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.

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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

Hi folks,
Hope the term is wrapping up nicely and everyone is enjoying the sunshine!

We have an exciting news! The Life Sciences Institute, Land and Food Systems, and Linguistics TA Training programs are teaming up to bring you “Careers After Your TAship” Panel Event!

The panel includes four panelists, from different backgrounds, speaking on useful skills acquired during former TA ships that support them in current positions. Please join us to ask questions and see a wide array of career options, post-graduation!

This event will be on April 12^th from 2pm-4pm, in the GSS Loft (4^th floor AMS Nest) with snacks/coffee/drinks provided!

We will follow with a social at the Gallery (4^th floor AMS Nest Building).

Please register using the QR code in the attached flyer OR HERE!

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
TA Training Program Coordinator – Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Hello, Graduate Students,

Yes, it’s time to think about the Winter terms of 2023/24 …

The LFS TA Application will soon be open to accept applications to TA for Winter 2023/24  in all Winter terms.

• The TA App will be open from Fri., March 31st, 2023 at 9:30am through
  Sun., April 30^th, 2023 at 4:30pm.

After it closes April 30th, application will be by instructor or administrator invitation only.

UPDATE your Additional Information, Confidential Information tabs and Resume to highlight your current accomplishments, etc. Also, add any new non-LFS TA hours to your 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

The LFS TA Application opens March 2nd for students to apply to TA for all LFS 2023 Summer Term courses. There are expected to be around 12-13 courses offered overall by LFS, counting all terms (S1, S2 & S1+2).

For ten business days only , the LFS TA Application will be open for students applying to summer TA positions.

It will open by 10am on March 2^nd and close by 4:30pm on March 15, 2023.
(This ten-day limit is mandated by the agreement between CUPE 2278/UBC.) 

Instructors determine how many TAs to assign to their course. TA hours assigned to each TA will also vary.

To log in to the LFS TA Application from off-campus, use the UBC VPN.
(See UBC IT-myVPN for instructions, or contact UBC IT for help with the VPN.)

For help navigating the TA Application, email Virginia Frankian at lfs.ta@ubc.ca.