LFS Today Sept 29, 2022

News

New DAE team member

Please join us in welcoming Tracy Todd as she joins the LFS DAE team as Development Coordinator on October 3. Tracy arrives with a wealth of UBC DAE experience working with the Library and the Faculty of Arts DAE teams. Pop by to say hello and see our new office space in MacMillan, Room 270.

The team thanks Alex Bogren, interim coordinator, who will work with the Faculty of Arts DAE team in her next assignment.

Teaching Theory Thursday

Are you concerned that you are putting too much text on your presentation slides and/or your students are having trouble following your lecture? The Assertion-Evidence approach may be your solution. Read more about it here.

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Events

Sept. 30 – Statutory Holiday to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

UBC will be observing tomorrow as a statutory day on both campuses to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. As with other statutory days, essential services will continue to operate where required. All members of the UBC community are encouraged to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, whether through personal reflection, education and awareness activities, or by participating in Orange Shirt Day or other events within your communities. To see events that you can join on campus or around Vancouver, visit the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) website.

Sept. 30 – UBC events commemorate Orange Shirt Day and TRC

A reminder of the two events taking place tomorrow on campus to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the Canadian National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Intergenerational March

An intergenerational march will start at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC). Last year’s march at UBC saw an estimated 4,000 people, from all generations and backgrounds.

The march will move down Main Mall and will pause at the Reconciliation Pole where participants will hear from Elder John Jones and Elder Yvonne Rigsby Jones, members of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.

Date: Friday, September 30

Time: 11:45 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Location: Outdoor “amphitheatre” at Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, 1985 Learners’ Walk, Vancouver V6T 1Z1 (UBC Vancouver campus), map

More information: https://apsc.ubc.ca/event/2022/intergenerational-march-to-commemorate-orange-shirt-day

All-Day Sacred Fire Ceremony at xʷci̓cəsəm Garden at UBC Farm

The Indigenous Research Partnership, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and The First Nations House of Learning invite you to an All-Day Sacred Fire Ceremony at xʷci̓cəsəm Garden at UBC Farm, as one way to acknowledge, commemorate and appreciate the Canadian National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (TRC).

The All-Day Sacred Fire Ceremony will honour the spirits of the lost children who never returned home, residential school survivors, their families, and their communities. And provide an opportunity for all to recognize and commit to reconciliation, and ensure that the tragic history and ongoing legacy of residential schools are never forgotten.

Where: xʷci̓ cəsəm Garden at UBC Farm – 3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver

When: Friday, September 30

Time: Fire starts at Sunrise (7:11) and ends at Sunset (6:53)

More information: https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/all-day-sacred-fire-ceremony/

You are welcome to make fire offerings, sing and drum, send prayers, share experiences, and reflect on your support for the TRC and advocacy. This event is outdoor, free and open to everyone. No photos or pictures are to be taken at the sacred fire.

Oct. 3 – IRP Student Virtual Town Hall

UBC is almost one year away from launching Workday Student – our renewed student information system.

Attend this Virtual Town Hall!

• Hear from University leadership about the future of UBC, and get answers to your questions
• Learn when UBC will move to the new student information system and how you will be supported
• Get to know more about the current solutions and where you can learn more about the changes coming

Date: Monday, October 3, 2022

Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Location: Virtual only

Register here

Oct. 21 – David Fraser Retirement and Public Talk

We would like to send our warmest congratulations to David Fraser who will be retiring on September 30, 2022. David has been with the Faculty for 25 years, starting on October 1, 1997, and is one of the founding members of UBC’s Animal Welfare Program (AWP). He has dedicated his entire career to improving the lives of animals through research, teaching and outreach.

In celebration of the UBC Animal Welfare Program’s 25th anniversary, David will be featured at a public talk on the evening of Friday, Oct. 21 at Robson Square on 50 Years of Animal Welfare – discussing how animal welfare evolved as an area of social concern and policy, and how science is now helping to improve the lives of animals around the world. We invite all faculty and staff to attend David’s talk on Friday, Oct. 21, an event which is hosted as part of the UBC Animal Welfare Program’s 25th Anniversary. This event is free – to register and for more information, visit the AWP site.

Deadlines

Oct. 24 – Apply for funding for the operation, maintenance, replacement, repair or upgrade of facilities and research equipment shared by three or more principal investigators

The 2022 Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) competition is open to faculty located at the UBC Vancouver campus and affiliated hospital sites. It provides one-year grants of up to $50,000 intended to enhance UBC research, training, and equipment sustainability. Funding may be used to cover materials, supplies, replacement of broken parts, and minor upgrades essential to the operation and maintenance of the facility or shared equipment, as well as bridge funding for salaries of research support staff employed to operate and maintain the facility and provide assistance to users.

The application deadline is October 24, 2022.

Further details on this program are available at https://research.ubc.ca/vpri-competitions-initiatives/research-facility-support-grants

Please direct any questions about the RFSG to Stacey.herzer@ubc.ca.