LFS Today Mar 19, 2021

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

This session is taking place today 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 – Today

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!

Sustainable Friday

Your sustainability tip of the week is:

Working from home? Make sure you are taking care of your ergonomic health.

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.

UBC Global Engagement Strategy Launch

Join the UBC President and Vice-Chancellor, Santa J. Ono, for the launch of UBC’s global engagement strategy, In Service.

Monday, April 12, 2021
8:30 – 9:45 AM PT

The program features local and global speakers in conversation on what it means to be a university in service to the world through equitable collaboration – from research on issues of global relevance to capacity development work and global educational experiences.

RSVP by Tuesday, April 6, 2021 to reserve your spot and submit discussion questions.

The virtual event link will be provided upon RSVP.

Table Talks Webinar Series

The Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology and Food in Canada, Canada’s food and beverage processing magazine, have partnered to deliver a webinar with CIFST members and stakeholders.

Title: Canadian consumer opinions regarding food purchase decisions
Speaker: Stuart Smyth, Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan
When: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. EST 
Register here.