LFS Today Nov 30, 2020

LFS in the News

Sylvain Charlebois, an Affiliate Professor with LFS and a Professor at Dalhousie University, wrote an article for Retail Insider: Second Lockdowns Will Have Impact on Food Retail in Canada.

Finance 301: Procurement, Receiving & Supplier Invoices in Workday

This call-in is open to all UBC faculty and staff who want to learn about procurement, receiving, and supplier invoicing. This event is not just for finance professionals, but anyone who wants to:

• Submit Purchase Requisitions, POs, and Change Orders: Be able to create, update, and submit purchase requisitions (both Catalogue and Non-Catalogue) as well as access POs and create change orders.
• Request Supplier Setup: Be able to request a supplier setup as well as view / find suppliers and create receipts.

Date: Monday, December 14, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Register via Zoom

DIY Media Support Drop-In Session

Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions.

If you are wondering:

• where do I start?
• what resources are available on campus?
• what kind of support is available?
• specific or general “how to” questions in video editing, graphic design and office software (Adobe Suite, Final Cut, Microsoft Office)
• how to use X equipment or see what equipment our studios can provide for your educational UBC project.
• what do-it-yourself studios are available to me and what do they do?

We encourage faculty, staff and their student helpers to bring their media project at any stage for hands on assistance and advice specific to your project. Just drop by anytime during the session and we’ll be happy to help!

Wednesday, December 2, 2020
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Register here.

Please make sure when you register for this session to also send your questions to ubc.studios@ubc.ca. This is to ensure that we have staff that specializes in your question available to help.

FNH Graduate Seminar

Wednesday, December 2, 2020 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream)

FOOD
Speaker 1: Tom Brenner
Supervisor: Siyun Wang
Open-Topic Seminar Topic: Investigating genotypic clusters of foodborne Campylobacter that are clinically relevant in Canada
Chair: Kaiwen Mu

Speaker 2: Yuritzel Moreno
Supervisor: Vivien Measday
Open-Topic Seminar Topic: Food safety considerations associated with greening of the food industry
Chair: Xanyar Mohammadi

Zoom Info for FOOD:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61135797717?pwd=aHgyVXFTVlRFQnE3eG5NcGwvME1PZz09
Meeting ID: 611 3579 7717
Passcode: 108777

HUNU
Speaker: Kelsey Cochrane
Supervisor: Crystal Karakochuk
PhD Progress Seminar Topic: The effect of supplementation with synthetic folic acid or natural folate on blood folate status during pregnancy: A progress report
Chair: Jordie Fischer

Zoom Info for HUNU seminars:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63007485675?pwd=VUx3VUNqV1VvelFzaXYrOFFxeUxtQT09
Meeting ID: 630 0748 5675
Passcode: 531631

Call for Proposals: Climate Education Grants

Climate Education Grants provide up to $5,000 to UBC Vancouver faculty members to incorporate climate change content and teaching approaches into existing undergraduate and graduate courses.

Funds can be used for a wide range of curriculum development work, including hiring students or staff to develop new material, hosting workshop(s) to consult on course changes, developing resources for online delivery, and more.

Applications close Dec 18, 2020 (4pm PST) and funds will be dispersed in early February 2021. Find out more and apply today at www.sustain.ubc.ca/climate-education-grants