LFS Today Oct 14, 2020
By imelda cheung on October 14, 2020
LFS Virtual Townhall – Today
All faculty and staff are invited to today’s LFS Virtual Townhall from 1:00-2:00pm.
Agenda:
- Updates on UBC initiatives related to COVID-19
- Brief Roundtable Updates – Associate Deans and Directors
- Questions & Answers
To submit questions in advance or during the Townhall, please use Slido:
- Go to the website www.slido.com;
- Enter event code LFS to post a question or vote for an existing one.
If you need the Zoom meeting link, contact Eric at eric.skalij@ubc.ca. |
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Wellness Wednesday
Your Mental Health Tip of the Week:
Don’t just eat.
Eat well for your mood, mind and body. |
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Lunch and Learn Office Hours: Zooming Out – Planning a Virtual Fieldtrip with Duncan McHugh
Friday, October 16th, 2020 at noon.
How do you plan a field trip around the pandemic restrictions? Take it virtual!
In this session, we will look into planning a virtual field trip and how you can use technology to bring the experience of field trips to your students virtually. We will explore planning an outdoor recording session and what can and cannot be realistically done. Duncan McHugh will discuss his experience of shooting a virtual field trip at the Grouse Mountain for APBI 416 and best practices that should follow. We will also discuss some alternatives if recording a field trip isn’t feasible.
Come join us for this session with your experiences, stories and questions, and discuss ways in which outdoor learning activities can be brought to the virtual platform.
To register for the session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1 |
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FRE 500/600 Graduate Seminar Series – Today
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 3 pm to 4 pm
Title: Newspapers, information and enforcement of environmental laws.
Speaker: Bianca Cecato, PhD student
Short Info: This project investigates the effects of media presence and information on enforcement of environmental laws. It looks at the presence of newspapers and the number of EPA inspections and enforcement actions.
Zoom Information:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68991293767?pwd=RXpEaWZpcXlFeThYQXNobEJpRUEvUT09
Meeting ID: 689 9129 3767
Passcode: 198588 |
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FNH Graduate Seminar – Today
This week’s seminar will feature a guest presentation, and all LFS students, faculty and staff are invited!
When: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 – 4:00pm
Title: Cellular Agriculture: An Introduction
Speakers: Gilonne d’Origny (Center for Progressive Reform) & Tim Geistlinger (Perfect Day Foods; formerly with Beyond Meat)
Gilonne d’Origny currently serves the Interim co-Executive Director at the Center for Progressive Reform, in charge of development. She is also Translational Advisor to the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington, assisting with developing cellular agriculture capabilities. She acts as Principal for Umzala, LLC, a cellular agriculture and vegan consultancy for investors.
Tim Geistlinger is Chief Scientific and Technology Officer at Perfect Day Foods, where he leads research focused on creating earth-friendly, high-quality, functional proteins that deliver a truly satisfying full-dairy experience, without the environmental and welfare issues inherent to factory farming.
Zoom Link:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63571767672?pwd=MHZGNDF3VG40Z3VzcFF4d1Q4T3IyUT09
Meeting ID: 635 7176 7672
Passcode: 754652
Please check the FNH Graduate Seminar Series webpage for general information and for the full schedule. |
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Call for Proposals: SoTL Seed Program & SoTL Dissemination Fund
SoTL Seed Program
The UBC Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL) and the Centre for Teaching, Learning, & Technology offer a support program for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The SoTL Seed Program provides graduate research assistants, collegial support, and complementary funding for projects that seek to research and evaluate impactful pedagogies. Selected projects broaden our understanding of teaching and learning in higher education and show a potential for significant contributions to the UBC community and beyond.
Projects are strategically selected to reflect the breadth of work at UBC in terms of disciplines, scholarly approaches, and expertise.
Deadline: December 4, 2020. Please see the Program page for more information.
SoTL Dissemination Fund
Last year the Provost Office announced a new fund to support the publishing and dissemination of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning work. The funds are managed and adjudicated by the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) and the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL).
The Dissemination Fund supports journal processing feedback, conference registration, travel costs, etc. All full time faculty at UBC-V are eligible to apply.
Deadline: Ongoing. Please see the Fund page for more information. |
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Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) Seminar Series
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2020
Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm
More info.
Speaker 1: Balsher Sidhu, IRES PhD Program
Topic: Machine learning methods for examining the impact of climate variability on crop yields in India
Speaker 2: Luis Felipe Melgarejo Perez, IRES MA Program
Topic: Will the trade of novel Amazon fruits help recover the Amazon forest? Sustainable consumption of Acai in Metro Vancouver
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64853192626?pwd=RWpNdFZKd1ZiZHZZaGdrNCt3U0wyUT09
Meeting ID: 648 5319 2626
Passcode: 963312 |
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