LFS Today Sept 2, 2021
By imelda cheung on September 2, 2021
2021 Winter Term 1 Final Exam Requests
Are you teaching a course in 2021 Winter Term 1?
If so, please complete our Examination Request Survey to indicate whether or not an exam will be required for your course(s) no later than 9:00am on Friday, September 10. It is important that your requests are received by this deadline to ensure your exam(s) are scheduled by UBC Scheduling Services. Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the exam scheduling process and resources found online, (particularly the ‘resources’ link).
If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Bonita Perko at lfs.scheduling@ubc.ca.
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UBC Farm Webinar: Soil Health – Today
Thursday, September 2
11:00am – 12:30pm
Nowadays, as we stroll up and down the aisles of the grocery store and peruse the weekend farmer’s market, we are confronted with a lot of choices. Organic certification, produced using biodynamic methods, grown on a no-till farm – but what do any of these mean? In this webinar we are going to be taking a deep dive into the various new ‘types of agriculture’, what they mean and why they all seem to boast being the healthiest for our soil. Join our panelists Barbara Schellenberg, Corine Singfield and Tim Nerbas for an exploration of these new methods and how focusing on our soil health is driving a revolution in agriculture.
Register here
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Teaching Theory Thursday
When students know who you, the instructor and/or TA, are, students are more motivated to learn and feel a stronger sense of a learning community.
“Prior to the first day of class, post some information about who you are as a person. Create a text-based page with one or more still photos or develop a video to show students something about your life and interests. Reveal your personality throughout the semester by interacting with students in your authentic voice.” (Darby & Lang, 2019, Small Teaching Online, pp. 103-104)
Learn more here: https://wellbeing.ubc.ca/fostering-academic-tenacity-online-connection
Brought to you from the Learning Centre
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PICS Theme Partnership Program
A call is now open for proposals under the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Theme Partnership Program, which supports complex, and critically important, climate mitigation and adaptation research projects, funded up to $1 million. This flagship program currently supports three $1M projects that are investigating wildfire and carbon (storage), coastal adaptation to sea level rise and flooding, and negative emissions technology.
The deadline to submit a LOI is November 15, 2021. Notification of LOI adjudication decisions is anticipated by mid-December 2021. Invited full proposals are due before March 15, 2022.
Find out more by reading our 2021 Competition Guide for Applicants.
Enquiries can also be made by emailing picstheme@uvic.ca.
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