LFS Today Oct 20, 2020

UBC Biodiversity Solutions Cluster Hire – Five tenure-track positions

LFS is part of the university’s biodiversity-themed cluster hire of five tenure-track positions. A new posting has gone public for the position of Assistant Professor in Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation – this will be a joint hire between the LFS Food and Resource Economics Program and Science’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability.

Review of applications will begin November 21, 2020 and continue until the position is filled.

The UBC Biodiversity Solutions Cluster Hire is an effort to broaden collaborative opportunities across the university for globally important, policy-relevant biodiversity and conservation research and partnerships. The new hires will span UBC, including units in Science, Arts, Land and Food Systems, Forestry, and the Sauder School of Business.

Please share these opportunities with your networks. For more information on the cluster and job opportunities, visit this page.

For more information, contact Melanie Train: Melanie.train@ubc.ca.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at LFS: Survey

The LFS Equity, Diversity + Inclusion (EDI) Working Group is interested in learning more about the experiences and perceptions of students, staff, and faculty in LFS in relation to EDI. Please complete our brief survey to help us get a sense of what is working, what needs to be worked on, and where we need to go.
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5o2lHVJP3DhlEHz

Lunch and Learn Office Hours: Final Exams with Gabriel Smith

This workshop will be held on Friday, October 23rd, 2020 at noon.

Do YOU know what you are doing for your final exams this term?

In this week’s Lunch and Learn we will be talking about final exams. What worked well for instructors in the online format? What didn’t work so well and could be improved for this term? Whether you are teaching this term, next term or in the future, we want to hear about your experiences and plans for final exams.

If you have questions about delivering final exams online, this is a great forum to ask those questions and hear from those instructors who have already experienced it.

To register for the session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1

SOIL 500 Graduate Seminar Series

Date: Friday, October 23, 3:00pm
Title: The Future is Now: Lidar Applications in Forest Inventory
Speaker: Joseph Crudo, MSc student (supervisor Maja Krzic)
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.

New Blog Post from Provost & VP Academic

Provost & Vice-President Academic Andrew Szeri has posted a new blog post for the academic community: Fall 2020 Message from the Provost.

UBC Health Scholarships and Awards – Call for Submissions

UBC Health recently announced the 2020 UBC Health scholarships and awards competition.

These scholarships and awards recognize the academic and research excellence of students and faculty from various health disciplines at UBC, as well as the achievements of health educators, professionals, and community partners across BC.

The submission deadline is Monday, November 30, 2020.

Scholarships for UBC Students

• ImpactBC Scholarships in Health Care Research and Development
• John H. V. Gilbert Interprofessional Scholarship
• Professor Jessie Gordon MacCarthy Memorial Scholarship

Awards for UBC faculty

• Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards
• John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award

Awards for health educators and partners

• John F. McCreary Prize for Interprofessional Teamwork
• R. Paul Kerston Community Educator Award

Full details and submission information can be found on the UBC Health website: www.health.ubc.ca/about/awards-and-scholarships.