LFS Today Mar 2, 2022

 News  

Pi(e) Sale is March 14 – Calling all bakers!

Pi Day is coming up on Monday, March 14 and LFS is once again having a Pi(e) Fundraiser! All proceeds will go to the AMS Food Bank this year.

We are looking for bakers to donate pies again! For those who love to bake and would like to donate a pie, please contact Barbara Hsiao (barbara.hsiao@ubc.ca).

Everyone is welcome to drop by the Dean’s Office on Monday, March 14 between 10am and 3pm and help yourself to a slice of pie! Minimum $3 donation per slice, or 2 for $5!

Summer Course Expense Fund Requests – due March 15th

Are you teaching an undergraduate course in any 2022 Summer Term (May – August 2022)?
Send in your itemized course expense requests now.
Email your completed form to virginia.frankian@ubc.ca by March 15^th , 2022 by 4:30pm.

Expendable laboratory supplies, field trip expenses, and other expenses directly addressing course learning objectives are eligible.

To be reimbursed, expenses must be itemized and pre-approved or your claim will not be processed.

Find form and details at “Finance” . Look under Forms, then the link next to Teaching-Related Funding for more information, and find the form at Course Expenses Fund (MS Word).
Note that students should not be charged course fees for any LFS courses.

All course expenses must be requested and approved prior to the start of each term.
** Late requests may not receive funding ** ”

LFS in the News

Sean Smukler commented on how we can make our communities more resilient to climate change: “If we don’t deal with our own capacity to adapt, then we’re trusting that California’s going to deal with its problems. Otherwise, we’re going to be eating something other than the lettuce during the wintertime.” The Globe and Mail

LFS Gala 2022

The 5th annual LFS Gala will be taking place on Friday, March 11th from 5-9pm at the Sage restaurant.

The LFS Gala team recognizes that some students may not be able to afford the ticket pricing. In order to make this event open and accessible to all, we are looking for LFS faculty and staff who wish to support students who would otherwise be unable to attend the event.

If you are interested in graciously purchasing a sponsored ticket for this event, please contact Thilini, Student Engagement Officer at thilini.leitan@ubc.ca.

Wellness Wednesdays: Pet-ditate – Meditate with your pet

UBC’s Health, Wellbeing and Benefits team has a great line-up of free activities and opportunities coming your way this month.

On March 22, check out Pet-ditate – Meditate with your pet:

Pets and mindfulness can both reduce stress and improve feelings of wellbeing. In these sessions we will be combining our pets and mindfulness in these 15 minute sessions.

The session will include different mindfulness practices such as gratitude, loving-kindness and a focus on our pet’s breath, smell and body sounds.

Course information:

• Date: March 22, 2022 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• Location: Zoom

 Events  

Apr. 7 – Activate your entrepreneurial mindset: Powered by PechaKucha

Do you want to enhance your performance at work, be valued by your employer, and develop skills essential to today’s economy? One way to do so is to think like an entrepreneur. At this virtual event, you’ll hear from Shahrzad Rafati (BSc’07), who is the Chairperson and CEO of BroadbandTV (BBTV). Her media-tech company is one of the Top 10 Tech listings of all time on the TSX – and a quadruple bottom-line business that measures its success by impact, not just financials.
Following her conversation with a moderator, six speakers, including LFS alumni Mauricio Lozano (MFS’09), will present their stories — including challenges they’ve overcome and lessons learned, accompanied by visuals — in a PechaKucha format. In these talks, the speakers — ranging from UBC alumni and students to community members — will share their experiences and expertise in everything from elite athletics to breweries to personal care products. This is your opportunity to learn how they benefited from having an entrepreneurial mindset and how you can continue strengthening this skillset.

Thursday, April 7, 2022
2:00pm–3:30pm PT

Learn more and register here.

Jun. 20 to 24 – 2022 NACTA Conference

Registration for the 2022 NACTA Conference, to be held June 20-24, 2022 is still open. At this annual meeting of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) you will be able to connect with and learn from others who share the same passion for the improvement of teaching and learning in agriculture, food and natural resources. The annual NACTA conference will provide you with new teaching techniques, ideas and resources. It is also one of the best professional development activities for networking with other teaching professionals where the common discipline is “teaching.”

This year NACTA will offer both in-person and virtual registration options allowing attendees the opportunity to choose their method of participation. All accepted poster and oral presentations will be available to both virtual and live attendees.

Learn more and register here.

 Deadlines  

Apr. 29 – Wall Scholars Catalyst Program

Applications are invited from leading scholars across career stages from UBC and UBCO to the 2022-23 Wall Scholars Catalyst Program. Successful scholars will participate in regular sessions at the Institute focusing on the broad theme of Climate and Nature Emergency. Up to 10 Wall Scholars will be appointed in this selection process.

The program will uphold the Institute’s mandate to provide a platform for associated scholars, fellows and partners to engage in research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries and that explores innovative ways of thinking and knowing to address the biggest challenges of our time. Selected applicants will build connections, cultivate relationships and initiate collaborations that will continue beyond the program year.

The 2022-23 Wall Scholars Catalyst Program places emphasis on the role of scholars as change catalysts in society and of PWIAS as an incubator of inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations that engage with the urgency, scale and complexity of the program theme.

The theme proposed for the 2022-23 cohort is Climate and Nature Emergency. The recent devastating environmental disasters in BC are indicative of the immediacy of climate crises, the complexities of bringing about systemic change and the urgent need for coordinated efforts to address climate change, climate justice and biodiversity loss both locally and globally. The program will complement and connect faculty and student led initiatives.

We encourage applications from all disciplines and from scholars whose work may be vital to understanding the climate and nature emergency, but who may have not previously conceived of their scholarship in this frame. For this call, we hope to expand the ways of knowing and acting in this challenging socio-ecological moment.

The Wall Scholars Catalyst Program will run September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023.

Application Deadline: Friday, April 29, 2022

Download program description

Download the application