LFS Today Nov 25, 2022

News

Statement of solidarity for 2SLGBTQIA+ community

The UBC Equity and Inclusion Office has issued a Statement of solidarity in response to the Club Q attack that happened in Colorado Springs, U.S., last week. This Statement is in memory of the victims and makes a stand to support the queer and trans communities impacted by this tragedy. Please review the statement and for faculty members and staff, including academic advisors and program staff, there are available resources and spaces for community and support included.

https://equity.ubc.ca/news-and-stories/statement-of-solidarity-in-response-to-club-q-attack/

LFS in the News

Jonathan Beutler, a PhD student, received a scholarship from SaskBarley. Jonathan’s project is helping barley breeders develop net blotch resistant pre-breeding germplasm, and will ultimately lead to the development of resistant varieties for Canadian growers.

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G&PS GA Development Program

GA Development Program | UBC Faculty & Staff

Earlier this year, the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies launched a development program aimed, primarily, at new and current program graduate advisors. To date, together with a Grad Advisor Essentials program orientation session in August, they have offered 3 events:

Deeper Dive 1: Graduate Student Funding (September 15, 2022)

Deeper Dive 2: Supporting Wellbeing in your Graduate Program (October 19, 2022)

Deeper Dive 3: Navigating Supervision and Supervisory Concerns (November 7, 2022)

Video recordings of these sessions are available on the website

The final event of the current series will be

Deeper Dive 4: Admissions Essentials for Graduate Advisors (December 1, 2022) You can register here

We strongly encourage all of our graduate advisors and program directors to attend these sessions and/or review the online material.

Events

Today – Lunch & Learn Series: Introduction to Learning Analytics: Canvas Analytics and Beyond with Craig Thompson

This session will be held TODAY, November 25th, 2022 at noon. Craig Thompson ( LT Hub Learning Analytics team) will be leading the session this week.

Instructors strive to create effective learning spaces and opportunities where students engage with course content, participate in course activities, connect with their peers, and are invested in learning. Using course data to evaluate and improve learning is a key aspect of learning analytics and can be a useful evidence-based approach for helping instructors succeed in achieving their teaching goals.

This session will provide an overview of the field of learning analytics. It will focus on exploring dashboards and tools for instructors as a means of observing, analyzing and reflecting on teaching and learning activity in your courses. You will gain hands-on experience using Canvas Analytics to observe and reflect on activity in your courses.

This workshop will also provide an overview of UBC’s learning analytics tools and services. Craig will explore opportunities and areas in which learning analytics can support you, as an instructor, in improving teaching, learning, and engagement in your courses.

Join Craig and the Learning Centre team this Friday to learn more about Learning Analytics. To register for the Lunch and Learn Series, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

Follow the Lunch and Learn Series on the Lunch and Learn Webpage!

Dec. 1 – COP27 and the politics of power, people, and place

Did COP27 open up space for the voices of Indigenous Peoples, youth organizers, and local communities?

Join the post-COP27 event for an opportunity to hear from and speak with faculty and student delegates who’ve just returned from climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh.

Thu Dec 1, 6-8pm (PST)

In-person at SFU Segal Building
with networking and refreshments
-OR-
Live webinar

Register

Dec. 2 – LFS|US Jolly Jamboree

Please join us for this year’s LFS|US Jolly Jamboree on Friday, December 2 from 5-7pm at Agora! There will be a gingerbread house competition, karaoke, and a $10 gift swap. The gingerbread houses voted most creative, most festive, and most LFS will win our grand prizes. Prizes will also be awarded to the first two karaoke participants. The gift swap will be conducted white elephant style where you can swap your gift for somebody else’s gift. Faculty and staff are welcome to come to the event and encouraged to form their team of four in advance! Please also bring your own mug for hot chocolate! See you all there!

Deadlines

Nov. 30 – Job Posting: CSFS Research Manager Position

Working in a dynamic and high-energy environment, the CSFS Research Manager will assist and support the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm with duties and responsibilities associated with facilitating academic research projects and activities at the Centre. The ideal candidate has extensive higher education research management experience with a focus on food system sustainability or agroecology and is highly skilled in research facilitation and grant writing, implementation, and evaluation.

The closing date for this job posting (https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs/job/UBC-Vancouver-Campus/CSFS-Research-Manager_JR10542-1) is 11:59pm on Wednesday, November 30. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

Dec. 4 – Job Posting: Indigenous Research Cluster Coordinator Position

Working in a dynamic and high-energy environment, the Indigenous Research Cluster (IRC) Coordinator will assist with the collection, management, and analysis of Indigenous research within the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and external research partners/collaborators, therefore the coordinator will also support the internal tracking of Indigenous research activities conducted both internal and external to the Faculty.

The closing date for this job posting (https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs/job/UBC-Vancouver-Campus/Indigenous-Research-Cluster-Coordinator_JR10644) is 11:59pm on Sunday, December 4. Indigenous people are encouraged to apply.