LFS Today Nov 7, 2022

News

Support the United Way Bake Sale – Nov. 8

Come by the MacMillan Building (main entrance, first floor) on Tuesday, November 8 from 10:30am to 1:30pm to support the LFS bake sale!

LFS is lucky to have some pretty awesome in-house bakers – treats include pumpkin cranberry loaf, mango tarts, and tapioca pudding! Also, back by popular demand, Wayne’s mochi!

Bring some change ($2 for each item). Funds raised will go towards local projects that support vulnerable people in the community.

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts recipient:

Nicole Adoranti, LFS embedded counsellor for her fantastic support of students in our Faculty. Nicole has led several meaningful workshops with dietetics students this year, to support their journey through the Program, and much positive feedback has been received about her one-on-one support for students as well.

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, along with their email. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today.

Events

Nov. 16 – Biosafety Protocol Writing Workshop

On November 16th, The Biosafety team at Safety & Risk Services will be hosting a Biosafety Protocol Writing Workshop. A clear and comprehensive Biosafety permit application will pass through the review process quickly, allowing research funds to be released without delay. A submission that is missing key information or cluttered with unnecessary details may encounter several rounds of provisos to address before research funds are released. This workshop is designed to help protocol writers submit the best possible application for speedy review and approval. Register here. Please contact the SRS Biological and Radiation Safety Advisor for any questions.

Nov. 29 – How Do I Get Started? Creating Safer Learning Environments for Indigenous Students in STEM at UBC

Within this session, we will explore a recently developed resource that responds to commonly asked questions about how STEM faculty can ‘get started’ with “Indigenizing our curriculum’ (UBC ISP Goal #4) and creating safer classroom environments for Indigenous students.

As a group, we will learn about the impetus for this student-partnered resource development, hear from Indigenous students about their experiences in STEM, and discuss how we, both individually and collectively, can foster more inclusive teaching and learning environments.

Tuesday, November 29

1:00 – 2:30pm

Learn more and register

Deadlines

Nov. 15 – Round 2 Catalyst Collaboration Fund

As part of the Institute’s focus on inter- and trans-disciplinary coordinated efforts to address the climate and nature emergency, we invite faculty at UBCV and UBCO and their associates to submit applications for the PWIAS Catalyst Collaboration Fund.

The available funds ($180,000) will support 2 project streams for up to $10,000 per project in 2 funding cycles.

Catalyst Collaboration Fund Stream 1 – Seed or match funding for research projects related to climate and nature emergency.

Catalyst Collaboration Fund Stream 2 – Events focused on scholarly, artistic and research collaborations (e.g. academic roundtables and community engagement events) and knowledge translation and mobilization (e.g. videos, resources, open-access courses, larger public-facing events) related to the climate & nature emergency.

Deadline Cycle 1: Sep. 15, 2022

Deadline Cycle 2: Nov. 15, 2022

For more information, please visit https://pwias.ubc.ca/programs/catalyst-collaboration-fund/

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.

Ongoing – Job Posting: Assistant Professor, Dept Agribusiness & Agri Economics, University of Manitoba

The Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Manitoba, seeks highly-qualified applicants for a Probationary (Tenure-track) Assistant Professor position commencing on July 1, 2023 or on a date mutually agreed upon.

A review of applications will begin on January 15, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled.

Full job posting