LFS Today Nov 21, 2022

News

The CSFS at UBC Farm Annual Report is out now

The CSFS Annual Report 2021-2022 is a chance to find out about all our programs and read how things went last year. Did you know we cultivated 10 types of melon in last year’s (hot) growing season? Plus we had over 250 dedicated volunteers who spent 2,600 hours volunteering at the Farm, our CSFS Associates research was cited over 2,100 times, and over 25,000 people attended our markets, events and programs!

Look for the bumblebee making a special appearance on the cover with Risa Sargent!

Website: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/about/

PDF: https://lfs-ubcfarm-clone-2018.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/11/Annual-Report-2021-2022-All-Pages-for-Web-Lower-Res.pdf

Events

Nov. 30 – Rest as Resistance: An Invitation to Unwind

Facilitated by Sonya Thomlinson, Certified Yoga Therapist of Mindful Restoration

Wednesday November 30 @ 4.30 – 5.30 (online)

Too tired to rest?

Explore the power of deep rest through a guided relaxation and meditation experience.

This workshop is especially beneficial for those studying for exams, undergoing major changes, experiencing anxiety and stress or for pain management.

The benefits of deep rest include:

• reduction of tension and overall stress
• deep state of relaxation
• clear negative thoughts, emotions and habits
• improve sleep and reduce insomnia
• enhance memory and learning capacity
• awaken creativity and inspiration

This event is open to faculty, staff and students. Click here to register

Dec. 1 – LFS 350 Poster Presentations

Showcasing this term’s community-based experiential learning projects, led by 90 3rd-year LFS students in partnership with 16 different community organizations.

Thursday, December 1

2 – 3:30pm

AMS Nest, Atrium

Dec. 2 – Elevating Indigenous Food Systems with Indigenous Dietitian Perspectives

Listen to the wisdom of dietitians Deyowidron’t Teri Morrow and Tatyana Daniels (recent graduate from the Dietetics program), as they share Cayuga and Gitxsan perspectives, focusing on their traditional foods and food systems. It is hoped that this is the first of a series of webinars aiming to elevate and better understand the diversity of wisdom in Indigenous communities and food systems.

This webinar is led by the Indigenous Nutritional Knowledge Information Network of DC and supported by the Sustainable Food Systems, Community and Public Health Nutrition, DOC, Francophone and Student Networks. Learn more about the Networks and join here.

The webinar will be presented in English spoken language with French and English captioning available. If you require any accommodations to fully participate in the event, please let us know at webinars@dietitians.ca.

To register: Sign up for the Indigenous Nutritional Knowledge and Information Network of DC, or one of the supporting Networks, to gain access to the webinar and all other offerings this membership year.

Friday, December 2

12:00 – 1:30pm ET

Deadlines

Dec. 31 – 2022 Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) Fund

UBC Community Engagement is accepting applications for the 2022 Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) Fund! Apply for up to $1,500 for community-university collaboration and relationship building.

PRE funding fills small resource gaps and empowers community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis from now until December 31, 2022, OR until available funds are exhausted. This year, Community Engagement has a total of $69,000 to fund up to 46 community-university projects (24 projects have already been approved).

UBC students, faculty, staff and community partners are invited to apply!

Jan. 5 (new deadline) – Open Education Resource (OER) Implementation Grants

The OER Implementation Grans provide funding and staff support to UBC faculty who wish to incorporate open educational resources as required materials into their UBCV credit courses: https://oerfund.open.ubc.ca/oer-implementation-grants/

LFS Internal Deadline: January 5, 2023

Central Deadline: January 19, 2023

If you have an idea and don’t know how to get started, you are welcome to have a chat with Judy.Chan@ubc.ca.

To get some inspirations, you may check out the Writing Place, an open textbook for LFS 150 and FRST 150 created by Lindsay Cuff and funded by the OER Grants. Lindsay also shared her reflection at a recent Lunch and Learn.