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UBC Today   |   Your faculty and staff newsletter   |   June 11, 2019
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UBCV: Call for Letters of Intent for Large TLEF Transformation projects
If you have an idea for a project that will advance UBC’s strategic goals relating to transformative learning, you’re invited to submit a Letter of Intent for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Transformation projects by July 11.

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Lynda.com is moving to LinkedIn Learning on June 18
UBC’s free subscription to Lynda.com is being upgraded to LinkedIn Learning starting June 18. Find out what you need to know about this upgrade and how to activate your account.

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UBC Food Services offering 100% sustainable seafood beginning July 1
The university has announced it will purchase and offer only 100% Ocean Wise recommended sustainable seafood beginning July 1. The change will include every food service location on both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, excluding franchises.READ MORE
UBCV: Teaching Development Program for new faculty
If you’re a faculty member who is either new to UBC or new to teaching, you are invited to register for the Teaching Development Program. This new 10-month program will kick off in August and is intended to support you through your first year of teaching at the university.LEARN MORE

 

• UBCO: Submit your nominations for this year’s Staff Awards of Excellence by July 17. Learn more

• UBCV: Transit update – new changes to UBC bus exchange.  Find out more 

• UBCO: Temporary office relocation: Office of Research Services and Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation. Learn more

• UBCV: Campus Security offices have moved locations. Learn more

• UBCV: Stadium Neighbourhood Plan Update: What we’ve heard though public engagement and next steps.  Read more

• Karen Hakkarainen appointed as the new Secretary, UBC Board of Governors. Read more

• Jackie Stewart appointed Deputy Academic Director at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology.  Learn more

• Robert Petrella appointed Head, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine. Read more

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UBCV: Mugshare – a sustainable alternative to disposable coffee cups
If you want to avoid single-use cups, but forgot your reusable tumbler at home, you can now grab a ‘mugshare’ mug for a $2 refundable deposit at various coffee shops on the Vancouver campus (and other participating locations). Then, when you’re done, return your mug to get your deposit back.

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Florian Gassner and his quest to define censorship
If a book has been purposefully removed from a library, does that mean censorship has occurred? It’s questions like this, that Florian Gassner, Senior Instructor in the Faculty of Arts, had to grapple with in a project to unearth books that have been banned throughout history.

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30-Second Bio: Kyle Watson
Meet Kyle, Events and Projects Manager in Student Recruitment and Advising on the Okanagan campus. In his crusade to share the endless possibilities of our university, Kyle oversees UBCO’s Campus Tours program, welcoming prospective students and their families from all over the world.

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Find out how Siobhán McPhee, Senior Instructor in the department of Geography, is harnessing interactive technology outside of the classroom to teach students about empathy and the Syrian Civil War.

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Hear from Mark Schmidt, Language Sciences member and Computer Science Assistant Professor, who gives his thoughts about the future of machine learning, and natural language processing, including creating machines that can interact well, or at least convincingly, with humans to help us with tasks in everyday life.

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Vancouver campus

LEARNING AND RESEARCH

June 17 – 21: Ageless Pursuits – week 2

June 17 : Declining disarmament with Erin Hunt

June 28: Bringing higher education home

LIFESTYLE, SPORT AND COMMUNITY

June 15 – 19: UBC Farm community kitchen series 

June 17 – July 12: Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge (register by June 12)

July 4 – 14: Indian Summer Festival (10% discount for faculty and staff)

 

ENTERTAINMENT

June 15: Sea Sick: The global ocean in crisis by Alanna Mitchell (performance)

June 20 – 23: Opera – Don Giovanni 

June 22: Puppet workshop with ventriloquist Kellie Haines

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

June 18: Positive Space workshop

June 20: Analytics: Using data to improve teaching and learning (CTLT event)

June 20: Rehearsing Conflict performance

Okanagan campus

LEARNING AND RESEARCH

June 18: Unconference  – Technology, Culture, and Education

June 25 – 26: Development feasibility and pro forma analysis workshops

July 4 – 5: Sexual orientation and gender identity inclusive education and leadership (two-day workshop)

LIFESTYLE, SPORT AND COMMUNITY

June 17 – July 12: Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge (register by June 12)

June 28: Pit stop: College of Graduate Studies

 

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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

June 13 and 20: Crucial Conversations workshop 

June 20 : PowerConcepts: Microsoft Publisher 

June 21: PowerConcepts: Word Expert

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