FNH Graduate Seminar
This week’s seminar will feature a guest presentation, and all LFS students, faculty and staff are invited!
When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 – 4:00pm
Title: Role of the microbiome in healthy living and aging
Speaker: Dr. Brett Finlay, UBC Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, CIFAR Senior Fellow, Michael Smith Laboratories
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 Applications: Senior Advisor to the President on Race and Inclusive Excellence
The Senior Advisor to the President on Race and Inclusive Excellence provides vision and leadership in advancing the university’s overall strategic commitment to anti-racism. The advisor will play a pivotal role in establishing consistent, open channels of communication with faculty, staff and students, the senior leadership of the university, and various associates involved in anti-racism initiatives and the overall representation and welfare of students, staff and faculty of colour at UBC. The Senior Advisor will challenge and inspire the UBC community to meet even higher aspirations related to anti-racism and inclusive excellence.
In this role, the successful candidate will report to and work in close collaboration with the President and Vice-Chancellor, as well as work closely with all members of the university Executive team. The Senior Advisor will be involved in examining issues of anti-racism at UBC, and will participate in the mechanisms and structures at both UBC-O and UBC-V to realize UBC’s goals of anti-racism. They will fulfill their role through effective advocacy, drawing on their expertise and lived experience, for inclusion at the university.
Key Responsibilities as Senior Advisor to the President on Race and Inclusive Excellence:
- Provide advice to the President on issues arising for students, staff and faculty of colour; keep the President informed on important developments on anti-racism in British Columbia (BC), Canada, and the world.
- Maintain relationships with senior leaders at UBCV and UBCO, and members of various anti-racism groups and roles at UBC and communities of colour in BC and globally.
- Support implementation of the Inclusion Action Plan.
- Communicate effectively with UBC Faculties, Schools, and Service Units, with community organizations, and with representatives of government, the private sector, and other post-secondary institutions.
- Develop and implement an effective outreach strategy to the UBC community to advance understanding of issues of race and racism and engage them in related work.
- Demonstrate how inclusive leadership can further the scholarly activity of faculty of colour.
- Advise on strategies for the success of scholars in teaching and research that appropriately engages and benefits communities of colour.
- Serve as a role model and mentor for students, staff and faculty of colour.
This role is for tenured faculty from UBCV and UBCO. The appointment is for a two-year term that is renewable. This role is for up to .5 FTE and includes an administrative stipend and proportional teaching release. Applications should include a cover letter containing skills and experience relevant to the role and a CV – applications will be kept confidential. The President will review all applications for the role and appoint the Senior Advisor.
Please send in applications to Julie Wagemakers at Julie.wagemakers@ubc.ca by November 13, 2020. |
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Promoting Food Security in Higher Education: Virtual Dialogue Panel
From busy exam schedules, to balancing coursework, jobs and relationships, to navigating the everyday stresses of university life, students face many factors that can impact their health and wellbeing. But for some, especially IBPOC students, lack of financial access to nutritious, culturally-appropriate food adds an additional layer of worry and challenge, particularly in light of COVID-19, and the additional impacts on affordability it has had for many.
Please join us on November 4th in a virtual dialogue panel “Promoting Food Security in Higher Education” featuring:
- Sumin Roy, Executive Director Meal Exchange (Moderator)
- Paul Taylor, Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto
- Gwen Chapman, Interim Provost and VP Academic, University of Guelph
- Gurneet Kaur Dhami, MSc Candidate, Mount Saint Vincent University
- Kayla Weiler, National Executive Representative, Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario
Let’s start the conversation here! We will continue our dialogue in early 2021 with further events as part of the “Promoting Food Security in Higher education” series.
Register for the event here: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Uqc-ytpjMsH93S7sGszWr7nYyix4zRrp5h
For more information, including speaker bios, visit our event page: www.wellbeing.ubc.ca/foodsecuritydialogue |
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CTLT Session: Navigating Open Educational Resources Learning Modules: It’s not just “Just Food”
The pandemic and international racial injustices have heightened the need for instructors to embed topics related to equity, justice and anti-oppression into their courses to increase learner capacity (or competency) to engage with these topics, but many are unsure how to do this. The Just Food project explores social justice issues by employing food as a pedagogical tool to connect theoretical understandings and terminology to elements of the day-to-day.
This session will highlight the following:
- How to navigate the Just Food website and access resources housed on it
- Identify ways educators can engage with the online resources
- Suggest methods to use and adapt the modules for use in educator’s (virtual) classrooms
The Just Food project website includes seven learning modules on various food systems themes (such as a food justice primer, migrant labour, indigenous foodways, international development) and a facilitator’s guide. Each learning module contains a backgrounder on the theme, suggested learning outcomes, sample readings and discussion questions, in-depth activity instructions, and examples of assessments. The learning modules are suitable for adaptation across many disciplines, including agriculture, food studies, nutrition, geography, sociology, anthropology, education, planning, political sciences, and more.
Facilitators:
- Rachel Cheang, Just Food Project Assistant
- Meryn Corkery, Just Food Project Assistant
When: November 5, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Register here. |
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