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News & Notes
News & Notes Mark your calendars for Homecoming at UBC! Save the date of Saturday, Sept. 14! Homecoming takes place at UBC Vancouver campus with several LFS events planned again this year. This is a chance to rekindle your collegiate spirit and meet up with fellow classmates. More details on events will be posted throughout […]
Jim Thompson retires from UBC
Jim Thompson retires from UBC Professor Jim Thompson, who was Director of the Dairy Education and Research Centre for 21 years, retired in December 2018. Thompson received his Bachelors and Masters in Agriculture from UBC in 1964 and 1966, respectively. He then completed his PhD at the University of California (Davis) in 1971. He was […]
Mobilizing Climate Action Research from University to Farm
Mobilizing Climate Action Research from University to Farm A network in British Columbia is helping deliver climate change research directly to those who could benefit in the agriculture industry. The BC Agricultural Climate Adaptation Research Network (ACARN) launched in May 2017 to be a conduit between agricultural researchers, industry specialists, policy makers, students and producers […]
Better veggies for Canadian organic farmers
Better Veggies for Canadian Organic Farmers A new Canada-wide project led by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS) will help organic vegetable growers find plant varieties better suited to Canadian climates and environments. Postdoctoral Fellow Alexandra Lyon and Professor Hannah Wittman are leading a new five-year research project called Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement (CANOVI). […]
From Backyards to City Parks: Preserving Green Space
From Backyards to City Parks: Preserving Green Space Camil Dumont (MSc Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems 2017) is well into his first term as Park Board Commissioner for the City of Vancouver, a city that prides itself on its more 200 beaches and parks, including the historic Stanley Park. It is here that […]
A Bold Voice for Change
A Bold Voice for Change Christine Boyle (BSc Global Resource Systems 2007), a first time Councillor for the City of Vancouver, isn’tafraid to take on big issues. When announcing her decision to run, she decided to focus her campaign on tackling the growing wealth gap, housing affordability, and on strengthening community engagement. Boyle has been […]
Learning Tools for Just Food
Learning Tools for Just Food Joyce Liao and Meryn Corkery worked on a community project in LFS 350 (Land, Food, and Community II) involving equity issues in the food system and both felt a strong desire to dig deeper. So together with PhD candidate Colin Dring, theyproposed an ambitious project to build tools that everyone […]
A Message from the Dean
A Message from the Dean There are changemakers among us. Those who are not satisfied with the status quo and are motivated to take action for the greater good. In this issue of ReachOut we talk to a few of those changemakers in the Land and Food Systems community who are making a difference. Two […]
The Science of Storytelling
The Science of Storytelling LFS 400 (Audio Storytelling) is not your typical science course. In fact, course instructors Duncan McHugh, Digital & Instructional Media Producer in the Learning Centre, and Will Valley, an Instructor in the Faculty, encourage students from all disciplines to enroll. “LFS 400 is a science communications course, disguised as a podcasting […]
Afton Halloran
An exchange program in my fourth year introduced me to entomophagy, and I continued to travel and study how local cultures produce and consume insects.