LFS Today Nov 5, 2021

 News  

LFS Virtual Townhall today!

All faculty and staff are invited to join today’s Townhall from noon-1pm.

Agenda

• 12:00-12:05 pm – Welcome and land acknowledgements – Rickey Yada
• 12:05-12:15 pm – Mitacs funding programs – Marcelo Mora, Mitacs Business Development Specialist
• 12:15-12:25 pm – United Way – Impact Speaker and August Meyer, UW Campaign Associate
• 12:25-12:35 pm – Workday for students project plan – Christine Klaray, Director, Student Services
• 12:35-12:40 pm – Welcome new employees
• 12:40-1:00pm – Roundtable updates – Rickey, Associate Deans, Directors

If you need the Zoom meeting link, please contact Rebecca at lfs.dean@ubc.ca.

To submit questions in advance or during the Townhall, please use Slido:

1. Go to the website www.sli.do;
2. Enter event code ‘LFS’ to post a question or vote for an existing one.

Happy News from LFS Student Services!

We are happy to share that Bonita Perko, Academic Advisor, is expecting her first baby in the new year!  We are so excited to meet the little guy.  Bonita’s last day is scheduled to be Friday, January 7.  To support this transition, we will be hiring a mat leave replacement who will join our team in early January – please see the job posting announcement below for details.  Congratulations, Bonita!

New Workday Expiry Notifications

On September 20, Workday began to notify employees of training that expired in 60 days so that they could re-take any necessary training before it expired. They would have received an email indicating which training was set to expire in 60 days. If employees allow the training to expire without re-taking it, then Workday will notify them and their supervisor via email on the same day indicating that the training record has expired.

Building Ventilation and Safety Measures

UBC Facilities continues to add more information and updates on building ventilation. Please review the new updated website at your next meeting. It is important that staff is reminded that with high vaccination rates and the implementation of primary controls like daily health assessments, staying home if you’re sick and proper hand/respiratory hygiene, UBC workplaces are low risk for the transmission of COVID-19.

Sustainable Friday

Your sustainability tip of the week is

Keep a tidy lab space – a clean work station sets the tone in your office/lab. It also makes things easier to find and can keep everyone safe.

Do you have a sustainability tip to share with your colleagues? Send it to mcm-lst@lists.ubc.ca and lfs.today@ubc.ca! Tips can cover a range of settings, from lab work to your community to working from home.

 Events  

Nov. 24 – Standardized Framework for Agriculture and Food Processing LMI in Ontario

Wednesday, November 24
1 – 2pm EST

The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) is pleased to invite you to a free webinar to learn about best practices in generating and assessing labour market information for the agriculture and food processing industry.

CAHRC and the Conference Board of Canada will discuss the key components of the attached Standardized Framework for Agriculture and Food Processing LMI in Ontario report. This webinar will propose a common set of labour data that would be used by agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing sectors and by government going forward.

Webinar attendees will:

• learn about the proposed framework describing labour markets in agriculture and food processing;
• understand the various data sources used in these sectors;
• discuss the pros and cons of various data sources used; and
• have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss data gaps in how labour markets are described.

For more information contact Debra Hauer, Manager AgriLMI – hauer@cahrc-ccrha.ca

Register here

 Deadlines  

Nov. 18 – Job Posting:  Academic Advisor (Maternity Leave Replacement) Position

LFS Academic Advisors are responsible for the development, delivery and evaluation of academic advising services and programs to support student academic success, personal wellbeing, career preparation and retention.  The Academic Advisor also contributes directly to the development of policy and priorities of the unit as well as researches, develops and implements marketing and recruitment strategies to promote the Faculty and its programs (Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology, Bachelor of Science in Global Resource Systems and Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition and Health) to prospective students locally and abroad.

The closing date for this job posting (https://hr.ubc.ca/careers-and-job-postings/staff-careers) is 11:59pm on Thursday, November 18th.  We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

Jan. 4 – Mushrooms Canada Seeking New Research Opportunities

Mushrooms Canada is developing a long-term research strategy and is seeking input from institutions and other stakeholders for potential research projects.

Projects between one and five years in duration will be preferred, however longer-term projects will be considered.

Submission deadline is January 4, 2022 at 4:00pm EST.

View the request for research LOIs here.