LFS Today May 26, 2021 | LFS Intranet 2020

Candidates for Joint Lecturer (FRST and LFS) in Communications (LFS/FRST 150) – Lecture 2 Today

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.

Today

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.

Lunch & Learn Series: Cultivating Creativity in STEM Classrooms

This session will be held on Friday, May 28 at noon. Lindsay Cuff (LFS/Forestry Assistant Professor of Teaching) will be our guest presenter for this week.

This session will focus on the importance of integrating and nurturing creativity in STEM courses. Participants will learn practical techniques to encourage creative thinking and engagement, both online and face-to-face, and will reflect on how they are currently building in creativity as an integral aspect of knowledge construction into their own teaching practice.

Come join Lindsay and the Learning Centre team to learn and discuss the techniques to cultivate creativity in your classrooms. To register for this session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

Joint Forestry and LFS Teaching Colloquy: Teaching and Learning Beyond COVID

Join us at the Annual Teaching Colloquy on Friday, June 4. We are especially excited this year as we will be co-hosting and co-facilitating this upcoming Colloquy with the Faculty of Forestry. We look forward to having enriched discussions and exchanges with our Forestry colleagues.

Forestry and LFS Teaching Colloquy
Friday, June 4
10am-12:30 pm
To RSVP and view the Agenda: click here .
Visit the Learning Centre website.

Questions and suggestions? Please contact: Judy.Chan@ubc.ca (LFS) or Michelle.Zeng@ubc.ca (Forestry)

Wellness Wednesday

Your Mental Health Tip of the Week:

Start off your day by checking some easy-wins off your to-do list.
Making progress can lift your mood.

IGNITE Book Club

Designed to open up space and stimulate dialogue and discussion around race and leadership, IGNITE is one of several key initiatives that recognize and embrace the diversity of our faculty community, and provide an intentional space for racialized faculty to share their experiences.

Thursday, May 27
Jenny Heijun Wills in conversation with Dallas Hunt

Joining Dr. Dallas Hunt in conversation with Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills, author of the award-winning memoir, “Older Sister, not Necessarily Related.” This powerful memoir tells a beautiful, haunting story about transracial adoption: a brilliant, courageous and poetic tale of race, gender, and sexuality. Sign up now, as places will not last long!

CTLT Course Design Intensive

June 1, 3 & 8 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration for the CDI is officially closed – however, you can contact the CDI coordinator, Sue Hampton, susan.hampton@ubc.ca, to inquire whether any spaces remain.

The Course Design Intensive (CDI) is an intensive program in which participants work, individually and collaboratively, to design or re-design a course they are (or will be) teaching. Throughout the workshop, participants will acquire a broadened understanding of course design concepts, and will gain skills and tools they can apply to their own course. The focus of the workshop is on having participants work with the major concepts and questions that need to be considered as they design a course. Ultimately, the goal of the CDI is to support instructors as they work to enhance their students’ learning.

For more information, visit https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/course-design-intensive-june-2021/