LFS Today Sept 29, 2021

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Sept. 30

Tomorrow is National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, a new federal statutory holiday (day of recognition), and it’s also Orange Shirt Day. LFS will be holding activities to mark the day, in collaboration with Applied Science, Science and Forestry, including a march being planned for the day. The march will be multi-generational, and children and families are encouraged to attend.
 
For more details on the march, visit the website:
https://apsc.ubc.ca/event/2021/save-date-national-day-truth-and-reconciliation

As well, the Indigenous Research Partnership, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, would like to invite you to participate in an All-Day Sacred Fire Ceremony at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden at UBC Farm. More information about the event can be found here: https://lfs-my-2020.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/09/All-Day-Fire-event.pdf
 
If you have questions, feel free to contact Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager, EDI & Indigeneity (danalyn.mackenzie@ubc.ca) or Will Valley, Associate Dean, EDI (will.valley@ubc.ca).

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:

Thank you to the volunteers who helped make the LFS Welcome Back event a success last week at UBC Farm. This was an opportunity to bring our community together again after a very long stretch of remote working and learning. It was a pleasure to see faculty, staff, graduate students and LFS|US executives back on campus and enjoying some food & drink in the sunshine on a Friday afternoon. The following people put in an outstanding effort by planning, organizing, and staging the event:  Barbara Hsiao, Jaylin Melnichuk, Andy Jeffries, Lewis Fausak, Duncan McHugh, Jane Miller, Niki Glenning, Iris Li, Elia Castellanos, Twinkle Gupta, Shannon Wong, Pia Lim, Karen Lee.

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.

Wellness Wednesdays

Your Mental Health Tip of the Week:

Plan a “walking” or off-site meeting with your team.
Getting out can release tension, spur ideas, and help you brainstorm solutions.

Book Launch – Nerve by Drs. Martha Piper & Indira Samarasekera – Today

Join Dr. Martha Piper and Dr. Indira Samarasekera, in-person and online, in celebrating the publication of their book Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First. In this event, Dr. Piper (former President of UBC) and Dr. Samarasekera  (former President of the University of Alberta) will provide their candid and insightful perspectives on the dilemmas and opportunities women confront as they take on leadership positions, and offer guidance for leaders of every age and at every stage of their career.

Wednesday September 29, 2021, 4.30pm – 6.00pm PDT
In-person and online event
Registration for both in-person and online attendance is required. Register online.

This event is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver. Connected with the theme of supporting junior faculty and cultivating leadership pathways, this event is also the first session of the second cohort of Maximizing Impact – a program to support junior faculty members at UBC. 

Link: https://academic.ubc.ca/book-launch-nerve-lessons-leadership-two-women-who-went-first

CFIN Funding Programs – Information Sessions

The Canadian Food Innovation Network has two new funding programs to propel food innovation and research in Canada. In the coming weeks, they will be hosting information sessions to share more details. Please find more information here: https://www.cfin-rcia.ca/webinars-events-webinaires-evenements

Research Facility Support Grants

The Vice-President Research & Innovation has established the Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) competition to provide funding for the operation, maintenance, replacement, repair or upgrade of equipment to support research.

This competition is open to faculty located at the UBC Vancouver campus and affiliated hospital sites. The RFSGs are one-year grants of up to $50,000 intended to enhance UBC research and training.

Applications must be submitted by the end of the day, October 1, 2021.

Learn more and apply here

NACTA Distinguished Educator Award Nominations

Do you know a NACTA member who has had an illustrious career in higher education? Someone who has inspired you to continuously improve your teaching? Or someone whose scholarly teaching research has helped you think differently about your teaching, research or outreach efforts. If you have someone in mind, please consider nominating them for the 2021 NACTA Distinguished Educator Award. Nominations are due November 1, 2020. 

The nominee must be a current or retired NACTA member and have ten or more years of service to higher education.

Nomination Materials:

• A Letter of Nomination limited to two pages in length. Include content in summary form under the following two headings:
  • Service to and Recognition by the Higher Education Community
  • Service to and Recognition by NACTA
• Three Letters of Support, each one page in length maximum
• Nominee’s CV

Nomination materials must be received on or before November 1st. Please submit the materials here.

For any questions regarding Distinguished Educator nomination materials please email mfernandez@purdue.edu.