UBC Vancouver faculty, apply for up to $20,000 to develop or enhance curriculum and contribute to advancing sustainability and wellbeing education at UBC through the Sustainability Education Fellowships program.
The program looks to advance and diversify sustainability and wellbeing education opportunities for students across campus in all disciplines. Faculty members must apply with at least one other faculty member from a different Faculty, Department or discipline at UBC.
Through this program, you can:
Access funding of up to $20,000 over two years to develop new curriculum.
Contribute to advancing sustainability and wellbeing education at UBC and collaborate to leverage the expertise of the group to advance shared goals.
Build your network among like-minded faculty across different departments and disciplines.
Enhance your knowledge of teaching, curriculum development and innovative pedagogies.
Join the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) for an in-person open house on Monday, April 15.
UBC faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to hear Kristin Kozar, Executive Director, IRSHDC, speak about the Centre, its programs and, research initiatives. Light snacks and refreshments will be available.
All UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan faculty and staff are invited to join the Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge.
This initiative, hosted by UBC Human Resources, aims to encourage faculty and staff to incorporate movement, social connection, and physical activity throughout the day.
Weekly participation prizes will be awarded, as well as individual and team prizes.
Register a team of 4-6 people or sign-up as a solo climber by 4pm on April 15.
Join the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences for the 20th D. Harold Copp Lecture with Dr. Ramanujan Hegde, on “Orphan Protein Quality Control in Health and Disease”. Join in-person or online on April 5, 2024.
The D. Harold Copp Lecture is a UBC Faculty of Medicine sponsored lectureship that arose in November 1996 through donations from the Medical Research Council of Canada and the Wolfe and Gita Churg Foundation. Named after the late Doctor D. Harold Copp, the Copp Lecture is hosted each year by the Faculty of Medicine and speakers are nominated by members of the Faculty, and selected by the Copp Lecture committee.
Dr. Ramanujan Hedge is Head of the Cell Biology Division at the MRC Molecular Biology Laboratory (Cambridge, UK). In this talk, Dr. Hegde will discuss his research investigating cell proteins, including understanding how errors occur, and how these errors can cause neurodegenerative disorders, cancers and other disease.
Date: April 5, 2024 from 3 pm
Location: Hybrid event
In person: Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, LSC 1
Keep your UBC Zoom meetings and online classes secure by familiarizing yourself with UBC IT’s recommended Zoom privacy and security settings.
If you are hosting a public event on Zoom, remember that additional steps need to be taken to keep your session secure from incidents such as ‘Zoom bombings’ — where intruders take over a Zoom session by saying or showing inappropriate content.
Read the list of guidelines on preventing Zoom bombings on the UBC IT website, and see five tips from the Digital Solutions Information Security team below.
