Year: 2020

UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture – Accepting Applications for 2021

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The UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture is accepting 2021 applications!

The UBC Farm Practicum can be taken as either a six-month (April – October), or as a four-month (April – August), experiential-learning program.  The program is part-time (20 hours per week), and is designed for aspiring farmers, urban gardeners, environmental educators, and students with an interest in applying their learning about sustainable agriculture and food systems. The program is often taken as a non-credit Certificate program; however, 6-9 academic credits are available for interested students.

Participants gain a deeper understanding of agricultural management and small-scale farming, and a network of incredible people to support them along the way.  The main approach to learning within the program is hands-on practice.  Participants carry out seasonal farming activities with leadership provided by UBC Farm staff in the greenhouses, gardens, fields, orchards, and at our farmers’ markets. In addition, the program includes numerous guest speakers, field trips to various farming operations within the province, and access to a plot at the UBC Farm for individual and shared production.

The UBC Farm is a 24-hectare gem, the largest urban farm in Vancouver, British Columbia, and situated on a site with numerous research, educational, and community outreach activities.

Please see the UBC Farm Practicum website for detailed information and access to the online application:

http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/community/practicum-in-sustainable-agriculture

All applications received by September 22nd will be considered for Early Admission.  All applications for the Regular Deadline pool are due by October 18th.  Please note: To enroll in the Practicum program, you do NOT have to be a UBC student or post-secondary student.

A Practicum Open House will occur online on Saturday, September 19th, 12 pm – 1 pm; and another will occur on Wednesday, October 7th, 5:30 – 6:30 pm.  We will provide a forum to ask questions and provide a virtual tour of the site from the perspective of the program.  Registration is required at the following link: http://lfs-ubcfarm-epayment.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2020/08/11/open-house-registration/.

Seth Friedman

Practicum Coordinator

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm

The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory

3461 Ross Drive (location)

2357 Main Mall (mail) | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604 822 5092 | Fax 604 822 6839

seth.friedman@ubc.ca | www.ubcfarm.ubc.ca

UBC Farm Community Workshops – Fall 2020

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I’m excited to announce that registration for the second half of our 2020 community workshop series is now open!

The UBC Farm hosts a wide range of workshops covering everything from gardening to herbal medicine, fermenting, foraging, and much more. This year, we have added several new workshops and brought back many favourites. All of our workshops are beginner friendly and open to everyone, so please share with your networks! Until further notice, all of our workshops will be conducted online.

For more details and to register, visit http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/workshops/ or view our list of workshops below.  Please sign up early, as popular workshops sell out. We hope to see you (virtually) at our workshops soon!

(In addition, we welcome ideas and proposals for new workshops lead by staff and faculty. If interested, you’re welcome to submit your proposal through our online form: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/workshops/workshop-presenter-application/ or send an email inquiry to ubcfarm.workshops@ubc.ca.)

Regards,

Seth

 

Seth Friedman

Practicum Coordinator

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm

The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory

3461 Ross Drive | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1W5

Phone 604 822 5092 | Fax 604 822 6839

seth.friedman@ubc.ca | www.ubcfarm.ubc.ca

CIHR Info Sessions for Trainees in Health Research

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CIHR will be offering a series of MS Teams live events to trainees and institution staff regarding award programs offered by CIHR. CIHR staff will provide an overview about relevant policies, tips for applicants, guidelines on how to submit an application and information on how award competitions have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A computer with internet connection is required to access the event and view the PowerPoint presentation. During the live event, participants will have the opportunity to ask CIHR questions via the MS Teams chat function, but will also have the option to submit general questions to CIHR in advance of the events. Note: option to ask questions will be available one week prior to the event.

Please access CIHR’s website to join for the event in the language of your choice:

English Sessions

  • Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM ET (10 AM PDT)
  • Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 10:00 AM ET (7 AM PDT)

French Sessions

  • Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM ET (10 AM PDT)
  • Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 1:00 PM ET (7 AM PDT)

Stage 2 Announcement

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Stage 2 Resumption Announcement

Our faculty is preparing to enter into Stage 2 of Resumption and the official guiding document will be the LFS Parent Plan (general faculty plan approved August 17th). The target date for the commencement of Stage 2 is September 1st. Please note that during Stage 2, remote work is still highly encouraged but greater office access will be available to aid with furthering research and allowing for academic activities associated with term 1 remote teaching deliveries.

The main guidelines as we move into Stage 2 are:

  1. All users MUST adhere to the following mandatory rules:
  1. Anyone submitting a request MUST wait for official approval prior to accessing LFS buildings.
  2. Anyone accessing LFS buildings MUST complete all MANDATORY training and upload the completion records on our Training Record Management System.
  3. Anyone accessing LFS building MUST perform the check in and check out surveys.

 

  1. Regular office use request should be submitted to lfs-restart@lists.ubc.ca before Sept 4th, 2020. The email should detail your office room number, whether you are in a shared office, the reason for regular office access, as well as the specific day(s) you wish to access the office. You should wait for an OFFICIAL APPROVAL NOTICE prior to accessing the building. Anyone sending in a request to regularly access shared office should review the occupancy limit for offices in MCML/FNH.
  2. One-off office request should be submitted to lfs-restart@lists.ubc.ca no later than noon on the preceding Friday in order to allow time for the committee to consider the request. Anyone sending in a request to access shared office should review the occupancy limit for offices in MCML/FNH. You should wait for an OFFICIAL APPROVAL NOTICE prior to accessing the building.
  3. For research labs, there have been amendments on the occupancy limit of each space, which can be found under Stage 2 Research Space Occupancy Limit at MCML or FNH. If any PIs would like to add personnel to access the research space, please submit a revised safety plan, highlighting changes in work schedule and the information on the new lab member(s) accessing the space. If the lab(s) are shared by multiple PIs, then a coordinated safety plan will be needed to ensure occupancy limit will be respected.
  4. For teaching space requests (mainly for in person teaching in fall 2020), there are specific guidelines provided by UBC learning spaces as well as a COVID 19 Safety Plan General Teaching Space. For other teaching preparation such as online delivery in specific LFS classrooms and/or teaching labs, a proposed safety plan should be submitted to lfs-restart@lists.ubc.ca for approval.
  5. You may find updates on reoccupancy at LFS at https://lfs-my.sites.olt.ubc.ca/operations/return-to-research-guide/covid-19-building-access-resources/
  6. If you have any questions/concerns regarding Stage 2 resumption, please send an email to lfs-restart@lists.ubc.ca or submit anonymously via https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d0xslqMad9vS1iB.

 

UBC TA Institute: Sept 10-16, 2020

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The CTLT Teaching Assistant (TA) Institute is five days of free professional development workshops for UBC graduate students and undergraduate TAs. The TA Institute from September 10 – 16, 2020, includes a collection of workshops designed to support TAs as their roles change with the move to online courses this fall. Sessions include; leading synchronous and asynchronous discussions online, TA’ing large classes, exploring Zoom, supporting student well-being and managing technical difficulties. View the full schedule of events and learn more at https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/ta-institute/september-2020-ta-institute/. Recordings and resources from past online sessions can be found here.

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