Deadline Mar. 10 – Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award – Call for nominations

In recognition of the valuable role that Teaching Assistants play in our programs, UBC annually awards 19 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. Each UBC Killam GTA Award includes a certificate and $1,000. The calls for nominations for the Killam GTA Award for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems are open and can be submitted by any student, faculty or staff who have worked closely with the TA they are nominating.

Eligibility: The award is open to any UBC Graduate Teaching Assistant who acts or has acted in this position at UBC Vancouver during the current and/or preceding academic year (2022-23 and/or 2021-22).

Nomination Process: Full details on how to nominate someone will be provided in LFS Today in the coming week. If you have any questions in the meantime, you can contact Judy Chan (judy.chan@ubc.ca) and you can review the award criteria at:

https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/teaching-resources/killam-gta-award/

Hi folks,

Happy 2023!

We have an exciting news! The Life Sciences Institute & Land and Food Systems TA Training Programs are teaming up to bring you TA training workshops!

We will start our Mini-Workshop Series with Inclusive Teaching. Please join us to learn about how to make your classroom more inclusive.

This event will occur on February 8^th from 12:00pm-2:00pm. Lunch is provided!

Please register using the QR code in the attached flyer – and indicate any dietary restrictions.

We hope to see you there!!

And as always, if you have any questions OR concerns regarding TA training please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Alysha.

Best,

Jordy Kersey, MSc (she/her)
PhD Candidate | Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes Lab
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory
President – Pacific Regional Society of Soil Scientists

Happy New Year!

We would like to thank everyone who provided feedback in December for TA related events that happen within the LFS faculty. This is helping shape what will happen in this next semester (stay tuned for a joint event with the Faculty of Medicine).

We would also like to welcome all first time TAs to the LFS Faculty for this term! If you are new to TAing, please don’t hesitate to reach out to myself or Jordy (kerseyj@mail.ubc.ca) with any questions.

In the next couple weeks, The Centre for Teaching, Leaning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering the January TA institute. This consists of different workshops offered from Jan 16th to 19th (online and in-person) that can help you master aspects of effective teaching. More information about the workshops can be found here: https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/ta-institute/january-2023-ta-institute/?login

Completion of a certain number of workshops in a theme (outlined on the web page) will result in you receiving a  letter of completion from CTLT that be used for future teaching related applications.

Cheers,

Posted in LFS Today e-newsletter of Dec 22, 2022:

From January 16–19, 2023, the CTLT Teaching Assistant (TA) Institute includes a collection of workshops designed to support TAs as their roles change along with the move to online courses. The week of professional development workshops are open to graduate students and undergraduate TAs. This year, workshops will be organized into five themes, and if you complete four workshops within a theme, and complete the related pre & post-session online modules as well as a theme completion form, you are eligible for a letter of completion that you can include in your Teaching Portfolio and CV.

Register