LFS Today May 21, 2021 | LFS Intranet 2020

Lunch & Learn Series: Productivity Tools with Sahil Sahibole – Rescheduled

Note: Our planned topic for the session with Sean Hollowaychuk this Friday, May 21 at noon has been rescheduled. Our topic for this session will now be ‘Productivity Tools’ presented by Sahil Sahibole of LFS Learning Centre.

Productivity tools are tools that help you be more productive in your workplace by optimizing the processes around your tasks. There are many tools out there that can help you with your productivity in spheres such as communication, task management, team management, collaborative planning or brainstorming, and task workflows. In this session, Sahil Sahibole of LFS Learning Centre will walk through some of these tools and how they can help in making your daily worklife easier. We will go over the pros and cons with regards to their setup, the associated learning curve, and FIPPA Compliance. The topics covered in this session will be:

Visual representation of data/processes using Mind Maps
Project/Task Management using MS Planner and Trello
Web App Management using Workspace Browsers
Communication and Team Management using MS Teams and its app integrations

Come join us this Friday to discuss these tools and how they can help you. To register for this session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

Candidates for Joint Lecturer (FRST and LFS) in Communications (LFS/FRST 150)

We will be interviewing four candidates for the position of Lecturer in Communications. We have included their information below, along with Zoom links to the lectures. Registration is required, so please click on the links in advance to register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We hope that you will be able to attend and to provide feedback to the selection committee.

For all presentations:

Lecture topic: The active and passive voice in science writing
Lecture Schedule: 9:30 – 10:20 am; Questions 10:20 – 10:35 am
The lectures will be recorded for those unable to attend.

Tuesday, May 25
Dr. Carellin Brooks holds a doctorate from Oxford University (2009) and has taught various courses in Communications/English at UBC and other local institutions since 2015.

Wednesday, May 26
Dr. Alys Avalos Rivera holds a doctorate in English from Oklahoma State University (2016), and has been a full-time lecturer at Vantage College since 2017.

Tuesday, June 1
Dr. Jade Standing holds a doctorate in English Literature from UBC (2020). She has been a sessional lecturer at UBC and other local institutions since 2017.

Wednesday, June 2
Mr. Duff Roberts holds a Master of Arts in English Literature from UBC (2005) has taught at UBC for the past 17 years at UBC, including sections of LFS/FRST 150 since 2017.

UBC Dietetics Students Awarded Dietitians of Canada Scholarships!

Congratulations to UBC Dietetics students Ariane Lai and Trista Yuan who have been recognized nationally through the Dietitians of Canada scholarships. Ariane receives the Community and Public Health scholarship and Trista receives the Student Network scholarship.

To view the announcement, visit https://www.dietitians.ca/About/Awards-and-Recognition/Student-awards/Network-Student-Scholarships

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:

Maja Krzic and Sandra Brown for going above and beyond to help several graduate students and colleagues with preparation for conferences and presentations for the upcoming Canadian Soil Science Society annual meeting.

To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today.

Sustainable Friday

Your sustainability tip of the week is

Consider a ‘walking’ meeting to get outside and stretch while thinking.
Alternatively, try a standing meeting if a computer is needed.

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.

NSERC Discovery Horizons Webinar

NSERC would like to inform you of the upcoming webinar for the new Discovery Horizons program.

French session: May 26th, 10:00 – 11:30 am EST
English session: May 26th, 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST

A short presentation of the program will precede a Q&A session.

Furthermore, NSERC would like to share with you some answers to frequently asked questions:

Can applicants who hold a Discovery Grant or are applying for a Discovery Grant in Fall 2021 submit a LOI to Discovery Horizons.
- Yes, researchers holding a Discovery grant or applying for one this year are eligible to apply to Discovery Horizons.
Can co-applicants be from non-NSE disciplines (Economics, Sociology …)
- As long as the faculty members meet all eligibility requirements they can be from any departments. However, in the Discovery Horizons proposal, they must work towards advancing knowledge in the NSE.
Is the proposed work under Discovery Horizons expected to be drastically different from the work proposed for Discovery? Is conceptual overlap allowed as long as there is no budgetary overlap?
- Discovery Horizons proposals should be different from Discovery Grants (applied for or held) since the Discovery Horizons applications, due to their broad level of interdisciplinarity with the social sciences or health research are not suitable for the DG program. At the full application stage, applications must indicate that the funds requested from the Discovery Horizons program will be for expenses that are distinct from those covered by support from other sources. For funding applied for, you must indicate that there will be no duplication of funding for the same expense(s) and explain how funds will be used if all applications are successful.
Does the application need to have all three components: (1) social sciences and humanities, (2) natural sciences and engineering, and (3) health and wellness?
- No, Discovery Horizons applications must be rooted in the NSE and integrate elements from the social sciences and humanities and/or health and wellness.