LFS Today May 4, 2021

2021 Summer Final Exam Requests

Are you teaching a course in the Summer 2021 Session?

If so, please complete our Examination Request Survey to indicate whether or not an exam will be required for your course(s) no later than 4:00pm on Monday, May 10. It is important that your requests are received by this deadline to ensure your exam(s) are scheduled by UBC Scheduling Services. Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the exam scheduling process and resources found online, (particularly the ‘resources’ link). If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Bonita Perko at lfs.scheduling@ubc.ca.

Dietetics Welcomes New Curriculum Assistant

UBC Dietetics Team would like to welcome Yasmin Alachkar who is joining as a Dietetics Curriculum Assistant this summer. Yasmin has just completed her 4th year in the Dietetics program and is thrilled to be taking on the role as the Dietetics Curriculum Assistant. She looks forward to contributing to the exciting curriculum revision project while further developing her project management skills and networking with the Dietetics Major Leadership Team, practicing dietitians, as well as staff and faculty members of LFS and other health professional programs.

Tech Tip Tuesday by LFS Learning Centre

Setting up for your course next term? Try using the LFS Remote Teaching Template on Canvas. It aims to create a coherent student experience across LFS and is loaded with a navigable home page, general resources for students, entry/mid-term quizzes and more. You can select to import the complete course template or choose only the contents that you need.

To learn more about how to add this template to your course, visit https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/lfs-remote-teaching-template/ or contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca.

Step Up to the Plate – New AAFC Resource

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has developed a new marketing toolkit to make it easy to promote the Step up to the plate – Help feed Canadians campaign.

The portal provides national and regional employment information, including links to job sites across the country, as well as health, safety and training resources for job seekers who are available and interested in working on farms, in food processing and other related occupations.

Please share this toolkit with members of your network that may be interested.

Modern Ecocities in the Cascadia Innovation Corridor

Virtual Forum on May 18, 2021

As the Cascadia region anticipates welcoming as many as 4 million more people in the coming decades, cities, businesses and post-secondary institutions across the Pacific Northwest are exploring how to work together to build more modern, sustainable communities. Through meaningful partnerships, municipalities, citizens and local industries can create more livable urban spaces and close their sustainability gaps. The Cascadia Corridor has already embarked on shared sustainability endeavours such as the Pacific Coast Collaborative and the Hydrogen Highway. How do we continue to advance partnerships and participation in the development of the future?

Join the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Community on Tuesday, May 18th for a conversation on developing more sustainable cities and the training and educational tools available to support those efforts, including micro-credentialing. Speakers include Urban Ecologist and Director for Institute Sustainability at BCIT’s Centre for Ecocities, Dr. Jennie Moore who will introduce the concept of modern ecocities and bridge into a discussion among city sustainability leaders, industry and educators from B.C., Washington and Oregon on new approaches and ways to collaborate to achieve shared sustainability goals.

Speakers include:

  • Dr. Tom Roemer, Vice President, Academic, BCIT and Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on Best and Diverse Talent, Cascadia Innovation Corridor
  • Dr. Amy Morrison, President, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, and Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on Best and Diverse Talent, Cascadia Innovation Corridor
  • Dr. Jennie Moore, Urban Ecologist and Director, Institute Sustainability, BCIT Centre for Ecocities
  • Municipal sustainability leads for the cities of Vancouver, Seattle and Portland (TBC)
  • Steve Eccles, Regional CEO and Dean, Northeastern University, Vancouver
  • Duane Elverum, Executive Director and Co-Founder, CityStudio, Vancouver
  • Dr. Andrea Frisque, Senior Associate and Building Performance Engineer, Stantec
  • Governor Christine Gregoire, CEO, Challenge Seattle and Co-Chair, Cascadia Innovation Corridor
  • Greg D’Avignon, President and CEO, Business Council of British Columbia and Co-Chair, Cascadia Innovation Corridor

When
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
10:00am – 11:30am (PST)
For more information: Click here

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