2024-2025 Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – Deadline to submit a complete application to LFS G&PS is 4:00 PM, Monday, October 2, 2023 – no exceptions.

The UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies and are available for most fields of research. The number of awards offered presently varies between three and five per year.

Value: Annual stipend of $50,000 for a maximum of two years plus a travel and research allowance of $4,000 over two years.

The application and nomination process is briefly summarized below.  Refer to the Application Guide and Nomination Guide posted on our Killam webpage for complete details.

UBC Vancouver (UBC-V)

• • Each UBC Vancouver department or unit sets its own internal application deadline for receipt of applications (typically early to mid-October) – LFS deadline is 4:00 PM, Monday, October 2, 2023
  • Each department or unit at the Vancouver campus may forward one nominee to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by November 9, 2023 at 4:00 pm PT. Rather than using UBC SharePoint, a Qualtrics survey link is provided in the nomination form and nomination guide for nomination submission.  LFS may submit one nomination per nominating unit:  APBI, FRE, FDNH
  • UBC-V contact: killam.fellowships@ubc.ca
  • Send complete application to:  shelley.small@ubc.ca

For complete application and nomination details, as well as detailed eligibility requirements, please visit: https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam-postdoctoral-research-fellowship.

As posted July 28, 2023 in LFS Today:

 

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 21–25, 2023.

TA Training and support at UBC aims to create inclusive and equitable classrooms, as well as to responsibly engage with Indigenous curriculum. Join staff and graduate student facilitators with the Classroom Climate and Equity and Inclusion TA Training project for a workshop where you will learn about some of the concepts covered and resources available for those supporting TA Training programs at UBC.

The audience for this session is TA Training Coordinators, Faculty, Instructors, and experienced TAs. In this session, participants will learn about the opportunities available to support Teaching Assistants at UBC to work in closer alignment with university priorities relating to Indigenous engagement and inclusive excellence.

August 21, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Register now

Hi all!
Just forwarding the announcement about more Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) available to students in the fall!

This is a GREAT experience and comes highly recommended by many current and past LFS TAs. I absolutely loved this workshop and felt it was applicable to my teaching skills.

Please let us know if you are interested in participating in an ISW this fall, as soon as possible. We are able to fund the cost of a few students each term, but the spots fill up quick!

Best,
Jordy

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
TA Training Coordinator – Faculty of Land and Food Systems

From: Herman, Elisa <elisa.herman@ubc.ca>
Sent: July 26, 2023 12:18 PM
Subject: Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) September 10, 16 & 17, 2023 application opens July 28!

Hello,

Please forward the following information to your graduate students:

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on September 10, 16 & 17, 2023.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

To apply for the waitlist for September 10, 16 & 17, 2023 ISW please click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-september-10-16-17-2023-preliminary-application/

 Application opens on July 28 at 9 am and closes on September 6, 2023 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

Workshop Eligibility:

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

• a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
• a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
• a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
• a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
• a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

• not a graduate student at UBC
• a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
• a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

Hi everyone!
Hope your summer/field season is going well!

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) is offering an ONLINE Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) September 5, 9, 10 & 16, 2023, application opens July 21^st.

Please let us know if you are interested in participating in this (or a future) ISW, so we can add your name to our list of interested LFS TAs. We have a few spots per year.

And as always, let us know if you have any questions or concerns!

Best,
Jordy

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
TA Training Program Coordinator – Faculty of Land and Food Systems

To all Students and Instructors:

The LFS Learning Centre would like to inform you that the LFS TA Application System
will be temporarily closed for maintenance from 9 am to noon this Friday, June 23rd, 2023.

Thank you!

TA Opportunity: Winter Term 2 LFS 450 – Land, Food & Community III: Leadership in Campus Food System Sustainability

I am looking for a TA for LFS 450 –  Land, Food and Community III: Leadership in Campus Food System Sustainability. LFS 450 is offered in the 2023/24 Winter Term 2: January to April, 2024 from 2-5pm.

The course uses an applied learning, team-based approach with students to gain knowledge and skills to critically examine and actively advance food system sustainability challenges, spanning climate change, biodiversity, circular economies, food security to ecological and human health, and more. The position is for 190 hours and involves assisting with course preparation, class and group facilitation, evaluating individual and team based assignments, and consulting with students as needed to support them in achieving course learning objectives. More details about the course and job position below.

Interested in applying for this position? Please send me an email at liska.richer@ubc.ca letting me know you are interested along with your resume as soon as possible. If helpful, we can also set up a time to chat about the opportunity first prior to submitting a resume.

LFS 450_TA_Advertisement

Cheers,

Liska

Liska Richer (she/her)

Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Email: Liska.richer@ubc.ca

The LFS TA Application for Winter 2023/24, all Winter terms,

CLOSING

• Sun., April 30^th, 2023 at 4:30pm.

After April 30th, applications allowed only if requested by an instructor for their course.

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• UPDATE your Additional Information tab, Confidential Information tab and Resume to highlight your current accomplishments and reflect current details.
• Add any new non-LFS GRADUATE TA hours for Winter terms to your TA experience list.
  Your Graduate TA pay classification depends on how many Winter term Graduate TA hours
  you have accumulated.
  (LFS TA hours are already tracked for you in the TA App from 2020 Summer on.)
• If you are off-campus you must use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the website.
  Check the UBC IT website for help at: https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn .

Questions? Email Virginia Frankian at lfs.ta@ubc.ca

Hi Everyone,

For those of you able to attend the LFS TA Training Program is holding its year end wrap up event on April 13th (next Thursday) at 2:00pm in the GSS Loft (UBC Nest). The event will start off with a panel where previous TAs from various faculties will talk about how their experiences as a TA have helped them preform their professional roles now. The panel will be followed by a raffle and social at the Gallery. We’ll also have coffee and snacks for those who are able to attend!

Please see the attached poster below for the QR code to scan to register.

Hope to see everyone there!

Cheers,
Alysha Deslippe (MSc)
Doctoral Student, LFS TA Training Program Coordinator
Nutrition and Eating Behaviour (NEB) Lab | Healthy Starts
University of British Columbia | BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
alyshade@student.ubc.ca | alysha.deslippe@bcchr.ubc.ca  

Hi folks!

I hope everyone’s term is wrapping up nicely and you are finding time to relax despite the chaos!

The LFS TA training program would like to hear about your experience during the 2022-2023 year, so we can continue to serve your needs.

We’ve created a short feedback survey that we would LOVE to have you fill out.

SURVEY LINK

Those who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing for two $5 coffee cards!

We will be selecting the winners on Monday, April 17^th (the survey will close on April 14^th at 11:59pm PDT).

Your feedback means a lot to us and is how we can best craft programs and workshops to suit your needs!

Please let us know if you have any concerns/questions above and beyond this survey – we are here for you!

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
TA Training Coordinator – Faculty of Land and Food Systems

 

Hello, Graduate Students,

The LFS TA Application will open this week for Winter 2023/24,  all Winter terms.

• The LFS TA App opens Fri., March 31st, 2023 at 9:30am and closes 
  Sun., April 30^th, 2023 at 4:30pm.

After April 30th, applications are allowed only if requested to apply by an instructor or administrator.

UPDATE your Additional Information tab, Confidential Information tab and Resume to highlight your current accomplishments, etc. Add any new non-LFS TA hours to your TA experience list, as your pay classification depends on how many graduate TA hours you have accumulated. (LFS TA hours are already tracked for you in the TA App from 2020 Summer on.)

If you are off-campus you must use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the website.
Check the UBC IT website for help at: https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn .

Questions? Email Virginia Frankian at lfs.ta@ubc.ca