LFS students receive awards at Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society
UBC LFS students attended the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, the Entomological Society of Canada, and the Entomological Society of America.
Special congratulations to LFS graduate students Matthew Tsuruda, who was awarded a student award from the ESBC, Jade Sherwood, awarded the John Borden Award from the ESC, and Warren Wong, who received an award for the best entomological related photograph in the juried art competition. Grace Wang, an LFS undergraduate, received 2nd place for best undergraduate talk overall. Congratulations all!
As part of the meeting, postdoc in the Plant Insect Ecology and Evolution Lab, Dr. Pierre Girod, was interviewed by Radio Canada to discuss the invasive insect pest, the spotted wing drosophila, one of the major agricultural pests in BC: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/panorama/segments/entrevue/423181/drosophile-suzukii-mouche-ailes-tachetees-insecte |
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New Face in the Finance Office!
Please join us as we welcome Vicky Chan to the Finance Office as our new Research Financial Analyst. She will be responsible for the administration of contract and grant accounts for sponsored research and specific purpose funds, providing guidance to the Faculty’s research community. Vicky brings extensive UBC experience as she will be joining us from the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, where she holds the role of Finance & Operations Coordinator. Prior to this, she worked as a Financial Analyst for the VPRI – Institutional Programs Office and as AR Coordinator for the Faculty of Medicine. Vicky holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UBC. Her first day will be November 21, 2022 so please come by and introduce yourself (either virtually or in-person)! |
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LFS Holiday Party – Friday, Dec. 9 (2-4 pm)
The Faculty will be hosting a late-lunch buffet on Friday, Dec. 9 for LFS faculty and staff. This is a way to thank everyone for their outstanding contributions, both over the past year and throughout the pandemic. We are looking forward to closing out 2022 together, and celebrating our LFS Service Award winners.
LFS Holiday Party
Date: Friday, December 9, 2022
Time: 2-4 pm [Please NOTE: time was adjusted from our earlier Save the Date notice]
Location: St. John’s College, UBC Vancouver campus, 2111 Lower Mall
RSVP by noon on Dec. 2:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3snt3OXnI5QBzIa
*Individuals who RSVP will be entered into a draw for prizes!*
The holiday luncheon is for LFS faculty and staff members, as well as LFS Undergraduate Society Executive and the Graduate Student Council. |
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Nominate LFS Service Award winners by Dec. 2!
Remember to recognize your LFS colleagues for their work! Categories are Shynkaryk Service Award (staff), Richards Service Award (faculty), and Graduate Student Service Award.
To make a nomination: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1uAycvz9GZ0Klo |
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Events
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Today – *Remember to RSVP!* Decolonial Lunch & Learn Session: RISE Workshop – Indigenous Research Methods, Protocols, and Processes
This week, the Lunch & Learn Series will have a special 2-hour exploratory workshop that will be held in-person at the UBC Farm Yurt. We will also have it available online on Zoom. Further details are listed below:
Date: Friday, November 18, 2022
Time:10am-12pm
Location: UBC Farm Yurt
In order to move beyond the assumed universality and superiority of Western science within the university structure, and to create supportive systems that foster collaborative and holisitic Indigenous science, Drs. Andrea Reid, Danielle Ignace, Shandin Pete, and Tabitha Robin Martens, have found it critical to build bridges between Indigenous science scholars across historically and contemporarily siloed departments and faculties within our institution. Through the formation of the “Resurgent Indigenous Scholars for the Environment” (RISE) Collective within the first year of our respective faculty appointments at UBC, we have created our own space for providing mutual support, co-designing research and teaching projects, and being in collective service to Indigenous Peoples within and beyond the university campus. Through a series of dialogue sessions rotating across each of our departments, we have been in ongoing conversation about the tensions that arise as we build purposeful Indigenous science space within a Western science-dominated frame.
For the second talk in our series, we will be be discussing Indigenous research methods, protocols, and processes, and how they are used in our own research projects.
To RSVP for this session please click here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bd7bxVDD3crcLL8.
Find out more on our Event Webpage: bit.ly/Lunch-And-Learn-Nov-18 |
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Nov. 23 – Workday Student 101
As we move closer to the launch of Workday Student, it is important to ensure our UBC community is engaged, informed, and prepared. Therefore, ahead of training, we will be hosting multiple Workday Student 101 webinar sessions.
Attend this session to:
- Receive high-level, foundational knowledge about Workday Student
- Understand the differences from our current SIS
- Learn core concepts
- Get an overview of how you will be trained
In the event you cannot attend a session, recordings will be posted on irp.ubc.ca
November 23, 2022
11:00am – 12:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Register |
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Nov. 30 – 14 Not Forgotten Ceremony
The Engineering Undergraduate Society and Faculty of Applied Science invite UBC students, faculty and staff to join them on November 30 for the annual 14 Not Forgotten ceremony. The event is an opportunity to honour the women who lost their lives in an engineering class at I ‘école Polytechnique de Montréal on December 6, 1989. violence towards women.
Wed, November 30, 2022
11:00am – 12:00pm
Engineering Student Center |
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