LFS Today Oct 8, 2021
By imelda cheung on October 8, 2021
New Mandatory Training for LFS Students, Staff and Faculty
To all LFS students, staff and faculty, a self- guided building orientation training will be made mandatory beginning Nov 1, 2021. This is to ensure that all incoming and existing members of the LFS community receive the proper orientation to the resources, safety features, UBC mandatory training requirements and more. This mandatory training will be added to our LFS Training Record Management System so users who have not completed the training will be prompted by a missing training alert email.
The information of the training is listed below and we strongly encourage you to go through the video and review the information on the LFS General Guide as soon as possible. User can either email a scanned copy of the complete printable Guide to lfs.safety@ubc.ca or to submit the Guide via the electronic submission form.
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Notification to Declare or Update Your COVID-19 Vaccination Status
This is a reminder to complete your declaration and upload your proof of vaccination immediately, even if you do not currently work or study on campus.
The process is simple and should only take a few minutes:
- Go to https://rapidtesting.covid19.ubc.ca/
- Click on “Log in to declare, update or verify your vaccination status”
- Log in using your Campus Wide Login (CWL)
- Follow the steps to complete the verification process
As a reminder, students, faculty and staff who are not vaccinated, are partially vaccinated, do not submit verification of vaccination, or choose not to disclose their status will be required to take part in COVID-19 rapid testing when working or attending classes on campus.
More information on how to get the BC Vaccine Card can be found here https://www2.gov.bc.ca/vaccinecard.html.
If you are not currently eligible to get a BC Vaccine Card, you may upload other documentation that shows your full name, name of vaccine(s) and the date(s) the vaccinations were administered. You may upload multiple documents if necessary. If you were vaccinated in a country other than Canada, you can upload the proof of vaccination which was required for you to enter the country.
Proof of vaccination can be uploaded in .PDF, .JPG, or .PNG format.
For more information and FAQs on the vaccination status declaration and rapid testing program, visit: https://rapidtesting.covid19.ubc.ca/faq/.
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Sustainable Friday
Your sustainability tip of the week is
Think about the layout of your lab/office when installing new equipment. Allow for space between high use areas, suitable height, and space for related supplies and equipment.
Do you have a sustainability tip to share with your colleagues? Send it to mcm-lst@lists.ubc.ca and lfs.today@ubc.ca! Tips can cover a range of settings, from lab work to your community to working from home.
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Complete the Employment Equity Survey
As part of UBC’s ongoing efforts to foster an inclusive and diverse workforce, they are asking all faculty and staff in Vancouver and the Okanagan to complete the Employment Equity Survey by October 29.
UBC has made equity, diversity and inclusion an institutional priority. Still, we know that some in our community continue to experience inequities. As a university, we’re committed to doing better, building more inclusive and equitable teaching and working spaces, and creating a workforce that is reflective of the diversity of our student body and the wider community. This short and confidential survey is critical to informing those efforts.
We recognize that some of you may have already completed a version of this survey earlier this year or in previous years; we are now asking all faculty and staff — regardless of whether you have previously participated — to complete the new survey. While you are required to complete the Employment Equity Survey, you may choose not to provide responses to the survey questions.
Complete the survey at: https://wd10.myworkday.com/ubc/email-universal/inst/17219$21/rel-task/2997$10955.htmld.
Privacy and Confidentiality
We understand that some of you may feel vulnerable and hesitant to share your information. All data collected is confidential, analyzed anonymously, and presented on an aggregate level — no one is identified by name. All survey data is stored on UBC systems, is confidential, and individual responses are not shared with your manager or supervisor.
For more information about the Employment Equity Survey and employment equity at UBC visit https://equity.ubc.ca/employment-equity.
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Horizon Europe – Canada Launch Event
EURAXESS North America has partnered with the Delegation of the European Union to Canada to host an info-session aimed at promoting the EU’s new framework program for research and innovation, Horizon Europe.
This 90-minute virtual event will provide an overview of Horizon Europe to stakeholders and researchers interested in getting involved in the program. Learn about the open calls and opportunities for researchers in Canada to become part of the €95.5 billion (CAD $140.1b / USD $110.6b) in funding offered by Horizon Europe.
Researchers of any nationality and discipline are welcome to join. The event is targeted at PhD candidates, postdoctoral and established researchers, university research support offices, international relations offices, and other research institutions, as well as private sector actors.
The webinar will take place via Zoom on Thursday, October 28th, 2021 at 11:00 AM ET.
More details, including agenda and registration, can be found here.
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Canada Biomedical Research Fund Soft Launch
*Please note that this is not a typical funding announcement – it will require a different approach. VPRI is awaiting further details and will keep you informed on how VPRI will address this opportunity at UBC.*
The Canada Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF) is an essential component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy (the Strategy) that will invest more than $2.2 billion over seven years to continue growing a strong and competitive sector and to ensure our country is prepared for future pandemics. The CBRF complements the goals of the Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) administered by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
The CBRF is an institutional program administered by the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) housed at Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on behalf of the three federal research funding agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and SSHRC. The CBRF is based on an ecosystem approach and is designed to build on existing assets, infrastructure, partnerships, and strengths of institutions and to support targeted investments for maximum impact. The total budget for CBRF is $250 million over four years starting in 2022-2023.
At the same time, the BRIF will support the bioscience infrastructure needs of postsecondary institutions and research hospitals by investing $500 million over four years, starting in 2021-2022. On September 21, 2021, the CFI released a Call for proposals for the first phase of the BRIF competition — a $150 million investment to support containment levels 3 and 4 (CL3 and CL4) facilities capable of working with human pathogens.
Consistent with the coordinated approach taken to investments under the Strategy, the CBRF and the remaining BRIF funding ($350 million) will be delivered collaboratively by TIPS and the CFI through an integrated competition to maximize impact and ensure that investments under the two programs complement and reinforce each other. A key element of the CBRF is the selection at Stage 1 of a limited number of research hubs (3 to 5). It is through these hubs that the research and infrastructure proposals will be submitted when the open national calls for CBRF and BRIF will be launched at Stage 2.
A Research Hub is a coalition of research actors that integrates research organizations, including institutional, not-for-profit, private and/or public organizations. One eligible institution will be designated to serve as a “lead” for each Hub. Building on existing capacity and a track record of investment in people, research and infrastructure, each Hub pursues a research program for high-risk, applied biomedical research, training development, and associated infrastructure to support the end-to-end biomanufacturing pipeline, in alignment with the Strategy.
The joint CBRF and BRIF competitions will be delivered in two stages, which will both include peer review and strategic review processes:
Stage 1:
- Selection of research hubs (co-led by CFI and TIPS, and administered by TIPS)
- Call for proposals: late fall 2021
Stage 2
- Open national call for the selection of partnered research and infrastructure projects associated with the selected Research Hubs (co-led by CFI and TIPS)
- Call for proposals: Spring 2022
More information is available on the CBRF webpage and will continue to be updated throughout the fall, including the details of the funding opportunity, eligibility, application timelines and information on upcoming webinars.
For all questions or comments on CBRF, we invite you to contact the program’s senior manager at TIPS:
For all questions or comments on BRIF, we invite you to contact the program’s senior manager at CFI:
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