LFS Today Mar 5, 2021

Eduardo Jovel Receives CIHR Project Grant

Congratulations to Associate Professor Eduardo Jovel on receiving funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants: Fall 2020 competition.

Eduardo’s project is titled: Using Indigenous Land-Based Education And Practices To Improve The Health And Wellness Among Vancouver Urban Indigenous Population.

Lunch & Learn Series – TODAY – Early Alert Support For Students

This session will be held TODAY at noon. 
Continuing on our topic on student support from last week, Brian Barth, Manager, Student Support Services from the VP Students Office will be presenting this week on Supporting Students, and using Early Alert (EA). The Early Alert Program allows student advising, faculty and support staff to clearly understand a student concern, and organize the most efficient reach-out. 

This Lunch and Learn session will focus on special and recent challenges in student support during the online delivery phase.  Join us this Friday to ask questions about recent cases and discuss general concerns regarding student support. 

To register for this session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

SOIL 500 Graduate Seminar Series – Today

Date: Friday, March 5, 3:00pm
Title: Application of the Denitrification-Decomposition (DNDC) model for estimating the impacts of short-term grassland set-asides on plant-available nitrogen and crop yields in Delta, BC
Speaker: Trish Hanuszak, MSc student (supervisor Sean Smukler)
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:

Zooming in for a meeting? If you don’t need a computer,
plug in your headphones and take your meeting on a walk.

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.

Summer 2021 LFS TA Application opens Monday, March 8

Yes, it’s time to think about the Summer terms of 2021…

The LFS TA Application will open next week, for 10 calendar days only, to accept applications for Summer 2021 TA position for all Summer terms.

• The TA App will be open from Mon., March 8, 2021 at 4:30pm through Thurs., March 18, 2021 at 4:30pm.

After March 18 at 4:30pm, application is by instructor or administrator invitation only.

Student User Guide for the TA Application can be found here: https://wiki.ubc.ca/LFS:TA_Application_Applicants_Instructions

For access from off-campus, one must use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to log in to the website. Check the UBC IT website for help at: https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn

Questions? Email lfs.ta@ubc.ca.

Reminders and Resources from your LFS JOHSC

The LFS Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC) would like to share the following reminders and resources with you:

Electrical Panel Clearance
A 1 meter clearance is required around the front of all electrical panels. Please ensure spaces in your care are following this rule, and utilize the relevant inspection checklists when completing monthly safety inspections. Please contact your facilities manager if you have any questions.

Vehicle Mask Policies
The BC Centre for Disease Control recommends the use of non-medical masks when people travel together in the same vehicles. While commuting to work is not considered a work task, UBC recognizes some employees rely on carpooling to come to campus. If you need to carpool, please follow these guidelines from the BC Centre for Disease Control. If using shared vehicles while at work, follow the COVID-19 Use of Shared UBC Vehicle Guidelines.

Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Training
Due to Covid-19 your role may have changed, if you are now responsible for receiving dangerous goods (ex: lithium batteries, disinfectants, compressed air dusters etc.) you may need to take the UBC TDG Training. Transport Canada has notified Safety & Risk Services (SRS) of their intention to conduct “Zoom” inspections of UBC locations that ship or receive Dangerous Goods. If you are contacted and want SRS to attend as back-up, you can send a request to Janet.Hankins@ubc.ca. More information can be found in this pdf.

Monell Center Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Ricardo Araneda, Associate Professor, Biology Department, University of Maryland
Title: Regulation of inhibition in the olfactory system
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 10:00am PST
Register here.