LFS Today Sept 23, 2022

News

LFS Internal TLEF/OER Reviewers Needed

LFS Internal Reviewers are needed to review small TLEF and OER proposals and offer feedback to applicants. It will take about 6 to 8 hours of your time.

• November 4 to 10, review 3 to 5 draft proposals and meet once with rest of the committee to offer feedback to applicants.
• November 21 to 24, review submitted proposals again and be ready to rank them at a meeting.

In return, you will get a chance to see what innovative teaching practices are being proposed in the Faculty. Faculty, staff and grad students are all welcome. No previous TLEF/OER experience is needed; current applicants are also welcome!

If you are interested or have further questions, please free to contact Judy Chan at judy.chan@ubc.ca or Cyprien Lomas at cyprien.lomas@ubc.ca.

Events

Today – Lunch and Learn Series: Drop-in Session on Canvas

The LFS Learning Centre will be hosting a drop-in session TODAY, September 23, 2022 at noon. The Learning Centre team will focus this session on answering instructors’ questions on Canvas, with a focus on Canvas rubrics, assignments, and quizzes.

Join in for the drop-in session for assistance with setting up your Canvas assessments.

If you have registered for the L&L events in the past, click on this link to let us know you will be attending: https://bit.ly/Lunch-And-Learn-Sep-23

Today – IOF Seminar: Fish, fisheries and aquaculture in southern Patagonia

Topic: Recent tensions between productive opportunities and conservation risks: case studies on fish, fisheries and aquaculture in southern Patagonia

Speaker: Dr. Facundo Llompart, Researcher, Austral Center for Scientific Research (CADIC)

Friday, September 23

11am – 12pm

Hybrid format: AERL Theatre/Zoom

RSVP here

Sept. 24 – Think Forward at UBC Homecoming

Join us at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, or the University Centre Ballroom in the Okanagan, for our first-ever live simulcast event featuring some of UBC’s outstanding forward thinkers. As we launch the most ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement campaign in UBC history, you will see how, together, we can move the world forward.

Saturday, September 24
11:00 – 12:20pm – Think Forward Event
12:00 – 2:00pm – Festival and Campaign Zones

Register for Think Forward and the LFS Open House (more info below) here.

Sept. 24 – LFS Open House at UBC Homecoming

We invite you to the Faculty of Land and Food Systems Open House hosted by Dean Rickey Yada at the H.R. MacMillan Building from 1:30 – 3:30pm. You will have an exclusive opportunity to enjoy class reunions and displays of research stories, archival photographs and memorabilia. Families are welcome to come along and enjoy the carnival games, arts and crafts, and a DIY photobooth.

Saturday, September 24
1:30 – 3:30 pm
H.R. MacMillan Building – 2357 Main Mall

Rickey will be hosting the class reunion celebrations in Agora Café.

Register for the LFS Open House and Think Forward here.

For the class reunion celebrations, RSVP with Niki Glenning at niki.glenning@ubc.ca.

Deadlines

Nov. 3 – Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Innovation projects

Small TLEF Innovation projects support grassroots experimentation with pedagogical approaches to enhance learning. UBC Vancouver faculty, staff and students can apply for grants up to $50,000. The deadline is 3pm on November 17, 2022.

The LFS Internal Deadline is 3 pm on Thursday, November 3. Draft proposals should be emailed to Judy.Chan@ubc.ca. If you have a teaching and learning idea and don’t know where to start, please contact either Judy Chan Judy.Chan@ubc.ca or Cyprien Lomas Cyprien.Lomas@ubc.ca.

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Nov. 3 – Open Educational Resources (OER) Innovation Grants

The OER Rapid Innovation Grants provide funding for a wide range of activities and events that seek to engage the UBC community in increasing awareness and capacity for supporting and sustaining the adoption, adaption, and creation of OER at UBC V.

The LFS Internal Deadline is 3 pm on Thursday, November 3. Draft proposals should be emailed to Judy.Chan@ubc.ca. If you have a teaching and learning idea and don’t know where to start, please contact either Judy Chan Judy.Chan@ubc.ca or Cyprien Lomas Cyprien.Lomas@ubc.ca.

Learn more