LFS Today Nov 10, 2021

 News  

UBC Farm Podcast

Growing A Farm: the 20-Year Journey of the UBC Farm, is a limited podcast series that tells the story of the beginnings of the Farm in 2001 and the against-the-odds story of saving it.

The podcast is hosted by current LFS student, Anisha Sandhu, who wanted to explore the Farm’s history on its 20th anniversary by speaking to the students, staff and faculty members who were key to turning a vision into reality.

“The story of the UBC Farm shows we are capable of anything we put our minds to: the team work makes the dream work,” says Sandhu. “It’s also a story that needs to be shared as students come and go. It’s such a unique space and brings so much to the UBC experience.”

Over two episodes, we follow as they uncover this derelict land, learn how to start a farm, battle against devious wireworm pests, set out to show the value of food and sustainability before it was a hot topic and start a movement to prove the value to the university and, ultimately, save the farm.

Check back here for episodes! Stay tuned for the following launches: a teaser on November 12, Planting the Seeds on November 19, and Saving the Farm on November 26.

Funding Available for Advancing Community Engaged Learning

The Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) works to connect communities with UBC faculty and students to work on issues that impact society. The Centre’s Advancing Community Engaged Learning fund awards grants of up to $3500 to faculty, academic administrators, or staff. The purpose of the fund is to provide opportunities to develop, innovate, evaluate, and improve approaches, resources and systems that enable community engaged learning courses, programs, and initiatives to grow and sustain at UBC. Should you be interested in using any of these resources or have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us community.learning@ubc.ca

Note: Applications will be accepted until funds are expended. Recipients will be notified on a rolling basis.

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 Events  

Nov. 15 – CAPI Webinar: Agriculture’s most underappreciated relationship

Monday, November 15
11am ET

Agriculture is relatively unique in Canada in that responsibility is shared between Federal and Provincial governments. This means that governments need to work together, and with stakeholders, to move agri-food policy forward.

As governments ramp up negotiations on the next 5-year agriculture policy framework it is time to check the health of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) relationship, ask whether it is positioned to deal with the challenges the agri-food system is facing, and consider how it should change to ensure the agri-food system can increase it’s economic, environmental, and social contributions.

This engaging dialogue will build on Douglas Hedley’s Perspective Report, Understanding our Past, and Present: Designing our Future: Federal-Provincial-Territorial Policy Making and Canadian Agriculture released by CAPI earlier this year.

Register here

Nov. 23 – Decolonizing Science Education & Practicing Indigenous Science

Tuesday, November 23
10am – 12pm PST

Join Reconciling Ways of Knowing on November 23 for “Decolonizing Science Education & Practicing Indigenous Science.”

Throughout their Dialogues to-date, one of the most consistent themes that has come up through the reflections of the speakers and convenors, and through the questions and feedback of participants, is the importance of decolonizing science education and practicing ethical and culturally responsive and appropriate research. They’ve brought together a panel of leading Indigenous researchers and practitioners dedicated to transforming science education and the practice of science and research.

Learn more and register here.

Nov. 23, 25 & 30 – CTLT Course Design Intensive

November 23, 25 & 30
9am – 4pm
Online

This program offers participants an opportunity to work, individually and collaboratively, to design or re-design a course they are or will be teaching.

Register by November 16, 2021.

Register here

 Deadlines  

Today – Northern Scientific Training Program

The 2022/23 Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) is now open for applications. The NSTP supports student research in the North by supplying supplementary funds to offset the additional costs of Northern research.

Before completing the application, students and professors must read the Program Manual. Answers to common questions can also be found in the “Frequently Asked Questions” document.

The sponsor deadline for submitting Applications on the NSTP portal is Wednesday, November 10, 2021 (also email PDF copy to Yvonne.Ng@ors.ubc.ca)

Nov. 19 – Workplace Experiences Survey

UBC invites all faculty and staff to participate in the 2021 Workplace Experiences Survey and share feedback on your experience of working at the university.

You will have received a survey invitation directly from the survey consultant TalentMap (survey@talentmap.com). This email will include your unique survey link — please do not forward it to others. The deadline for responses is November 19, 2021.

It takes 15-20 minutes to complete, with an option to save your answers and complete the survey at a later time.

Your individual responses will remain confidential, and survey results will only be reported in aggregate. You will not be asked to provide personal information such as your CWL or password. Details on how your feedback is kept confidential are available at https://ubc.ca/wes

Nov. 22 – Job Posting: Indigenous Youth Program Coordinator

Environmental Youth Alliance is looking for an Indigenous Youth Program Coordinator to lead land-based programs for Indigenous youth in East Vancouver, including designing lesson plans and sharing cultural and/or personal knowledge of harvesting and working with plant medicines and relationship to the land.

See the full job posting here.