| LFS Virtual Townhall – Q&A posting from Sept. 16 To see the questions and answers that were posted on Slido at the LFS Virtual Townhall last Wednesday, Sept. 16, visit the LFS Intranet under LFS Community Meetings. You’ll need to log in using your CWL to access this section. Any questions, feel free to email Karen Lee at Karen.lee98@ubc.ca. Preparation for Workday Go-Live – Request for Action PAT Transition to Workday One of the features of Workday is its ability to track vacation and other leaves. In November we will transition to using Workday across the University and retiring other absence tracking applications. For Workday to reflect accurate information at go-live, it will be crucial for anyone with responsibility for tracking and maintaining absences to ensure that all vacation, medical leave or any other paid leave entitlement is accurately recorded and tracked prior to the implementation of Workday. We ask that all monthly paid staff go in to PAT (https://pat.ubc.ca/LFS/) to ensure their vacation and leave information is correct. If there are any outstanding unapproved requests, please follow up with your supervisor to ensure the leaves are approved by September 23, 2020, 11:59 PM. Balances will include vacation taken through to and including November 15. PAT will remain open through to Go-Live for use, however no further entries beyond September 23 will be converted into Workday. Staff will need to input these updates directly into Workday. Should you have any questions, please contact Mona Lee at mona.lee@ubc.ca. Employee Self-Service Information In addition to the above, we ask that all student workers, staff and faculty go into the self-service portal (www.msp.ubc.ca) and submit any changes to address, phone number and emergency contact by the same deadline of September 23, 2020, 11:59 PM to ensure accurate information is transferred to Workday. Any changes after the deadline should be held until go-live and can be updated by employees in Workday on November 2, 2020. LFS Graduate Student Council – September Meeting This academic year is definitely different but there is a whole department of LFS graduate students who are also trying to work through their degrees during a global pandemic. The LFS Graduate Student Council still has the goal of creating a community amongst its graduate students whether they’re based in Vancouver, other areas of Canada, or elsewhere in the world. We encourage all to join us for our first council meeting of the academic year. We will be meeting virtually. Please email lfsgrads@gmail.com for any items you wish to add to the September Meeting Agenda. Please register for the meeting HERE, once registered you’ll be sent the direct link for the zoom meeting. UBC Athletics and Recreation + UBC Wellbeing Take advantage of the programming offerings from the Physical Activity Office! 1. Wellbeing Walks (On-Campus) This year we will be offering physically distanced walks starting from Orchard Commons every Thursday, 11:30-12:30pm. This semester’s feature walks include a Wellbeing in Nature guided walk, a puppy walk, and a tour of the Museum of Anthropology. Walks are free and open to everyone! 2. Lunch + Lift (Online) Lunch & Lift is a series of free 2-in-1 interactive wellbeing workshops consisting of a 30-minute movement class, followed by a 30-minute interactive wellbeing session facilitated by a UBC wellbeing professional. This month’s Lunch + Lift (Sept 23rd) will feature Miranda Massie from HR on an interactive session about self-care. I have attached some assets if anyone is able to share this event on their social media pages! 3. Movement Breaks (In-person or Online) The Move U Crew will still be offering 5-10 minute movement breaks both in person and online. Movement breaks are a great way to break up your meeting/class and provide a healthy brain break! You can request movement breaks for free through our Move U Crew page. 4. Move More, Learn More (Online) This year Move More, Learn More has transitioned to be offered online. Move More, Learn More is an 8-week program designed for Asian Women students who want to improve their health and fitness. This eight-week program includes two scheduled weekly sessions, with a different health learning topic or private group physical activity each session. Registration closes September 28th. 5. Get Active at Home (Online) Throughout this year, we will be offering lots of resources to keep you active at home through free fitness classes, wellbeing challenges, movement breaks, events, blog posts, and more! Enhanced UBC ARC Digital Research Infrastructure: Information Session Join UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) at an information session on Wednesday, September 30, to learn more about how ARC is enhancing its digital research infrastructure and how it can be accessed by UBC’s research community. ARC Digital Research Infrastructure Information Session Date: Wednesday, September 30 2020 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM via Zoom Register at: https://arc.ubc.ca/arc-dri-information-session The information session will: – Introduce UBC ARC Chinook, the new secure object storage that is ideal for large unstructured research data sets, launching Monday, September 28 – Outline changes to how researchers access high-performance computing resources on UBC ARC Sockeye. – Introduce the Sockeye Priority Tier (formerly Extended Tier) for larger jobs. – Provide a walkthrough of the application process for both Sockeye and Chinook services Please visit the UBC ARC website for more information, or contact ARC at arc.info@ubc.ca. |