LFS Today Oct 30, 2020

Daylight Savings Time Ends This Sunday

Don’t forget, Daylight Saving Time ends on November 1 – clocks “fall back” one hour at 2:00am.

Special Presentation: Amp Up Your Media Impact, Nov. 12

All faculty members are invited to a Media Relations special presentation to learn how carefully crafted media outreach can make an impact beyond the headlines.

Speakers include the producer of CKNW’s most listened-to daytime radio talk show as well as esteemed faculty members. This session is hosted jointly by the Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and UBC Media Relations.

You will hear from Simi Sara’s talk show producer and reporter Niki Reitmayer, Prof. Orlando Rojas, and Prof. Jennifer Black among others. Let us take you through this journey of what a successfully shared story about research results and innovation can look like and how that can ultimately benefit your research and reputation.

Amp Up Your Media Impact special presentation
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Time:  12:15-1:00 pm
RSVP before Nov. 10 at noon. You can add the event to your calendar after registration: Click here.

We will reconfirm the Zoom link 2 days before the event.

Questions: Contact Steph Troughton (Forestry) Stephanie.troughton@ubc.ca or Karen Lee (LFS) Karen.lee98@ubc.ca.

Campus Mail Workday Application for Metering/Courier

Does your LFS program/unit or research group mail-out envelopes and parcels to off-campus locations and charge it to a speedchart? If yes, you need to fill out a Campus Mail Workday Application for Metering/Courier Form.

You can find the form here. Return the completed form to Rebecca Lee’s attention at lfs.dean@ubc.ca and keep a copy for your own records.

Reserved Seats at ISWs for LFS Graduate Students

The LFS TA Training Program has secured 6 spots for the very popular Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT). These multi-day workshops usually have very long waitlists and are difficult to get into. LFS graduate students, or undergraduate students currently employed as LFS TAs, interested in claiming a reserved seat should complete the form below:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PLsNSwNDKXjJrv

Agora Café Crowdfundraiser for COVID-19 Upgrades

Before Agora Café can reopen in the Fall of 2021, there are changes that will need to happen to the café both in the building and behind the scenes. They are working in coordination with UBC Faculty Operations to ensure Agora is up to standards set out by UBC and the province of BC.

This crowdfunding campaign is to raise enough money for the estimated costs of installing plexiglass and investing in PPE and proper sanitization methods. Having lost our main source of income, Agora is facing major financial difficulties right now, and does not have the means to implement our safety strategy. We are asking for your help with our goal of keeping Agora staff and customers safe and preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Visit the campaign page to make a donation, and consider sharing with your networks.

Pumpkin Fest at the UBC Farm Market

Celebrate Halloween at the market with Pumpkin Fest at the UBC Farm! A last hurrah for the changing seasons, a place to get your fill of fall bounty fruits and vegetables, and special pumpkin-y activities.

• Pumpkin Carving Contest and Farm tours (register here!)
• U-pick pumpkin piles
• Food and coffee trucks
• More than 30 different local vendors selling produce, fruit, meat, mushrooms, cheese, eggs, baked goods, beverages, sweet treats, alcohol, artisan goods, and more

The Saturday market runs from 10:00AM – 2:00PM.

IDRC’s Research Ideas Competition

Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health have launched a call for research ideas to strengthen policy interventions, population health, environmental sustainability, gender, and social equity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

More info here. The deadline to apply is December 11 2020.