on time, please submit your Reading List at least a month in advance. However, instructors may continue to submit requests at any time. Materials will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Course Material is Ready
Your assigned digital course material will be available as a single list (articles, eBooks, chapter/excerpts, and media resources) in one place and accessible through both Canvas (ensure the Library Online Course Reserves module is enabled) and the standalone LOCR site.

LOCR will also generate a direct link to your course material in “Instructor Mode.” You may share this link with your students any way you like (email, blog, LMS), as it will work only for enrolled students for that particular course.

Requested print items will be available in the physical course reserves collection.

If you have any questions, or need more information about the service, please contact syllabus.service@ubc.ca directly, or get in touch with your library branch.

Leadership transition in the Faculty of Arts

A message from Andrew Szeri, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver

The search for a new Dean of the Faculty of Arts is progressing as expected. There will be a period of time between when the current dean, Professor Gage Averill, concludes his deanship when UBC will require interim leadership in the Faculty. That interim leadership period will begin on April 4 with Professor Stefania Burk serving as Dean pro tem, followed by a transition to Professor Janice Stewart as Dean pro tem starting July 1.

Read more here.

 Events  

Mar. 22 – Student safety abroad – Faculty and staff training session

With travel restrictions lifting, many students are preparing to travel outside of Canada for university purposes, including exchanges, co-op, conferences, research, etc. Faculty and staff who would like to learn about UBC’s student travel requirements and the resources available to help students prepare for a safe trip are invited to attend an upcoming training session.

Student safety abroad – Faculty and staff training
Tuesday, March 22
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (via Zoom)
Register

Apr. 7 – CityAge Event Series: The Data Effect

The Data Effect returns in 2022, to bring together the ideas, technologies and people who can show us how to better use and share data to solve some of our most daunting challenges.
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A series of digital events will lead into an in-person summit in Vancouver, on June 3.
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The series will feature lessons from Estonia, the world’s leading digital nation, and other examples of digital leadership from around the world.

Upcoming events:

• April 7: Data-Driven Health Care Breakthroughs
• May 5: Digital Skills to Build the Future
• May 17: Fighting Climate Change with Data
• June 3: How to Build a Digital Society

Learn more and register here.

 Deadlines  

Mar. 21 – Deadline Extended – UBC Farm Undergraduate Research Competition 2022

The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm Undergraduate Research Competition provides financial support for innovative, undergraduate-led research projects at the UBC Farm. In 2022, $6000 of total funding is available, while individual projects can apply for a maximum of $3000 in funding. Students need to identify a primary supervisor (UBC graduate student, postdoctoral researcher, or faculty member). Undergrads from any UBC Faculty are eligible.

Find out more and apply here: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/ubc-farm-undergraduate-research-competition/

Deadline to apply: March 21, 2022

Mar. 21 – Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP)

The Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP) delivered by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 program year.

The Youth Employment and Skills Program will contribute approximately $3.7 million in wage subsidies to employers who hire youth (between the age of 15 and 30 inclusive) for agricultural jobs. Projects may start as early as April 1, 2022 and end no later than March 31, 2023.

New this year, the program will focus on youth facing employment barriers. The list of barriers is as follows:

• Indigenous
• living with a physical disability
• living with a diagnosed mental health disability
• visible minorities
• recent immigrant
• residing in a remote location
• living in a low income household
• single parent
• early school leaver

Applicants will be limited to 2 applications unless additional funding is received by the program.  Application intake will close midnight on March 21, 2022.

For additional information regarding the program and to apply, click here