LFS Today Nov 27, 2020

Welcome Andrea Frommel!

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Andrea Frommel has accepted the position of Chair of Sustainable Aquaculture at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Applied Biology Program, starting July 1, 2021.  Andrea received a PhD in Fisheries Biology from the Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research, IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany in 2012.  She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute of Ocean and Fisheries and the Department of Zoology at UBC, and a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in our Aquaculture Certificate Program.  Her research program focuses on the effects of environmental parameters on the development of early life stages of fish.  Congratulations Andrea!

LFS 400 Student Podcasts on CiTR 101.9fm at 11am Today

As a part of its 24-Hours of Student Power day of student programming, UBC’s campus radio station—CiTR Radio—will be broadcasting two hours of audio stories from LFS 400, the faculty’s podcasting course. Tune into 101.9fm or player.citr.ca from today 11am to 1pm to hear stories on topics ranging from the Indigenous food scene in Vancouver, the pros and cons of a ketogenic diet, the challenges of pandemic grocery shopping, and much more.

More informations on 24 Hours of Student Power here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/382315006348987

And hear more LFS 400 stories here:
https://lfs400.landfood.ubc.ca/category/story/

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:

Duncan McHugh, Juno Kim and Skyler Li from the Learning Centre for their great contribution to the Master of Food Science virtual graduation reception. Their help and support ensured that everything went smoothly.

To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today.

SOIL 500 Graduate Seminar Series – Today

Date: Friday, November 27, 3:00pm
Title: The effect of cuticular waxes on transpirational water loss in different blueberry varieties.
Speaker: Yifan Yan, PhD student (supervisor Simone Castellarin)
Abstract & bio available here.

If you have registered previously for one of our seminars, you do not need to register again – the weekly zoom link is the same.
If you need registration information, please email sandra.brown@ubc.ca.

Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond: Webinar Series – Today

Join the next edition of the Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond webinar series:

Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Africa post-COVID-19
Friday November 27, 9:00 – 10:30am PST

In this panel, speakers will discuss the status of food sovereignty in Africa prior to and emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, as local communities seek to reclaim and rebuild their food systems following border closures and critical levels of food insecurity. Speakers will discuss topics related to valuing and strengthening Indigenous food systems, improving food and nutritional security, and seed sovereignty. Sponsored by CSFS and the Liu Institute Network for Africa.

Learn more and register here.

This series is presented by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS), the BC Food Web and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS).

UBC Forestry Workshop – Faculty Experience Sharing in Online Teaching

Our colleagues in Forestry are presenting their experiences in online teaching.

Workshop Title: Forestry Workshop:  Faculty Experience Sharing in Online Teaching

Description:  In these panel sessions, we will hear from our Forestry colleagues who transitioned to online teaching and learning in Term 1. They will share their first-hand experiences and reflect on what worked well and what didn’t, both for them and for their students. A broad range of online teaching and learning topics will be covered in a Q&A format, including student engagement, course redesign, applications of online learning tools, assessment strategies, time commitments, areas for improvement, etc.

Tuesday Dec 1 11-12:30

SPEAKERS: Dr. Simon Ellis, Dr. Patrick Culbert, Dr. Shannon Hagerman, Dr. Richard Hamelin, Dr.  Lori Daniels, GTA Rep: Hunter Rigatti

Registration: Link

Job Posting: Assistant Professor in Pedology, Pedogenesis and Soil Classification

The Department of Soils and Agri-food Engineering at the Laval University (Quebec City, QC, Canada) invites applications from qualified candidates for a tenure track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. The deadline for applications is March, 15, 2021. The candidate should have experience in the teaching of courses related to Pedology, pedogenesis and soil classification. Please see further details and a full job description here (in French, but can be translated to English in your browser). An English PDF is available here.