LFS Today May 11, 2022

 News  

Trek magazine features Nature’s Path Foods

AlumniUBC’s Trek magazine featured Arran and Ratana Stephens, LFS Faculty Advisory Board members and founders of Nature’s Path Foods. The Stephens share their journey, from opening Canada’s first vegetarian restaurant in 1967 followed by several organic food manufacturing companies, to today’s urgent actions needed to improve food security.

Read the Trek article, Encouraging sustainability one bite at a time.

Wellness Wednesdays

Science-based Strategies for Happy, Healthy Relationships
This 1.5 hour workshop will share research and strategies for strengthening love and connection based on the pioneering work of renowned psychologists Dr. Sue Johnson (founder of Emotion Focused Therapy) and Drs. Julie and John Gottman (founders of the Gottman Method of couples therapy). These methods are the gold standard for empirically validated couples therapy.

Thursday, May 12
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Zoom

Learn more and register here.

 Events  

May 12 – Moose Hide Campaign Day

Moose Hide Campaign Day will take place on May 12, 2022. Moose Hide Campaign Day is an annual day of action to end violence against women and children in Canada. Last year over 80,000 people tuned in for the livestreams, fasted for the day or joined one of our many workshops. What a powerful day!
Moose Hide Campaign Day will include:

• Ceremony and cultural protocols
• An address from our co-founders
• Keynote speakers
• Teachings from Elders
• Workshops focused on the themes of reconciliation, healthy relationships, workplace safety, and Indigenous teachings from Elders
• An in-person Walk to End Violence in Victoria, BC
• The opportunity to take part in the one-day national fast

Learn more and register here.

June 6 – Navigating Emotional Responses in the Classroom

This workshop recognizes that emotions are part of the classroom climate. Instructors are tasked with the complex role of navigating their own emotions in the classroom, while also recognizing the emotions of their students and determining the best way to support them. The significance of this role is particularly prevalent when discussing topics surrounding race, racialization, and racism. This session will explore how race and power dynamics have emotional impacts in the classroom environment (both for students and educators). The intention is for participants to leave with an increased capacity to interact with emotional responses as points of pedagogical and relational engagement.

June 6, 2022
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Register

 Deadlines  

May 16 – Sustainability Education Grants

Sustainability Education Grants provide funding for Vancouver faculty members looking to advance and diversify sustainability education opportunities for students across campus in all disciplines.

Funding supports curriculum development centred on transformative learning that incorporates experiential, applied and/or interdisciplinary sustainability education principles. We encourage applications that look to inspire and empower students in the themes of Climate, Biodiversity, Resilient Communities and the Circular Economy.

Applications are now open for funding of up to $10,000 per year, for up to two years. Apply by May 16 to begin work on your sustainability curriculum project in September 2022.

Find out more and apply today at https://sustain.ubc.ca/teaching-applied-learning/sustainability-education-grants