UBC Alum Harold Steves to Retire From Civic Politics
UBC Alum Harold Steves to Retire From Civic Politics Photo provided by Harold Steves At 83, Harold Steves (BSc Agriculture, 1963) will be retiring as Richmond’s longest-serving City Councillor. Using Twitter, Steves, who is known as ClimateChange Steves (@Harold_Steves), announced he would not seek re-election in 2022 after 50 years of service. Even though he […]
Milestones
Milestones New Dietetics Crowd Fundraiser UBC Dietetics students often need to travel to rural, remote or Indigenous communities during their practicum. To help them, the Faculty has established the Dietetics Rural and Indigenous Communities Placement Fund to support students with these additional costs. Learn more and support Dietetics students here: crowdfundraising.ubc.ca/projects/lfs-dietetics-student-support Toddler Development Researcher Wins […]
Supporting Students During COVID-19
Supporting Students During COVID-19 Some quick pivots took place in the summer as the university prepared for online teaching and learning. Gail Hammond Health and Wellness for All UBC Students In May, UBC wanted to support students coming from an unusual COVID-19-impacted end to secondary school with the creation of three online courses aimed at […]
A Message from the Dean
A Message from the Dean Rickey Yada Thank you for taking a break and browsing through the fall issue of ReachOut magazine. Like everywhere else, at UBC we are working through unusual times in COVID-19. We’ve had to investigate ways to deliver the quality teaching and research we are renowned for; it’s brought many challenges, […]
Tamara Cohen
New Faculty Profile: Tamara Cohen Tamara Cohen started in January 2020, serving in dual roles as Director of Dietetics and Assistant Professor (Food, Nutrition and Health). Her research involves helping individuals maintain healthy lifestyle practices and improve their relationship with food. Cohen, who loves working with people, takes a holistic approach that never involves strict […]
MLWS Alumna Creates an Opportunity for Students in the Field
MLWS Alumna Creates an Opportunity for Students in the Field No two days are ever the same for Erika Nassichuk (BSc Applied Biology 2008, Master of Land and Water Systems 2015), who works as an Environmental Protection Officer for the District of North Vancouver (DNV). The DNV is a large suburban community nestled against the […]
Calling Agassiz Home for 25 Years
Calling Agassiz Home for 25 Years Photo by Hover Collective Since 1995, the community of Agassiz, B.C., 100 kilometers east of Vancouver, has been home to the university’s dairy cattle. Today these cattle play an important role in teaching and research, and at last count, their numbers reached approximately 500. Now called the UBC Dairy […]
Agora Cafe
Agora Café: the Student-Run Initiative at the Heart of the Faculty Cara LeGault and Vanessa Yeung Chances are, if you’ve been a part of the Faculty in the past 15 years, you’re already familiar with Agora Café. But look past the famous granola bars and friendly faces, and this little café is a unique experiment […]
Improving Animal Welfare in Shelters
Improving Animal Welfare in Shelters Photo by Brittany Gawley As a child growing up on an Ontario farm, Bailey Eagan was curious about the behaviour of her horses and dogs, and sought to make the best possible lives for them. Supervised by Professor David Fraser, the research focus of her Master’s of Science has been […]
News, Notes & Milestones
News & Notes Food And Beverage Research Partnerships to Expand Anubhav Pratap Singh, Minister Lana Popham & PhD student Ronit Mandal LFS will work even more closely with those in B.C.’s food industry, thanks to the creation of a Food and Beverage Innovation Professorship last fall. At a visit to UBC, Agriculture Minister Lana Popham […]