Deadlines & important upcoming dates | FOR EVERYONE Please consider volunteering to have your recently published work featured by a team of SCIE 300 students! - due October 4th, 2024 If you are Interested, please contact the course coordinator Allan Bertram - bertram@chem.ubc.ca - by Oct 4th, 2024. Please attach a pdf of your paper for which you'd like to be interviewed. The time commitment is roughly one hour for an interview. They can be remote, and will aim for the week of Nov 4th, at your convenience. | FOR FACULTY/GRADUATE STUDENTS/POSTDOCS Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Competition - due October 15, 2024 Application and reference letters to be submitted to Mimi at zool.gradprgm@ubc.ca.
Maximum 2 year fellowship of $60,000/year from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies; only 4-6 are awarded every year.
Complete application and nomination details, as well as detailed eligibility requirements:
HERE | FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
November 2024 Graduation & Ceremony - due October 18, 2024
For students who’ve completed their programs between August and October, the application is now separate from SSC and WDS.
You must apply to graduate for your degree to be conferred, even if you don’t plan on attending the ceremony.
Students who plan to graduate in November must also have all their post-defence paperwork and theses submitted and approved by G+PS by October 18.
Please contact Mimi at zool.gradprgm@ubc.ca if you have any questions about this.
| | FOR FACULTY 2024 Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) competition - application deadline is November 1, 2024 Further details on this program: RFSG Please direct any questions about the RFSG Stacey Herzer | FOR POSTDOCS Liber Ero Fellowship Program - due November 1, 2024 The Liber Ero Fellowship Program supports exceptional post-doctoral fellows who address pressing conservation challenges of relevance to Canada. The Program aims to develop the next generation of conservation scientists, trained in the latest methods and in the skills necessary to affect policy and improve conservation of Canada’s wild places and natural resources.
More details | FOR EVERYONE MRG Presents:
An Evening with Richard Dawkins - Sunday, October 6, 2024 Venue: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, BC
Doors: 6PM
Tickets HERE To inquire about possible 20% discounts, please email:
Julian Staniewski | | ZGSA Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest & Party
October 25, 2024 Deadline to order 🎃🎃: October 4 MORE info + SIGN up | | ECO EVO Retreat. 2024
November 8-10, 2024 To register, please fill in the following form by 23:59 (11:59 PM) on Friday, October 11th: ECO EVO form | | Michelle Tseng's Zoology Departmental seminar
October 9, 2024 EVENT details | | Inaugural Genome Sciences Centre Collaborator Forum
October 22, 2024 Get tickets HERE | | ⏰ Reminder: Zoology Faculty Meetings 🗓️ Tuesday October 1: 12:00 – 13:30, AERL 107
Monday November 4: 12:00 – 13:30: TBA
Thursday November 28: 12:00 – 13:30, TBA, joint meeting with Botany
Tuesday December 17: 12:00 – 13:30, AERL 107 | Postdoctoral Fellows - on the spotlight | Madison Earhart at Quirks & Quarks - Science in the Field special Read more | | Kevin Wei: 2024 Michael Smith Health Research Scholar award recipient Read more | | | | Jacelyn Shu President’s Staff Award for Enhancing UBC Experience | | | | Sylvia Heredia President’s Staff Award for Creativity and Innovation | | | 🖥️ ZCU and Zoology wesbite TIPs 💽 - Please check out the new "ONBOARDING" section under the zoology wesbite Resources menu.
This section is intended to be a general guide for new members of the department to get settled in as fast as possible.
If we missed any information, please let us know by contacting Jenny or Sylvia
- If you're a Windows user and have recently changed your CWL password, please update your password in Windows Credentials Manager by following the steps found here: https://zcu.zoology.ubc.ca:442/wiki/index.php/Update_Windows_Credentials.
- If you received phishing e-mail, please forward it as an attachment to security@ubc.ca, regardless if you clicked on any links or not. If you clicked on any links in that e-mail and entered your CWL credentials, please change your CWL password immediately and also notify security@ubc.ca
| The Zoology Workshop has implemented a new online service request system to help you manage and track your service requests. Requests for service can now be made online or directly through email at zoology.workshop@ubc.ca. Both options generate a service ticket through which you can track your request’s progress and related communications.
Create an account and all your requests and conversations will be in one place for easy reference and actioning. Check out the Zoology Workshop webpage for information on the services available to you, or connect directly with Jonathan jon@zoology.ubc.ca. | Committees and other units - updates | BIOLOGY The December Final exam schedule for 2024W Term 1 will be released mid-October. The invigilation schedule for Biology TAs will be announced soon after.
UBC Science Editorial: fall or winter-themed new research, projects, or ideas. Alex Walls, UBC Media Relations Specialist, is on the hunt for stories, including fall or winter-themed new research, projects, or ideas. These stories could include stories about flooding, climate change and its effect on the seasons, extreme weather including predictions, preparations, and management, unusual changes to local flora and fauna (ie foliage turning red earlier, animals hybernating earlier etc), foraging for local flora, and more (or upcoming days of significance such as Halloween or Thanksgiving), that tick several news values. If you have any new research or thoughts, please feel free to email Alex alex.walls@ubc.ca. If you'd like to check what the best audience/channel for the story is, COSMO is now a much easier to use web tool: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHlOavkHlBbHjLM
CTLT: Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
- Are you interested in learning how to create an inclusive learning environment for sex and gender diverse students in your course, but not sure how or where to start? If so, then check out the newly developed Sex and Gender Inclusivity Canvas site! This Canvas site was co-created by students, faculty, and staff within the UBC Faculty of Science and includes key definitions/concepts, frequently asked questions, teaching materials, resources, and articles.
We are also hosting monthly Sex and Gender Inclusivity Community of Practice meetings this term to explore ways to include sex and gender diversity into our courses and share ideas and practices with one another in a low-stakes environment. The next meeting will take place on October 16 from 11:00am-12:00pm in BioSci 3157
Zoom option: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61123086144?pwd=RLyvaU3c6pefhwoOrugrYAFqmjYsNL.1
During this meeting, we will collectively explore some difficult classroom situations and workshop ideas for how to respond. You’re invited to bring any challenging situations you’ve experienced (or anticipate experiencing) that you’d like to discuss with the group; however, no need to bring anything but yourself.
All are welcome, and we’re looking forward to seeing you there! In the meantime, if you have any questions, you can contact Christine Goedhart at christine.goedhart@botany.ubc.ca.
- Celebrate Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) event, Thursday, October 10th, a full-day in-person event for both novice and experienced SoTL practitioners to engage in conversations around the scholarship of teaching and learning in the classroom.
Schedule, October 10th:
9:15 am – 10:45 am | Interactive Panel: SoTL as Educational Leadership in Promotion and Tenure
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Lightning Talks: Showcase your SoTL Work
12:30 pm –1:30 pm | Lunch
https://isotl.ctlt.ubc.ca/celebrate-sotl-2024/ | BIOLOGY COMMUNITY PANTRY - please contribute to replenish the pantry! Who is it for? Biology undergraduate students Where is it? Biosciences, 2nd floor, East wing | | REFUNDABLE CONTAINER RECYCLING in Biological Science Building: 100% of the money collected will go to purchase food for the Biology Community Pantry ⬆️ ⬅️ Look out for the refundable recycling bins | | All members of the department are welcome! October 4 BRC
October 11 Biosci
October 18 LSC room 1510
October 25 BRC
November 1 Biosci
November 8 LSC room 1510
November 15 BRC
November 22 Biosci
November 29 LSC room 1510
December 6 BRC
December 13 Biosci
Please remember to bring your own mug! Venues might change - for the latest updates, please check the zoology website: Friday Coffee and Donuts schedule | | Please disregard the unsubcribe button below - you are receiving this message because you are a member of the Department of Zoology. If you have question or any NEWS or UPDATES to share EMAIL US | | | | | |
