LFS Today Sept 13, 2021 | LFS Intranet 2020

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:

Duncan McHugh for setting up and coordinating the live stream of Imagine Day, so students who were unable to attend in-person could still participate. Duncan was so helpful in ensuring everything was ready to go and he also assisted with capturing the day through his amazing photography skills.

Lindsay Cuff for volunteering her time as an O-Prof for Imagine Day. Our new-to-LFS first-year students really enjoyed hearing about her experiences and she was amazing at answering their questions.

To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today.

COVID-19 Statements for Syllabi

This document highlights suggested statements that you can include and/or adapt for your course syllabus based on COVID-related safety guidelines and issues. It also available here under “COVID-19 Teaching Updates”.

2021 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize Competition

As part of UBC’s ongoing efforts to increase the benefits for Postdoctoral Fellows (PDFs), the Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO) is pleased to announce the 2021 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize, an opportunity to recognize and reward UBC’s postdocs. The Killam PDF Research Prize is funded by the generous donation of Izaak Walton Killam and his wife, Dorothy Johnston Killam, who together created the Killam trusts. This initiative clearly demonstrates UBC’s recognition of the critical role played by PDFs in advancing the quality and excellence of our research.

The LFS internal deadline for complete applications, including all necessary supporting documentation is Friday, November 12^th at 4:00 PM. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. Please submit applications/supporting documentation to lfs.gradasst@ubc.ca

The Nomination Guidelines, Nomination Form, and evaluation guidelines can be found on the PDFO website: https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam-postdoctoral-fellow-research-prize

The Killam PDF Prize will be administered through the PDFO. Deans, nominators and nominees will be apprised of the status of their nominations by April 1, 2022.

IBPOC Women and Gender Diverse Folks Networking

Invitation to join a group of IBPOC Women and Gender-diverse folks in STEM at UBC who are planning/organizing networking sessions in this coming year. Open to IBPOC Women and Gender-diverse staff, faculty and graduate students in LFS.

Contact Mai Yasue (mai.yasue@ubc.ca) for more information.

Call for Innovative Research Approaches in Pandemic Context

The New Frontiers in Research Fund’s 2021 special call, Innovative Approaches to Research in the Pandemic Context, offers renewable one-year grants of up to $250,000 for successful researchers and teams developing new approaches to pandemic-related challenges in research and data collection.

Notices of intent to apply are due by September 21, 2021.