LFS Today Oct 7, 2020

Course Expense Fund Requests – due October 15th – Link correction

Find form and details at “Finance”. Look under Forms, then the link next to Teaching-Related Funding for more information, and find the form at Course Expenses Fund (MS Word).

Thank you, and apologies.

Reminder: LFS Curriculum Change – Oct 16 Deadline

Time again to submit any Curriculum Change Proposals you are considering.

Proposals can include a variety of changes to an LFS course or program, from changing the title of a course to adding a new program.

Please forward your Curriculum Change requests to Virginia Frankian by 12 noon, Oct. 16, 2020.

The process for curriculum change is:

• Create the proposal using the Curriculum Proposal Form (2-Column form;https://senate.ubc.ca/vancouver/curriculum-submission-guide/curriculum-forms). You can find the guidelines in the Downloads sidebar on the right-hand side of the page.
• Obtain approvals from your disciplinary group (e.g., applied animal biology, food science, and food and resources economics groups) followed by your corresponding Program (APBI, FRE, and FNH).
• Submit the approved form to the LFS Curriculum Committee via Virginia Frankian (virginia.frankian@ubc.ca). If needed, the Curriculum Committee will return the proposal to the originator for clarification or revision.
• Proposal approved by the Committee will be presented to the LFS Faculty Council at its meetings for approval.
• For a Category 1 change (e.g. new course and new degree program), a proposal approved by the Faculty Council typically requires external unit and library consultation, and budgetary approval. Subsequently, the proposal will be submitted to the Senate Curriculum Sub-committee, then to the Senate Curriculum Committee and finally to the Senate for approval.
• For a Category 2 change, a proposal approved by the Faculty Council will be submitted to the relevant Senate Curriculum Sub-Committee for approval.

The Curriculum Proposal review and approval process, especially Category 1 change, is a long one. Items can go through edits at any level, and be sent back to the originator for corrections. Some Proposals require consultations with outside parties.

For these reasons, it is important to plan and submit your Proposal as early as possible. Please find the Curriculum Change Proposal submission deadline schedule for the upcoming year below:

• September 18, 2020
• October 16, 2020
• November 20, 2020
• December 18, 2020
• January 22, 2021
• February 26, 2021

Please add these dates to your calendars. Proposals submitted after the LFS Jan 22, 2021 deadline may not be approved in time to be included in the UBC Academic Calendar for the following September.

Wellness Wednesday

Your Mental Health Tip of the Week:

Take deep, slow breaths.
It’s both calming and energizing.

LC Lunch and Learn Office Hours – Student Support & Input: Effectively Structuring Office Hours and Mid-Course Feedback

Friday, October 9th, 2020 at noon

This week, we will look into effective ways to collect student input in the form of Mid-Course Feedback as well as effectively hosting your office hours to support students. LFS has now made it mandatory for all courses to collect Mid-Course Feedback and we hope to help anyone who would have any questions on this topic. Patricia Hingston will present her experiences in hosting virtual office hours and best practices that should be followed.

Come with your experience and ideas, and share what you have found that students love.

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

Graduate Certificate of Aquaculture Guest Seminars

Join the Graduate Certificate of Aquaculture program for the following guest seminars:

October 7 – Today

“Salmonid Genetics” by Dr. Ben Koop, University of Victoria

Given salmon’s significance, Dr. Ben Koop felt it was important to bring the power of genomics to salmon aquaculture and fisheries. Koop has enjoyed considerable success as a geneticist, with a history of leadership roles in several multidisciplinary, large-scale research projects, including the consortium for Genomic Research on All Salmon Project (cGRASP), which he has co-founded. Ben has been instrumental in the development of genomics resources for salmon, and always has an eye for uncovering interesting patterns in salmonid data.

Host: Dr. Wendy Vandersteen (wendyv@firstmate.com)
Join Zoom Meeting Time: 2:15pm
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67490348002?pwd=UjdGTXVvc3BGN2Y0NHcrSkQ5ZXoyUT09

Meeting ID: 674 9034 8002
Passcode: 493624

October 8 – Today

“Fish and Aquatic Animal Welfare” by Dr. Becca  Frank, New York University

Becca Franks completed a Killiam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with the Animal Welfare Program in LFS and is now a research scientist at NYU in New York working on cognition and behavior in fish.

Host: Dr. Andrea Frommel, Afrommel@zoology.ubc.ca
Join Zoom Meeting Time: 10:00
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69186181386?pwd=QWY4b2ZaN0dkRlIxd0krTnd0dUR2UT09

Open Education Resource Grants and Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funds

Call for Proposals for the UBC Open Education Resource (OER) Grants
The UBC OER Grants were established to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through the adaption, adoption, development, and integration of OER in UBC credit courses. To receive information about the OER Grants criteria and application processes, including tips on writing your proposal, developing your budget, and designing evaluation strategies, please visit: https://open.ubc.ca/call-for-applications-for-open-educational-resource-grants/

An LFS Internal deadline is established for the OER Implementation Grants (of up to $ 25,000) to identify potential gaps and collaborations in LFS. Please email your draft proposals in Word format to Melanie.Train@ubc.ca before 12 noon on Friday, October 30.

Call for Renewal Proposals for Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)
New TLEF proposals for 2021/2022 will not be accepted this year.
Current TLEF project teams are invited to submit renewal application for second- or third-year funding for their projects.

A LFS internal review process is available to offer feedback to project teams. Please submit your small renewal proposals in Word format to Melanie.Train@ubc.ca before 12 noon on Friday, October 30. We aim to offer feedback in a week to meet the campus wide deadline on Thursday, November 12, at 3:00 pm.

LFS applicants are encouraged to contact LFS Learning Centre staff, Cyprien Lomas (Cyprien.Lomas@ubc.ca), or Judy Chan (Judy.Chan@ubc.ca) to discuss your proposal and identify fit with other LFS initiatives prior to submitting your proposal.

Call LFS Internal Review Committee Members!
We would like to invite members of the LFS teaching and learning community to join us on the LFS Ad Hoc Review Committee to review both TLEF and OER proposals and offer feedback. The estimate time committee is roughly:

• Soon after October 30: Two hours of review – roughly 20 to 30 minutes for each proposal and we expect about 3 to 5 proposals this year
• November 2 or 3: an 1-hour meeting to offer your feedback, tentative meeting time is either 1 to  2 pm on November 2 or 9:30 to 10:30 am on November 3
• Late November: an hour of review of the final and possibly improved proposals (TLEF only)
• Late November: an 1-hour meeting to rank the proposals

Join us even if you plan to submit a proposal. This is a collaborative committee aims to improve the success rate of all LFS ideas and initiatives! Please contact Judy Chan (Judy.Chan@ubc.ca) should you have more questions about the committee.

FNH Graduate Seminar – Today

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream)

FOOD
Speaker 1: Alejandro Leiva
Supervisor: Anubhav Pratap Singh
Results Seminar Topic: Double (iron and zinc) fortified black tea: Assessing the bioaccessibility and feasibility by spray drying microencapsulation technology
Chair: Lanxin Mo

Speaker 2: Rocio Silva
Supervisor: Anubhav Pratap Singh
Open-Topic Seminar Topic: Does soluble corn fiber provide the same health benefits associated with ‘traditional’ dietary fibers?
Chair: Marlen Petersen

Zoom Info for FOOD:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61135797717?pwd=aHgyVXFTVlRFQnE3eG5NcGwvME1PZz09
Meeting ID: 611 3579 7717
Passcode: 108777

HUNU
Speaker: Kexin Zhang
Supervisor: Annalijn Conklin
Proposal Seminar Topic: Exploring the association between sleep deficits and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in adolescents
Chair: Kelsey Cochrane

Zoom Info for HUNU:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63007485675?pwd=VUx3VUNqV1VvelFzaXYrOFFxeUxtQT09 Meeting ID: 630 0748 5675
Passcode: 531631

Please check the FNH Graduate Seminar Series webpage for general information and for the full schedule.

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) Seminar Series

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020
Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Speaker: César Rodríguez-Garavito, Director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law
Topic: Litigating the Climate Emergency: How Human Rights, Courts and Legal Mobilization Can Bolster Climate Action
More info.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64853192626?pwd=RWpNdFZKd1ZiZHZZaGdrNCt3U0wyUT09

Meeting ID: 648 5319 2626
Passcode: 963312